Episode 6: 49N 15E
In which the Cold War never ended and secrets are broadcast.
Episode 6 Notes
This episode was inspired by numbers stations, and by extension the Cold War and where it crosses over into the modern era of military cybersecurity. I could go on and on about how fascinating and disturbing these spy radio stations are, but hopefully I’ve conveyed that in the podcast so I won’t.
The cover art was once again provided by Tansy Undercrypt, my amazing wife and (among other things) producer of Precarious Audio Theater.
Song titles for Episode 6 (using the term “song” rather loosely):
- AW6 (Intro)
- Perimeter
- UVB-76
- Hostiles
- BE
- Crypto
- 7426
- The Source of the Glow
- Worm
- The Petrov Alternative
If you enjoy this sort of thing, I also recommend checking these out:
The Conet Project: The definitive collection of raw numbers stations recordings and certified nightmare fuel.
Number Stations: Released by PublicStations Lab in 2010, this is a collection of various artists interpreting and incorporating numbers station material.
Number Stations part II: Released by PublicStations Lab this March, along the same lines and just as good.
Dark Ambient #33: All of the Dark Ambient podcasts are good; this is the Numbers episode.
One from the Vault
I’ve noticed that of the episodes so far, Vault of the Bone Thief continues to get the most downloads. Why is that, I wonder? If anyone would like to share what they like about that episode in particular, that’d be great.
When I’ve got Episode 6 up (which is on schedule for next week), I’ll be revisiting the Vault to put together a (hopefully much) better mix, and I’ll also get it out on Bandcamp for high quality downloads.
Meanwhile, back to the cold war and numbers stations for me.
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