WPR — Episode 17 “Shocktangle & the Countdown”

If your fence sings when you touch it, that’s current—not angels.Storme checks in from the wasteland with updates on South Dakota’s “Shocktangle”—an improvised electric defense made from Christmas lights, lawnmower guts, and sheer spite. Between auroras that try to spell and a strange broadcast announcing a countdown, the morning gets tense, wired, and weird.Emergency reports flow in from James about noise lures and burning barrels, while Stan fights static and sarcasm from a frozen outpost. Later, Storme shares a rare story of hope: a woman named Jenny, a missing cat, and an impossible reunion years after the fall.Fieldcraft: How to build an electric perimeter without electrocuting yourselfEmergency Logs: “Switchgrass Siding” incident — noise lure neutralizedStrange Reports: Singing fences, magnetic storms, and synchronized herdsMessage of the Day: Not everything that happens in the wasteland is awful.⚡ Survive smart. Laugh when you can. And if the sky starts a countdown—do the boring things perfectly.🎧 WPR: keeping the signal alive, one jolt at a time.Follow Us!Writer, Director & Producer: J.Taylor "Boomer" CampbellStorme Craft: Bree CroftStan Croft: Justin Telford