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Hello, Laurence & Lindsay here. We've got a big problem, and we need your help. If you're listening to this on Spotify, we're asking you to stop, and switch to another podcast player. As I'm sure most of you know, there's plenty of evidence that Spotify is a terrible company with a long history of exploiting and underpaying artists, but that's only part of why it's so bad. It's been reported that Spotify's CEO, Daniel Ek, has recently invested millions of Euros of your subscription fees in an AI weaponry company called Helsing. This company has developed an automated target identification…
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Mockery Manor
Long Cat Media · Stories · English
Summer, 1989, somewhere in deepest darkest England. Mockery Manor is a theme park where people disappear, and it's up to a pair of chaotic teenage twins to catch a killer. British Podcast Awards 'Best Fiction' Nominee 2020. If you like Widow's Bay, Hot Fuzz , and Only Murders In The Building ,
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S4 · E2 · 25 Aug 2026 · 8 min
Mockery Manor Recap (with Magenta & Bernard)
Trousers Meowsers! Season 4 is finally here!And what do you need when one of your favourite shows really drags its feet and doesn't release a new season for three years, and now you can't remember what the hell was going on? That's right - A RECAP!Magenta & Bernard are here to recap the whole of Mockery Manor Seasons 1-3, so you can feel refreshed and ready to dive into the first new episode. Buy all seasons of Mockery Manor on BandcampGet yourself some Mockery Manor merch from the Long Cat shopSupport Lindsay & Laurence Long Cat on Ko-fiFollow Long Cat Media on YouTube See Privacy Policy at…
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16 Jun 2026 · 42 min
Introducing: Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective
Today we'd like to introduce you to another great show from the Fable & Folly Network - Jack Valentine, Vampire DetectiveThat title was enough to grab me on its own, but in case you need more, here's what it's about.From their base at Solomon College, Oxford, Jack Valentine and her colleagues are tasked with keeping the existence of vampires secret from humanity. Mostly they hunt those of their number who’ve got carried away while blood-drinking and killed a human by accident, but occasionally they encounter the most dangerous kind of predator: a vampire serial killer.Jack Valentine, Vampire…
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8 Apr 2026 · 2 min
We're leaving Spotify. Let's keep in touch!
Here's the link to our Bandcamp pageAnd here's the link to our Ko-fi pageHello, listeners! It’s us again. Hopefully you listened to our last message. If you didn’t, it was about how we’re taking all our shows off Spotify.And now, that time has come: as of today, we’ve requested their removal. Spotify makes the process as opaque as possible, so we don’t have a definitive date for when they will disappear, but it is imminent.So, where can you find us once we’re off Spotify?Where are we putting our brand new season of Mockery Manor?Are we making sure there’s always a free way to listen to…
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S4 · 24 Feb 2026 · 1 min
Season 4 Teaser - Wizzzard Cruises
Mockery Manor - Season 4.Coming soon. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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S3 · E23 · 5 Sep 2024 · 29 min
Introducing: Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica - Season 4
Magenta and Bernard are here to tell you about their OG podcast... Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica.Season 4 is releasing now, and it's very different to previous seasons, so if you've not listened in for a while, you might want to listen to this!Subscribe to Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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S3 · E22 · 26 Mar 2024 · 39 min
Mockery Manor meets... Midst!
We're delighted to be bringing you one of our long-time favourite audio dramas - the wild and wonderful science-fantasy-western Midst.But before that, we sat down with the show's three mysterious creators Xen, Sara and Matt, to have a good old chat about the making of both Midst and Mockery Manor! We've been fans of each others' shows from their very beginnings, and it was such a pleasure to finally meet them.A little about Midst:The small desert planet of Midst spins on the border between two halves of the cosmos: the dazzling Un and the mysterious Fold. Life is simple for most of the…
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S3 · E21 · 28 Nov 2023 · 43 min
Kiss My Zeitgeist #2 - The Music & Writing of Mockery S3
Buy the Mockery Manor S3 soundtrack album and exclusive art print here!Kiss My Zeitgeist (the culture programme that covers Mockery Manor and no other aspects of culture) is BACK!Lindsay and Laurence sit down to discuss the S3 soundtrack and writing process.What are the hidden meanings behind Clayton's songs? Why are bass guitars such a cool instrument for scoring? Which 19th Century American poet unknowingly contributed to Mockery Manor? Which instrument was Lindsay's voice once described as a "drunk" version of? Find out all this and more.Support Lindsay and Laurence on Ko-fi <3 Learn more…
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S3 · E20 · 22 Nov 2023 · 45 min
Mockery Minis 2: In Omnia Paratus
It's the second episode of MOCKERY MINIS: TALES FROM THE MANOR.Mockery Minis is a series of narrated stories that delve into the history and wider lore of Mockery Manor - the theme park, the house, and the land.The second episode, In Omnia Paratus, transports the listener back to 1932. Teenage shipping heiress Nancy Rose-Dowling follows her trombonist beau to an obscure country club in the middle of nowhere. What was it called... "Something" Manor...?But it's not long until Nancy catches the eye of the club's enigmatic owner - one Sir Alfred Mockery.Written and directed by Lindsay…
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S3 · E19 · 21 Nov 2023 · 48 min
Mockery Minis 1: Misadventure At Mockery Lake
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