Hit Play

Michael Kills You With Laughter Apr 01, 2024

Ready to DIE??? Hope you have your will and testament ready to go as Michael John Improta sets out to kill you with his jokes! When was the last time you laughed so hard you couldn’t breathe? Could be today!

This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time.

This episode was created by Michael John Improta. Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Jake Banasiewicz. Sound designed by Anthony Sertel Dean. Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov. Special thanks this episode to Chris Heard, Annabell Mizrahi, Rob Neill, Julia Melfi, Mike Manship.

Content Warnings: alcohol abuse, death

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Joey Unlocks the Secret to Preserving His Dog’s Immortality Mar 18, 2024

This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time. This episode: love, loss, biting, singing, barking, pooping, and learning how to (or not) say goodbye.

This episode was created by Joey Rizzolo. Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Jake Banasiewicz. Sound designed by Anthony Sertel Dean. Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov The painting of Marty is by Jen Tracy - JenTheTracy on Etsy. Special thanks this episode to Kendra Duran, Brooke Carrick, Avery Rizzolo, Jen Tracy, Jim, Debbie, Allyson, Ken, and Marty McFly. No thanks to Dolly Parton (the dog, that is).

Content warnings: death, suicide

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MJ Writes The Perfect Musical Jan 01, 2024

This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time. This episode: Teen angst, older wiser lesbians, an obsession with Avril Lavigne, driving in the car with your crush, dead dads…MJ takes a page out of Alison Bechdel's book and attempts the impossible.

This episode was created by MJ Farrell Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi Our sound designer is Anthony Sertel Dean Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov Special thanks this episode to Kate Jones, Anooj Bhandari, Katy Kay Chelena, Val Ramirez, Lucia Arias.

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Chan Finds Julia's Soulmate Nov 20, 2023

This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time. This episode: Chan’s putting her queer matchmaking skills to the test and is in hot pursuit of Julia’s soulmate...if soulmates even exist… Think you or someone you know might be a good match for Julia? Head to bit.ly/juliasbiglove and make yourself known!

This episode was created by Chan Lin Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi Our sound designer is Anthony Sertel Dean Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov Special thanks this episode to Toni, Julia, Stephanie and the Hot Tender Jocks, Diana, Robin, Arif, Rachel, MJ, Lucia, the Pride Basketball League, Nightcap, Cubbyhole, The Woods, and all the queer singles who ever believed in Chan.

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Jake Sends a Cow Over the Moon Nov 06, 2023

This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time. This episode: hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle…WTF how is a cow gonna jump over the moon? Who even wrote that nursery rhyme? How big is the average cow? Can you milk a bull? Is there such thing as “over” in space? Can a person sustain pure joy across their lifetime? Listen as Jake attempts to answer all these questions...and more.

This episode was created by Jake Banasiewicz. Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi Our sound designer is Anthony Sertel Dean Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov Special thanks this episode to Barrett and Sunset View Creamery

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Mike Jousts Windmills Oct 23, 2023

This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time. This episode, listen as our own "Manship of La Mancha" attempts to make an NBA roster. Check out Mike's TikTok here.

This episode was created by Mike Manship. Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi Our sound designer is Anthony Sertel Dean Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov Special thanks this episode to Gary Belsky, Karen, Bee, and Calvin Manship, Jonathan Krieger, and Sharine Wittkopp

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Val Spins Gold Oct 09, 2023

This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time. This episode, we get alchemical, as Val looks to morph and transmute, claiming the power of gold and gas.

This episode was created by Val Ramirez. Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi Our sound designer is Anthony Sertel Dean Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov Special thanks this episode to Neo-Futurists Annie Levin, Amelia Bethel, Anooj Bhandari, Brent Whiteside, Carter, Chan, Greg Lakhan, Jackson Bird, Jake Banana, Katie Kay Chelena, Kyra Sims, Lee LeBreton, Michael John Improta, Mike Manship, Michaela Farrell, Rob Neill, Ryan Juda, and Yael Haskal!

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Brent is Reborn Sep 25, 2023

This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time. This episode, on his 10 year New Yorkiversary Brent retraces his steps, from his first apartment to the auditions that he took. He wonders, do dreams have an expiration date?

This episode was created by Brent Whiteside. Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi Our sound designer is Anthony Sertel Dean Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov Special thanks this episode to Michael John Improta, Carter, Jay, Rob Neill, and Brent’s Mom.

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Anooj Gets Away with Counterfeit Sep 11, 2023

This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time. This episode, Anooj gets into fruit and fraud.

This episode was created by Anooj Bhandari. Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi Our sound designer is Anthony Sertel Dean Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov Special thanks this episode to Anooj’s dad.

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Lee Conjures a Ghost Aug 28, 2023

This season on Hit Play, we are facing impossible tasks – one audio experiment at a time. This episode, Lee taps in to the history of one of New York's East Village's hidden treasures.

This episode was created by Lee LeBreton. Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi Our sound designer is Anthony Sertel Dean Our logo is by Gabriel Drozdov Special thanks this episode to the New York Historical Society, NYC LGBT Historic Sites project, and the Mob Queens Podcast.

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Bonus: Non-Illusory Audio Art from Oberlin College Aug 21, 2023

We are coming back for season 4, but first, we want to share with you the work made by the students in Joey Rizzolo's course “Podcasting Non-Illusory Audio Art” at Oberlin College. These students studied Neo-Futurist forms of storytelling and told their own stories using a wide array of sound modes.

If you want to learn more about how we make our work, visit nynf.org to see when we are teaching our next workshop.

Hit Play Season 4: Impossible Task premieres on August 23rd, so stay tuned right here and tell your friends!

89 Here, There, and Everywhere Feb 27, 2023

Thanks for hitting play and listening to Hit Play all season!

We wrapped season 3 of the show with a live episode recorded at Caveat in New York City's Lower East Side on February 13th, 2023. In the future from that moment, we listen back to the time spent there, then, now.

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3:12 - The Zippo Diaries by Cecil Baldwin 14:12 - Lullabies//An Invocation by Anooj Bhandari 24:47 - Where? (for Joey) by Shelton Lindsay 26:49 - From Taiwan, With Love by Kyra Sims 31:13 - One Day Walking Away NYC 2023 by Rob Neill 34:08 - Tour Guiding is One Part Knowledge and 999 Parts Bullshit by Mike Manship 44:28 - //CHROMATICITY THRU THE AGES// by Val Ramirez 52:19 - exactly one decade ago… by Anthony Sertel Dean

The album mentioned in the episode can be found here

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Ali Cronin

Best Of Season 3 Feb 08, 2023

Thanks for Hitting Play all season and listening to Hit Play. This episode: some Neo-Futurists chose their favorite Hit Play pieces from the season to highlight. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

We will be wrapping the season with a live podcast recording on February 13th at Caveat on the Lower East Side of New York.

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1:18 - wherever, whenever, it’s yours by Hilary Asare

3:08 - The: The by Jake Banasiewicz

4:53 [CW: Redacted slurs] - Neo Monologue: Constructed (Or, Questions from the Classroom) — Part 2 by Val Ramirez

8:26 - 13 by Joey Rizzolo

10:04 - Directive to those who are… by Rob Neill

12:16 - To save time, I didn’t write a script for this play. An AI wrote it. by Anthony Sertel Dean

17:36 - a glance. a pain. an abstraction. ...... (a hope.) by Kyra Sims

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Hit Play is produced and sound designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

88 chaos. chaos? CHAOS! Jan 04, 2023

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode, we confront the big stuff: order, the beyond, and holiday travel.

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0:00 - Under Order Is Chaos. Under Chaos Is Order: A Hit Play Wrench by Mike Manship

3:05 - Clairvoyant Kitty WiIl See You Now by Rudy Ramirez featuring Ophelia

5:28 - Conversation with a cheesecake on a sunday night? (a recreation with Rob as Rob and Jeffrey as the cake) by Rob Neill featuring Jeffrey Cranor

9:55 - Artist Plan (Part 2) by Anthony Sertel Dean

12:54 - Falling Down The Well From: Chaos by Jake Banasiewicz featuring Rudy Ramirez and Rob Neill

14:34 - T(dom)ravelogue Decem(ized)ber 2022(ran) by Rob Neill featuring Anthony Sertel Dean, Mike Manship, Jake Banasiewicz, Jackson Bird

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Lee LeBreton, and Rob Neill

Take care!

87 Agents of The Infinite Dec 19, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: we start super, we accept the mission, and we do this show. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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0:00 - Play This Audio Experiment Before the Podcast Intro OR What If We Had a Cheesy Hit Play Opening Theme Song (Superhero Edition) by Mike Manship

3:50 - Directive to those who are… by Rob Neill

5:58 - In Finite by Jake Banasiewicz, featuring Rudy Ramirez, Rob Neill, Mike Manship, Jackson Bird, and Lee LeBreton

8:08 - The Infinite Jelly by Rudy Ramirez [CW: Slurs]

12:10 - Artist Plan (Part 1) by Anthony Sertel Dean, featuring Julia Melfi [CW: death]

16:26 - This Doesn’t End Well, Even If It Doesn’t End At All by Mike Manship [CW: Death, Eternity]

17:56 - One Possible Affirmation by Rob Neill, featuring Mike Manship, Rudy Ramirez, and Jake Banasiewicz

19:52 - 13 by Joey Rizzolo

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Lee LeBreton, and Rob Neill

Take care!

