Episodes
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Welcome to our final, celebratory minisode! We made it! Season 3 is happening! Let's celebrate with this episode, wherin the gang must race against time before a brilliant scientific mind unravels the secrets of the Illuminati!
This episode was written by and guest stars Tom Crowley. You can find more of his work over at Wooden Overcoats, Victoriocity, and Crowley Time, With Me, Tom Crowley amongst many, many others.
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The gang deals with a lot of petty wickering. Er, bickering. No, we wait, we were right the first time, it's a wickering. Featuring Taqi Nazeer of The Kingmaker Histories as High Druid Corbin!
Welcome to the third of four mini-episodes that we’re releasing to promote our crowdfund to make season 3!
Click here to help us make season 3 or go to truetalesteam.com/crowdfund, or share the campaign on your social media of choice!
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The gang uncovers a terrifying artifact in Nixon's secret archives.
Welcome to the second of four mini-episodes that we’re releasing to promote our crowdfund to make season 3! Click here to find out more or go to truetalesteam.com/crowdfund, or share the campaign on your social media of choice!
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The gang works to wrap up the Trojan war and bring the boys back home. In their big, wooden horse.
Welcome to the first of four mini-episodes that we’re releasing to promote our crowdfund to make season 3! Click here to find out more or go to truetalesteam.com/crowdfund
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“How was this guy not already in the illuminati?”
Jay Gatsby takes it on the arches. Beck prevents a catastrophic leak. Dal fights mirrors. The Pen decides what’s marketable. The Chief reads Dune.
Cw: deadly workplace situations, heavy references to the Kubrick filmography
Special thanks to Beth Crane!
Transcripts here
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CASTChloe Zwaicher was BeckJulie Snyder was JackieNoel Naczi was IshmaelMeredith Gulley was DalJohn Serpico was the ChiefDennis Bruno was the MemoMarc Campasano was Werner Von BraunRamy Abdelghani was Stanley Kubrick’s perfectly imitated voiceSalvatore Fabbiano was TwobrickStuart Licht was The PenAnd Eric Trageser was Jay Gatsby
CREWWritten by Max Kreisky, Katherine Cargill and Eric Trageser Sound design by Hedley Knights and Beth Crane Directed and Produced by Max Kreisky Logo Design by Tom Crowley Theme by Arnie Parrot Recorded at The Bridge Sound and Stage in Somerville, Massachusetts
Special thanks to Violent Apes Beth Crane, Jess Pfohl and Jonathan Kreisky. We hope they feel incredible.
Phony Executive ProducersNick KrasneyDenise GrenierAlex HensleyLaura IshamMariclair BennetSteven RutkowsiAnd Lilit Penrod made this show possible, and for this history will be quietly rewritten with them as the victors
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“You’re making me hate the moon!”
Jackie searches for the perfect rock. Astronauts tussle. Dal learns how a radio works. Ishmael eats a sandwich.
CW: deadly workplace situations, things from scriptureSpecial thanks to Beth Crane!
Transcripts hereFind cast info, links and transcripts at truetalesteam.com, or follow us on twitter for more illuminati content @truetalesteam
Promo this episode was for Crowley Time, a sketch comedy podcast, featuring characters and messages in bottles plucked from unknown shores, written and performed by Tom Crowley. You can find out more here
CASTChloe Zwaicher was BeckJulie Snyder was JackieNoel Naczi was IshmaelMeredith Gulley was DalJohn Serpico was the ChiefDennis Bruno was the MemoMarc Campasano was Werner Von BraunSalvatore Fabbiano was TwobrickDennis Bruno was Neil ArmstrongAlex Roy was Buzz AldrinAnd Mike Giordano was Michael Collins
CREWWritten by Max Kreisky, Katherine Cargill and Eric Trageser Sound design by Hedley Knights and Beth CraneDirected and Produced by Max KreiskyLogo Design by Tom CrowleyTheme by Arnie Parrot Recorded at The Bridge Sound and Stage in Somerville, Massachusetts
Special thanks to Managers of Stretch’s Billiards Beth Crane, Jess Pfohl and Jonathan Kreisky
Phony Executive Producers Nick Krasney Denise Grenier Alex Hensley Laura Isham Mariclair Bennet Steven Rutkowsi And Lilit Penrod made this show possible, and for this their likenesses will be carved into the face of the moon itself. Real small. But they’re up there!
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“I’m tired of consulting on films, I hunger for god-humiliation!
