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I love how personable Waymon is; both in and out of character! I learn, laugh, and feel genuine intrigue while listening to this podcast. In the beginning we hear the author/ producer/ voice actor explain this is a first shot at a passion project and you can truly hear the improvement episode to episode. I loved the first episode and can’t wait to keep listening past Season 4 Episode 3; where I’m at now. I love going on this journey in the story sense as well as listening to how much the production value continues to grow. Love love love it! Thank you!
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I found this podcast through a feedswap with Desert Skies. I wasn’t sure at first if the “found recording” format was going to appeal to me but I ended up pleasantly surprised and drawn in by the conversational tone of SoCo, our narrator.
If you have read any Stephen King you will be able to feel the influences from The Dark Tower and The Stand. But Waymon does a good job at building his own strange world, and not leaning too heavily on any one mythos or body of work.
I feel like this style of narrative would be great for anyone driving on a solo road trip or for someone in a lonesome situation. While SoCo relies on his tape recorder and hypothetical future listeners for company, we get to enjoy his company in return.
And to Waymon directly - I started listening to the show a few days ago and have almost caught up. This is the first time I have taken the time to rate and review a podcast. Way to go man, great work!
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I was searching high and low for a new sci-fi-ish fiction podcast, and boy, does Waymon deliver!
Even though it seems like it’s pretty much a one-man show (with help from family!), The Liminal Lands is well acted, well produced, with good (and not overdone; thank you!) sound effects and excellent writing.
The “same place/different world” setting is eerie, unsettling, and comes off as believable, largely because of SoCo’s down-to-earth storytelling and detailing how he uses bits of remembered info to survive.
There are echoes of a number of Hero’s Journey tales (Odysseus is openly referenced), which could come off as derivative or strained - but Waymon makes it work, largely because of his winks and nods at the other stories.
It’s an enjoyable, well written, well done show. Hopefully it gets lots of support so that the journey can continue.
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This was recommended to me on the audio drama podcast subReddit after I had posted about having recently discovered The Truth podcast and being sad that it is on possibly permanent hiatus. I tend to really love well acted, high production value, and preferably, full cast audio dramas.
So the first thing that struck me was that this is basically an amateur project by a non-professional. In some ways that is part of what I’ve grown to love about it. Waymon obviously really loves doing it and has a great passion for it. The writing and storytelling is great! I’ve definitely been pulled into it and have enjoyed the story. However, Wayman doesn’t strike me as a professional actor. This feels more like storytelling than acting… for instance, in times of great duress there’s not much stress or anxiousness in his voice. I think it’s adorable that he has pulled his family in as cast members, but again, obviously not professional actors. You have to roll with that. But he IS a good storyteller… so it really does work as long as you accept that you’re not dealing with a professional production.
The one thing that actually drives me crazy though is the extremely inconsistent volume levels on the show. From episode to episode, from scene to scene, there are dramatic variances in the volume. Sometimes I’ll be listening in the car or at night on my AirPods and I’m constantly cranking the volume up or down because I either can’t understand what somebody saying because the volume is too low or I have my ears blasted by some sound effect. I do feel it has slowly been improving, but I am about midway or more through the second season, and it still frustrates me. That having been said, this is probably one of very few “non-professional” audio drama podcasts that I’ve gotten hooked on. I’m really enjoying following the traveler’s adventures, and I look forward to more! Great job!
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