86 Hometown Ballads Dec 12, 2022

This episode: odes, pep talks, and simulations. Our on-going and ever-changing attempt to create audio experiments for you continues. Content warnings in the full show notes.

Show Notes:

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: odes, pep talks, and simulations. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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1:58 - TODAY’S SIMULATION OF SELF-ASSISTED SURVIVAL MODE by Katy-May Hudson [CW: discussion of PTSD and depression]

4:36 - Rhyming pep talk for holiday anxiety by Hilary Asare

5:22 - ODE TO THE FATHERLAND by Rudy Ramirez

6:31 - Carolina (In My Mind) by Mike Manship, featuring Karen, Calvin, and Bee Manship, Jake Banasiewicz, Katie Kay Chelena, Winn Foreman, Joya Joseph

14:10 - wherever, whenever, it’s yours by Hilary Asare, featuring Katy-May Hudson, Mike Manship, and Rudy Ramirez

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Lee LeBreton, and Hilary Asare

Take care!

85 Short & Sweet Nov 21, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: Top Gun. Communication without tone. And, Hilary listens to herself, for once.

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, donate to our Best Of Theme Contest! You can also subscribe to the show, tell a friend, leave a review on your listening app of choice, or join our Patreon.

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1:47 - Six short messages, full of subtext, written about an abbreviated weekend full of long drives, with an extra hour spent mainly at fast-charging stations by Mike Manship, featuring Hilary Asare, Katy-May Hudson, Rudy Ramirez, and Anthony Sertel Dean

2:29 - experiments in intimacy #3 by Rudy Ramirez, featuring Mike Manship

4:52 - WHEN AMERICA’S GREAT WORKS OF PROPAGANDA MEET: FEATURING TOM SKERRITT’S TOP GUN MONOLOGUE & A SUPERCUT OF ALL THE LOL’S FROM THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF A RANDOM EPISODE OF SELLING SUNSET by Katy-May Hudson

6:02 - frequently asked short question by Hilary Asare

8:22 - BUT WHY IS THE DOG LAZY? A Symphony // (Or, In Which Rudy and Chan Explore The Limits of their Voices Without Judgment) by Rudy Ramirez and Chan Lin

9:43 - Tiny message to an old friend at 2am by Katy-May Hudson

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Lee LeBreton, and Hilary Asare

Take care!

84 Skeletons Inside Closets Oct 31, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. bones, hauntings, and s-s-s-songs! Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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3:28 - Spooky Scary Skeletons by Jackson Bird [CW: dysphoria, transphobia]

11:45 - tic tec tac by Kyra Sims

13:16 - Candles in the closet by Chan Lin

17:32 - Behind The C-Word: The Haunted Saga by Anthony Sertel Dean, featuring Robin Virginie, Katharine Heller, Rudy Ramirez, and Kyra Sims

28:25 - Skeleton on the couch by Michaela Farrell [CW: death]

30:44 - So there’s this song from 1969 called “It’s Halloween” by this band called The Shaggs…. By Kyra Sims, featuring Michaela Farrell, Jackson Bird, Chan Lin, and Joey Rizzolo

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Lee LeBreton, and Kyra Sims

Take care!

83 Afrofuturism Oct 17, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: Afrofuturism via sound art, the AI Assistants speak up, and the optimism of the turn of the new millennium. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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2:20 [CW: generational trauma] - Your Journey with the New York Afro Futurists by Joey Rizzolo

6:56 - Intersteller Interstitial: Asking the robots about the future by Chan Lin

7:20 - Notes on Learning, Uncle Jack, and every other Thursday night at The Evelyn Hotel by Michaela Farrell

11:29 - Chan Imagines the Spaceship Taking Humans to the Nearest Planet in the Year 3022 by Chan Lin

15:25 - Going to My Spot by Joey Rizzolo

18:14 - a glance. a pain. an abstraction. ...... (a hope.) by Kyra Sims

21:58 - Two? Steps Forward, One Step Back by Jackson Bird

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Lee LeBreton, and Kyra Sims

Take care!

82 Bubbles Oct 03, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: Pucker up. Get your fortune read and your bubble blown. And, Kyra and Mike search for a stranger. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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1:49 - stranger bubbly by Kyra Sims

6:30 [CW: chewing sounds] - Bubble Fortunes (with apologies to my dentist, my jaw, and misophonics everywhere like myself) by Julia Melfi

7:08 - While I was away (from the shower series) by Rob Neill

10:00 [CW: Islamophobia, Conspiracy Theories, Fox News] - The New New News Cycle by Mike Manship

12:30 - pop pop pop percussion by Anthony Sertel Dean

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Lee LeBreton, and Julia Melfi

Take care!

81 Give Us A Call Sep 20, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: Mike needs a payphone, Kyra gets a card game lesson from her dad, and Julia leaves many voicemails.

If you want to cry with Kyra, we've got you covered with this Spotify sad girl playlist.

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1:48 - This is what you get by Rob Neill

1:55 - Sad Girl Playlist by Kyra Sims

5:01 - (212) 283-8707 by Mike Manship

12:15 - [CW: Reference to the Holocaust] Audio Guide to Unseen Pasts (edited for time) by Rob Neill

20:17 - twisted cord by Anthony Sertel Dean

23:52 - excerpts from a call with my dad: relearning Tunk by Kyra Sims

28:01 - Please Leave a Message: 10 Years of Voicemail Ramblings by Julia Melfi

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Lee LeBreton, and Julia Melfi

Take care!

80 Syllabus Aug 29, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: What we have learned, what we are learning, and what we want to learn. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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2:01 [CW: Redacted Slurs] - Neo Monologue: Constructed

(Or, Questions from the Classroom) — Part 2 by Rudy Ramirez

5:35 - Dunbar Rises by Michaela Farrell

8:25 - [CW: ideation of gun violence & murder] Gun Play by Joey Rizzolo

11:40 - Quarantine Skill Check-In, or In Which I See If I Can Still Name All 197 Countries in Under

15 Minutes Via a Quiz on Sporcle.com by Jake Banasiewicz

15:17 - Automated Empathic Response Therapist by Joey Rizzolo

20:37 - Teaching Gratitude by Hilary Asare

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Hilary Asare, and Jake Banasiewicz

Take care!

79 Is This a Play? Aug 15, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: the avant garde, the deconstructed, and the untested. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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2:00 - The: The by Jake Banasiewicz

3:43 - Neo Monologue: Deconstructed — Part 1 by Rudy Ramirez

6:30 - Shelton while walking through a park in Munich Germany will now attempt to perform his favorite bits of the little mermaid in order from memory while exploring his thesis statement Ariel is the original Karen for after Cher and her west side story performance I will be performing all of the parts thank you. DEDICATED TO PAT CAROLL rip!!!! You were the best. by Shelton Lindsay

10:59 - Is this a play? by Michaela Farrell

11:07 [CW: suicide]- In which Jake helps Michaela interrogate her feelings, or, thoughts on being technically with Her. by Michaela Farrell

13:37 - 10 out of 10, No Notes by Hilary Asare

20:15 - In Which Joey and his Friend Chloe, Bored with the Nattering of the Grownups in the Next Room, Compose a Song Together Called 'Tree Cheese Playhouse' by Joey Rizzolo

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Hilary Asare, and Jake Banasiewicz

Take care!

78 What do you hear? Aug 02, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: misheard lyrics, quotes, and aural delights. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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2:12 - Hearin’ a good morning by Hilary Asare

4:24 - What did you hear? by Shelton Lindsay

4:40 [CW: nudity] - HEAR THIS! The herd had a choice/ a redacted remembrance

by Nicole Hill

7:44 - It's summer, go places, see things, hear things by Anthony Sertel Dean

feat numerous summer travelers

10:31 - And I Quote by Mike Manship feat Jake Allen Miller

12:42 [CW: gun violence] - Price of Freedom by Hilary Asare

14:09 - Hearin’ a good night by Hilary Asare

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Hilary Asare, and Shelton Lindsay

Take care!

77 Making It Jul 18, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: aspirations, successes, and creations! Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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1:50 - I’ve Made, make, making it by Shelton Lindsay

2:30 - In the made for TV Movie of my Life by Nicole Hill

6:25 [CW: brief mention of gun violence] - Maker’s “Show” & Tell by Hilary Asare

12:41 - Indecisive creativity, What, it, Huh…

@ shelton_whimsy on venmo by Shelton Lindsay

16:38 - I haven’t made it home since 2016 by Anthony Sertel Dean

19:12 - Six Minutes and Twenty-Five Seconds Minutes of Reflections on Whatever Fame Is,

Accompanied by Advice from David Foster Wallace as Performed by an Uncredited Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old by Mike Manship feat. Jackson Bird, Chan Lin, and Jake Banasiewicz

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

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76 - At What Cost? Jul 04, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: Anooj tries to find a place to relax, computers lie, and Ronald Reagan makes it out alive. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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2:05 - Independence Gay by Christopher Borg

9:01 [CW: gun violence, AIDS] - It’ll Trickle by Jake Banasiewicz

13:04 - trust the data: a simplisafe ad by Connor Sampson

14:30 - To save time, I didn’t write a script for this play. An AI wrote it. by Anthony Sertel Dean

19:50 [CW: drugs (light reference)]- A Presidential Character Arc with Absolutely Nothing Important Redacted by Connor Sampson

23:23 [CW: cursing] - A Spot in the Park by Anooj Bhandari

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Winn Foreman, and Hilary Asare.

