The Ends Podcast
1) Heart of the Sunrise, Mvmt 1 (Dawn)
A smalltown farmboy born in the mud learns he is destined for something more. His launch into space on the Vostok reads like a storybook. The light of his first flight glows even now, but what does th...Show More
2) An Unstoppable Force
A traditional game, and the players who play it, meet their toughest foe yet. John Fairbairn and T. Mark Hall's "The Go Companion" informed the meat of this story. Also useful was the Sensei's Libr...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Heart of the Sunrise, Mvmt 2 (Daedalus)
The Space Race heats up, and the internal Soviet power struggle begins. A man who yearns for the stars finally, after years of struggle, gets the chance to join them. But progress requires sacrifice. ...Show More
4) Heart of the Sunrise, Mvmt 3 (Icarus)
The man who was a shadow to the rest of the world becomes very real only after his star turns to cinders. Waves of confusion, malice, sorrow, and ambition rock both space programs. The Soviet Union s...Show More
5) Heart of the Sunrise, Finale (... And the Waves)
A fallen Cosmonaut returns home. Another one follows him. We learn that the whole story is never the whole story . . . unless it is. I used "Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The fifties and sixties" by B...Show More
6) The Jonestown Flood, Mvmt 1 (Love in the Time of Prophets)
This is the first in a 4-part series of the events leading up to Jonestown's end in 1978. An ambitious and principled young lawyer meets a smart and charming college student as the '60s gave way to th...Show More
7) The Jonestown Flood, Mvmt 2 (Family)
Tim and Grace thrive in the Temple as their life together withers. The seeds of tragedy are sown, and a child is born that will decide the fate of hundreds. Regret is a Colorado cottage. I leaned hea...Show More
8) The Jonestown Flood, Mvmt 3 (Nemesis)
A mysterious death at a trainyard sets far larger wheels rolling. Battle lines are drawn, an army is formed, and Congressman Leo Ryan prepares an investigation. This one was mostly "Raven: The Untol...Show More
9) The Jonestown Flood, Finale (The Ark)
Tim and Grace accompany a hard-charging Congressman into a confrontation with Jim Jones. Journalists, lawyers, relatives, and anchormen all gaze into the abyss. The sun is a harsh mistress. This on...Show More
10) Nimrod
An old composer and a young singer meet under the shadow of the Great War. When a world is shattered, pieces of it live on. I mainly used Lena Ashwell: Actress, Painter, Pioneer and Elgar's Barit...Show More