Explore every episode of the podcast Metra: A Climate Revolution with Songs
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| A Show We Love: The Dragoning | 31 Oct 2025 | 00:13:04 | |
We're pleased to share another audio drama we love, which features the creators of METRA! In this audio dramedy, the world is shaken by the transformations of women into dragons who consume and immolate men. This is Season 1, Episode 1: Ray. Find the show: https://pod.link/1511981177 Season 1: A tourist from afar tries to understand what, when any woman could literally eat you for lunch, is a guy supposed to do? Who can you trust? Season 2: The tourist creates an international incident by bringing home a dragon. Season 3: New episodes release on Mondays. This Episode features Ray. Ray was played by Ned Hartford (Massey) Ray's sound design was by Ned Hartford (Massey) The Dragoning is written and hosted by Emily Rainbow Davis and produced by Messenger Theatre Company. The Dragoning Theme is by Scott Ethier Sound Design by Matt Powell. Thanks to Shannon Harvey for the artwork. | |||
| BONUS: Art is Change Ep 160: METRA - A Climate Revolution With Songs | 21 Jan 2026 | 00:48:30 | |
Hey, Metra listeners! We're so pleased to bring you this conversation that Metra co-creators Ned and Emily recently had with Bill Cleveland on the Art is Change podcast. We talk about the 7-year journey to create the show, our approach to tackling climate catastrophe as a subject matter, the power of music, and much more. Bill is a stellar interviewer, and he also weaves the show through with other delightful pieces of art and inspiration. We hope you'll enjoy! What if a Musical Could Help us Tell the Truth About Climate Change? In this episode, Bill Cleveland sits down with theater director Emily Hartford and composer–storyteller Ned Hardford to explore Metra: A Climate Revolution with Songs—a nine-episode musical audio drama that reimagines an ancient Greek myth as a near-future climate story. What starts as a conversation about craft opens into deeper territory: imagination as resistance, music as pedagogy, and why genuinely new stories don’t come from algorithms—they come from people doing long, human work together. In it, we explore three big questions at the heart of Metra and the moment we’re living in now:
Listen in to discover how art, music, and story can help us practice a different future—and why Metra just might be the kind of narrative infrastructure we need right now. | |||
| A Show We Love: Wanderer's Journal | 14 Nov 2025 | 00:01:29 | |
Check out this teaser for another audio drama we love -- Wanderer's Journal, by Timothy Rafael and Lumi Oakes. Wanderer’s Journal is a fantasy fiction podcast about Marigold and Pluto, and their unlikely friendship formed through a magical journal that links them. Each of them finds a journal, learns that their voice is recorded into it, and can be both read and played back to the other. Unbeknownst to them, they become a part of an ancient mystery, and see the world from new angles. Wanderer's Journal is now in its second season; find all episodes wherever you get podcasts-- https://pod.link/1737708682 | |||
| A Show We Love: Performing the Revolution | 12 Dec 2025 | 00:46:16 | |
Listeners, if you're enjoying Metra's take on storytelling-meets-collective action: have we got a show for you. We're thrilled to recommend a non-fiction podcast this week: one that weaves revolutionary stories from real-world justice movements-- What do a textile worker in Delhi, a student in a Palestinian refugee camp, and a farmworker in 1960s California have in common? In the midst of their struggle for freedom, they all turned to theatre. Here is Episode 1; find all the episodes wherever you get podcasts. https://www.radicalevolution.org/performing-the-revolution | |||
| A Show We Love: All Around Science | 05 Dec 2025 | 01:15:05 | |
Very excited to introduce this show to Metra listeners -- All Around Science! All Around Science is weekly podcast by two huge science fans discussing what’s new and interesting in science. Science is our window into incredible worlds, from impossibly small atoms to impossibly distant stars. We want to use it to discover as much as possible, and share it with you every week. This is episode 220, "The Dirt Beneath Your Feet." Hosts Bobby and Maura talk about a new type of blue-green algae that had been discovered off the coast of Italy (lovingly nicknamed “Chonkus”) which gobbles up CO2 on the surface of the water, and then sinks to the bottom, acting as a (literal) carbon sink. Then, the main topic of the episode is: "What is dirt?" What is it made of? Why is it different in different places? Why does it change as you dig deeper? Is “soil” the same as “dirt”? So much of what's covered is relevant to our fight for a sustainable climate, and it's all super fascinating to deep dive into. We hope you'll enjoy All Around Science! Find it wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/1530972643 | |||
