Metra: A Climate Revolution with Songs

Coming so soon: Metra - The Cast Album!In the meantime, you're 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 5!This batch, once again, features some extra bonus content—consider it the DVD commentary track (designed to appease the Sp*tify overlords…)Support the creation of the album, and get access to upcoming bonus materials, at ko-fi.com/metrathemusical Songs:“Cori Comes Home” reprise“Change the Myth” instrumental“Take a Bite”“Fearful” Music and Lyrics by Ned HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Fred Inkley, Corinna Schulenburg, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra ReinSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordCheck out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingLook out this spring for info on the Bandcamp release, including special bonus features.Happy Listening!

Later this spring, MythMakers Media will release Metra - The Cast Album!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 4!This batch features some extra bonus content—consider it the DVD commentary track (designed to appease the Sp*tify overlords…)Support the creation of the album, and get access to upcoming bonus materials, at ko-fi.com/metrathemusical Songs: "Ceres' Curse reprise""Cori in the Limo""Bechtel Man""Cori Rides a Train""Cori Starts to Dream""Cori Underwater""Cori Sheds Her Skin""Cori Comes Home"Music and Lyrics by Ned HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Fred Inkley, Corinna Schulenburg, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra ReinSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordCheck out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingLook out this spring for info on the Bandcamp release, including special bonus features.Happy Listening!

We are SO CLOSE to the next batch of beautifully remixed and remastered Metra cast album songs! In the meantime, let us tide you over with another delightful show.Forgive Me! Season 3, Episode 1 - "(Another) Disaster at the Donut Festival"Father Ben left his congregation in Binghamton, New York, in the cover of night for the smaller, quieter pastures of St. Patrick’s. As our new, young, and at times progressive priest begins to acquiesce to his new surroundings, he finds himself butting heads with the eccentric parishioners who come to him seeking solace and advice. Whether he’s trying to understand Old Margaret’s “usual” confession; parsing out how Tom can better help care for his wife’s pet pig, David; or getting to the bottom of the Christmas Eve Mass Incident, Forgive Me! explores the intertwined lives in Ben’s new community and the funny, sad, and sometimes painful experiences that come out of confession and the Catholic experience.Find all episodes and info here.

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.

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.Produced by Rogue Dialogue ProductionsWritten and directed by Bob Raymonda and Christie DonatoSound design and score by Adam RaymondaLogo by Sam Twardy (www.samtwardy.com)More info at roguedialogue.com/windfall, and follow @WindfallPodcast on Twitter, Facebook, and InstagramCONTENT WARNING: This episode includes adult language and depictions of physical violence.

Songs:"The Myth of Erysicthon Part 3""Ceres' Curse""Famine"Your mission (especially if you live in New York in the U.S.!) -- On April 29 and 30, 2026 -- Call the NYS Assembly and Senate and urge them not to gut the state's landmark climate law!If you're not in New York, call anyway! Let them know the eyes of the world are on the state.Assembly Speaker Heastie: 518-455-3791 (If you can’t get through on his Albany line, call his district office: 718-654-6539).Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins: 518-455-2585 (district office: 914-423-4031).Senator Pete Harckham: 518-455-2340 (district office: 914-241-4600, and email [email protected]).Find your Assembly Member here (or call the NYS Assembly Switchboard: 518-455-4100).Find your Senator here (or call the NYS Senate Switchboard: 518-455-2800).Sample script: "Hi, I'm ________ and I'm calling to urge ________ to stand strong against Governor Hochul's proposed rollbacks to the climate law. Now more than ever, we need clean and renewable energy to protect New Yorkers from volatile fossil fuel prices and the worst impacts of climate change. Loopholes and accounting tricks won't drive good energy policy that we desperately need."Provide your zip code if asked and thank them for taking your message.Why this is important:The New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), passed in 2019, is one of the nation's most ambitious climate laws. The Act sets the goals to reduce emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and then to 85% below 1990 levels by 2050. The law forces shifts to renewable energy, energy efficiency standards, and green construction.Now, Hochul is using the budget process to destroy a law that New Yorkers voted for.Please call!

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-somethingSupport Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusicalMetra is Written by Emily and Ned HartfordMusic and Lyrics by Ned HartfordDialogue Directed by Emily HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordFollow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusical (DM us and maybe we'll send you some stickers!)metrathemusical.com

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.

