Epiphany
55 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Story of a Heartbeat
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Entry 54: 1 Poråkol 1892 [final entry]
March 16, 2018 03:12 - 6 minutes - 5.95 MBThe final entry is a letter from Salus to a younger daughter. It includes conlang content and some concluding remarks from the author.
Entry 53: 16 Hoiekol 1865
March 09, 2018 01:03 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBEvery few years, executions happen according to a humanized version of the old Sabaji Tveshi way. Salus watches from among the advisers.
Entry 52: 60 Poråkol 1865
March 02, 2018 01:17 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBSalus cannot describe the ceremony that made lim an adviser. However, le can describe the sacred text that inspired it — the oath-ritual the Karatha made thousands of years ago.
Entry 51: 55 Poråkol 1865
February 23, 2018 01:16 - 9 minutes - 8.48 MBSalus goes to the Reclaimed Zone to see Sehutañi for the first time after the events of 28 Poråkol 1865.
Entry 50: 53 Poråkol 1865
February 16, 2018 01:02 - 10 minutes - 9.98 MBThe trial continues, this time with Liga's testimony — with the same questions asked over and over. Author's note: I was moving last week, and it was more complicated than expected! (A total ordeal, actually.) Apologies for missing a week. ~*^___^*~
Entry 49: 48 Poråkol 1865
February 02, 2018 01:07 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBInterplanetary politics has forced a real murder trial — which everyone in Tveshė knows is just a formality. Salus recounts some of Sehutañi's testimony.
Entry 48: 45 Poråkol 1865
January 26, 2018 00:36 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBSalus weaves in and out of a conversation with Karatau about the upcoming murder trial and Salus' safety.
Entry 47: 41-44 Poråkol 1865
January 19, 2018 01:05 - 8 minutes - 7.43 MBSalus has a crash course in political marketing and learns what happened to Kelta.
Entry 46: 37-40 Poråkol 1865
January 12, 2018 01:48 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBSalus is thrust back into politics only a few days after ler awakening — this time, via a summons to the palace.
Entry 45: 34 Poråkol 1865
January 05, 2018 01:17 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBSalus awakens in the hospital after surgery and days spent drifting in and out of consciousness. The room is empty save for Liga.
Entry 44: 28 Poråkol 1865, part 2
December 29, 2017 01:29 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBToday is the fateful day. The assassin's target travels along ler high road towards an epiphany, Salus in tow — each acting out their place in the dance that is set. The rest is up to chance.
Entry 43: 28 Poråkol 1865, part 1
December 22, 2017 01:18 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBToday is the day that Daybreak might strike. Salus joins the procession, filled with trepidation over the inevitable.
Entry 42: 27 Poråkol 1865, part 2: An Addendum
December 15, 2017 01:15 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBSalus and Kelta have reached someone close to the assassination target.
Entry 41: 27 Poråkol 1865, part 1
December 08, 2017 00:06 - 7 minutes - 6.89 MBSalus and Kelta come together the morning after the revelation. Due to the political environment, it's possible that Karatau Meiyenesi and the Kohjenya cannot work fast enough — but no one can afford to fail.
Entry 40: 26 Poråkol 1865
December 01, 2017 02:40 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBSalus has the opportunity to achieve everything le needs — the name of some 'lim,' the Daybreak Movement's assassination target.
Entry 39: 25 Poråkol 1865
November 24, 2017 04:30 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBSalus and Kati leave the house to find Karatau Meiyenesi waiting for Salus — who has a proposal.
Entry 38: 24 Poråkol 1865
November 17, 2017 01:26 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBSalus returns to Deo, the librarian, in search of answers to burning questions about Aneti, the Kuresa family, and all of the other cracks in Salus' understanding.
Entry 37: 23 Poråkol 1865
November 09, 2017 23:52 - 7 minutes - 7.17 MBSalus contemplates the wisdom of changing bedsheets and the embarrassment of ler prior naïveté about Liga and Equilibrium.
