Democracy Jones Podcast
43 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsDEMOCRACY JONES is a science fiction-horror & dark humor fiction podcast.
Decades of intense political partisanship exploded on Friday the 13th of July, 2040. That day a breakthrough technology was unleashed; a software for neural chips that could utilize millions of simulations to map plans for a military coup.
When the smoke cleared and the vultures got their fill, it was found that tyranny had been born in the ashes of American democracy. Historians would remember
that infamous day as 7/13.
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Episodes
A2E8 - Come Together
March 04, 2023 18:41 - 19 minutes - 27.8 MBWhile Captain Dick investigates the recent invasion of Golden Door, the Proud Karens debate on whether or not to reveal Haisley's true identity to Ellington's Magistrate. De'ontay is on a mission to get the Chatham refugee camp to join forces with the Golden Door camp, but hadn't foreseen their perspective on saving American democracy.
The Premeditation of Evils
February 11, 2023 14:51 - 19 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this bonus episode we explore some of the foundational principles behind Democracy Jones Podcast. In particular, two books which both subtly compare the Late Republic era of Rome, and American politics today: Mike Duncan's "The Storm Before the Storm" and in this episode, a review of Edward J. Watts' "Mortal Republic" in Smithsonian Magazine.
A2E6 - Trial in Golden Door
December 31, 2022 15:14 - 18 minutes - 26.8 MBZeke hears gunshots back in Ellington. Captain Dick hears the same thing on Harlan's walkie-talkie, and the BATAs converge on Golden Door when they realize it's a member of The Crowned. Haisley directs De'ontay on how to avoid capture. An armed standoff takes place in the house Abra is hiding in.
A2E5 - Brenda's Agenda
December 10, 2022 15:18 - 19 minutes - 28.7 MBCaptain Dick has to make a difficult decision and pressures Brenda to side with him against the Venus Genetrix. Abra wants to go on a Girl Adventure to Golden Door Estates and runs right into a nightmare at the Jones's.
Trailer - Democracy Jones Podcast
December 01, 2022 15:19 - 1 minute - 4.11 MBHaisley and De’ontay Jones are ready to start a family. Then. . . they move to Florida. Horror Ensues. Scifi-horror & dark humor podcast, Democracy Jones. A breakthrough in software technology for neural chips called “Rhetoric,” and continued political partisanship combine to create the most explosive day in American history, Friday the 13th of July, 2040. A day that would live in infamy as 7/13. If a pregnant Haisley Jones can survive, the simulations created by Rhetoric proph...
A2E4 - Mother, Father
November 20, 2022 21:17 - 20 minutes - 29.2 MBZeke hunts down two different groups in the Everglades and must keep them from finding out about each other. Haisley begins to author the story of her own life. De'ontay is the first casualty when turkey vultures overrun the main camp of refugees in the Everglades.
The Dirty Thirties
August 13, 2022 18:02 - 19 minutes - 29.1 MBIn this bonus episode, we go back and look at what led up to the military coup on 7/13 during the 2030s, which became known as the "Dirty Thirties."
A2E3 - A Marriage Proposal
July 30, 2022 21:17 - 19 minutes - 28.2 MBThirty minutes before tragedy, Haisley has a chance to avert it. But her guide, Maya, and the simulations she draws data from, ended up being wrong, causing the deaths of too many of the town's residents. Captain Dick angles his way back into the graces of the people after being deemed a Lady Killer, and proposes a union between Ellington's two most powerful personalities. Abra witnesses more atrocities, learns a lesson, and makes friends.
A2E2 - Shadows & Scapegoats
July 16, 2022 16:11 - 19 minutes - 28.3 MBDe'ontay finds himself pushed aside by Fyvush as the refugee camp out in the Everglades begins to fall apart, struggling to secure resources while being haunted by their Shadow. Abra is in FemCademy with the BATA girls but quickly realizes she will never be accepted when the town of Ellington is faced with a terrifying danger no one saw coming.