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75 Legible, Comfortable, Desirable Jun 21, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: legibility, comfort, and desirability.

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2:00 - Context (Intro) by Anooj Bhandari

5:14 - A Short Series of Shorties About Shorts (part 1) by Jake Banasiewicz

5:23 - The Authenticity of Fabulousness by Christopher Borg

9:33 - Conspiracies by Connor Sampson

12:01 - Boxers by Anooj Bhandari

15:32 - for almost legible queers by Hilary Asare

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Winn Foreman, and Hilary Asare

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74 Third Time's The Charm May 30, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: triads, triplets, and threes! Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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2:11 - Guided Meditation: You're in the Third Circle of Hell by Yael Haskal

5:55 [CW: sex, death] - in 3s by Hilary Asare, feat Chan Lin, Katy-May Hudson, and Yael Haskal

7:48 [CW: explicit language] - A Conversation with my Inner Devil by Greg Lakhan

10:38 [CW: sex] - Stories of a Third Wheel by Chan Lin

13:47 - Micro-Plastics by Katy-May Hudson feat Aurora-May Hudson

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Hilary Asare, Yael Haskal

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73. Season 3, The ReSeasoning May 16, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. Favorite seasonings, reseasonings, and a new season of Hit Play! Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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2:01 Re-Seasoning My Carbon Steel Wok by Chan Lin

4:54 In Which a New Yorker's Reaction to a Train is Collaged with the Previous Play

(for/after Joey Rizz) by Katy-May Hudson

7:55 [CW: explicit language] (space junk) : (welcome back) by Yael Haskal

11:09 One of the greatest honors of my life was in 2017 when Anthony Dean wrote me a song and I’ve never shared it with anyone because I didn’t want to look like a narcissist but that changes today, okay? by Katy-May Hudson

13:10 [CW: explicit language and drugs] Sir Gregolas Radio: Freelance by Greg Lakhan

14:06 Our Favorite Seasonings by Hilary Asare

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Hilary Asare, Yael Haskal

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72 Bring It On Home Mar 07, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: Our Season 2 Finale! Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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2:19 [CW: language] An Aggressively Positive Rap Battle by Greg Lakhan

feat. Yael Haskal & Shelton Lindsay

4:56 Neo-News Alerts by Rob Neil

5:31 Rest Home by Meg Bashwinner

8:56 Neo-News Alerts by Rob Neil feat Yael Haskal

9:16 Bring it on: homo… by Shelton Lindsay

11:39 Neo-News Alerts by Rob Neil feat Greg Lakhan

12:00 [CW: Death/burial] Home(made) by Yael Haskal

16:06 Neo-News Alerts by Rob Neil feat Shelton Lindsay

16:29 Where you go we all are going too by Rob Neil

18:54 Neo-News Alerts by Rob Neil feat Meg Bashwinner

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Hilary Asare, and Greg Lakhan

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71. Quality < / > Quantity Feb 21, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: A lot for a little and a little for a lot. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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1:45 [CW: suicide] Quality/Quantity by Meg Bashwiner

2:14 Deep Cuts of Varying Quality by Greg Lakhan

6:00 Quality/Quantity by Meg Bashwiner feat Shelton Lindsay

6:28 Synthesizing harmony through all the winter olympic events. by Rob Neill

10:18 [CW: suicide] Quality/Quantity by Meg Bashwiner feat Yael Haskal

10:48 99.9% by Shelton Lindsay

13:53 Quality/Quantity by Meg Bashwiner feat Rob Neill

14:22 INFLATEGATE by Yael Haskal

15:25 Quality/Quantity by Meg Bashwiner feat Greg Lakhan

15:38 Voicemails from Rob by Meg Bashwiner feat Rob Neill

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Hilary Asare, and Greg Lakhan

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70 Vampires LIVE! Jan 31, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: we’re coming to you LIVE from The Kraine Theater for all things VAMPS! If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, tell a friend, and leave a review on your listening app of choice. We’d love to hear from you- leave us a voicemail at ‪(646) 820-4733. If you want to support in other ways, consider making a donation at nynf.org, or joining our Patreon. And be our friend on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

Neo Fan Fic 1: Vampire Romance novel by Michael John Improta

I might be a Vampire Interlude by Michaela Farrell

BUFF TO BUFFY by Shelton Lindsay

Viewampires Live: The Talk Show by Hilary Asare and Shelton Lindsay

Iddy biddy beings or the vampires of december 2021 by Shelton Lindsay

Knife Skills by Anthony Sertel Dean

10 sentences read in a Mid-Atlantic accent, with Foley sounds by Kyra Sims

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Michael John Improta.

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69 In (re)view Jan 17, 2022

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: we look back and take stock!

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If you remember, then follow by Michael John Improta

Speaking a past discovery while Picking up the old desk you gave me by Michaela Farrell

Quick reviews for the gal on the go. by Shelton Lindsay featuring Luke Palmer

what I want on the other side of this soak in the tub by Hilary Asare

American Spirit blues by Shelton Lindsay

A review of a woman, written by the woman, read by a woman with the same birthday by Kyra Sims featuring Mara Wilson

Cyclical Thoughts on Joy and Doom by Michaela Farrell

How I feel about buying a return flight back to New York City instead of just staying in Puerto Rico for the rest of 2022 by Michael John Improta

How I like to imagine the author John Green would rate my butt, featuring audio stolen from his podcast, The Anthropocene Reviewed by Kyra Sims

Another year’s here/Farewell 2021/Some Haikus we wrote by Hilary Asare

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Michael John Improta.

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68 Best of 2021 Dec 29, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: our favorite audio experiments from 2021! We reflect and revisit plays that premiered on Hit Play this year. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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10:03- greens by Julia Melfi feat. Greg Lakhan, Rob Neill, Anooj Bhandari, Kyra Sims, Anooj Bhandari and Léah Miller

11:22- On going back inside to shower at night by Rob Neill

15:17 [CW: description of animal violence] - A song for my visitors that they won’t comprehend by Michael John Improta feat. other musical friends

20:57- Record Breaking Part I by Anooj Bhandari featuring Michaela Farrell and Joey Rizzolo

23:43 [CW: high pitched tone] - In Which We Gear Up For Something Important by Michaela Farrell feat. Joey Rizzolo, Anooj Bhandari, Hilary Asare, and Colin Summers

25:37- i can still taste you by Robin Virginie feat. Kyra Sims, Annie Levin, Greg Lakhan, Mike Puckett, Hilary Asare

27:39- Hunger by Hilary Asare feat. Kyra Sims, Annie Levin, Greg Lakhan, Mike Puckett, Robin Virginie

29:38 [CW: death] - In response to the New York Times article that posed the question "How Do I Dress for My Pandemic Belly?" by Annie Levin featuring Katie Kay Chelena, Robin Virginie, Anooj Bhandari, Greg Lakhan, Yael Haskal, Krys Seli

31:42 [CW: explicit language] - Yael’s Big Ugly Play. by Yael Haskal featuring Katy-Kay Chelena

35:04 [CW 13:35: mention of sexual assault] - Why Women Aren’t Funny by Jaquelyn Landgraf

37:30 [CW: drug use] - Brokeboi ASMR Pt. 1: Bong Resin by Greg Lakhan

40:49 [CW: Mentions of death and dying] - Nocturnal Transmissions by Kyra Sims with Mike, Jessie, Ben, Sarah, and Garrett

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Hilary Asare

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67 Season It!?! Dec 20, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: Horses, Sports, and Joy! Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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3:01- An Alternative to Nestle Toll House Cookies for your Holiday Assortments by Michaela Farrell

5:23- Medina’s Spirit or Meg & Rob & friends talk horses (in 4 parts) by Rob Neill featuring Meg Bashwiner, Michaela Farrell, Anthony Sertel Dean, Hilary Asare, Sunil Yapa

6:03- Audio Experiments Experiments: Experiment #4 (True Sport) by Anthony Sertel Dean

11:28- And now, a short cuffing season PSA by Michaela Farrell featuring Meg Bashwiner

13:06 [CW: Birth, postpartum]- Her First Year by Meg Bashwiner

20:11- Jumping for Joy(s) by Rob Neill

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Hilay Asare, and Rob Neill.

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66 How Do YOU Sleep At Night? Nov 29, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: what keeps us up at night. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the plays below.

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Little Song in 3 parts w/bell part 1 [CW: Allusions to death and dying] - Rob Neill

Nocturnal Transmissions [CW: Mentions of death and dying] - Kyra Sims with Mike, Jessie, Ben, Sarah, and Garrett

Little Song in 3 parts w/bell part 2 - Rob Neill

If the next 80 seconds represents the hours of midnight to 8am, consider this an audio map of our behaviors, some assumptions included. - Anooj Bhandari featuring the cast

Little Song in 3 parts w/bell part 3 - Rob Neill

Pigeon Tale [CW: Mention of illicit drugs, Gore] - Greg Lakhan

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Mike Puckett.

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65 Cold Turkey Nov 15, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode, we go cold turkey! Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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[7:20: reference to racial slurs] - RE: NICK OR TREAT by Greg Lakhan featuring Kyra Sims

[9:20: mention of death and dying] - Trouble in the Works by Rob Neill

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Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, Brock Foreman, and Mike Puckett.