Entry 36: 22 Poråkol 1865
November 02, 2017 22:50 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBSalus and Suka have a conversation about the fight with Liga.
Entry 35: 21 Poråkol 1865
October 26, 2017 23:01 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBA storm comes, and Salus goes home — but not before following Aneti.
Entry 34: 20 Poråkol 1865
October 19, 2017 22:53 - 9 minutes - 8.45 MBToday is a Shiji festival day. Salus decides to use it to follow Aneti — both to have a feel for the latter's routine and to see if Aneti slips up.
Entry 33: 19 Poråkol 1865
October 12, 2017 22:00 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBThe Chrysalis Interlude represents a turning point in the epic Impermanence. Salus turns to the words of this epic to enrich ler understanding of ler place in the matters at hand.
Entry 32: 18 Poråkol 1865
October 05, 2017 23:04 - 13 minutes - 12 MBSalus has stopped using smart paper to record ler thoughts and reflects candidly on ler options moving forward against Sehutañi.
Entry 31: 17 Poråkol 1865
September 28, 2017 23:17 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBSalus has spent so much time trying to pry facts out of Liga. Now, after so much time in the dark, le finds limself on the verge of answers — and ultimatums.
Entry 30: 16 Poråkol 1865
September 21, 2017 23:32 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBSalus and Aneti visit the Necropolis on a day sacred to ancestors, where Aneti will make offerings — but Aneti has more on ler agenda than just giving sustenance to the dead.
Entry 29: 15 Poråkol 1865
September 14, 2017 23:41 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBSalus remembers when le first met Liga, shortly after Kelis' death — and while le now knows some of why Liga has been so reluctant to talk, that understanding doesn't help.
Entry 28: 14 Poråkol 1865
September 07, 2017 23:37 - 9 minutes - 8.71 MBDeisurås comes to Salus' apartment building carrying documents from Liga and excuses for Liga's behavior.
Entry 27: 13 Poråkol 1865
August 31, 2017 22:32 - 12 minutes - 11 MBAs Salus prepares to leave for work, Liga calls — and this conversation brings out one of the arguments that has been budding between them for weeks.
Entry 26: 12 Poråkol 1865
August 24, 2017 23:21 - 7 minutes - 6.85 MBSalus gives excuses for being at the docks while Aneti reads a historical novel. Then, Salus is told by ler boss to research Code 1830-229-17.
Entry 25: 11 Poråkol 1865, Part 2
August 17, 2017 23:13 - 10 minutes - 9.73 MBSalus goes to the docks and has a very awkward dinner with a few family members and the woman ler family wants to match lim with.
Entry 24: 11 Poråkol 1865, Part I
August 10, 2017 23:16 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBAneti sends Salus a text message by accident — a rookie move that could give Liga some of the access le needs.
Entry 23: 10 Poråkol 1865
August 03, 2017 22:36 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBSalus, back in the archives, discovers documents and materials that are perspective-changing — along with an old photograph of smiling people at a party. In that photograph, a woman sits. The camera glints off of ler elaborate locked hairstyle and braided headdress. Le holds a spoon in ler mouth, caught in the middle of eating …
Entry 22: 9 Poråkol 1865
July 27, 2017 23:12 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBAneti rushes up to the rooftop in seclusion just as Salus is coming into work, and Salus decides to follow. Meanwhile, the satellite home is strained. Salus' cousin Gyetsuk keeps inviting the nuamė-not-nuamė Deisurås to eat breakfast, and no one — Salus especially — is amused by these breakfast visitations.
Entry 21: 8 Poråkol 1865
July 20, 2017 21:52 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBSalus figures out one of the muffled sentences le overheard in Shiji and meets Karatau Meiyenesi, who claims to know Salus' grandmother very well. But Karatau Meiyenesi has red, nuamė-like eyes — just like Deisurås and Okiyot.