A2E1 - Venus Genetrix
July 02, 2022 19:00 - 19 minutes - 29.2 MBHaisley finds herself having the same dream-simulation where she dies on Alligator Alley six days from 7/13, yet she has learned how to have agency over her fate within the dream-simulation. The aftermath of the coup in Ellington reveals that the BATAs and the 82nd Regiment have revolted against Captain Dick, who is besieged inside City Hall. His attempts to pacify the people of Ellington have failed and a grim ending looks certain.
Inside Democracy Jones
June 18, 2022 23:22 - 16 minutes - 25.1 MBWe are at the threshold between acts 1 & 2, so let's take a breath and connect some of the dots.
A1E10 - Belly of the Whale (season finale)
May 14, 2022 18:01 - 20 minutes - 29.2 MBCaptain Dick is shocked to see his wife again, although she is not the same. Out in the Everglades, De'ontay meets some other survivors who begin to organize. In the infirmary, Abra sees Haisley Jones sleeping on a bed of flowers as BATA cult followers pray to her, while General Schenk gives a speech about America's newfound direction. Maya then reveals information about Rhetoric and Haisley's baby.
AIE10 - Belly of the Whale (finale)
May 14, 2022 18:01 - 20 minutes - 27.6 MBCaptain Dick is shocked to see his wife again, although she is not the same. Out in the Everglades, De'ontay meets some other survivors who begin to organize. In the infirmary, Abra sees Haisley Jones sleeping on a bed of flowers as BATA cult followers pray to her, while General Schenk gives a speech about America's newfound direction. Maya then reveals information about Haisley's baby.
AIE10 - Belly of the Whale (season finale)
May 14, 2022 18:01 - 20 minutes - 27.6 MBCaptain Dick is shocked to see his wife again, although she is not the same. Out in the Everglades, De'ontay meets some other survivors who begin to organize. In the infirmary, Abra sees Haisley Jones sleeping on a bed of flowers as BATA cult followers pray to her, while General Schenk gives a speech about America's newfound direction. Maya then reveals information about Haisley's baby.
AIE9 - Run For Your Life
April 16, 2022 16:06 - 19 minutes - 18.5 MBDe'ontay runs for his life as he is being hunt down in the Everglades by Zeke, a tracker. In the horror, Abra's emotions become displaced and she blames her father for everything, then runs away only to find herself in the warzone of Chatham Projects Town. Captain Dick and the BATAs celebrate victory in downtown Ellington when something mystical and unexpected changes everything.
A1E9 - Run For Your Life
April 16, 2022 16:06 - 19 minutes - 20 MBDe'ontay runs for his life as he is being hunt down in the Everglades by Zeke, a tracker. In the horror, Abra's emotions become displaced and she blames her father for everything, then runs away only to find herself in the warzone of Chatham Projects Town. Captain Dick and the BATAs celebrate victory in downtown Ellington when something mystical and unexpected changes everything.
A1E8 - Separation & Extraction
April 02, 2022 17:14 - 19 minutes - 19.7 MBHorror marches into Golden Door Estates. Rogue BATA Zeke Greenlea utilizes General Schenk's military coup for his own personal revenge on Isaac Fridman and collides into Abra's world with horrific violence. Across the street, De'ontay runs away toward the only place that is safe, the Everglades. But Zeke, a tracker, hunts him down.
AIE8 - Separation & Extraction
April 02, 2022 17:14 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBHorror marches into Golden Door Estates. Rogue BATA Zeke Greenlea utilizes General Schenk's military coup for his own personal revenge on Isaac Fridman and collides into Abra's world with horrific violence. Across the street, De'ontay runs away toward the only place that is safe, the Everglades. But Zeke, a tracker, hunts him down.
A1E7 - Hostage Standoff
March 19, 2022 15:19 - 18 minutes - 18.8 MBHaisley's delusions, caused by excessive use of the drug Lozapine and denial of reality, causes her to walk right into a hostage standoff at a bank on 7/13. Captain Dick must deliver the contents of the bank to General Schenk to fund the coup. Horror and choas ensues. Warning: This episode includes cursing, death and most egregiously, politically incorrect accents. It is wildly inappropriate and could be considered indefensible by people who believe censorship is a valid response to artists ...
