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SkyforestSkyforest Episode 10 "Vosco Gets in The Way "Send us a textWell, here we are. Episode 10, the final episode for Season 1. And things are coming to a head with the Scourge. Skyforest 3 is fully under control of Bickel and his squirming buddies. Rama has brought them, unbeknownst to him. And down on the base, things are falling apart. Bickel and the bugs are preparing to head to Earth. The crew won’t survive, but the bugs will. And since Sparkle is already all over Earth as a pleasure drug, it won’t take long for them to turn our planet into a giant buffet. Can V...
2025-08-1826 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 10 & Season 2 UpdateSend us a textHey beloved listeners. Quick update on Season One Episode 10 and Season 2. Thanks for your patience.Support the show
2025-08-1102 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 9 "Things Get Messy"Send us a textComing up in Episode 9 THINGS GET MESSY. Vosco heads to the brig to grill Rama on his involvement in the Sparkle Scourge. He drags Doc Alyssa along to drug the truth out of Rama. But an unpleasant surprise awaits. Rama is already on his way back to the Skyforest 3, where he causes mayhem. And while we start with Rama in the brig, we end up with the good guys in the brig. And finally, someone stages a shocking resurrection. Back from the dead. Sort of.Support the show
2025-07-0714 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 9 "Things Get Messy"Send us a textComing up in Episode 9 THINGS GET MESSY. Vosco heads to the brig to grill Rama on his involvement in the Sparkle Scourge. He drags Doc Alyssa along to drug the truth out of Rama. But an unpleasant surprise awaits. Rama is already on his way back to the Skyforest 3, where he causes mayhem. And while we start with Rama in the brig, we end up with the good guys in the brig. And finally, someone stages a shocking resurrection. Back from the dead. Sort of.Support the show
2025-07-0714 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 8 "The Creaking of Chairs"Send us a textin Episode 8. XO Taldega BLASTS OFF in the Skyforest 3. Bhareet is peeved, as this interrupts her repairs to the crucial broken Oxygen valves. Rama wakes up in the brig, but his buddy Leo lends a helping hand. Rama decides to head into orbit himself. In a flashback, we finally witness the last moments of the abandoned Skyforest 1. And find out about that pretty girl dancing in the field,Support the show
2025-06-1215 minSkyforestSkyforest Trailer 2Send us a textWelcome to the launch of the Skyforest Podcast Season 1. We have an awesome cast ready to bring you all the scary moments as the Skyforest Team confronts a terrifying challenge in space. With:Lindsey Nelsen as Doc Alyssa and RileyNate Leiper as Sergeant Bickel and ArchieDave Pirinelli as Vosco & othersFabian Vasquez as Young Pearce VoscoCecily Knobler as The TwinsRobert Rice as LeoSupport the show
2025-05-2303 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 7 "Rama Gets Shipped to the Brig" ReSend us a textIn Episode 7 things are getting weird. Vosco desperately calls his XO Taldega back on the Skyforest 3 for help while sitting at a deserted bar on the base, drinking a screwdriver. A bar we’ve seen before with poor Archie Bishop. Rama loads more Sparkle up to ship back to Earth. And Leo keeps pulling strings from the geothermal base, far away. The delivery of the needed Oxygen valve to Sky 3 goes really poorly and Rama ends up in the brig,Support the show
2025-05-1514 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 7 "Rama Gets Shipped to the Brig" RemasterIn Episode 7 things are getting weird. Vosco desperately calls his XO Taldega back on the Skyforest 3 for help while sitting at a deserted bar on the base, drinking a screwdriver. A bar we’ve seen before with poor Archie Bishop. Rama loads more Sparkle up to ship back to Earth. And Leo keeps pulling strings from the geothermal base, far away. The delivery of the needed Oxygen valve to Sky 3 goes really poorly and Rama ends up in the brig,
2025-05-1514 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 7 "Rama Gets Shipped to the Brig"In Episode 7 things are getting weird. Vosco desperately calls his XO Taldega back on the Skyforest 3 for help while sitting at a deserted bar on the base, drinking a screwdriver. A bar we’ve seen before with poor Archie Bishop. Rama loads more Sparkle up to ship back to Earth. And Leo keeps pulling strings from the geothermal base, far away. The delivery of the needed Oxygen valve to Sky 3 goes really poorly and Rama ends up in the brig,
2025-05-1414 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 6 "Discoveries Made, Discoveries Kept"Send us a textDoc Alyssa probes some freshly captured larva and finds them as malignant as their adult versions. Riley and Rama go to the Skyforest 1 ghost ship to scavenge a needed part and find something else. And Vosco pieces that com unit together with new parts, can he get the truth from it before Rama and Leo fry its little brain?Support the show
2025-05-0618 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 6 "Discoveries Made, Discoveries Kept"Send us a textDoc Alyssa probes some freshly captured larva and finds them as malignant as their adult versions. Riley and Rama go to the Skyforest 1 ghost ship to scavenge a needed part and find something else. And Vosco pieces that com unit together with new parts, can he get the truth from it before Rama and Leo fry its little brain?Support the show