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64 Harvest Nov 02, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode:fall memories, collections, and controversial self care.

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1:57- Recollecting Collecting by Anooj Bhandari

4:43- no matter the order, they all still linger by Kyra Sims

7:34- Math, Amphetamines by Mike Puckett

8:42- A Controversial Self Care Technique by Michaela Farrell

10:55- Non-Prescription Glasses User Manual by Anooj Bhandari

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean and Kyra Sims

Hit Play is produced by Kyra Sims, Hilary Asare, and Michaela Farrell

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63 Haunt Play Oct 17, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. A ghost haunts Anooj, just two (?) Neos talking to each other. :), and Taste the rain-BOO!!! Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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2:21: Ghost Facts* (play not sponsored by skittles) by Mike Puckett

4:56: STAND BY by Michela Farrell

6:35 [CW: Pet death]: 15 Seconds of What the Ghost in My Home Sounded Like

After My Dog Passed by Anooj Bhandari

6:55 [CW: explicit language]: SIR GREGOLAS RADIO: WICKED SINNER by Greg Lakhan

8:51 [CW: Parent death, Horror sounds]: Neo 1 and Neo 2 by Kyra Sims

12:06: The Woman and the Popsicles: : a not-so fictional fictional investigative podcast

within a podcast Season 2 episode 1 by Robin Virginie

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean & Kyra Sims

Hit Play is produced by Kyra Sims, Hilary Asare, and Michaela Farrell

Take care and stay Spooky!

62 Summer Variant #2 Oct 12, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: summer comes to a close.

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A dirge for To-Do's not done, and a hope for Autumn by Michael John Improta

Nighttime Mating Calls of Fire Island by Shelton Lindsay

Fall in America by Jacquelyn Landgraf

Borg Speaks Out on Hit Play by Christopher Borg

Was I funny; or litigating an old joke through voice memos to find out if it's at all funny or not by Michael John Improta

The Other Side by Shelton Lindsay

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Michael John Improta

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61 Summer Variant #1 Sep 27, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: summer comes to a close. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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Christopher Borg - An Ode to Memories and Long Days

Jacquelyn Landgraf - It’s coming from inside the house

Shelton Lindsay - Fall of America

Michael John Improta - My First Pumpkin Spice Latte of 2021

Jacquelyn Landgraf [CW 13:35: mention of sexual assault] - Why Women Aren’t Funny

Christopher Borg - THE LAST GASP OF SUMMER

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Michael John Improta

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60 WNEO Sep 03, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: Songs, Trying to figure out how what was left, and The Fastest Race to Stay Put! Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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2:32 [CW: swears and sex] - Rewording doja cat’s boss bitch to be my own empowerment song because i need it right now. by Shelton Lindsay

5:05 [CW: explicit language] - Park Off: A Parking Play by Anthony Sertel Dean & Mike Puckett feat Shelton Lindsay

12:08 - Incomplete Origin of Loss (interrupted by rains) by Rob Neill

15:07 [CW: explicit language] - I will write the next Asexual Anthem by Anthony Sertel Dean

15:57 [CW: drug use and explicit language] - Sir Gregolas Radio: Posted by Greg Lakhan

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Hilary Asare, and Shelton Lindsay

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59 Clickhole Aug 20, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: we spin the web on the web about how our minds spin about things we see and hear on the web! Some of the plays include explicit language. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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1:55 - Targeted Advertising by Mike Puckett

2:08 - On hearing that top client scientists released a landmark report on climate change… by Rob Neill

2:53 [CW: explicit language] - scrolling through writers block by Shelton Lindsay

7:11 [CW: drug use] - Brokeboi ASMR Pt. 1: Bong Resin by Greg Lakhan

10:45 - Imaginary montage from Untitled Apocalypse Movie Project (version 2.0) by Rob Neill, featuring Greg Lakhan, Mike Puckett, and Shelton Lindsay

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Hilary Asare, and Shelton Lindsay

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58 "Opening Up" Jul 30, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: we open up...in lots of ways. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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2:00 [CW: use of the N word at 4:45] - AGGRESSIVE Money Making Affirmations From Ya Boi by Greg Lakan

5:09 - VII.V.MMXXI by Yael Haskal

8:42 - Did you experience [REDACTED]? You’re not alone. by Michaela Farrell

11:25 - Exodus.peace.reflect.adapt.forshadow by Katy-May Hudson

13:51 - How are you? By Greg Lakhan

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Léah Miller, and Conductor Name

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57 I made you a mix :) Jul 16, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. All of the plays in this episode are part of our Neo-Futurist mix tape. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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1:58 - A Normal Morning In Astoria, Queens by Greg Lakhan

5:13 - City of Ghosts by Katy-May Hudson

7:43 [CW: explicit language] - Yael’s Big Ugly Play. by Yael Haskal featuring Katy-Kay Chelena

11:03 - Weeeellll adjusted by Michaela Farrell

13:23 - Thinking of Having Kids? Listen to This First by Katy-May Hudson

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Léah Miller, and Yael Haskal

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56 Hot Play Summer Jun 25, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode touches on the theme of summer and its many possibilities. Perhaps we'll see you outside? Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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1:55 - Sunday May 30th, Greyhound Bus #2503: Boston to New York City by Robin Virginie

5:20 - Sir Gregolas Radio: (Confide)nce by Greg Lakhan

8:42, 11:00, 14:30, 23:18 - POTENTIAL SOUNDS OF SUMMER by Robin Virginie featuring Kyra Sims, Greg Lakhan, Mike Puckett, Annie Levin

9:54 - Footnotes and Concierge by Mike Puckett

12:22 [CW: death] - In response to the New York Times article that posed the question "How Do I Dress for My Pandemic Belly?" by Annie Levin featuring Katie Kay Chelena, Robin Virginie, Anooj Bhandari, Greg Lakhan, Yael Haskal, Krys Seli

15:39 - meta-documentary by Kyra Sims featuring Katharine Heller, Max Zemlin-Thornton, this week's cast

24:36 - Steps for Individual Site-Specific Sense Memory Theater by Hilary Asare

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Léah Miller, and Hilary Asare

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55 EAT ME Jun 11, 2021

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1:59 - Neo-Zine #1: Sour by Kyra Sims, featuring Annie Levin, Robin Virginie, Hilary Asare, Léah Miller

3:21 - i can still taste you by Robin Virginie featuring Kyra Sims, Annie Levin, Greg Lakhan, Mike Puckett, Hilary Asare

5:23 [CW: death] - In Your Orbit™ by Annie Levin

8:40 - A Tedious Task Like Cleaning the Kraine by Greg Lakhan featuring Hilary Asare and Kyra Sims

12:01 - new york > brooklyn > community > missed connections by Mike Puckett

14:30 - Hunger by Hilary Asare featuring Kyra Sims, Annie Levin, Greg Lakhan, Mike Puckett, Robin Virginie

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Léah Miller, and Hilary Asare

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54 Reconnaissance May 28, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. Maybe we'll find out something new. And maybe we won't! Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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1:47 [CW: death, grief] - Record Breaking Part II by Anooj Bhandari featuring Priyal Patel

6:28 - The Deal with NFTs by Hilary Asare

8:58 - What To Expect When You’re Expecting (and what you absolutely cannot prepare for) by Michaela Farrell featuring Hilary Asare

12:50 - Phluge Road by Joey Rizzolo featuring his mother

17:38 [CW: body image, disordered eating] - BodyTalk by Hilary Asare featuring Anooj Bhandari

22:15 - Pitch Meeting Remix by Colin Summers featuring this week's cast.

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Léah Miller, and Anooj Bhandari

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53 Running the Numbers May 14, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: we run some numbers! Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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1:49 [CW: high pitched tone] - In Which We Gear Up For Something Important by Michaela Farrell featuring Joey Rizzolo, Anooj Bhandari, Hilary Asare, and Colin Summers

3:45 [CW: death] - T minus 45 by Joey Rizzolo featuring Hilary Asare

7:02 - Record Breaking Part I by Anooj Bhandari featuring Michaela Farrell and Joey Rizzolo

9:47 [CW: death, suicide] - Neo Superlatives by Joey Rizzolo featuring Michaela Farrell, Anooj Bhandari, Hilary Asare, and Colin Summers

17:25 - Five Meditative Clangs, Bangs, Bonks, and Dings from my apartment by Colin Summers

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Léah Miller, and Anooj Bhandari

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52 Fool Me Twice, Thrice Apr 30, 2021

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: trickery. Some of the plays may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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1:50 - A Short Guided Meditation With Ya Bwoi by Greg Lakhan

4:47 - This is the most malicious thing I’ve ever done by Julia Melfi

7:24 - oh what what was that about oh everlane and such by Rob Neill featuring Greg Lakhan

11:47 - Sexcapade by Kyra Sims featuring Anooj Bhandari

18:09 - Two Tales of One Sweatshirt by Anooj Bhandari

20:11 [CW: description of animal violence] - A song for my visitors that they won’t comprehend by Michael John Improta featuring other musical friends

This episode was conducted by Julia Melfi

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Léah Miller

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51 Here We Go Again Again Apr 16, 2021

We're back back! Everything in this episode is in response to plays and ideas from Season 1!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

We'll be back in your ears on April 30th!