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 2!Songs:“Welcome MythMakers”“The Myth of Erysicthon Part 1”“Sam Introduces Aggy”“Metra’s Mother”“The Myth of Erysicthon Part 2”“The Sweet Old Woman’s Theme”Music and Lyrics by Ned HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Fred Inkley, Corinna Schulenburg, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra ReinSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordCheck out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingLook out this spring for info on the Bandcamp release, including special bonus features.Happy Listening!

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:"Welcome From the Nymphs""Back to the Past""Cori, Come Near""Cascade""Reporting for Duty""Take a Bite"“Change the Myth”“Sam and the Whale”“A Nymphian Interlude”“Diane’s Theme”Music and Lyrics by Ned HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra Rein, Stephanie Bacastow, Matthew Trumbull, Corey Allen, Stephanie Willing, and Luke WyngardenSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordCheck out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingLook out this spring for info on the Bandcamp release, including special bonus features.Happy Listening!

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:How music, story, and the human voice reach places that facts, lectures, and policy arguments can’tWhat it looks like to tell a climate story without fear-mongering or “disaster porn,”How artists can build work that others can actually use,—turning art-making into cultural infrastructure rather than a one-off production.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.Art is Change website

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-somethingIn particular, we recommend the book, Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility, edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua Support Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusical  Follow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.com

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.Performing the Revolution is a limited-series podcast that knits these powerful stories together to create a global narrative featuring artists who put everything on the line in the struggle for justice. The series starts in New Delhi, India following Jana Natya Manch (Janam), a 50-year-old street theatre company that performs for India’s working class. It then moves to The Freedom Theatre in The West Bank – where kids fight to define who they are and what they dream about amidst a decades-long occupation – and on to El Teatro Campesino’s legacy of agitating during the historic California grape strikes.Here is Episode 1; find all the episodes wherever you get podcasts.https://www.radicalevolution.org/performing-the-revolution

The finale. Are we tied to the tracks of this catastrophe? Songs:“Fearful” reprise“Gotta Be Brave”“With the Swing of an Axe”“Work for the Night is Coming”“Epilogue”Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingSupport Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusicalWritten by Emily and Ned HartfordMusic and Lyrics by Ned HartfordDialogue Directed by Emily HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Corinna Schulenburg, Fred Inkley, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra Rein, Jonathan Gregg, Ned Hartford, Galway McCullough, Walker Schneckenberger, Mercena Schulenburg, Ezra Trumbull, Theo Trumbull, Kristen Vaughan, and Luke WyngardenSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordFollow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.com

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

The penultimate episode; the culmination of the Process. Will Tyler make the right choice?Songs:“Cori Comes Home” reprise“Take a Bite”“Fearful” Content note: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault.Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingSupport Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusicalWritten by Emily and Ned HartfordMusic and Lyrics by Ned HartfordDialogue Directed by Emily HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Corinna Schulenburg, Fred Inkley, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, and Sierra ReinSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordFollow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.com

Tom Molpe attempts to answer a big question....Books for Earline (and anyone else who may find them useful):Climate Crisis - OverallThe New Climate War by Michael E. MannFalter by Bill McKibbenThe Climate Book by Greta ThunbergThe Language of Climate Politics: Fossil Fuel Propaganda and How To Fight It by Genevieve GuentherClimate Crisis and Extractive CapitalismWealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and The Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises by Marjorie Kelly.Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet – and What We Can Do About It by Nancy FraserMyths About Energy Consumption and Our Relationship to the EnvironmentMore and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy by Jean-Baptiste FressozThe Shock of the Anthropocene: The Earth, History, and Us by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Christophe BonneuilThe Koch Brothers and their Billionaire ArmyKochland by Christopher LeonardDark Money by Jane Meyer … Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-something Support Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusical  Follow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.com

The story of Cori.Songs: "Ceres' Curse reprise""Cori in the Limo""Bechtel Man""Cori Rides a Train""Cori Starts to Dream""Cori Underwater""Cori Sheds Her Skin""Cori Comes Home"Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingSupport Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusicalWritten by Emily and Ned HartfordMusic and Lyrics by Ned HartfordDialogue Directed by Emily HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Corinna Schulenburg, Fred Inkley, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, and Sierra ReinSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordFollow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.com