| A Show We Love: Give Me Away | 15 Apr 2026 | 00:34:21 | |
This is a big favorite of ours, from our friends at Gideon Media! Find all episodes of Give Me Away, and more info here. They call the spaceship that crashed in the Nevada desert “The Ghosthouse” because it screams—the screams of thousands of extraterrestrial political prisoners uploaded into its horrific mainframe. The only way to free them... is to transfer them into the bodies of humans willing to share their minds with an alien second consciousness. But who would volunteer for that? Graham Shapiro, divorced and adrift at age 50, is one of the first to raise his hand. Give Me Away follows Graham’s journey into a world of radical hospitality, one which will touch everything—and everyone—in his life. Season 1, Episode 5 - Your Body is My Body: The story of Brooke before Deirdre and Riley before it all went bad. Featuring Ato Essandoh, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, Hennessy Winkler, Rebecca Comtois, Alba Ponce de León, Jorge Cordova, Christopher Wilson, and Brian Silliman. Written by Mac Rogers, directed by Jordana Williams, sound designed by Bart Fasbender, music composed by Adam Blau, assistant directed by Marty McGuire, and produced by Cara Ehlenfeldt. Transcripts are available at www.gideon-media.com/transcripts. Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.com and follow us on Twitter @mediagideon, Instagram @gideonaudio, and Facebook @gideonaudio. | |||
| BONUS - Metra - Oops, All Music! - Ep 2 | 25 Mar 2026 | 00:17:52 | |
Later this spring, MythMakers Media will release Metra - The Cast Album! Produced by MythMakers Media Featuring: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Fred Inkley, Corinna Schulenburg, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra Rein | |||
| Metra Ep 5 - The Very Big Day | 12 Nov 2025 | 00:32:09 | |
The day arrives. Support Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusical | |||
| Metra Ep 4 - Sixty Days | 05 Nov 2025 | 00:28:46 | |
To launch their mission against the Bubbles, the team needs someone on the inside. Someone with access to the Bubble security systems. Luckily their new friend, Diane, has gear that their mark is desperate to get his hands on. Written by Emily and Ned Hartford | |||
| Metra Ep 3 - Your Sap Is Bitter | 29 Oct 2025 | 00:28:17 | |
The revolutionaries learn that their Process has triggered some devastating fallout.
Content Note: Implied violence and discussion of violent event.
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| Metra Ep 2 - So, What's Your Revolution About? | 22 Oct 2025 | 00:23:59 | |
2041, a ramshackle bar in climate-devastated northeastern America. Cori recovers from her bifurcated consciousness. Aglaphonos foretells their next recruit, just before Samantha takes refuge in the bar. Cori pitches the revolution--but does she fully understand what she's asking? Content Note: Brief instance of peril as a result of religious extremism and transphobia. Instance of supernatural violence. Written by Emily and Ned Hartford | |||
| Metra Ep 1 - Let the Story Begin | 22 Oct 2025 | 00:19:20 | |
Meet the Tree Nymph Chorus. Don't worry, they'll guide you through the story. We begin at the end, in 2045--facing down a line of armed security forces at the edge of the Bubbles. And then, we jump back to 2015 and a remote Greek island. An ancient tree nymph recruits the central player in her climate revolution. They begin a dangerous journey. | |||
| Trailer -- Metra: A Climate Revolution with Songs | 02 Oct 2025 | 00:03:39 | |
Metra is an original musical fiction podcast about how we change the world. The year is 2043. The world is hot, water is scarce, the weather is unpredictable…and the fossil fuel industry continues to thrive. The wealthy are comfortable in their air-purified, cooled, humidified, superbly hydrated Bubble cities. But in a roadside bar on the Outside, an unlikely group of revolutionaries is about to demand a new story. Starring Tony-nominee Jeannette Bayardelle and a Broadway and NYC theatre cast. Metra weaves ancient myth, transformative magic, and memorable music to tell the story of a dangerous climate future, and the fight for the world we deserve. Metra: A Climate Revolution with Songs, by The Hartfords — wherever you get your podcasts. | |||
| BONUS - Metra - Oops, All Music! - Ep 1 | 11 Mar 2026 | 00:18:24 | |