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, tell a friend, and leave a review on your listening app of choice. If you want to support in other ways, consider making a donation at nynf.org, or joining our Patreon. And be our friend on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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2:16 - Neo-Futurism a year later in 7 parts by Michael John Improta

5:38 - greens. by Julia Melfi featuring this week's cast and Léah Miller

6:53 - On going back inside to shower at night by Rob Neill

10:47 [CW: grief, death of a pet] - Breath Levels by Anooj Bhandari

14:40 - Practice Collage by Kyra Sims

18:20 - Sir Gregolas Radio: BRITA by Greg Lakhan

This episode was conducted by Julia Melfi

Our (brand new!) logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Léah Miller

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Hit Play Season 2 Announcement Apr 09, 2021

Four rules, a second season, and an infinite number of possibilities. Hit Play is back with all-new episodes starting Friday, April 16th!

Best Of Hit Play 2020 Vol. 2 Dec 21, 2020

Let’s wrap up the year in Hit Play! We asked our Patreon supporters to vote on some of their favorite experiments in audio. This episode: the final half of that countdown! Artistic Director Rob Neill talks with the podsquad about moments where Hit Play was flexible and broke some rules, plus more Neos join us to revisit their plays.

Featuring Annie Levin, Anthony Sertel Dean, Greg Lakhan, Hilary Asare, Julia Melfi, Katie Kay Chelena, Kyra Sims, Léah Miller, Lee LeBreton, Rob Neill, and Robin Virginie

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5:54 [CW: brief moment of fatphobic bullying] - Reimaginings of 2020: A Dramatic Reading of a Speculative Fiction story I wrote in 1991 at the age of 12 by Annie Levin

51:56 [CW: references to antisemitism] - If You're Hearing This, I'm Doing Fine by Lee LeBreton

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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Best Of Hit Play 2020 Vol. 1 Dec 17, 2020

Let’s wrap up the year in Hit Play! We asked our Patreon supporters to vote on some of their favorite experiments in audio. This episode: the first half of that list! Artistic Director Rob Neill talks with the podsquad about adapting Neo-Futurism to this time, and Neos join us to revisit their plays.

Featuring Annie Levin, Anooj Bhandari, Anthony Sertel Dean, Hilary Asare, Julia Melfi, Joey Rizzolo, Katie Kay Chelena, Kyra Sims, Laura Killeen, Léah Miller, Lee LeBreton, Rob Neill, and Robin Virginie

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8:30 [CW: death] - Going back to that tree to record what I had been meaning to write because this time, it does feel a bit different by Julia Melfi

44:37 [CW: racism, police brutality] - Jogging while masked while black by Kyra Sims

1:17:27 [CW: brief mention of racial violence] - Hilary's steps for being, while being black circa June 2020 by Hilary Asare

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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BONUS: I Wish to Say with Sheryl Oring Nov 27, 2020

Hit Play is back for a bonus episode: an audio presentation of Sheryl Oring's I Wish to Say. Since 2004, I Wish to Say has been inviting the public to dictate postcards to the President while a typist transcribes those messages using a manual typewriter. Sheryl sat down with the New York Neo-Futurists virtually this November to type our own letters to the President-elect and share some of the most memorable letters from her 4,000-letter archive.

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21:36-25:17 [CW: brief mention of sexual harassment in Katharine's letter]

This episode featured the voices of Annie Levin, Julia Melfi, Kyra Sims, Katie Kay Chelena, Katharine Heller, Rob Neill, Sheryl Oring, and Lee LeBreton

Special thanks to Sheryl Oring for collaborating with us on this bonus episode. You can learn more about her work and I Wish to Say here!

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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50 It's Episode 50! Oct 24, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: we reach 199 audio experiments.

This is the end of season 1, but we’ll be back with some special episodes of Hit Play, so stay tuned and stay subscribed! Take care of yourself and leave us a review on your listening app of choice.

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2:48, 6:13, 8:14, 9:27, 12:36, 19:04 - Swan Song for hidden horn and human round by Kyra Sims featuring Gabriel Spector, Anooj Bhandari, Katharine Heller, Rob Neill and Julia Melfi

3:21 - The Sweetest Illiteracy (A Follow-Up Translation-Loop Play to ‘Legalize is a Word’ from Episode 48) by Anooj Bhandari featuring Anooj's dad and Nani

6:29 - Everything in your left ear is true. Everything in your right ear is not true. by Julia Melfi featuring Léah Miller, Kyra Sims, Hadley Todoran, Anooj Bhandari, and Rob Neill

8:31 - 🥁🥁💢 by Michael John Improta featuring anyone who would listen

9:36 - Hey, Popcorn Truck in the Bike Lane (with Rob as the voice of Rob and Lee as the voice of the popcorn truck) by Rob Neill featuring Lee LeBreton

12:56 - Sir Gregolas Radio: The Days Ahead by Greg Lakhan and Anthony Sertel Dean

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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49 One Lost, Many Found Oct 17, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: found text (and one lost book)! Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

We’re wrapping up Season 1 with episode 50 next week! We’ll be back towards the end of the year with some special episodes of Hit Play, so stay tuned and stay subscribed. Take care of yourself, download the stop-motion studio app and make a little movie, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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2:06 - Found Poetry December 8th, 2016: Was this written on a typewriter? It looks like it was written on a typewriter by Anthony Sertel Dean

5:53 - Found Writing: Fantasy Novel circa 11 or 9 years old by Julia Melfi

10:15 - Found Fanfiction: Lord of the Rings, 14 years old by Lee LeBreton and read by Kyra Sims

12:04 - Found in the purple 70-page spiral notebook several phrases on several pages around the turn of the century 1999-2000 by Rob Neill

15:11 - Found Poems circa 2014: Freshman Year Slam Poetry Club Angst by Léah Miller

17:20 - Found Notes App Note circa 2020: Case #0200701 with apologies to Jonathan Sims by Hadley Todoran

18:15 - Lost Text circa 1996: Dinosaur Time Warp by Max Zemlin-Thornton

19:21 [CW: brief moment of fatphobic bullying] - Reimaginings of 2020: A Dramatic Reading of a Speculative Fiction story I wrote in 1991 at the age of 12 by Annie Levin featuring Michaela Farrell, Robin Virginie, Yael Haskal, Anooj Bhandari, Kyra Sims, Lee LeBreton, Michael John Improta, and Katharine Heller

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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48 This Episode is Sponsored by TKSFCETHC Oct 10, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: Clown-God, bold fonts, top hats, and window shouts!

Join us at our 2020 Virtual Gala on October 15th! Any donation to our Just Giving page or subscription to our Patreon gets you an invite link to the night’s events including an auction, and a Zoom Room roulette of digital performances. We’d love to party with you.

Also we’re wrapping up Season 1 of Hit Play with our 50th episode on October 24th. We’ll be back towards the end of the year with some special episodes of Hit Play, so stay tuned and stay subscribed!

Take care of yourself, pick out what you're gonna wear for our gala, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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2:23 - When you listen to this play, imagine the following... by Robin Virginie and Julia Melfi

4:02 - Legalized is a word by Anooj Bhandari

6:30 - Ad Break: The Kyra Sims Fancy Cool Expensive Top Hat Company. Go to tinyurl.com/FancyExpensive to get in on the ground floor.

8:37 - Audio Experiments Experiments: Experiment no. 3 by Anthony Sertel Dean featuring Laura Killeen

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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47 Pass It Back Oct 03, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: Fortnite, Midwest, your screen, our email! Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

Join us at our 2020 Virtual Gala on October 15th! Any donation to our Just Giving page or subscription to our Patreon gets you an invite link to the night’s events including an auction, and a Zoom Room roulette of digital performances! We’d love to party with you.

Also we’re wrapping up Season 1 of Hit Play with our 50th episode on October 24th. We’ll be back towards the end of the year with some special episodes of Hit Play, so stay tuned and stay subscribed!

Take care of yourself, ice-roll your face, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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2:32 [CW: videogame gun sounds] - A singular game of Fortnite reinterpreted as a meditation on existence by Shelton Lindsay

5:25 - small sound moments from the middlewest by Rob Neill

7:48 - Experiments in random voice over part 2 by Michael John Improta

9:46 - Even when we are apart, we are still creating together, a song made by passing around a track and adding to it one by one by Shelton Lindsay, Anthony Sertel Dean, T Thompson, Annie Levin, Lee LeBreton, Joey Rizzolo, Julia Melfi, and Rob Neill

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

Take care!

Preview: Welcome to Hit Play Sep 28, 2020

While the New York Neo-Futurists are social distancing just like you, our on-going and ever-changing attempt to create immediate art continues! Hop into any episode with a title that strikes you.

Want to support our work? Become a Patreon supporter! patreon.com/nynf

See what else we’re up to on Instagram: @nyneofuturists

46 For You//For Me//For Moo Sep 26, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: sleeping, emailing, eulogizing!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, consider making a donation at nynf.org, and join our Patreon. Patreon membership gives you access to bonus content like post-livestream hangouts! We’d really appreciate any support in these difficult times. Contributing to our Patreon helps us continue to pay our artists.