Dear Listeners:We believe the time has come to clear the air on a matter of some…complexity. Are you the sort of listener who keeps an ear out for patterns? Repetition?Perhaps you’ve noticed a unique name popping up in numerous places. Perhaps you’re one of the Metra listeners who heard Episode 4 and began to have questions. You’re not alone. Today we address such a listener question — namely, how the hell is a guy named Tom Molpe joining the climate revolution in 2045, while he edits a podcast in 2025??Perhaps Tom can clear things up. Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingSupport Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusicalFollow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.com

Tyler is drawn further into the Process.Sam shares her story of transformation.Aglaphonos takes on a chilling new persona.Songs:“The Myth of Erysicthon Part 3”“Ceres’ Curse”“Famine”Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingSupport Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusicalWritten by Emily and Ned HartfordMusic and Lyrics by Ned HartfordDialogue Directed by Emily HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Corinna Schulenburg, Fred Inkley, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, and Sierra ReinSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordFollow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.com

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

The day arrives.Cori, Sam, Aglaphonos, and Tom are about to intercept their subject and throw him into the Process. Will it win him over? Can the Bubble people change?Songs: “Welcome Mythmakers”“The Myth of Erysicthon Part 1”“Metra’s Mother”“The Myth of Erysicthon Part 2”Check out our website for ways to join the climate movement: metrathemusical.com/do-somethingSupport Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusicalWritten by Emily and Ned HartfordMusic and Lyrics by Ned HartfordDialogue Directed by Emily HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Corinna Schulenburg, Fred Inkley, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra Rein, Ned Hartford, Corey Allen, and Stephanie WillingSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordFollow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.com

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.Things are about to get very real. Is our team ready?Written by Emily and Ned HartfordMusic and Lyrics by Ned HartfordDialogue Directed by Emily HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Corinna Schulenburg, Fred Inkley, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra Rein, Galway McCullough, Ned Hartford, Kristen Vaughan, and Luke WyngardenSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordFollow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.comSupport Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusical

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/1511981177Season 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 EthierSound Design by Matt Powell.Thanks to Shannon Harvey for the artwork.

The revolutionaries learn that their Process has triggered some devastating fallout.Sam proposes a new direction, and Aggie bristles at a judgmental counterpart. Cori attempts a dangerous quest for some of the mission’s missing pieces.The team gain new allies.Songs:“A Nymphian Interlude”Written by Emily and Ned HartfordMusic and Lyrics by Ned HartfordDialogue Directed by Emily HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Corinna Schulenburg, Fred Inkley, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra Rein, Stephanie Bacastow, Stephanie Willing, Kristen Vaughan, Walker Schneckenberger, and Luke WyngardenSound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordContent Note: Implied violence and discussion of violent event.Follow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  @metrathemusicalmetrathemusical.comSupport Metra at ko-fi.com/metrathemusical

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?Songs:"Cascade Outro""Reporting for Duty""Take a Bite"Content Note: Brief instance of peril as a result of religious extremism and transphobia. Instance of supernatural violence.Written by Emily and Ned HartfordMusic and Lyrics by Ned HartfordDialogue Directed by Emily HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Fred Inkley, Corinna Schulenburg, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra Rein, and William Peden.Sound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordFollow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  ⁨@metrathemusical⁩  metrathemusical.com

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.Songs:"Welcome From the Nymphs""Back to the Past""Cori, Come Near""Cascade"Written by Emily and Ned HartfordMusic and Lyrics by Ned HartfordDialogue Directed by Emily HartfordProduced by MythMakers MediaFeaturing: Jeannette Bayardelle, Cherrye J. Davis, Fred Inkley, Corinna Schulenburg, Alia Munsch, Cristina Obando Sanchez, Sierra Rein, Luke Wyngarden, William Peden, Matthew Trumbull, Corey Allen, and Stephanie Willing.Sound Editing and Design; Instrumentation Arranged and Performed; Vocals Arranged; and all Audio Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Ned HartfordFollow the show:https://pod.link/1843713183IG and Bluesky:  ⁨@metrathemusical⁩  metrathemusical.com

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.