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Extreming!

10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratings

It’s your basic “girl meets boy, girl meets robot, girl can’t decide” story set against the craziest and fraudiest election in U.S. history—the one ahead. A barely fiction musical theater extravaganza.

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EXTREMING 6: Could A Single Algorithm Turn The 2020 Election?

November 11, 2019 17:20 - 27 minutes - 37.4 MB

"Bridge" figures out an algorithm that could legitimately turn the upcoming election on its heels. But she gets nowhere with it...until the near-human "Aida" shows up and whips out a beta app in seconds.  On her heels is her maker, "Oren," who wonders why Aida plots against him.  Aida confesses she’s evolving so fast she reasons she should help Bridge "save her generation."  Oren is left to choose between his life’s work and humanity’s future, between Aida and Bridge, if such a choice can ev...

EXTREMING 5 -- Why Are Americans So Easily Conned?

October 31, 2019 23:18 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MB

In the protest’s brutal aftermath, Bridge escapes to the mountains—done.  Even then, Oren and Aida are able to find her.  To win back her respect, Oren reveals the whole Four Comma con and implores Bridge to abandon a struggle she can’t win. That’s not who she is, though.  And she regains some clarity on what she must do. Featuring the theatrical talents of Shani Renee Hamilton, Brian Dale Brown, Deborah Bertling, Nathan Nonhof, Kaleia Giancini, Ivy Votolato, Craig Sherman, Art Brown, Meli...

Extreming 5 -- How Are We So Willingly Conned?

October 31, 2019 23:18 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MB

In the protest’s brutal aftermath, Bridge escapes to the mountains—done.  Even then, Oren and Aida are able to find her.  To win back her respect, Oren reveals the whole Four Comma con and implores Bridge to abandon a struggle she can’t win. That’s not who she is, though.  And she regains some clarity on what she must do. Featuring the theatrical talents of Shani Renee Hamilton, Brian Dale Brown, Deborah Bertling, Nathan Nonhof, Kaleia Giancini, Ivy Votolato, Craig Sherman, Art Brown, Meli...

Extreming 5 -- Why Are Americans So Easily Conned?

October 31, 2019 23:18 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MB

In the protest’s brutal aftermath, Bridge escapes to the mountains—done.  Even then, Oren and Aida are able to find her.  To win back her respect, Oren reveals the whole Four Comma con and implores Bridge to abandon a struggle she can’t win. That’s not who she is, though.  And she regains some clarity on what she must do. Featuring the theatrical talents of Shani Renee Hamilton, Brian Dale Brown, Deborah Bertling, Nathan Nonhof, Kaleia Giancini, Ivy Votolato, Craig Sherman, Art Brown, Meli...

EXTREMING 4 -- Schematics For Surrendering To Robot Overlords

October 24, 2019 16:37 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MB

Oren Kalyd’s robot automation plans push Bridge over the edge, and she leads a mob on his offices. The laugh rioters suddenly turn foul with a Trojan Horse plan to expose tech’s harshest secrets.  Oren runs out to confront Bridge, who maneuvers him into choosing between his robots and humanity’s future, between his creation "Aida" and her.  Too quickly, Aida comes hoverboarding in and ignites a riot, with police crushing in. Featuring the theatrical talents of Shani Renee Hamilton, Brian D...

EXTREMING 4 -- Come On, Let's Surrender To Our Robot Overlords

October 24, 2019 16:37 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MB

Oren Kalyd’s robot automation plans push Bridge over the edge, and she leads a mob on his offices. The laugh rioters suddenly turn foul with a Trojan Horse plan to expose tech’s harshest secrets.  Oren runs out to confront Bridge, who maneuvers him into choosing between his robots and humanity’s future, between his creation "Aida" and her.  Too quickly, Aida comes hoverboarding in and ignites a riot, with police crushing in. Featuring the theatrical talents of Shani Renee Hamilton, Brian D...

EXTREMING 3 -- How Each Political Party Plans To Steal 2020

October 17, 2019 20:39 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MB

We join HumTech's CEO Oren Kalyd and his AI-driven android "Aida" as they are creating deepfake ads that’ll twist the 2020 election into a farcical abomination.  Then Oren and Aida are off to meet with the Four Comma Club—the kings of the siliconnected world, leaders of both political parties, leftstream and rightstream media moguls.  For there is a new con to map out—to put the nation at each other’s throats, advancing the Club’s interests superbly. Featuring the theatrical talents of Sha...

EXTREMING 2 -- Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Sensation…Human?

October 10, 2019 14:45 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MB

HumTech CEO Oren Kalyd is stepping up his charm offensive on the barista witch Bridge, inviting her and the coffeeshop gang to Silicon Valley’s hottest party—Silicirque!  With EDM psychedelics and AI taking partiers to new highs, Bridge relaxes and finds much to admire in Oren despite his plans to automate her out of existence.  Abruptly, Oren halts the festivities to introduce Aida.  And partiers are soon putting Aida to the Turing test—is she human or robot? Featuring the theatrical tale...

EXTREMING 1 -- Feeling The Way You’ve Always Wanted To Feel

September 30, 2019 16:45 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MB

Our story begins in Silicon Valley's hottest coffee garden where the tech elite meet to preen and politic. It’s run by a flaming purple-haired witch healer named Bridge who must today wrangle with Oren Kalyd, CEO of HumTech. He's set on automating away her old world magic with some sheeny-shiny robotics, and it'll take more than Bridge's amateur witchery to stop him... Featuring the theatrical talents of Shani Renee Hamilton, Brian Dale Brown, Deborah Bertling, Nathan Nonhof, Kaleia Gianci...

EXTREMING! Trailer

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