Take care of yourself, triple check your voter registration, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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2:00 - My Body Asleep by Anooj Bhandari

5:13 - The email I wrote my conservative family members, and their reply if they bother to send one by Shelton Lindsay

8:50 [CW: death] - Elegy for My Father (Now Deceased), Written While He Was Still Alive, Told as a Joke by Joey Rizzolo

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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45 Five Days Sep 19, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: audio diaries, long drives, chord experiments, apples + honey!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, consider making a donation at nynf.org, and join our Patreon. Patreon membership gives you access to bonus content like post-livestream hangouts! We’d really appreciate any support in these difficult times. Contributing to our Patreon helps us continue to pay our artists.

Take care of yourself, start a dream journal, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:53 [CW: sex sounds] - Monday. An audio diary of today, September 7th by Shelton Lindsay

4:33 - Wednesday/Thursday. Rob on the road eastward bound by Rob Neill

12:52 - Thursday. Audio Experiments Experiments: Experiment no.2 by Anthony Sertel Dean featuring Kyra Sims

16:10 - Sunday. shanah tovah u'metukah by Léah Miller featuring Rob Neill, Rayne Harris, Shelton Lindsay, Laura Killeen, Katharine Heller, Dan McCoy, Julia Melfi, Anooj Bhandari, Lee LeBreton, and Marta Rainer

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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44 Going Back… Back… Back… to the Big Box Store Sep 12, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: rains, fires, oceans, Costco!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, consider making a donation at nynf.org, and join our Patreon. Patreon membership gives you access to bonus content like video plays! We’d really appreciate any support in these difficult times. Contributing to our Patreon helps us continue to pay our artists.

Take care of yourself, learn your favorite song backwards, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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2:25 [CW: death] - Going Back part three: The Weather by Rob Neill featuring Sylvia and Liam Boyle

5:34 [CW: death, gender] - An open letter to anyone thinking about throwing a Gender Reveal party by Shelton Lindsay

9:40 - Shelton's imagination of Poseidon's press conference after coming out as a Biden supporter at The Battle of Lake Travis 2020 by Shelton Lindsay featuring Rob Neill, Topher Lin, Léah Miller, Anthony Sertel Dean, and Julia Melfi

13:45 - Paean to a Certain Sort of Parsimony (The Land of Milk and Honey! It’s Here! It Calls! Heed Me Now!) by Topher Lin featuring Willie Caldwell on lead guitar, and additional vocals by Anna McFall, Bess Boever, and Ben Savitzky, with production by Anthony Sertel Dean.

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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43 Getting Under Your Skin Sep 05, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: mosquito songs, lions & cows, whistling pals, broadway words!

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, consider making a donation at nynf.org, and join our Patreon. Patreon membership gives you access to bonus content like video plays! We’d really appreciate any support in these difficult times. Contributing to our Patreon helps us continue to pay our artists.

Take care of yourself, walk backwards all week as a durational performance piece, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:22 - a tiny lullabye for my midnight mosquito enemies by Colin Summers

2:37 - I got eyes on the back of my butt! by Anooj Bhandari

5:20 - Put your lips together by Anthony Sertel Dean featuring the whistlers

7:20 - A Broadway of the Mind (with apologies to Mr. Larson) by Cecil Baldwin

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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42 It's a Sensation Aug 29, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: colors, spices, songs!

Check out our monthly livestream show, CyberWrench, the first episode is tonight (August 29) at 8pm ET! More info on our website here.

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, consider making a donation at nynf.org, and join our Patreon. Patreon membership gives you access to bonus content like video plays! We’d really appreciate any support in these difficult times. Contributing to our Patreon helps us continue to pay our artists.

Take care of yourself, draw a line in the sand and call it land art, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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2:00 - blues. by Julia Melfi featuring Annie Levin, Yael Haskal, Michael John Improta, Rayne Harris, and Rob Neill

3:19 - Aloo Paratha: A Recipe Play by Anooj Bhandari

8:32 - A Broadway of the Mind (with apologies to Messrs. Rodgers and Hammerstein II) by Cecil Baldwin

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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41 If You Say So Aug 22, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: new words, old spatulas, and [REDACTED]!

Check out our upcoming monthly livestream show, CyberWrench, which is starting August 29th! More info on our website here.

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, consider making a donation at nynf.org, and join our Patreon. Patreon membership gives you access to bonus content like video plays! We’d really appreciate any support in these difficult times. Contributing to our Patreon helps us continue to pay our artists.

Take care of yourself, eat only pudding for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and call it conceptual art--and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:52, 5:25, 10:50 - The Sporadically Annual Totally Arbitrary Not-a-Word Spelling Bee! by Michaela Farrell featuring Katharine Heller, Rob Neill, and Yael Haskal

3:42 - Spatulas? by Rob Neill featuring Kyra Sims and Julia Melfi

7:02 - [REDACTED] by Joey Rizzolo featuring Hilary Asare

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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40 Beeps Aug 15, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: chimes, beeps, tones!

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, consider making a donation at nynf.org, and join our Patreon. Patreon membership gives you access to bonus content like video plays! We’d really appreciate any support in these difficult times. Contributing to our Patreon helps us continue to pay our artists.

Take care of yourself, send a letter to a long lost lover in the mail, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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0:00, 2:27, 7:53, 10:48, 13:33 - Chimes (I - V) by Rob Neill

3:22 - Interactions I Wish I Could Have in My New Job as a Simulated Patient by Joey Rizzolo featuring Yolanda K Wilkinson, music by Avery Rizzolo

8:16 - Audio Experiments Experiments: Experiment no.1 by Anthony Sertel Dean featuring Yael Haskal

12:30 - Audio Crime provided by Cecil Baldwin

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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39 Investigating Now Aug 09, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: factories, elections, popsicles!

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, consider making a donation at nynf.org, and join our Patreon. Patreon membership gives you access to bonus content like video plays! We’d really appreciate any support in these difficult times. Contributing to our Patreon helps us continue to pay our artists.

Take care of yourself, start your own podcast where you scream into a pillow for each episode, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:30 - A Mindless Task by Michaela Farrell

4:40 - Before Biden announces his VP pick... (OR some questions that have oscillating answers depending on if I'm on or off the clock) by Anooj Bhandari

7:12 - The Woman and the Popsicles: a not-so fictional fictional investigative podcast within a podcast Season 1 Episode 1 by Robin Virginie featuring Gilda Virginie and Michaela Farrell

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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38 Call It Like It Isn't Aug 08, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: guitars and Grindr!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, consider making a donation at nynf.org, and join our Patreon. Patreon membership gives you access to bonus content like video plays! We’d really appreciate any support in these difficult times. Contributing to our Patreon helps us continue to pay our artists.

Take care of yourself, livestream yourself cleaning out your fridge, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:26 - That Girl by Michaela Farrell (Here's the link to Michaela on The Today Show!)

3:35 [CW: explicit language around sex and fetishization] - Banned from Grindr by Anooj Bhandari featuring Clare Palmer, Jessie Alsop, Tonya Narvaez

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

See you in the Park!

37 Neighborhood Poetics Aug 02, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: Brooklyn Bridge, Fort Tryon Park, Herbert Von King Park!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, consider making a donation at nynf.org, and join our Patreon. Patreon membership gives you access to bonus content like video plays! We’d really appreciate any support in these difficult times. Contributing to our Patreon helps us continue to pay our artists.

Take care of yourself, blow some bubbles, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:36 - Metaphors are my love language, so I love my daily bike ride by Michael John Improta

5:15 [CW: racist murder, hanging] - A Brief History of Fort Tryon Park * by Kyra Sims

6:34 - Joy Space by Anooj Bhandari

* If you'd like to contribute to the GoFundMe to support the family of Dominique Alexander, go to gofundme.com/f/justicefordomo

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

Take Care!

36 Camp Aug 01, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: camp counselors, acting lessons, artist statements!

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, consider making a donation at nynf.org, and join our Patreon. Patreon membership gives you access to bonus content like video plays! We’d really appreciate any support in these difficult times. Contributing to our Patreon helps us continue to pay our artists.

Take care of yourself, leave a nice little note for your neighbor, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:10, 6:14, 10:10, 13:20 - Thwarted camp counselor emcee at the end-of-camp talent show by Léah Miller featuring some laughing friends

2:29 - In which Michael pretends he’s back in acting school, with a little help from Anooj by Michael John Improta featuring Anooj Bhandari

7:53 - What mediums do you work with? by Anooj Bhandari

13:48 - How I feel after finding out I couldn’t watch the New York Yankees vs. The Philadelphia Phillies baseball game because that game got cancelled because a dozen or more people in the Miami Marlins organization tested positive for Covid-19 last Sunday, and yet they decided to play their games vs. The Phillies anyways by Michael John Improta

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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35 Together, Apart Jul 26, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: experiments, dads, boats!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

If you like what you hear and want to support the New York Neo-Futurists, subscribe to the show, consider making a donation at nynf.org, and join our Patreon. Patreon membership gives you access to bonus content like video plays! We’d really appreciate any support in these difficult times. Contributing to our Patreon helps us continue to pay our artists.

Take care of yourself, try cooking something you’ve never eaten before, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:52 - Experiments in random voice over part 1 by Michael John Improta

3:57 [CW: mentions of 9/11] - Sympathy for Those with Dads Like This by Joey Rizzolo featuring Shelton Lindsay and Katy-May Hudson, recorded in 2016

5:15 - Going Back part two: Re-Crossing by Rob Neill featuring Krys Seli and Tonya Narvaez, with music by Sunil Yapa

9:18 - Audio Crime provided by Cecil Baldwin

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Joey Rizzolo designed and mixed the audio for his play. Thanks, Joey!

