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RQG 181 - Baggage
Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia, and Ben as the team prepares to enter a strange garden.This week Cel and Azu share stories, Zolf wants trustworthy info, and Hamid has some questions.Content Notes: Past trauma & grief Discussions of: faith & religious observances, death & afterlife, ghosts Mentions of: human remains, burial ritesEditing this week by Lowri Ann Davies, Tessa Vroom & Alexander J Newall.SFX this week by petebuchwald, speedygonzo, nicky...
Give and take
Hi folks,Happy start of the week from Rusty Towers! Things are revving back up around here as we get going on what 2021 has to offer. Naturally, a lot of our focus is going to be on the end of The Magnus Archives and celebrating 5 years of this show. But there’s also plenty of looking forward to new things on the horizon, and we’re really excited to talk more about them when we can!In RQ Streams news, we’re fast approaching the one year ann...
Rusty Bits #18 - Mike: The Beard
Mike bids farewell to his fluffy face friend.
STL 56 - Proselytising and (some) Progress
Episode 56 - Proselytising and (some) ProgressThe client, the Gademy Academy For Scholarly Hollers, is looking for budget and spending advice (ideally yelled) to help with their financial difficulties.Management Consultants’ advice: Not being a weak-necked fool; aggressively loud fonts; traditional organic unassisted yelling; more spartinacity; unclear pamphlets;misleading signs.Content Warning for: Emotional Abuse Bullying/Taunting Shouting In...
MAG - Act III Finale Trailer
The final act begins.Content Warnings: Cults Mentions of: apocalypse, scopophobiaEdited this week by Nico Vettese, Jeffrey Nils-Gardner & Alexander J Newall.Sound effects this week by FreqMan, exterminat & previously credited artists via freesound.orgProduced by Lowri Ann DaviesCheck out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill.You can subscribe to this podcast ...
RQG 180 - Visitation
Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia, and Ben as they share knowledge with the council of the Ursans.This week Zolf is delegated to, Cel isn't an expert on everything (yet), Hamid does some casting, and Azu receives some startling news.Content Notes: Discussion of pandemics & disease Mild innuendo Discussions of mind control and hivemind Mentions: quarantine, war, heightsEditing this week by Marisa Ewing, Tessa Vroom & Alexander J Newall.SFX this we...
Curtains up
Hi folks,Happy New Year from Rusty Towers! May 2021 bring us all new joy & favour – and we hope that everyone’s continuing to stay safe & well. 2021 certainly heralds much in the way of change here for Rusty Quill, as we ride headlong towards the finales of both The Magnus Archives and Stellar Firma this year, as well as welcoming new shows and new opportunities in due course into the RQ stable!Things are still quiet around here, though, as f...
EGSM 12 - Highs and Lows
Well, whodathunk? We made it to the end of our first season of Enthusigasm! Many thanks to everyone who has listened so far.For our twelfth episode, we dip our toes into the topic of dating. Helen, Lydia, Mike, and Tessa talk about first dates, the proliferation of dating apps and sites, and what we’ve learned as we’ve gotten older.We hope you enjoy this episode, and all the ones before it. Watch this space for news of whether we’ll be havi...
Cabaret Night at the Cosmic Lounge - Album Digipak
It's here! Welcome to Cabaret Night at the Cosmic Lounge, an album of music & sketches courtesy of Stellar Firma!Join Sigmund Shankeray for this Patreon exclusive as he tries to keep an evening of entertainment on track, with songs from the crew of Stellar Firma Ltd, 'comedic' interruptions from other citizen-employees, and a showcase of album art from VeraRaeArt!
STL 55 - Defiance and Defection
Episode 55 - Defiance and DefectionManagement Consultancy Review.Line Manager Hartro Piltz to assess initial consultancy efforts, largely from bed for what can only be assumed to be efficiency reasons. Bill for destruction of celebratory sparkling slurry to be applied to Line Manager’s expense account.Content Warning for: Emotional Abuse Bullying / Taunting Alcohol & alcohol consumption Unhealthy relationships Discussions of: systemic worker op...
