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EPIC is your new HQ for Realm’s exhilarating action and adventure stories, with new episodes dropping every Monday introduced by host Faith McQuinn.
Embark on your greatest adventures yet, whether it’s crash landing on a desolate planet with only a cerebrally-embedded AI to guide you, or realizing that your latest game design is the only thing staving off total global annihilation. So unsheath those earbuds, clench that steering wheel, and buckle up because EPIC is about to take off.



This month, we are featuring a story of a refugee who returns to her home planet in search of a missing ship that holds the key to saving humanity: The Vela



As her planet’s star dies, Asala Sikou doesn’t have much hope for the future of civilization. She’s already survived disaster once and is pretty sure she won’t make it a second time. But when she is given a top-secret mission to find a missing ship the government believes was last seen on her former, dead planet, Asala dares to hope that maybe someone from her family survived.



This is no ordinary rescue mission: the missing ship may be the last piece in a complex puzzle designed to bring salvation to the failing galaxies. And Asala isn’t the only one trying to find it.



The Vela is a Realm production. Written by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, SL Huang, and Rivers Solomon. Listen away.

Hosted by Faith McQuinn.

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Introducing Epic: Ctrl-Alt-Destroy

A video game designer discovers that the game she created has been stolen as part of a top secret project—and might be the only thing keeping the world from plunging into war.

Dec 12, 20222m
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Ctrl-Alt-Destroy E1 - National Security Incident

They stole her game . . . and now she must join their fight.

Dec 12, 20221h 16m
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Ctrl-Alt-Destroy E2 - A New Player Has Joined

Tandy struggles to fit into Team USA.

Dec 19, 20221h 14m
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Ctrl-Alt-Destroy E3 - Do the Math

The team takes a chance. It doesn’t go well.

Jan 2, 20231h 4m
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Ctrl-Alt-Destroy E4 - Xyzzy

The team goes on a quest.

Jan 9, 20231h 15m
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Ctrl-Alt-Destroy E5 - Minglegrass Wood

A hotfix, a rare drop, and a mini boss.

Jan 16, 20231h 12m
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Ctrl-Alt-Destroy E6 - Battle Royale

PvP mode engaged.

Jan 23, 202356m
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Ctrl-Alt-Destroy E7 - Quickened Soup for the Soul

Welcome to the Afterlife. Everything is fine.

Jan 30, 20231h 14m
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Ctrl-Alt-Destroy E8 - Dungeons in Dragons

They search for a powerful spell.

Feb 6, 20231h 22m
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Ctrl-Alt-Destroy E9 - Skullduggery

Time to storm the Skull King’s Keep.

Feb 13, 20231h 20m
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Ctrl-Alt-Destroy E10 - Boss Monster

There’s only one way out of this mess.

Feb 20, 20231h 19m
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