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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34 Well Versed Jul 25, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: sheep stories, rhyming raps, bedtime bummers!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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Take care of yourself, do a dance for a friend outside their window, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:40 [CW: gun violence, capitalism, allusions to slavery] - A not quite children's tale about America by Michael John Improta

6:21 - Sir Gregolas Radio: Chopped Cheese by Greg Lakhan

8:41 [CW: descriptions of meat manufacturing] - Too Much Cute Makes Your Baby an Idiot by Katy-May Hudson featuring Mike Puckett, recorded in 2016

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Joey Rizzolo designed and mixed the audio for Katy-May's play. Thanks, Joey!

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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33 Are We Having Fun? Jul 19, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This episode: existential, high, reminiscent, and crunchy!

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Take care of yourself, put some watercolors and paper outside while it rains and let the sky do the painting, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:40 - recent over sights by Rob Neill featuring Vanessa Ehler, Léah Miller, Greg Lakhan, and Katharine Heller

2:51 - Sir Gregolas Radio: WII'D by Greg Lakhan

3:58 - Katharine Recalls The Plot Of The Musical "The King And I", From Her 6th Grade Production Without Googling Anything, And Rob Fact Checks Her by Katharine Heller featuring Rob Neill

5:57 - Hot Leaf by Anthony Sertel Dean

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32 Now Sounds Jul 18, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: sound trucks, empty bars, corona rhymes!

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Take care of yourself, make your bed and call it conceptual art, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:28 - What does the city sound like? by Anthony Sertel Dean featuring Julia Melfi with Kyra Sims, Shelton Lindsay, Robin Virginie, and Rob Neill

3:19 - Closed (Still Closed) by Julia Melfi featuring Yael Haskal and Kyra Sims

4:34 - Sir Gregolas Radio: Shitty Beer by Greg Lakhan

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31 Historical Futures Jul 12, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: taxes, survival, friendship!

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Take care of yourself, make a fort out of pillows and sheets, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:40 - a rhetorical spiral inspired by paying taxes by Michaela Farrell featuring Kyra Sims, Michael John Improta, and Katie Kay Chelena

2:40 [CW: listing of violent historical events] - Gen X SurvivalList: How We're Able To Do This by Yolanda K. Wilkinson featuring Rob Neill and Christopher Borg

7:44 - In which Michael solicits future hugs Hit Play edition part 2 by Michael John Improta featuring Greg Lakhan

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

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30 Back and Forth Jul 11, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: immigration, telephones, late night feels!

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Take care of yourself, paint your face in the spitting image of your worst enemy’s face then send them a selfie, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:32 - For Americans Wanting to Leave by Robin Virginie

4:06 - Go ahead ask (abridged) with Yolanda & T & Rob on the phone: Part II by Yolanda K. Wilkinson, Rob Neill, and T Thompson

10:10 - I Will, I Will Rock You by Annie Levin

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29 Guess What?? Jul 05, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: Q&As, ferry rides, and sick beats!

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Take care of yourself, get your feet in the air, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:44 - Go ahead ask (abridged) with Yolanda & Rob on the phone: Part I by Yolanda Kae Wilkinson and Rob Neill

6:05 - American Journey (Vashon Island 2017) by Topher Lin featuring Angela Hsu and Jeff

9:28 - HEY JOEY, GUESS WHAT? I LEARNED TO USE GARAGE BAND! by Ezra Reaves featuring Joey Rizzolo, recorded in 2016

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Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

The music and sound for Topher's play were designed by Jessie Alsop

Joey Rizzolo designed and mixed the audio for Ezra's play. Thanks, Joey!

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28 Save for Now//Save for Later Jul 04, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: swearing, boxing, hugging, following!

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Take care of yourself, rearrange your trinkets, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:33 - My Family Swear Jar by Anooj Bhandari featuring Aash Bhandari and Priyal Patel

3:44 - Neo-Pugilism by Katy-May Hudson featuring Mike Puckett, recorded in 2016

6:19 - In which Michael solicits future hugs, Hit Play edition part 1 by Michael John Improta featuring Léah Miller

9:49 - Reflections on following a bee down the empty sidewalk in the sun by Rob Neill featuring Alexa

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Joey Rizzolo designed and mixed the audio for Neo-Pugilism. Thanks, Joey!

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27 Weird + Queered Jun 28, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. The New York Neo-Futurists have been celebrating Pride all week, and we’re capping it off with episodes of Hit Play featuring some queer queer plays. You can head to nynf.org/prideweek to check out the rest of our art we made. This week: yellow cars, sex toys, flash dance, fridge poetry!

We ask that if you find this work meaningful, you donate to a cause that is meaningful to us. Check out Trans Needles, a mail service providing free needle supplies to trans community members.

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Take care of yourself, write a letter to an imaginary friend and then send it to a random address, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:54 - tall tale delirium in a big yellow car by Yael Haskal

5:12 - Everything In My Sex Drawer by Lee LeBreton

5:55 - Podcast-Flash-Dance-Interlude II by Anooj Bhandari

9:22 - Organic Voice Machine: Queering the Hit Play archive by re-crafting 111 words for the 111th audio experiment by Léah Miller featuring the Hit Play archive

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26 Queer Futures Jun 27, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. The New York Neo-Futurists have been celebrating Pride all week, and we’re capping it off with episodes of Hit Play featuring some queer queer plays. You can head to nynf.org/prideweek to check out the rest of our art we made. This week: lineage, dreams, texting, and introductions!

We ask that if you find this work meaningful, you donate to a cause that is meaningful to us. Check out Black and Pink, a prison abolitionist organization that supports LGBTQ and HIV-positive prisoners.

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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Take care of yourself, slide into our DMs, and tell us your favorite iconic queer villain on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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2:20 [CW: references to anti-Semitism] - If You're Hearing This, I'm Doing Fine by Lee LeBreton

5:17 - CollectiveFutureDream by Katie Kay Chelena featuring Rob Neill, Anooj Bhandari, Annie Levin, Shelton Lindsay, Yael Haskal, Michael John Improta, and Michaela Farrell

8:20 - Queer Fantasia (or a bunch of texts sent that we are now reading here) by Anooj Bhandari featuring Lee LeBreton

13:36 - Hello, my name is… by Sergio Maggiolo

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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25 As the Fire Grows Jun 21, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. In honor of Juneteenth, and the continual efforts of the Black Lives Matter movement, this week we’re featuring plays that keep conversations about race going. This week: reflective questions, deep breaths, family recipes, sticky resin!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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Take care of yourself, take a video swagging out doing something you like to, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:49 - Tending to the Disillusion of Action: A Question Starter-Pack by Anooj Bhandari

5:07 [CW: brief mention of racial violence] - Hilary's steps for being, while being black circa June 2020 by Hilary Asare

7:20 - Quick Dinner Break (recorded outside because the weather was nice) by Robin Virginie

8:57 - Resin by Greg Lakhan featuring Caitlyn Jones, Aubrey Lace Taylor, Lindsay Mayberry, Robin Virginie, and Hilary Asare

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Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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24 Personal Histories Jun 20, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. In honor of Juneteenth, and the continual efforts of the Black Lives Matter movement, this week we’re featuring plays that keep conversations about race going. This week: NY protests, Seattle history, preschool memories, Black joy!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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Take care of yourself, sing your favorite song into your favorite coffee mug, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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2:06 [CW: racial violence] - Making Tracks: Walk #7 (Protest Songs) by Kyra Sims; full essay here

8:08 - Two Legacies in Five Parts by Julia Melfi; Free Capitol Hill list of demands here

12:30 - Yellow Power, Black Peril by Topher Lin

15:39 - Variations on Black Joy by Hilary Asare featuring Rayne Harris, T Thompson, Nicole Hill, Robin Virginie

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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23 Recently Jun 14, 2020

In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, we here at the New York Neo-Futurists are paying attention to the voices of our community that are asking us to listen, and to activate our roles in refusing to tune out. This week, here’s a bit of what we’re hearing.

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CW: This audio collage contains descriptions and mentions of racist police violence and white supremacy.

Consider joining the NYNF as we donate funds to the Black Visions Collective.

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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You Can't Say That: Kelley Girod Part 2 Jun 13, 2020

In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, we here at the New York Neo-Futurists are taking a moment of pause – to deeply pay attention to the voices of our community that are asking us to listen, and to activate our roles in refusing to tune out.

Instead of this week’s regular episodes of Hit Play, we're featuring Part 2 of an episode of You Can’t Say That, courtesy of the Broadway Podcast Network and Tonya Pinkins. Take a listen, subscribe to, and share their work. BPN.fm/YCST

On this show, Tony award winner Tonya Pinkins, has conversations with theatre-makers. Her guest on this episode is Kelley Nicole Girod, the founder and Executive Producing Director of Obie Award winning, The Fire This Time Festival, that also happens at The Kraine Theater – our shared theater home.

You Can't Say That is produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. The show is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

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Helga: Elizabeth Alexander Jun 07, 2020

In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, we here at the New York Neo-Futurists are taking a moment of pause – to deeply pay attention to the voices of our community that are asking us to listen, and to activate our roles in refusing to tune out.

