Hit Play

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81 Give Us A Call Sep 20, 2022

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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

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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

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79 Is This a Play? Aug 15, 2022

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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

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78 What do you hear? Aug 02, 2022

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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

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77 Making It Jul 18, 2022

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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

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

Take care!

76 - At What Cost? Jul 04, 2022

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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

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

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

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75 Legible, Comfortable, Desirable Jun 21, 2022

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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

Our logo was designed by Gabriel Drozdov

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

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

Take care! <3

74 Third Time's The Charm May 30, 2022

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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

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

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

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73. Season 3, The ReSeasoning May 16, 2022

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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

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, Yael Haskal

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72 Bring It On Home Mar 07, 2022

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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