AIE7 - Haisley
March 19, 2022 15:19 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBHaisley's delusions, caused by excessive use of the drug Lozapine and denial of reality, causes her to walk right into a hostage standoff at a bank on 7/13. Captain Dick must deliver the contents of the bank to General Schenk to fund the coup. Horror and choas ensues. Warning: This episode includes cursing, death and most egregiously, politically incorrect accents. It is wildly inappropriate and could be considered indefensible by people who believe censorship is a valid response to artis...
AIE6 - Captain Dick
March 04, 2022 15:46 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MBEllington's Chief of Police, a BATA leader, has been tasked by the Constitutional Liberty Plan with delivering his township to General Schenk. But Captain Dick's wife, a Liberal, is the mayor who will most certainly be butchered during the coup. Captain Dick's old partner suddenly appears, advising him to forget about his wife, who has been cheating on him.
A1E6 - Captain Dick
March 04, 2022 15:46 - 19 minutes - 19.9 MBEllington's Chief of Police, a BATA leader, has been tasked by the Constitutional Liberty Plan with delivering his township to General Schenk. But Captain Dick's wife, a Liberal, is the mayor who will most certainly be butchered during the coup. Captain Dick's old partner, killed ten years earlier, suddenly appears in the form of a ghost.
A1E5 - Abra
February 19, 2022 18:18 - 17 minutes - 17.5 MBEverything is falling apart in Washington. The Department of Homeland Security Headquarters, the muscle behind great Liberal changes over the last decade, is on fire. Gunfights between Emergency Service employees have broken out. But how is the coup going to effect Abra and her family in Florida?
AIE5 - Abra
February 19, 2022 18:18 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBEverything is falling apart in Washington. The Department of Homeland Security Headquarters, the muscle behind great Liberal changes over the last decade, is on fire. Gunfights between Emergency Service employees have broken out. But how is the coup going to effect Abra and her family in Florida?
A1E4 - Haisley
February 01, 2022 13:45 - 19 minutes - 19.4 MBThings are beginning to look dire for Haisley and her husband De'ontay, who just moved to Florida to start a family. But Haisley is in denial and tries to stay positive about the future of the child that grows inside of her. But there is no escaping the earth-shattering coup by General Schenk.
AIE4 - Haisley
February 01, 2022 13:45 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBThings are beginning to look dire for Haisley and her husband De'ontay, who just moved to Florida to start a family. But Haisley is in denial and tries to stay positive about the future of the child that grows inside of her. But there is no escaping the earth-shattering coup by General Schenk.
Previously On
January 17, 2022 18:33 - 4 minutes - 5.51 MBA lot has happened, here's a short "Previously On" episode of the most important events from each episode, and a look toward the next.
Previously On
January 17, 2022 18:33 - 4 minutes - 3.84 MBA lot has happened, here's a short "Previously On" of the most important events from each episode, and a look toward the next.
It's Not Too Late
January 06, 2022 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBTaking a break from the narrative for a little personal message from Eamon Loingsigh.
It's Not Too Late
January 06, 2022 05:00 - 11 minutes - 12.2 MBReleased on the one year anniversary of the political violence that has come to be known as "January 6th," this episode explains Democracy Jones's tagline: "It's Not Too Late"
A1E3 - Abra
January 01, 2022 21:23 - 16 minutes - 16.5 MBFive year-old Abra Fridman's life is about to be turned upside down, and she's only now beginning to see it coming in the distance. Men watching her through windows, buzzards flying above and a prophetic message from a Hacker-in-Hiding introduce her to something she's never felt before, fear.
AIE3 - Abra
January 01, 2022 21:23 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBFive year-old Abra Fridman's life is about to be turned upside down, and she's only now beginning to see it coming in the distance. Men watching her through windows, buzzards flying above and a prophetic message from a Hacker-in-Hiding introduce Abra to something she's never felt before, fear.
