The mysterious customer from call record #3715 returns in the next chapter of Hell Gate City Season 2 – COMPANION. New episodes drop EVERY Thursday, with weekly bonus stories on Patreon! (N.B., Stupendously, Thursdays shower an inordinate amount of rewards upon Patrons in the Dreamwalker tier. They get to time-travel one week into the future and binge: A) Next week's prerelease episode *and* B) next week's 'Glitch in the Matrix' bonus tale... C) If for some glodforsaken reason they have fallen...
Sep 07, 2023•14 min•Season 2Ep. 12
"Unboxing" kickstarts Season 2 of Hell Gate City with a question. What would you do if you found a recording of a customer support phone call placed by someone you know after they died? Who is the mysterious customer from call record 3715? And who sent the creepy Polaroid and the stack of 50 discs to a rando teenager in Queens, NY? In this introductory episode, Kirby stands in as Virgil, guiding listeners and laying the groundwork for a cyber-odyssey into a phantasmagorical underworld like no ot...
Sep 06, 2023•17 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Hell Gate City Season 2 has begun with "Unboxing" (Episode 11). TRANSCRIPT AT END Hell Gate City is the award-winning comedy fiction audio series about a ragtag bunch of denizens struggling to survive a cyberpunk hellhole NYC. Celebrate Thornton Thursdays with: • New Episodes for Every Listener! • Glitch in the Matrix Bonus Tales for Members of the Inner Legion!! • Prereleases of next week's Episode and Bonus Tale for Dreamwalkers!!! Join the Inner Legion and micro-dose these nuggets of fun for ...
Aug 31, 2023•30 sec
Teaser for COMPANION Visit http://hellgatecity.com. Support the show! Rate and review on Spotify, Apple, Podchaser, and wherever else they let you. And make sure to follow/subscribe so you don't miss out on this exciting new release. Credits Screaming Panda Presents: COMPANION Written, performed, and produced by Kevin Berrey – http://kevinplease.com Music composed by Cheska Navarro – https://www.cheskanavarro.com/ Transcript: KIRBY: Howdy, hell-hacker. Kirby here to announce a new program coming...
Jun 17, 2023•3 min
Warning: This episode is violent. It may not be suitable for young children or the faint of heart. The time has arrived to bring Season 1 to a close, and what better way than by the gnashing of teeth and spilling of blood? No need to answer that. It's a family affair. We rejoin father and son in Seneca Park for Part 2 of 2. This is the season finale. And in it, we learn some shocking details about Kirby's past. Thornton tells all. You might not believe your ears. Support the resistance rebels by...
Aug 07, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Strap on your Dream-Streamer headset, hell-hacker. You're entering part 1 of a two-part season finale that will launch the show in a new direction — a serial story arc for Season 02, about which we are very excited. Join father and son Thornton and Kirby Bevins for a walk in the park. It ain't a walk in the park, if you know what I mean. Thornton reveals a shocking secret about Kirby's past. Kirby doesn't believe it. Some confessions are just too wild to be accepted. Will he take Dad seriously, ...
May 21, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Love is a noun, a nickname, a type of shack, a god, an emotion, a verb, and a score of zero in cyber-tennis (how’d they arrive at that one?). Warning: this episode contains provocative content intended for listeners with ≥ adolescent maturity. All things are not what they seem. I, Kirby, look slightly fatter than last week. Yet, my bloat is just a bellyful of apologies for the delay of this episode. As you'll see with your ears, we got our boat rocked in the making of it. What's in this episode?...
Apr 09, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 8
It’s the third month of the year, so you know what that means. The Governing Authority Group’s (GAG) annual Cyber-Purge is upon us. Watch your partners and your pets. I know I did. If you’ve seen a dusky blue teacup poodle, caged or otherwise, please alert the station. It’s been a tough year all around, and to think, we kicked off the Kraken-virus plague during last year’s Cyber-Purge without even knowing it. Many a cyborg fell to a dweller’s knife that day. All that, only for the poor under-tun...
Mar 19, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Dream a little dream with me, Kirby Bevins. Join us as we go hip-deep into my psyche, and, girl, it gets messy. Total radio apeshot. If you thought you knew ol’ Kirb up until now, think again. One Cyber Lucidity plunge and you’ll be swimming in a sea of intrigue, dark figures, and dangerous encounters. Warning: This episode contains provocative and violent content intended for listeners with ≥ adolescent maturity. It includes bodily fluids and themes of assault, neglect, and child abuse. That’s ...
