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Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 23h

TWO THOUSAND AND LATE has been nominated for a @signalawards.bsky.social!! And YOU can vote for us in the Listener's Choice category for Best Scripted Fiction! vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

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The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU

I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.

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Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 23/09/2026

We're running our first ever fan survey! We'd love to know how you found us and which shows you love. And, if you sign up for our Patreon (paid OR free!) you can enter for a chance to win a physical copy of the New Year’s Day comic! forms.gle/H7AjGEcuZrWR...

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Atypical Artists Fan Survey

Hello pals and listeners! Thank you so much for taking this survey - we'd love to learn more about you so we can make our Patreon the most fun place on the internet. Answer as much or as little as you...

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Arthur Clyboune Writes @arthurclybourne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fuck HP. Listen to Two Thouand And Late instead. pca.st/podcast/d5e2... If you're like me, you'll both admire and envy @laurenshippen.com's transatlantic accent. The only voice I can currently do is "ominous horror host."

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TWO THOUSAND AND LATE

GET READY TO WREAK SOME HAVOC!This new fiction podcast from the writer that brought you The Bright Sessions and Bridgewater follows the story of Harper, a thirty-six year old nihilist whose life is up...

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 18/09/2026

new lizzy mcalpine, orville peck, AND carly rae?

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Gabriel Urbina @gabrielurbina.com · 10/09/2026

Still one of our better reviews. (💙)

"I'm so furious and also so happy." - Lauren Shippen, Creator, The Bright Sessions; Two Thousand and Late

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 10/09/2026

now that season two has premiered I can say that when I listened to the first epsiode, I texted Gabriel "so much happened I don't even know which thing to be mad at you about" all to say, you should listen

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 08/09/2026

wow, 60 years since star trek and 16 years since the star trek tik tok video. equally important texts. it's amazing how time flies

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Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 07/09/2026

Drive Thru Magic is out today!! This brand new BL from @briggon.bsky.social follows Gabe, an overwhelmed veterinarian, and Louie, a fast food worker trying to get his life back on track, as they fall in love through a drive-thru intercom. 🍔🏰❤️‍🩹 pod.link/6800380256

The show art for Drive Thru Magic, drawn by Carlos Garcia, depicting two men sitting on the hood of a car in front of a fast food place called Joust Joint

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Léa Charbonnier @cleadraw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

An other fever dream 🪄🐰 . 🌈🎙️ Characters from the audio drama New Year's Day by @atypicalartists.co . #mmromance #historicalromance #fantasyromance #bl #newyearsday #audiodrama #queerpodcast

A magician makes a rabbit appear in his hat, the rabbit is a man with rabbit ears.

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Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 19/08/2026

We're so proud to say that TWO THOUSAND AND LATE has been nominated for best podcast at the HollyShorts Film Festival!! Listen to all of Season 1 now! pod.link/1835711536

a graphic with podcast art for "abandoned: the all-American ruins podcast", "don't worry, no one's listening" and "Two Thousand and Late"

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 18/08/2026

I honestly don’t use Bluesky that much anymore but I couldn’t not share how amazing phantom pulse recording went, I mean LOOK at how perfect these folks are

A photo of Jordan Doww, Briggon Snow, Erin Caesar, Julianna Guttiérrez Arango, and Erika Ishii

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BOOM! Studios @boom-studios.com · 11/08/2026

We ship the OTP of you + this reality-bending YA series! 💖 Experience award-winning writer @megfitz89.bsky.social’s love letter to fandom with 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗨𝗘! Now in stores with art illustrated by renowned artist @lisasterle.bsky.social! boomstud.io/MarySueSC

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 10/08/2026

I am SO excited to be collaborating with @megfitz89.bsky.social, @felixtrench.com, and @badscientistaudio.bsky.social on their next show - UK actors, you're gonna want to submit to this!

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 07/08/2026

hey remember when you could own things? remember when paying for stuff meant it was yours forever? we can still have that! support your favorite people who make stuff with sound by buying their stuff on bandcamp!

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Sarah Shachat @sarahshachat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Howard Hawks would love @laurenshippen.com’s DESPERATE HOLLOW is what I’m seeing

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mir ✨🫶🏻 @leavesbian.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

desperate hollow, lauren shippen I looooooved the imagery in this sooooo much. it felt like I was at the circus with them !! so I just haaaddd to make something for their moments on this beautiful bright night. I love them sooooo much 🍿🌕✨🎪🌅

quotes from desperate hollow by lauren shippen with sparks and sparkles doodled around them surrounded by different photos of the circus

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 20/07/2026

I had SUCH a great time catching up with Matthew on Audio Indies - he's always been such a champion of the medium and was very patient as I took video podcasts, AI, and mainstream Hollywood to task for continuing to learn the wrong lessons 😅 audio-indies.captivate.fm/episode/laur...

