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After the Apocalypse

Christopher Russell

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Frequency: 1 episode/15d. Total Eps: 139

After the Apocalypse is a complete five-season post-apocalyptic science-fiction audio drama about what happens after everything familiar disappears.

The story follows ordinary people caught in the collapse of civilization and forced to figure out how to survive, whom to trust, what they are willing to fight for, and eventually how to build something new.

This is not a story about superheroes. It is survival fiction about people — flawed, frightened, funny, stubborn people — trying to make their way through a broken world. Across five seasons of serialized fiction, their stories intersect as communities form, loyalties shift, old assumptions fall away, and the survivors begin deciding what kind of world should come next.

Seasons 1 through 5 contain the complete After the Apocalypse story. The series is finished and can be listened to from beginning to end.

The podcast feed now continues as The Apocalypse Café, where I explore the world around After the Apocalypse through conversations, stories, ideas, behind-the-scenes material, and whatever else seems worth talking about while we wait to see what survives.

If you enjoy post-apocalyptic fiction, science fiction, survival stories, complete serialized audio dramas, and character-driven stories about rebuilding after catastrophe, start with Season One, Episode One.

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🇨🇦 Canada - scienceFiction
26/08/2026
#98
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26/08/2026
#88
🇨🇦 Canada - scienceFiction
25/08/2026
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25/08/2026
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Last Transmission, by Patrick Rushbrook

Saturday, August 1, 2026 • Duration 16:36

OK, my survivor friends, as promised I have news. My summer has been jam-packed. This month has been even jam-packier.

Let’s talk about Pat’s story contest story we just listened to. Again, 900 words isn’t a lot to play with and I think he did a good job building a story arc into that space. It’s got a beginning, middle and end. There are clear stakes and a complete character arc. I could see this story as a ClarkesWorld or Dust or Escape Pod offering.

More to come - We both just submitted stories for the summer contest.

The second book of the After the Apocalypse 5 novel series is finished and shipped and available anywhere you buy books. So go get it. Read it. Tell your friends. Leave a review. Let the world know that this is a great series and they won’t regret engaging.

But, wait! That’s not all. I also built a commercial proposal in July and submitted it to publisher. The process helped me organize my thoughts and content in a form that I can reuse. So that was cool. Let me know if you’re interested in seeing the proposal. It took me most of July to get the proposal prepared.

But, one of the things they ask for is comparison books. Basically what are other book that have been published recently that are representative of how your book might be seen in the market and how did they perform.

My knee jerk reaction was to reach for famous apocalyptic books, like The Stand, or The Road, or The Earth Abides, or The Dog Stars. But I felt like this was lazy and not a true comparison. So, I researched more contemporary post-apocalyptic fiction and found three that I’ll share with you.

I listened to them all on audio, because I had a deadline. All of them were available through my library on the Hoopla app. So, my friends, if you love listening to post-apocalyptic fiction, get yourself a library card and use their app to get your fill of free, high-quality fiction.

The first book was A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen. It’s a post-apocalyptic family drama based in current day San Francisco Area. It was ok, but a bit soap opera with a wimpy main male character.

The second book was Moon of the running leaves by Waubgeshig Rice. It is written in the POV of a First Nations people in Canada searching for a new home after some sort vague systems collapse ends civilization and government. I really liked this book. Especially the audio version. It has a lyrical cadence to it. It is beautifully written.

The third was The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. I think this was the best constructed of the three. The opening chapter builds characters and stakes so well and then grabs you by the throat. The stakes are high. The story is set in a rapidly devolving Florida. The environment is reclaiming the lands. Government is failing. Humanity and our protagonists learn to adapt and evolve.

These are all worth listening to. They are all deeper than just chase scenes and explosions.

And now we stumble into August and I’m turning my attention to several other projects. Including helping listener Colin create a 3-episode Australian apocalypse arc that we’ll start releasing in August.

And Mike Darling from the Apocalypse Post wants to collaborate on a story.

Anyhoo – go leave a comment on the podcast in whatever pod-catcher you’re using – give Pat and Virginia some feedback. You can always poke me on the After the Apocalypse Facebook page, and if any of this patter hits you in such a way that you want to talk to me directly, just send me an email at cyktrussell at Gmail.

But, before you do that, get my 2nd book, read it and leave a review.

And pull your face out of the cloying, fetid mud and gaze hopefully at the burning clouds and acid flashes of lightning. Hold your gaze.

And keep surviving.

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The Price We Pay for Love

Season 6 · Episode 99

Saturday, June 27, 2026 • Duration 35:37

In this episode we have a short story written by Chris for the spring short story contest read into Audio by Virginia Pittman. Following the story (about 10 minutes in) Chris and Virginia have a nice chat about it.

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Dean and Cordelia Wrap-up with Jesse and Shannon

Season 6 · Episode 7

Sunday, November 30, 2025 • Duration 35:44

Welcome back survivors!