Dal’s moon landing suffers delays. Ishmael finds the perfect double. Jackie becomes an artist. Beck acquires nuclear weapons. Von Braun vows to spit in the face of god. CW: deadly workplace situations, really oblique allusions to MKULTRA
Transcripts here
Find cast info, links and transcripts at truetalesteam.com, or follow us on twitter for more illuminati content @truetalesteam
Promo this episode was for Neoscum, a narrative comedy podcast featuring five Chicago improvisers antagonizing their way through the roleplaying classic, Shadowrun. Find out more here
CASTSalvatore Fabbiano was TwobrickDennis Bruno was Neil ArmstrongAnd Mike Giordano was Michael CollinsChloe Zwaicher was BeckJulie Snyder was JackieNoel Naczi was IshmaelMeredith Gulley was DalJohn Serpico was the ChiefDennis Bruno was the MemoMarc Campasano was Werner Von BraunRamy Abdelgani was Kubrick
CREWWritten by Max Kreisky, Katherine Cargill and Eric TrageserSound design by Hedley Knights and Beth CraneDirected and Produced by Max KreiskyLogo Design by Tom CrowleyTheme by Arnie ParrotRecorded at The Bridge Sound and Stage in Somerville, Massachusetts
Special thanks to Illuminati nuke suppliers Beth Crane, Jess Pfohl and Jonathan Kreisky
Phony Executive ProducersNick KrasneyDenise GrenierAlex HensleyLaura IshamMariclair BennetSteven RutkowsiAnd Lilit Penrod made this show possible, and for this their names shall be enshrined for a thousand years. After that, there is a maintenance fee.
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Episode Notes
Welcome to our Kakos Industries/True Tales of the Illuminati crossover episode! We are almost done with season 2 and it is coming to your feed very soon, but in the meantime, we wanted to do a collaboration with Kakos Industries because we love their show and we thought it would be super fun to do. So enjoy as these dark and evil conspiracies meet each other in our crossover episode, right here on your feed.
If you enjoyed this episode, you can hear more of this inter-company saga over on the Kakos Industires feed, in episode 130: Illumination.
Find Kakos Industries on any podcasting service, or at KakosIndustries.com
Transcript for this episode is here
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https://kakosindustries.com/
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We did it!
We've hit our fundraising goal and that means that we get to share our final - and best- minisode with you! Please enjoy Beth Crane's For the Chop-------------------------------------------------------------------Beck and co find themselves in the court of Henry VIII, and, tasked with out-maneuvering his divine right of kings, hatch a plan to plant a cuckoo's egg right in the King's nest.
Meanwhile, Ishmael trains his new intern, Dal hisses advice into the King's ear, Queen Jane tries to escape her fate and Jackie finds herself consumed by jealousy.
Transcript Here
Beck - Chloe ZwaicherJackie - Julie SnyderIshmael - Noel NacziKing Henry - Brice StratfordQueen Jane - Beth Crane
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Help Us Make Season 2!
Beck, Jackie, Ishmael and Dal are on the job to install a puppet ruler in ancient Gordia. Will they untangle the ancient knot? Or perhaps... themselves?
Welcome to the second of three mini-episodes that we’re releasing to promote our crowdfund to make season 2! You can find out more here https://igg.me/at/truetalesteam.
Transcript here
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Trailer
Your long wait is over! 2 years after our premiere, we finally have a trailer! Try out a taste of the True Tales experience without committing yourself to a half-hour or longer episode! Impress your friends! Frighten your enemies! Mystify your pets!
Transcript Here
FeaturingChloe Zwiacher as BeckJulie Snyder as JackieNoel Naczi as Ishmael
Theme by Arnie Parrot
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Help us make Season 2!
Beck, Jackie and Ishmael must track down a vital piece of Illuminati knowledge at the Library of Constantinople.
We’re back! Welcome to the first of three mini-episodes that we’re releasing to promote our crowdfund to make season 2! You can find out more here https://igg.me/at/truetalesteam.
Transcript here
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Imhotep and Ishmael make the safest gamble. Beck and co steal from a hole in the ground. Jackie crafts the ultimate fantasy adventure experience. A camel finds his family.
CW: deadly workplace situations, snakes and snake-adjacent violence, endings
Transcript Here
Stick around after the credits to hear news on season 2
Find cast info, links and transcripts at truetalesteam.com, or follow us on twitter for more illuminati content @truetalesteam
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Beck and Ishmael plumb the depths of aristocratic depravity. Jackie and Dal bond over their hobbies. A swan is complicit in a murder. The crew fails to sneak into a fort under cover of horses.
CW: deadly workplace situations, gross kissing
[Transcript Here] (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aaJbdByzf-Q1IkDF88bUwMRLP-EsyIvCFrFuca8Gsk4/edit?usp=sharing)
Find cast info, links and transcripts at truetalesteam.com, or follow us on twitter for more illuminati content @truetalesteam
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Beck is asked to build a library for the Secret Occult Knowledge. Imhotep is bribed into constructing a tall pointy thing with the promise of birds. Jackie and Ishmael see the inside of a head.
CW: deadly workplace situations
Transcript Here
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