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51 Here We Go Again Again Apr 16, 2021

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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

Take care!

Hit Play Season 2 Announcement Apr 09, 2021

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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

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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

Take care!

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

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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

Take care!

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

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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

Take care!

50 It's Episode 50! Oct 24, 2020

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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

Take care!

49 One Lost, Many Found Oct 17, 2020

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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

Take care!

48 This Episode is Sponsored by TKSFCETHC Oct 10, 2020

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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

Take care!

47 Pass It Back Oct 03, 2020

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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.

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

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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.

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