How have you been? Have you missed me?

Today, we have a conversation with Jesse and Shannon to wrap up the Dean and Cordelia series.

If you’re new to the feed, the original After the Apocalypse story ran for 5 seasons. It’s an story about survivors of a viral apocalypse and I recommend you start with Season one Episode one.

· Notes: from conversation:

· Jesse’s website https://www.piedraven.com

· T. Kingfisher books -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Vernon

· Tamson Muir -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsyn_Muir

· Game Changer -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Changer_(game_show)

· HealthRight360 -> https://www.healthright360.org/

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Season two, Episode Fifteen, “Breakout”

Season 2 · Episode 15

Saturday, March 19, 2022 • Duration 24:16

After the ApocalypseA pandemic survival storySeason two, Episode Fifteen, “Breakout”

Mags could see the distribution center buildings stretching off into the horizon in neat, rectangular rows of asphalt and metal.

From her perch on the hill overlooking the port authority complex it was like looking down on the map of an old board game.

The mid-morning sun had chased the fog away. Its warm rays now glinted off shiny, metal, man-made objects in the panorama. She squinted at the ‘glass menagerie’ effect that created prisms of light in her scope as she scanned.

Outro S2E15

Hello my survivor friends!

I liked this episode. I tried to take a little extra time and make sure we got the characters and the scenes right. I thought it came out well and I liked Robert’s read.

By the way, if you have any audio projects you can reach Robert at CommandVoices.com. He doesn’t just do the gravely old man voice – that is an affectation just for me. He does full on commercials and voice overs.

I kicked off a contest on the facebook page. I want to have one of you be a guest reader for one of my stories – not this story but something standalone I’ll write – All you have to do to play along is send me an audio recording to cyktrussell At Gmail – and I’ll have my panel of judges listen to them all and select a winner. Then that person can perform a story and we’ll drop it on the feed.

The other thing I need help with is some proofreaders. This is deeper than typo hunting. If I’m going to turn these seasons into proper books I need to flesh them out a bit. And I’ll be looking for help from you to do it. So reach out to me in any of these haunts if your interested in joining the editorial board.

Other than that Everything is on track and wonderful.

Hope you all are well, links in the show notes and don’t forget to keep surviving!

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Season two, Episode Fourteen, “No Good Choice”

Season 2 · Episode 14

Saturday, March 5, 2022 • Duration 25:16

After the Apocalypse

A pandemic survival story

Season two, Episode Fourteen, “No Good Choice”

Mags knelt on the gravely tar roof of the building and surveyed down the road. This was where the dog was leading her, but she didn’t like being so exposed.

She had climbed the rusty fire escape of this place to take a look.

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Podcast on Acast -> https://shows.acast.com/after-the-apocalypse

Facebook group -> https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldmanapocalypse

Patreon to support the show -> https://www.patreon.com/AftertheApocalyps

Kindle Vella Story -> https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09LTRC8RH

Merch Store -> http://tee.pub/lic/8MubRv7yeAw

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Anyhow, hope everyone’s hanging in there.

“May you live in interesting times” is a phrase that is commonly attributed to a Chinese curse when used ironically.

That is most likely apocryphal, i.e. made up by the British fairly recently.

We probably don’t get to choose the nature of our times, interesting or not.

Our job is to take it day by day and keep surviving.

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Season two, Episode thirteen, “Dead Man in a Chair”

Season 2 · Episode 13

Saturday, February 19, 2022 • Duration 31:51

After the ApocalypseA pandemic survival storySeason two, Episode thirteen, “Dead Man in a Chair”

KJ felt her hand hit hard against something under the water. Not so much felt as sensed the impact. The cold water had numbed and sucked the sensation from her extremities.

She swam on muscle memory now. She trusted her technique, long tuned by hours in the pool, to keep her afloat on the swollen river and move her forward.

To the far bank.

Her only chance was to make it to the other side.

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Outro S2 E13

OK my survivor friends. Nice to see you all again this week, although some of you look like you haven’t got a good night’s sleep in weeks.

That’s what the apocalypse does to you.

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Do us a favor and like the podcast, leave a review, forward it to a friend so we can all Keep Surviving.

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Facebook group -> https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldmanapocalypse

Patreon to support the show -> https://www.patreon.com/AftertheApocalypse

Kindle Vella Story -> https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09LTRC8RH

Season two, Episode twelve, “Trust”

Season 2 · Episode 12

Saturday, February 5, 2022 • Duration 29:06

After the ApocalypseA pandemic survival storySeason two, Episode twelve, “Trust”

Brad looked at the steaming pile of eggs on his plate and didn’t know what to think.

‘Eggs for dinner?’

He loved eggs.

His mom used to make them for him.

And did the concept of ‘dinner time’ even mean anything anymore?