2025-05-0518 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 5 "Sometimes a Flamethrower"Send us a textComing up in Episode 5, the team gets their enemy under the Microscope, where Doc Alyssa makes some interesting discoveries. And while science is nice, sometimes a flamethrower is nicer. And they soon realize the extreme threat the deadly but beautiful creatures pose to Earth, imperiling the Skyforest 3 from ever returning home. And we experience what happened on the abandoned base before the Skyforest 3 arrived as seen through the eyes of a hapless guy named Archie. All this and more in Episode 5 of the Skyforest PodcastSupport the show
2025-04-1623 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 4 "A Beautiful Danger"Send us a textIn Episode 4, the team tackles the oxygen collection issue on the roof, but finds new problems on the way back down. They finally meet their enemy in person, and an old friend, who isn’t really a friend anymore. All this and more in Episode 4 of the Skyforest Podcast,Support the show
2025-04-0317 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 3 "Spelunking in Space"Send us a textIn Episode 3, the team loses a member while trying to close the oxygen vents. But then they have an amazing resurrection. But sometimes dead is better. Vosco goes underground and gets overwhelmed. He and Rama board the abandoned Skyforest 1 to find more questions than answers. And they finally get some hints at who their TRUE enemy is. Can they glimpse the forest through the trees? Or will they all vanish like the previous crews? All this and more in Episode 3 of the Skyforest Podcast, coming up next. Support the show
2025-03-2017 minSkyforestSeason 1 TrailerSend us a textWelcome to the launch of the Skyforest Podcast Season 1. We have an awesome cast ready to bring you all the scary moments as the Skyforest Team confronts a terrifying challenge in space. With:Lindsey Nelsen as Doc Alyssa and RileyNate Leiper as Sergeant Bickel and ArchieDave Pirinelli as Vosco & othersFabian Vasquez as Young Pearce VoscoCecily Knobler as The TwinsSupport the show
2025-03-0804 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 2 "The Empty Planet"Send us a textAs the Skyforest 3 advances on Skyforest Base, they find the base seemingly abandoned. 107 light years from Earth and the only recent ship still sitting at the dock. Where did everyone go?The Skyforest 3 sends a team down to find out. But it becomes obvious their own crew may be involved in the horrible secrets that await in Skyforest Base. Can they solve the mystery before it consumes them too? Thank goodness they have Sergeant Bickel to protect them. Or do they?With:Lindsey Nelsen as Doc Alyssa an...
2025-03-0718 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 1 "Abandonment"Send us a textA massive Star Freighter, the Skyforest 3, hurls through space at superluminal speed. The crew of 70 is approaching their destination of Skyforest Base, 107 light years from Earth.Their routine and boring run becomes anything but. They arrive at the base at the expected time, only to find it abandoned. The freighter before them, also abandoned, is still sitting at the dock, covered in dust. Little does Captain Vosco or his team suspect the misery that awaits them. And while Skyforest Base appears to be empty, with nearly 500 men, women, and ch...
2025-02-2017 minSkyforestSkyforest Episode 1 "Abandonment"Send us a textA massive Star Freighter, the Skyforest 3, hurls through space at superluminal speed. The crew of 70 is approaching their destination of Skyforest Base, 107 light years from Earth.Their routine and boring run becomes anything but. They arrive at the base at the expected time, only to find it abandoned. The freighter before them, also abandoned, is still sitting at the dock, covered in dust. Little does Captain Vosco or his team suspect the misery that awaits them. And while Skyforest Base appears to be empty, with nearly 500 men, women, and ch...
2025-02-1917 min
Coffee ContrailsAloneAlone, written by David Pirinelli, is a Sci-Fi radio play. Two couples on a long-range exploration ship are three trillion miles from Earth when tragic events strike, leaving Brick and Carmen to make an emergency landing at Starbase 79 for repairs. Can they repair the ship and get back on course?
The cast includes the talented: David Pirinelli, Cecily Knobler, Charmaine Firme, Jeff Pirinelli, Anita Dime, and Fabian Vasquez. Sound by Anita Dime. For full credits and download at visit coffeecontrails.com.
2023-07-2517 minCoffee ContrailsInterview with David PirinelliInterview with emerging writer David Pirinelli: Recent Cinestory semifinalist with his story "Niagara Fell" and his advancement to the Second Round with "Hell Off Earth" at the Austin Film Festival, David's work continues to impress. His short story "NumbersFTW" can be found in the anthology "Unlocked Stories: Ten Stories, One Phone" or listen to his Coffee Contrail's adventure Reunion. Learn more about his creative projects at unlockedstories.com.
2021-02-1729 minCoffee ContrailsReunionReunion is a short story by David Pirinelli, adapted from his drama teleplay Hell Off Earth, which placed in the 2020 Austin Film Festival Script Competition. A supply crew investigates a distress call from the remote Mining Station G08, which floats alone in a dark corner of space. The station's seven thousand inhabitants eked out a meager living burrowing deep into the ancient rocks beneath them. It was a grim life, but in 2245, most ways of life were pretty grim. Listen to their story, here on Coffee Contrails. Visit coffeecontrails.com for full credits.
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