Fantasy Audio Drama Podcast Recommendations 🔮

A curated list of podcasts bringing some magic to your listening world

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Curator:

👉🏽Tal Minear (they/them)

Why this theme?

👉🏽 I love fantasy stories, and fiction podcasts have so many good ones. Here are some of my favorites!

Podcast Picks

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Stories from Ylelmore is a scripted audio drama about the every day adventures of Keryth (a witch), Rion (a werewolf), and Elas (possibly cursed?) in the mundanely magical world of Ylelmore. It's cute, adorable, and so fun to listen to! There's magic in the small moments.

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Follow a trio of wild west gunslingers and magical cutthroats as they descend into the dusty, lawless frontier of The Badlands. Before you say "hang on, wild west is not very fantasy" JUST WAIT! This DnD-based show is full to the brim of everything I love about TTRPG, and includes more fantastical scenes than I can count.

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A fantasy-adventure between adventures, wherein five heroes encounter monsters, magic, fighting, and friendship in the conveniently located Goblin’s Head Inn. This is my found family comfort show!

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Blood magic, Voodoo magic, old gods, new gods: We've got it all! Follow the story of misfits from all over the world, as they try to survive and protect their heritage from modern-day crusaders. This show is high stakes but with tender moments hidden within.

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Sidequesting is a fantasy podcast about avoiding the main plot. It follows Rion, an adventurer who’s willing to help just about anyone out — as long as they’re not being asked to deal with the scary wizard everyone keeps talking about.

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