MAG Commentary - Retrospective #2
In the second of our retrospectives, Jonny and Alex look back at 5 years of the show with commentary on choice clips selected by the cast and crew of The Magnus Archives.Content Warnings Spoilers for show to date Body horror Clowns Graphic description of dermatillomania (skin-picking) Mentions of: worms, heights, spiders, patricide & dismemberment, eco-horror, darkness, apocalypse, pandemic, cults, stress, violenceEdited this week by Nico Vettese...
RQG Bite Marks Holiday Special - Part 3
Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Ben, and special guest Becky Annison as they fight for the future of the pack!This week Jan does two hugs at once, Stone taps into revenge instincts, Winter is a true friend, and Mr. Smith just straight-up eats a phone.Content Notes: Body transformation (inc. SFX) Dogs/wolves (inc. SFX) Mental deterioration (age-related) & instances of memory loss Manipulation Animal attack (inc. SFX) High pitched SFX Mentions: injury, dea...
Closing out the year
Hi folks,Seasons best from Rusty Towers! As a most turbulent year draws to a close, we hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well – and wish everyone a hopeful start to 2021. There’s a lot to come from Rusty Quill next year, and we look forward to being able to share all of that with you in due course. For now though, thank you everyone for all of your amazing support for our shows and content – it is supremely appreciated by all o...
EGSM 11 - Romance and Romance-ability
In today’s episode, you must allow Helen, Sasha, Lydia, and Maddy to tell you how ardently they admire and love the works of Jane Austen.We chat about the trials and tribulations of how we got into the books in the first place, our favourite characters and relationships, and the various merits of the many film and TV adaptations of Austen’s work.Top quote: "They feel small, but that's fine, because it is also a delighting in the small...
Grizzop Letter to Vesseek
The following letter was sent shortly after arrival in Cairo in Season 3[Transcript]V.Sorry for not writing sooner things have been pretty busy. Prague was a lot and Evahad me chasing down a professor who turned out to be some sort of big scarynecromancer. Met up with some good people though. Call themselves L.O.L.O.M.G. orat least they did. Anyway we worked together to take out Kafka (he was thenecromancer) but it sounds like that was just one p...
STL 54 - Unions and Unsustainable Ideology
Episode 54 - Unions and Unsustainable Ideology The Client, New O'Neal Commercial and Industrial Hyperdynamics and Lotion Innovations, requests assistance with unionisation issues and general employee loyalty issues.Management Consultants' advice: recontextualise definition of terms; unions are stupid; learn to love the boot; unions eat your legs; hats of nitiation; unions give you wrinkles; eat the boot; initiate ‘funchat'; hold ‘...
MAG Twilight Abyss - Part 3
The view from the rooftops of Slyde World is bleak. Can our heroes Gavin Crumble, Freddie & Ms. Pledge save the park, Dorset, and perhaps indeed the world, from the encroaching Abyss and avoid any further health & safety citations?Content warnings Existential threat Instances of memory loss (supernatural) Flooding & Threat of drowning Mild child peril Innuendo Character death Mentions of: emetophobia, comedic violenceEdited this week by Lowri Ann...
RQG Bite Marks Holiday Special - Part 2
Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Ben, and special guest Becky Annison as the pack discovers a chilling new threat.This week Stone provides deep insights, Jan sniffs into things, Winter has a silver tongue, and Mr. Smith suggests they ought to cover more ground.Content Notes: Body transformation (inc. SFX) Dogs/wolves (inc. SFX) Mental deterioration (age-related) & instances of memory loss Manipulation Mentions: injury, existential crisis, death and dead b...
Cosmic chants and chance
Hi folks,Seasons greetings from Rusty Towers! Wherever you are in the world, we wish you all the best for whatever plans you may have, as we head towards the end of the year.As we said last week, we’ll be a little quieter here for a couple of weeks, as the crew get some rest, but you’ll still be getting a Monday missive that tells you about the release schedule for that week’s shows. This break also includes a short hiatus for RQ Streams, t...
EGSM 10 - Return of the Feels
Top quote: "I think that out of all of the characters he's probably the one that I most personally identify with, and I just absolutely adore him. Also he's hot."Content warnings: brief discussion of homophobia brief discussion of racism discussion of sexism discussion of traumatic childhoods strong language Mentions: death, ghosts, Nazis, suicide, violenceDirected and Hosted by Helen GouldFeaturing: April Sumner, Callum Dougherty...