Instead of this week’s regular episodes of Hit Play, we're featuring an episode of Helga from WNYC Studios and WQXR. Take a listen, subscribe to, and share their work.

On this show, Helga Davis brings a soulful curiosity and love of people to her "Everyday Conversations with Extraordinary People”. Her guest on this episode is Elizabeth Alexander, poet, educator, memoirist, and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation President.

Helga is produced by Krystal Hawes, technical direction by Curtis MacDonald, executive produced by Lukas Krohn-Grimberghe.

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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You Can't Say That: Kelley Girod Jun 06, 2020

In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, we here at the New York Neo-Futurists are taking a moment of pause – to deeply pay attention to the voices of our community that are asking us to listen, and to activate our roles in refusing to tune out.

Instead of this week’s regular episodes of Hit Play, we're featuring an episode of You Can’t Say That, courtesy of the Broadway Podcast Network and Tonya Pinkins. Take a listen, subscribe to, and share their work: BPN.fm/YCST

On this show, Tony award winner Tonya Pinkins, has conversations with theatre-makers. Her guest on this episode is Kelley Nicole Girod, the founder and Executive Producing Director of Obie Award winning, The Fire This Time Festival, that also happens at The Kraine Theater – our shared theater home.

You Can't Say That is produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. The show is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Hit Play's logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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22 Chlortrille May 31, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: spelling bees, new normals, chanting monks, cat experts!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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Take care of yourself, tie-dye it up with your old Neo-Futurist merch, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:39, 7:44, 10:47 - The 0th Annual Totally Arbitrary Not-A-Word Spelling Bee by Michaela Farrell featuring Siyu Song, Yael Haskal, and Greg Lakhan

3:37 [CW pandemic] - The Normal: It Is New by Katharine Heller featuring Dan McCoy, Cecil Baldwin, Connor Sampson, Rob Neill, and Daniel Mirsky

9:21 - Meanwhile Rob drinks the 2nd to last beer from his fridge and hangs a small shelf for keys & masks by his door while listening to a few random monks chanting with, are those bells? yes, those are bells and monks! by Rob Neill

13:10 - You're the expert by Jeffrey Cranor featuring Cecil Baldwin

18:13 [CW 9/11-related PTSD] - Audio Crime provided by Cecil Baldwin

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Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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21 Yours, Mine, and Ours May 30, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: touch, horcruxes, unemployment jams, future storytime, breath, treasure!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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Take care of yourself, get into stop-animation, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:44 - Strange/r by Katie Kay Chelena

3:38 - Hairy Neos and the Better Days of He Who Must Not Be Named by Anooj Bhandari featuring Lee LeBreton, Shelton Lindsay, and Rob Neill

5:06 - Summer Jam for the 14.7% Like Me by Colin Summers

7:38 - This is how we'll tell it by Yael Haskal

9:58 [CW police brutality, racist violence, death] - For Good White Americans, Recorded in a Single Breath by Lee LeBreton

10:36 - Finding treasure in my phone, your phone, our phones: a collage by Anthony Sertel Dean featuring everyone they could find

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Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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20 Geographies May 24, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: mask meanings, seaside picnics, learning español!

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Take care of yourself, paint your roommate’s room while they’re asleep, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:23 - Found Sound Part II, Plus or Minus Some Masks by Anooj Bhandari

3:57 - Reflections while currently living on an island (based on a dream, a birthday, and a 100-year-old book) by Rob Neill

8:06 - A Spanish Lesson by Michael John Improta

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Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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19 Everyday Verse May 23, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: cads, cooing, candy, crying!

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Take care of yourself, send some mail art, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:11 - Beatnik Poet presents: Rejected Dating App Openers by Katie Kay Chelena

4:00 - The title of this sonnet is me thinking about the last line of "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison by Michael John Improta

5:54 - MMM & MMM by Julia Melfi featuring Katie Kay Chelena and Robin Virginie

8:45 - Found Sound Part I, Plus or Minus Some Tears by Anooj Bhandari

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Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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18 Rift in Time May 17, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: moon mom, final fantasies, grandfather greetings!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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Take care of yourself, be Garfield but swap lasagna and Mondays, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:25 [CW: death] - Going back to that tree to record what I had been meaning to write because this time, it does feel a bit different by Julia Melfi

3:48 - A review of ff7/ff7 remake with time distortion by Shelton Lindsay

6:27 [CW: death, drinking] - 3 attempts at sitting outside my apt and drinking around my grandfather's 100th birthday by Rob Neill

10:50 - Audio Crime provided by Cecil Baldwin

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Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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17 Defiance May 16, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: making chai, making cookies, sharing secrets, dancing bodies!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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Take care of yourself, give yourself some ballpoint pen tats, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:29 - The Double Down, or a case for not having to tell you how to say my name by Anooj Bhandari

5:35 - I've gained that Covid 15 by Shelton Lindsay featuring Michael John Improta

7:33 [CW: paraphilia] - Confidence by Joey Rizzolo

11:49 [CW: discussion of fatphobia] - Get Me (Em)Bodied by Katie Kay Chelena featuring Julia Melfi

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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16 Breaking (it) Down May 10, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: metronomes, canines, dance breaks, and nephews!

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Take care of yourself, find a new use for glue, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:24 - This is it by Yael Haskal

3:52 - exploration into current angers #7 by Rob Neill

4:48 - Podcast-Flash-Dance-Interlude by Anooj Bhandari

8:13 - Regressing to a childlike state, featuring the voice of my nephew Ben, who's at home in Texas, as the child ego by Daniel Mirsky, featuring Ben Mirsky

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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15 Between You And Me May 09, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: spit, Bernie, Instagram, sourdough, and jogging.

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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Take care of yourself, make a sticky note flipbook, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:59 - Spitting Distance by Laura Killeen featuring Michaela Farrell and Julia Melfi

5:53 - Almost-Socialist by Anooj Bhandari

7:58 - Rob Neill Versus Instagram by Lee LeBreton featuring Rob Neill

11:31 - 7 Clever Uses for Discard by Marta Rainer

17:16 [CW: racism, police brutality] - Jogging while masked while black by Kyra Sims

20:53 - Audio Crime with Cecil Baldwin

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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14 In Our Hands May 03, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: bread, time travel, ASMR, and gratitude for teachers!

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Take care of yourself, arrange some paper clips in a pleasing way, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:32 - Brooklyn Pioneers by Cecil Baldwin

5:03 - It Doesn't Repeat Itself, But It Rhymes: World-Crisis Time Travel via Excerpts from My Grandfather's 90-Year-Old Diary by Annie Levin

9:33 - This Week in Good News ASMR by Katharine Heller, featuring Courtney Leckey

12:16 - Piano Lessons by Kyra Sims

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Léah Miller is our associate producer

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi

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13 In Our Heads May 02, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: This week: TP thoughts, hopeless hats, texting trials, film feelings, and dirty dishes!

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Take care of yourself, cut up those copies of the New Yorker you’re never gonna read and make a collage, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:37 - Walking you through something (stay with me on this one) by Robin Virginie

3:58 [cw: suicide] - Notes from Above the Underground by Katy-May Hudson

6:51 - I've been thinking a lot about text messaging by Michael John Improta

8:04 - Quarantine Movie Guide for Isolation Escapists by Michaela Farrell

10:47 [cw: past violence, death] - Dishes: Lessons from a Hometown True Crime Lifetime Original

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Joey Rizzolo designed and mixed the audio for Notes from Above the Underground, thanks Joey!

Léah Miller is our associate producer

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi

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12 Overlaps Apr 26, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: allegories, boobs, chipmunks!

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Take care of yourself, learn to Tango, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:48 - Autoboobographies by Laura Killeen featuring Riva Cahn, Jack Wakely, Desiree Burch, Francesca Perry, Hilary Asare, Jessica Munna, Christie Perfetti Williams, Elena Larios, Kate Jones, Julia Melfi, and Vanessa Vizcarra Soberon

4:22 - the re-Coil-in-Code allegory by Rob Neill featuring Laura Killeen & Julia Melfi

6:24 - Something I Want to Believe is True by Annie Levin featuring Kyra Sims

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Léah Miller is our associate producer

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi

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11 Looking Out, Looking Back Apr 25, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: Puerto Rican flags, voices that are gay, squirrel emojis, and birthdays.

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Take care of yourself, do a shadow puppet show, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:26 - Pa'lante mi gente pa'lante by Michael John Improta

3:40 - Sissy by Christopher Borg

6:50 - Wanted: Night Sonnets (parts I - X) by Robin Virginie & Rob Neill featuring Anthony Sertel Dean

10:56 - The (anti)climax of lockdown Aries season by Laura Killeen featuring Michael John Improta, Hilary Asare, and Michaela Farrell

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Léah Miller is our associate producer

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi

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10 Where We Were Apr 19, 2020

Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play.

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Take care of yourself, make a costume from old packaging materials, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:12 - alphabet sleep (part ii) by Rob Neill featuring Kyra Sims

4:38 - Ode to 17 (after Anis) by Katie Chelena

7:32 - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, or An Amended Excerpt from the The Infinite Wrench House Managing Handbook by Ellen Zemlin

10:26 - the space below by Anooj Bhandari

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Léah Miller is our associate producer

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean and Julia Melfi

Take Care!