John Tasker noticed his hesitation and said with a smile, “Go ahead, boy, dig in!”. We got plenty.”

Brad did as he was told, bringing a greasy, savory forkful to his mouth.

There was a time he wouldn’t have even thought about the taste of his food.

But now, this mouthful of scrambled eggs felt like a warm explosion of joy in his mouth.

His whole body shuddered.

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Podcast on Acast -> https://shows.acast.com/after-the-apocalypse

Facebook group -> https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldmanapocalypse

Patreon to support the show -> https://www.patreon.com/AftertheApocalypse

Kindle Vella Story -> https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09LTRC8RH

Merch Store -> http://tee.pub/lic/8MubRv7yeAw

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Season two, Episode Eleven “John Tasker”

Season 2 · Episode 11

Saturday, January 22, 2022 • Duration 27:35

After the ApocalypseA Pandemic Survival StorySeason two, Episode Eleven “John Tasker”

The old man grabbed Brad’s arm and hissed, “Let me do the talking.”

Brad felt the strong grip on his arm and watched, mystified, as the old man transformed.

He hunched over and assumed the guise and deportment of a completely different man than he was, an aged and feeble man.

With the old man shuffling and supported on his arm, they emerged into the daylight.

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Enjoy your week, spring is coming, the days are getting longer, (at least on my side of the planet) and Keep surviving.

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Season two, Episode Ten “Logistics”

Season 2 · Episode 10

Saturday, January 8, 2022 • Duration 29:56

After the ApocalypseA Pandemic Survival StorySeason two, Episode Ten “Logistics”

Mags looked at the old man with a tiredness that belied the weight of the world on her shoulders.

She hadn’t been getting enough sleep.

There was so much to do.

There was always too much to do.

She had to stay on top of the details.

They couldn’t afford to lose any more people to this chaotic world.

How had she been thrust into the leadership role of this small and broken tribe? She didn’t know if she was up to the task, but she would keep working to make something out of this and out of them.

If humans were to survive and move forward, it would take groups of people working collaboratively. She thought that, just maybe, this group could be the start of something good.

She wasn’t going to let that die on her watch.

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Outro S2 E10

Hello my survivor friends.

Had some interesting irony this week. I started reading ‘The Stand’ by Steven King. I’m 2 weeks and 700+ pages in. It’s a big book and takes a long time to build. I’ll have more thoughts on it when I’m finished.

If I ever finish.

The ironic part is that I picked up a cold over Christmas from my 87-year-old Mom. Which is ironic in itself because we’ve been trying so hard to protect her from the actual pandemic and she turns around and gives us all a bad cold.

I was hoping to get a lot done in my week off – and that statement right there tells you a lot about me and my neuroses – but I was sick and spent a lot of time reading and resting, which was good timing to tackle the oversized tome that is The Stand.

Here’s the ironic part; I’m lying in bed reading about all these characters who think they only have a cold actually having a superflu that wipes out humanity. At the same time I’m writing a story about a pandemic apocalypse where everyone dies from a virus and listening to the news about a raging pandemic.

Season two, Episode nine “Reunion”

Season 2 · Episode 9

Saturday, December 25, 2021 • Duration 25:10

After the ApocalypseA Pandemic Survival StorySeason two, Episode nine “Reunion”

Bella watched as the big dog pushed his head into the old man’s lap. The dog was wiggling its butt like a puppy and the old man was pretending to be mad.

“No”, the old man said, looking away from the supplicant dog, who was vigorously nuzzling at him. “You didn’t listen to me. You could have gotten yourself killed.”

The dog gave a big push and the old man slipped out of the chair sprawling onto the linoleum floor. Bill pounced on the old man as he fell to the ground and licked at his face. The old man put his hands up for protection and laughed despite himself.

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Outro S2 E9

Hello my survivor friends.

Welcome back to the apocalypse.

In this episode I wanted to give all y’all a bit of a breather from all the tension and action. That last episode where KJ has to escape across the river was harrowing. Death, destruction, fear, tension, cats and dogs living together – real end-of-the-world stuff!

My editors and I had a multi-day discussion as to whether she would bring her boots with her. Tim said to tie the boots around her neck. I just couldn’t see how she could swim with the boots around her neck.

I rewrote it 3 times. Tried a compromise. Long distance swimmers actually have these waterproof floaty bags they put stuff in and tie to their ankles. But it was getting to complex and awkward, so I sent them a text that read “I don’t care about the @#$%@ boots!”

It’s running joke between us now.

I figure in the Hollywood version of the story this scene will give them an excuse to have the heroine take her clothes off! Of course, by the time Hollywood is done with it there will be sea monsters, laser beams and aliens.

So – I wanted to take it easy on you this week. And I gave you that tense reunion scene as a flashback so you would already know the outcome and it wouldn’t require so much stress.

Then we got them all together back at the school.

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