AIE2 - Captain Dick
December 17, 2021 14:13 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBCaptain Dick, Ellington Chief of Police and his wife, the mayor, Emily Stamps-Van Roten have a complicated relationship that will be tested during the impeding BATA storm.
A1E2 - Captain Dick
December 17, 2021 14:13 - 14 minutes - 15.3 MBCaptain Dick, Ellington Chief of Police and his wife, the mayor, Emily Stamps-Van Roten have a complicated relationship that will be tested during the impeding BATA storm.
Act I, Ep. 1 - Haisley
December 06, 2021 15:38 - 17 minutes - 18.2 MBThe neural chip in Haisley's brain is trying to warn her of a great doom, but she is in denial. She just wants a safe place to carry out her pregnancy. But nothing can stop the cynical conspiracy to overthrow Democracy now. For Haisley Jones and all Americans, it's too late.
A1E1 - Haisley
December 06, 2021 15:38 - 17 minutes - 18.2 MBThe neural chip in Haisley's brain is trying to warn her of a great doom, but she is in denial. She just wants a safe place to carry out her pregnancy. But nothing can stop the cynical conspiracy to overthrow Democracy now. For Haisley Jones and all Americans, it's too late.
AIE1 - Haisley
December 06, 2021 15:38 - 17 minutes - 18.2 MBThe neural chip in Haisley's brain is trying to warn her of a great doom, but she is in denial. She just wants a safe place to carry out her pregnancy. But nothing can stop the cynical conspiracy to overthrow Democracy now. For Haisley Jones and all Americans, it's too late.
A Simulation Dream
November 05, 2021 16:00 - 16 minutes - 24.3 MB"Rhetoric," the name of the software in Haisley Jones' neural chip, is cycling through millions of simulations which appear in her dreams as a prophecy of her impending death on Alligator Alley, six days from 7/13/2040. But what does it mean?
Teaser
November 02, 2021 18:19 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBThe neural implant chip in Haisley Jones' brain is cycling through simulations which appear in her dreams as a prophecy of things to come. The probability of a coup d'état on 7/13/2040 is very high. But Haisley is pregnant and wants to start a new life. She, along with everyone else, does not want to believe that General Schenk and his BATA fanatics are planning to overthrow American Democracy.
Teaser (start here)
November 02, 2021 18:19 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBThe mob violence Americans witnessed on 1/6/2021 was a warning, but are we heeding it? The neural implant chip in Haisley Jones' brain is cycling through simulations which appear in her dreams. The probability of a coup d'état on 7/13/2040 is very high. But Haisley is pregnant and wants to start a new life. She, along with everyone else, does not want to believe that General Schenk and his BATA fanatics are planning to overthrow American Democracy. Join shortlisted author Eamon Loingsigh ...
Democracy Jones: 7/13 - Teaser
November 02, 2021 18:19 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBThe mob violence Americans witnessed on 1/6/2021 was a warning, but are we heeding it? The neural implant chip in Haisley Jones' brain is cycling through simulations which appear in her dreams. The probability of a coup d'état on 7/13/2040 is very high. But Haisley is pregnant and wants to start a new life. She, along with everyone else, does not want to believe that General Schenk and his BATA fanatics are planning to overthrow American Democracy. Join shortlisted author Eamon Loingsigh ...
Opening Crawl
November 01, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutes - 3.97 MBTen years before July 13, 2040, when American Democracy was overthrown in a military coup, the seeds of revolt were sown when a Biological Physicist and Mitochondrial Engineer unearthed new software technology named "Rhetoric."
A2E7 - Sabina
October 28, 2021 15:24 - 20 minutes - 29.2 MBNote: This is episode was originally a flashback, but fans have said it's a great place to start Democracy Jones. Flashback to 7/13, the President of the United States of America Sabina Xú Manzana and her staff learn about the Pentagon PSYOP masterminded by General Schenk as it unfolds. Chaos ensues!