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Lauren Shippen on Audio Drama Craft, Silent Movies, & Widening the Pool - Audio Indies

"I am not out there hawking at the street corner trying to get people to listen to my thing. I am arriving at a potluck with food."Lauren Shippen has be...

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mir ✨🫶🏻 @leavesbian.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

desperate hollow, lauren shippen // talking to the moon, bruno mars 🌕 if you know anything about me, you know I love the sky- so of course that comes with loving the moon. I loooooove that it reminds sawyer of tex. this one is mostly my own photos !!! ✨

quotes from desperate hollow by lauren shippen and talking to the moon by bruno mars. a collection of photos of moons and concert lights taken by mir, with a few stock images from canva.

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mir ✨🫶🏻 @leavesbian.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

desperate hollow, lauren shippen ✨ sometimes things can feel so personal. this passage def makes me feel many things and. tex “construct of a man” bullock is so important to me <3 especially as a trans person

a quote from desperate hollow by lauren shippen in the center surrounded by a few photos from canva of silhouettes of cowboys in front of sunsets that remind me of the trans flag and streamers in trans flag colors. the other photos are taken by mir: a photo of a pink and blue sunset over a beach, graffiti that says 'the divine rights of trans people', and white flowers on a tree.

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mir ✨🫶🏻 @leavesbian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

desperate hollow, lauren shippen, art by noahdea. art on instagram // white horse, taylor swift b-side !! some cutie ones and wanted to include some of my own photos in here. all @laurenshippen.com @atypicalartists.co ‘s fault 🫶🏻

a collection of photos of knights, swords and shields, princes, men embracing and cowboy posters from getty images. quotes from desperate hollow by lauren shippen and white horse by taylor swift and art by noahdea.art on instagram. in the bottom photo is a photo mir took of a skeleton mug with a latte in it and a screenshot of chloe price and max caulfield from the video game life is strange.

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EAR•WAX Magazine @ear-wax-magazine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Our first newsletter comes out today and features a brief clip from this interview with @laurenshippen.com. Next week, a longer segment will be in our first podcast episode. But Patreon supporters get the whole thing now! Please consider supporting EAR•WAX! www.patreon.com/earwaxmagazi...

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EAR•WAX Interview with Lauren Shippen by EAR•WAX Magazine on Patreon. Join EAR•WAX Magazine's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Léa Charbonnier @cleadraw.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Pizza Wednesday 🍕 . Characters from The Infinite Noise by @laurenshippen.com . #youngadultbook #thebrightsessions #mm #bl

Two young men are eating at a bench table.

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mir ✨🫶🏻 @leavesbian.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

desperate hollow, lauren shippen // reckless driving, lizzy mcalpine ✨ hiiiii another from chapter 2!! this quote just stuck with me. remembered reckless driving was on a monthly mixtape forever ago and thought the energy would fit them. these lyrics especially!

quotes from desperate hollow by lauren shippen and reckless driving by lizzy mcalpine. cowboys in front of sunsets are in the top left and bottom right corners. a photo on the top right shows two cowboys walking close together in a desert. below that is a photo of a cowboy adjusting his horse’s saddle. below that is a cowboy from the back with some horses looking out on a town. directly below the top left is a black and white photo of a cowboy’s belt and holster and hand. below that is a bloody knuckle. bottom left is a photo of two cowboys on the grass leaning on each other with their backs to one another. blood cw

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mir ✨🫶🏻 @leavesbian.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

desperate hollow, lauren shippen // happiness, taylor swift // watching you talk on the phone, I consider the empty space around atoms, rhiannon mcgavin this feels like sawyer in chapter 1. this poem belongs to them. so does the evermore album! could really make art about them forever dammit ✨

quotes from desperate hollow by lauren shippen, happiness by taylor swift, watching you talk on the phone I consider the empty space around atoms by rhiannon mcgavin. top left is a photo of a cowboy with their back turned and florals or feathers on his cowboy hat. below is a black and white photo of cowboy boots. below that is a photo of two shadows of hands almost touching in front of the sun. to the left is a blue textured pattern between a quote from the poem. bottom left is a photo of a saloon, with two people riding on bourses with their backs turned below it. on the bottom right is a photo of a cowboy hat sitting on a fence.

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mir ✨🫶🏻 @leavesbian.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

desperate hollow, lauren shippen, art by @noahdea. art on instagram // gold rush, taylor swift // art class, rhiannon mcgavin everyone join me in loving these queer outlaws on atypical’s patreon it took me a little less than 72 hours to start making fan art 💫 just needed that spark to start me off

a photo collage of a quote from desperate hollow by lauren shippen, gold rush by taylor swift, art class by rhiannon mcgavin, and a few different photos of some queer outlaws. photo at the top left depicts a cowboy on a horse in front of a yellow sunset or sunrise. photo middle right is a pair of queer cowboys each wearing a different style: one had a houndstooth orange and black coat, the other has a long sleeve button up shirt. both are wearing cowboy boots. the one on the right is holding a sunflower. on the bottom left is a photo of cowboy boots with sunflowers and a flower skirt or pants cream colored above. top right there is a photo of a brown horse, only the left side of their face. middle right, the desperate hollow official art of tex and sawyer gazing into each other’s eyes.