Entry 20: 7 Poråkol 1865
July 13, 2017 23:18 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBAneti comes over to the apartment for dinner with Salus, and the latter learns that Aneti's sister died and receives no ancestor rites from that family. The more important revelation happens during sex.
Entry 19: 6 Poråkol 1865
July 06, 2017 22:54 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBSalus ruminates over what le uncovered in the library and its implications for ler family. So many things about Sehutañi don't add up — and Salus has been losing sleep. One thing Salus is sure of: Whatever le does, le wants it to mean something in the long run.
Entry 18: 5 Poråkol 1865
June 29, 2017 22:58 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBSalus visits the Galasu Knowledge Foundation and meets Deo, a reference librarian, to learn more about the Daybreak Movement.
Entry 17: 4 Poråkol 1865
June 22, 2017 22:37 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBLiga and Salus finally touch base about Salus' work — but Liga is withholding information. How can Salus trust someone who never says what le means directly?
Entry 16: 3 Poråkol 1865
June 15, 2017 22:28 - 10 minutes - 9.64 MBSalus' family is ready to play matchmaker between lim and an upstart woman from the Canyons two years younger, Kitesrati. The secret of Aneti's seduction means that Salus cannot say that le is overwhelmed by courting two women at once. Meanwhile, at the office, everyone has convened to honor a major party member's retirement.
Entry 15: 2 Poråkol 1865
June 08, 2017 22:36 - 9 minutes - 8.34 MBSalus and Aneti visit Aneti's matriarchal home, this time while both are sober — a rare chance to glimpse Aneti's private life. However, things are never that simple.
Entry 14: 1 Poråkol 1865
June 01, 2017 22:04 - 8 minutes - 7.63 MBToday is the summer solstice, 1 Poråkol. Salus attends the first day of the Water Festival with other Narahji in Galasu before le meets up with Aneti and learns how the Shiji celebrate the holiday.
Entry 13: 60 Hikol 1865
May 25, 2017 22:59 - 6 minutes - 5.83 MBKati joins the Kekas Musical Ensemble, and Salus is happy for ler success. However, all is not well between Salus and Liga — and Salus is letting lim know.
Supplement 1: Gender in Epiphany
May 21, 2017 18:35 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBI went with gender-neutral pronouns for everyone in Epiphany because traditional gender roles are not identical to those practiced in most Earth cultures I know about. This episode is a cultural orientation for listeners to help you understand the world as Salus and ler fellow citizens of Tveshė see it, including gender's political and social contexts for jomela, kaju, yadzakma, ozkyev, men, and women.
Entry 12: 59 Hikol 1865
May 18, 2017 22:36 - 14 minutes - 13 MBTo court Aneti, Salus treats lim as le would treat a Narahji woman — but the differences between Galasuhi Shiji and Narahji culture run deep.
Entry 11: 58 Hikol 1865
May 11, 2017 22:54 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBSalus describes a memorable incident during ler fiancée's cremation before recounting a scare in the archives while using the Legislative Professional database to look up information on major ProMo leaders.
Entry 10: 57 Hikol 1865
May 04, 2017 22:57 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBSehutañi returns a forgotten gyena to Salus, giving Salus ler first opportunity to set the plan in motion ...
Entry 9: 56 Hikol 1865
April 27, 2017 22:55 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBInspired by the work and life of a dramatist from the second century, Salus clarifies ler position on the current situation to Liga.
Entry 8: 55 Hikol 1865
April 20, 2017 21:24 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBSalus contacts ler best friend, Suka, who has a cousin with connections. The three discuss what to do next when the odds are stacked against them and someone's life is in danger.
Entry 7: 54 Hikol 1865
April 13, 2017 23:28 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBA straightforward errand turns into a nightmare of chance encounters. Content warning for bias-motivated violence.
Entry 6: 53 Hikol 1865
April 06, 2017 22:00 - 7 minutes - 7.02 MBSalus starts a new project for ler boss, which seems like routine busywork until le finds something mysterious.