Big news, Metra compatriots! We are thrilled to share that, later this spring, MythMakers Media will release Metra - The Cast Album! Support the creation of the album, and get access to upcoming bonus materials, at ko-fi.com/metrathemusical In the meantime, you can be the first to hear the newly remixed and remastered songs, from the comfort of your podcast feed. We're sharing them as they're finished--here's batch 1! Songs: Music and Lyrics by Ned Hartford Sound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned Hartford Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-something Look out this spring for info on the Bandcamp release, including special bonus features. Happy Listening! | |||
| BONUS - Metra Listener Mailbag 3 - What to Do if You Hear a Voice | 17 Dec 2025 | 00:18:49 | |
Tom hears from an old friend and proposes a way forward. Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-something In particular, we recommend the book, Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility, edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua | |||
| Metra Ep 9 - Change the Myth, Change the World | 10 Dec 2025 | 00:23:44 | |
The finale. | |||
| Metra Ep 8 - I Want a New Story | 03 Dec 2025 | 00:21:32 | |
The penultimate episode; the culmination of the Process. Will Tyler make the right choice? | |||
| BONUS - Metra Listener Mailbag 2 - How Did We Get Here? | 28 Nov 2025 | 00:25:50 | |
Tom Molpe attempts to answer a big question. | |||
| Metra Ep 7 - This Isn't About How We Got Here Today | 26 Nov 2025 | 00:32:03 | |
The story of Cori. Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-something | |||
| BONUS - Metra Listener Mailbag 1 - How Did I Get Here? | 21 Nov 2025 | 00:21:24 | |
Dear Listeners: Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-something Follow the show: | |||
| Metra Ep 6 - I am the Only God that Matters | 19 Nov 2025 | 00:22:55 | |
Tyler is drawn further into the Process. | |||
| BONUS - Making Metra | 22 Apr 2026 | 00:32:34 | |
Emily & Ned Hartford sit down to talk about the origins of Metra, adapting the show from a stage musical to an audio drama, and how they approached shaping a story about climate liberation while living in our dumpster fire of a time. (We'll be back soon with more re-mastered songs from the upcoming cast album!) Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-something
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| BONUS - Metra - Oops, All Music! - Ep 3 | 29 Apr 2026 | 00:10:29 | |
Songs: | |||
| A Show We Love: Greater Boston | 13 May 2026 | 00:12:21 | |
This week, we're introducing you to Greater Boston! This is an excerpt from Season 1, Episode 1; 4 seasons are out now anywhere you listen to podcasts. Find all episodes here! About the Show: Greater Boston is a bi-monthly full-cast audio drama that blends the real and the unreal, the historical and the fantastical. It all begins with the death of Leon Stamatis, a man for whom the least hint of uncertainty makes life unbearable. But by leaving the world, he has irrevocably changed it. Greater Boston is written and produced by Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason. A production of ThirdSight Media LLC. | |||
| A Show We Love: Windfall | 06 May 2026 | 00:25:55 | |
This week, we're excited to introduce you to Windfall, by Rogue Dialogue! This is Season 1, Episode 1, "Bottom Feeder" -- Find all episodes here! About the Show: Ever since the castle first appeared in the sky above the city of Windfall, its residents have been building upward. Now the city consists of towers where the wealthiest residents live at the top while the poor eke out a living on the ground. Our podcast follows Cas, Shaima, and Argus, three brothers who live with their Uncle Vern after being orphaned during the grounder rebellion twenty years earlier. They find themselves drifting apart as Argus, the youngest, falls hopelessly in love with the much-older Helina, a foreign merchant haunted by her past; Cas, the middle brother, works in secret for the local crime boss; and Shaima, the oldest, struggles to keep their uncle’s scrap shop from going under. When Cas’s best friend, Kendall, is offered a position with the Wolfpac, Windfall’s military cult that acts as the city’s police, Cas is forced to decide where his loyalties lie. Meanwhile, something sinister looms over the city itself, threatening the lives of all who live in Windfall, from the wealthiest residents to the ground-level poor. Episode 1: Brothers Cas, Argus, and Shaima hunt for dinner in the sewers. Helina pays a visit to her favorite bartender, Gert. Queen Wanda meets with Captain Root to discuss the upcoming Contact Day Festival. Meanwhile, Kendall runs into trouble with the Wolfpac.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes adult language and depictions of physical violence. | |||