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David K. Barnes @davidkbarnes.com · 09/07/2026

I’m writing a new Wooden Overcoats live show. Please come and see it!! Last year we did a new show to celebrate our 10th anniversary. This year we’re just having fun. ON THE MOON

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 01/07/2026

there is still time to audition!!!! we are especially looking for LA-based Arab, Black, or Asian actors for a major role!!!

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Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 30/06/2026

We're proud to be an LGBTQ+ studio. Now, more than ever, we need queer stories that represent the whole spectrum of our experiences. Trans rights are human rights. It may be the end of pride month, but we're proud to be queer 365 days of the year, and we'll never stop loving our trans siblings 🏳️‍🌈💚🏳️‍⚧️

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 25/06/2026

I've decided that me leaving so many typos in my scripts when I send them to people is actually very noble of me. that's how you know it's written by a human. it's not embarrassing that I used 'here' when I meant 'hear'. it's me doing my part to fight against the evil AI machines

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Ella Watts is making Camlann Season 2! @gejwatts.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We're casting! @laurenshippen.com is casting for @atypicalartists.co new show, Phantom Pulse! This podcast is going to be so goddamn good y'all just trust me. And I'll be directing it! Please consider throwing your hat into the ring. (Deadline is 6th July)

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PHANTOM PULSE It’s 1998 and Phantom Pulse is setting out on their longest tour yet–seven weeks of dive bars and indie venues across the Midwest. They’ll have a chance to perform on real stages and pe...

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Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 23/06/2026

Exciting news!! We have officially opened up casting for PHANTOM PULSE! We're looking for one LA-based role and several remote roles - both union and non-union actors encouraged to apply! atypicalartists.co/casting

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EAR•WAX Magazine @ear-wax-magazine.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Issue #1 of the EAR•WAX Magazine is scheduled for release on July 22nd. New issues monthly after that, but other surprises TBA as well! Issue #1 features two audio fiction reviews, ten 2026 song recommendations, lots of other fun, plus part 1 of an interview with @laurenshippen.com!

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 22/06/2026

LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL @noahdeaart.bsky.social MADE MY BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot WAIT to release this story!!!

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Fawx & Stallion 🔎 @224bbaker.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Fantastic news! We are now sitting at $3,115 pledged, which, if you're keeping track, is both 31% of our goal, and also over the $3000 needed to unlock our FIFTH crowdfund-exclusive sticker design!

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TAFCON — The Audio Fiction Convention @tafcon.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

HOW TO MAKE ART WHEN THE WORLD IS BURNING with @laurenshippen.com

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mir ✨🫶🏻 @leavesbian.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

hi I’m feeling an overwhelming amount mostly joy and gratitude. happily following @laurenshippen.com’s stories everywhere until the end of time. thank you for always reaching back I love our special community so much yesterday was one of my favorite days of all time 💚 can’t wait to see you sunday!!!

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 12/06/2026

if you'd like to know what to expect, it's basically this:

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priest: once again kind of weird but not a sin

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 01/06/2026

happy pride please listen to one of my gay little podcasts

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August Year Round Productions @augustyearround.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

MOONBURN SEASON THREE premieres WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD!! Catch up now wherever you get your podcasts!

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 22/05/2026

Huge congrats to everyone at WOLF VALLEY and @almost-tangible.bsky.social! Script consulting on this show was such a joy — Charlotte created an incredibly special and exciting story and I’m glad it’s getting the flowers it deserves!!

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Gabriel Urbina @gabrielurbina.com · 21/05/2026

The early reviews for Episode 14 of THE HARBINGERS are in and everything is going according to plan.

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I'M FURIOUS ALSO SO HAPPY.
- Lauren Shippen
Creator, The Bright Sessions; Two Thousand and Late

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 21/05/2026

live reaction image of me listening to this episode and texting @gabrielurbina.com

a string of texts from Lauren to Gabriel that read: "If this episode is going where I think it's going I'm gonna
LOSE IT
(a previous text) Amy should have TWO husbands
(replying to the previous text)THERE IS STILL TIME FOR ME TO GET WHAT I WANT
GABRIEL URBINA WHEN I FIND YOU!!!!!!!!!
I have never been angrier with you

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 15/05/2026

live reaction of Briggon deciding he never wants to speak to me again

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 13/05/2026

guys, I am SO excited, I've never done any of my shows live!!! this is going to be SUCH a blast!

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