MAG016 - Arachnophobia - Deluxe
Case #0150409Statement of Carlos Vittery regarding his arachnophobia and its manifestationsWARNING: Contains spider images on Page 7 (Appendix)Text on P7 replicated here for reference:John's handwriting on side of page:"I do not know which assistant attached these photos but they are not relevant and should be removed."Image: Egg sac of a common house spiderImage: Spider encasing its victim in web
STL 53 - Mentors and Management Consultancy
Episode 53 - Mentors and Management Consultancy Consultants successfully recaptured, alert level lowered to alternating blue and green strobes. Paradrak Ngelion assigned for orientation.The client, The Eternal Order of Patriarch Hans, requests fundraising and image improvement advice to help combat the impact of their murderous activities.Management Consultant's advice: exciting new mission statement; sotto voce logo slogans; bowel cleaning e...
News from the Cosmic Lounge!
It's Cabaret Night!If music be the food of love... well, you might want to look elsewhere. But! If the musical stylings of the various citizen-employees of Stellar Firma Ltd do interest you, well then, do we have a treat for you!Starting on 25th December 2020 at 5pm, we will be publicly releasing the individual song tracks from the Stellar Firma album Cabaret Night at the Cosmic Lounge on our podcast feed AND YouTube channel. Tracks will drop...
MAG Twilight Abyss - Part 2
The second instalment of Jonny's improvised horror roleplay game sees Gavin Crumble, Freddie & Ms. Pledge head down into the pump room of Slyde World to asses the equipment and inspect the inner workings of the Hell Fall.Content warnings Innuendo Body horror Mentions of: death, human/animal remains, mild child peril, violence, floodingEdited this week by Lowri Ann Davies, Tessa Vroom, Jeffrey Nils-Gardner & Alexander J Newall.Produced by Lowr...
RQG Bite Marks Holiday Special - Part 1
Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Ben, and special guest Becky Annison as they craft werewolf characters and enter the world of Bite Marks!Prepare for intrigue and adventure alongside charming Mr. Smith, devious Winter, loyal Jan, and mysterious Stone.Content Notes:- Mentions of: manipulation, death, mental deteriorationEditing this week by Lowri Ann Davies, Tessa Vroom & Alexander J Newall.SFX this week by Benboncan, sabotovat,and previously credited arti...
Pacts, packs & packages
Hi folks,Seasons greetings from Rusty Towers!Well, that was quite a weekend. We still can’t quite believe how well that went! Thanks to the amazing generosity of the community, RQ: Gaming & Giving 2020 has raised £33,000 towards our nominated good causes: Mind, Action Aid and the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN)! In fact, you all even managed to surpass our original target of £20k by 6.30pm on Saturday evening.Thank you so muc...
EGSM 9 - Assemble The Slayerettes
It's that time again! Join Helen, Bryn, Elizabeth, and Frank as we chat about Buffy the Vampire Slayer and why it holds a special place in our hearts.We discuss our favourite character arcs, the themes of the show, and the aches and pains of growing up - on a Hellmouth or not!Top quote: "Just the bunny arc is worth it."Content warnings: spoilers for all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel brief sexual references and innuendo comedic...
Rusty Bits #17 - Martyn - The Dance
Martyn being...well, Martyn.
STL 52 - Games of Spies and Guns of Paper
Episode 52 - Games of Spies and Guns of Paper*Caution* Citizen Employee Geistman and Clone David 7 still at large.Intelligence gathered by an undisclosed line manager known only as Plartro Hiltz, working with the kind assistance of Fernsworth, Head of Sabotage and Espionage. None shall escape The Board... or would want to... Hail The Board!Content Warning for: Emotional abuse Existential crisis Bullying/taunting Comedic violence Jump-scare Fire (...
MAG Twilight Abyss - Part 1
Welcome to the first instalment of Jonny's improvised horror roleplay game!In this first episode of three, Jonny, Ben, Lydia & Lowri collaborate to create characters & set them on a journey of infinite dread, horror and health code violations...Content warnings Innuendo Mentions of: heights, death, mild child perilEdited this week by Lowri Ann Davies, Tessa Vroom, Jeffrey Nils-Gardner & Alexander J Newall.Produced by Lowri Ann DaviesCheck out...
