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Cold Shift

by Jaran

Cold Shift is a cozy cosmic horror audio drama told through the recordings of Jaran, the rather optimistic facility manager at the Deep Earth Anomaly Department, a remote research station in East Antarctica. Life at the facility is good. The coffee is warm, the company is pleasant, and there’s always something interesting going on. People disappear. Strange entities wander the corridors. Doors lead to places they shouldn’t. And the more Jaran tries to make sense of his surroundings, the less sense anything seems to make. What was the facility originally built to study? What lies behind its many peculiarities? And how much does Jaran really know about the place he calls home? After all, every workplace has its challenges. Stay warm.

Latest episodes

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ep26 - dear Norway, or whatever

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here Old letters resurfaced while sorting  inventory at the Deep Earth Anomaly Department. This one doctor is a legend, let me

Nov 8
15 min

ep25 - the severed supervisor sleuths, pt.2

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here a strange passing calls for cooperation. And where did all the blood go? also, a friend can sometimes be a complete stran

Nov 1
23 min

ep24 - the greek god of the north wind, pt. 1

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here a voice through the static sends Jaran and Jaran the duplicate on a quest in the blizzard. Navigating the tall figure, the

Oct 25
12 min

ep23 - the council of dehydrated dairy

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here it's been a few good nights as Jaran stumbles across a gem out of this world. Also, Aleksander Voss says hi through s

Oct 18
13 min

ep22 - one piece of coal in a large steam engine

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here From the vents, Jaran looks back on good, old times with an old crew. He also faces the stark present, and meets Thomas Gr

Oct 11
19 min

ep21 - canned neurons

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here time has come to ventilate. Pun intended. Jaran is hiding for a bit, to figure out how, and when, to confront Thomas. Mean

Oct 4
18 min

ep20 - like a monkey chewing into a water melon

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here Jaran wakes up to a stranger reality than usual. To survive, he discover a few new truths, sees the true face of a friend,

Sep 27
26 min

ep19 - within these walls

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here Someone else knows how to play the ukulele. And it's not Thomas.  A friend from the world of reflections also says h

Sep 20
17 min

ep18 - following the footsteps of shadows

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here Talking to captain Voss, Jaran discovers similarities between the sphere, the fusing of the crew onboard MS Svalbard, and

Sep 13
20 min

ep17 - the ice kingdom of blizzards

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here Six facilities vanished. Thomas Grind says the reason is behind the red door. Also, Jaran goes looking for a missing case

Sep 6
17 min

ep16 - the apex fly

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here Blip and Blop, the tiny alien entities, swoops by with news. A captain asks for a favour, and the ukulele sounds just righ

Aug 30
17 min

ep15 - the red door knock

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here Someone is up to something. A conspiracy is afoot. Meanwhile, something, or someone, wants to communicate with Jara. from

Aug 23
14 min

ep - 14.1 - SOURCE UNKNOWN

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here ARCHIVE NOTE: No corresponding log entry was found. Source unknown If you’re hearing these transmissions, leaving a ratin

Aug 17
3 min

ep14 - the letters from Mount Kailash

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here Total solitude. Quiet submarines. Stillness onboard MS Svalbard. Bizzare letters from an author. Is this the calm before t

Aug 16
14 min

ep13 - the mysterious daytime working bee

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here The facility is locked down. Someone has been doing Jarans work. The iron comet is still outside, and Joshua has news from

Aug 9
14 min

ep12 - the eight towers of the ocean floor

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here An sighting from the submarine, movement in the skies, a fine tuned ukulele, and Karl The Crab.  If you’re hearing these

Aug 2
15 min

ep11 - Thomas A. Grind

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here A robotic cycle ends, and a meeting takes place.  If you’re hearing these transmissions, leaving a rating helps others fi

Jul 26
18 min

ep10 - do sirens wiggle their fins in ice?

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here Jaran ventures out in the blizzard to see and old, fused friend about a comet. Someone is heard singing in the murderous w

Jul 19
15 min

ep09 - the eye of the telescope, and a letter

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here A letter arrives, delivered by no one, written by a hand from another century. The overseer has made contact. And can the

Jul 12
15 min

ep08 - the blip and a bottle of antimatter

Contact the Deep Earth Anomaly Department here A comet appears where no comet should. And after the longest night of Jaran’s shift, someone finally speaks into the radio

Jul 4
13 min

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#24
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14
days in the top 50 since May 2026

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#134 ▼ 8 Science Fiction US

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