Podcasts and Narrative Series

• Audio as a narrative source
• Serialization across media
• Practical notes
• Official source
• Related reading

Spoken audio occupies a particular place in this Universe. Radio Xdripia carries podcasts and narrative series alongside its musical programming, and those broadcasts do the same work as the Grand Library's written material in a different medium — they narrate, interpret and dramatise a world the Codex documents neutrally. For many listeners, audio is the easiest entrance into dense lore, because a voice carries context that a reference entry has to omit.

Audio as a narrative source#

The same reading rules apply as to written fiction. A narrative broadcast is canonical as a broadcast; the events inside it are subject to the same interpretation as events in a book. A narrator in this Universe is a character with a position, and the position is usually the point.

Serialization across media#

Video episodes are in the Multimedia Archives, at their own /episode/{slug} route. Written serialization is in the Grand Library. Audio series are here. Where a story exists in more than one of these, they are versions within one continuity rather than an original and its adaptations.

Practical notes#

Long-form audio and browser autoplay policies interact badly; expect to press play. Listening usually happens in one sitting or not at all, since a continuous station does not keep your position for you.

Official source#

Canonical source for this subject: the Radio Network. Checked 21 August 2026 — where this guide and the live service disagree, the service is right.

Related reading#

• Radio Xdripia — The narrative and orchestral station, and what kind of listening it is built for.
• Series, Movies and Episodes — Serialized video material and how episodes are presented and sequenced.
• Books and Comics — The literary archive of sagas, illustrated chronicles and published works.