Mar 03, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Strap on your psycho helmet. It's going to be a bumpy ride. A new audio production team has formed to take Amsterdenizens to a higher plane – no, not Ascension. Host Kirby Bevins walks listeners through the slushy sludge of Manahatta Isle and into the depths of cult role-playing game sensation XYnon, a crime against the Church of Natas by two pyromaniacs (could it be the Pyro Bros?), and more. Stay inquisitive. Stay vigilant. And stay the execution of Boccaccio’s enemies! If you like Hell Gate C...
Feb 16, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Dear hell-hackers: I, Kirby Bevins, blame Mayor Boccaccio's Blackguard Cyber-Squad for intercepting Episode 04 through a sidewall. Do not be alarmed! We circumvented the fire-block. Hang tight and stay vigilant. Be ready for the new microchipped vaccine – it packs a secret punch. Speaking of secrets, guess our guest today and you could win tickets to see the Vapor Games. Also, we feature a world-exclusive note from Qwerty Ping, a noted domestic terrorist-cum-interim Congressional Speaker. Also, ...
Feb 05, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Kirby revisits President Gorp’s alleged cyber-coup last week. Who helped it? How? What happened? Why? It came to a head, actually about 15 heads. They rolled off several Centurian Cenators and a slew of Representatives unlucky enough to be caught in the melee. Host Bevins remains undaunted even as the F.I.B. and pint-sized hate machines pursue him for crimes he swears he never even computed. Rumors of Alby, the man-eating albino alligator in Old Haarlem develop into something sinister. And a sur...
Jan 18, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 3
It's free to listen but not free to make. Learn how to access mind-boggling new bonus tales every week – before Ascension goes batsh*t and vacuums us into the sky – here: https://bit.ly/Join-NAILS ( Content warning: provocative ideas and violence intended for audiences who've hit puberty .) Follow, rate, and review on Spotify where we have only 3.9 stars compared to 4.9 stars on Apple – WTF... Can you help right this wrong?! In This Episode Kirby Bevins finds himself on the lam (lamb?). He's ...
Jan 02, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 2
It's free to listen but not free to make. For top-secret content, (e.g., a new 'Glitch in the Matrix' Bonus Audio Tale every week during Season 2) enlist in the Inner Legion (our Patreon) and secure the future today. Or, just pop in: https://bit.ly/Join-NAILS ( Content warnings at the end to avoid spoilers ) Can't join, but still want to support? Follow, rate, and review on Spotify where we have only 3.9 stars compared to 4.9 stars on Apple – right this wrong! Join us on Discord 👉 https://bit....
Dec 12, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Start listening to begin the award-winning comedy sci-fi audio series about a ragtag bunch of denizens struggling to survive a cyberpunk hellhole NYC. Join us on Discord! 👉 https://bit.ly/hgc-discord ( This show contains provocative ideas and violence intended for audiences who have reached puberty. To avoid spoilers, we have placed specific content warnings at the very end. ⬇️) From The World’s #1 Half-Jewish Comedian with Narcolepsy (uncontested), aka Kevin Berrey. Meanwhile, Season 2 – Coden...
Dec 10, 2020•43 min
In this podcast, a news radio host gets stuck in a dystopian cyberpunk NYC called Neo Amsterdam, AKA Hell Gate City. He decides to live-stream his nightmares for ratings. All hell breaks loose. Start with Ep. 0: "Cypher". Then listen to episodes 01, 02, 03, and so forth. It's free to👂 but not free to make. So, please patronize the heck out of our little show if you may: https://www.patreon.com/hellgatecity Connect Escape social media hell – sign up for my email list here . Hack into Kirby's cyb...
Dec 10, 2020•30 sec•Season 1Ep. 1
A radio jockey in the future uses a new gizmo to live-stream his nightmares for ratings. All hell breaks loose. Hell Gate City is the award-winning comedy fiction audio series about a ragtag bunch of denizens struggling to survive a cyberpunk hellhole NYC. Celebrate Thornton Thursdays with: New Episodes for Every Listener! Glitch in the Matrix Bonus Tales for Members of the Inner Legion!! Prereleases of next week's Episode and Bonus Tale for Dreamwalkers!!! Join the Inner Legion and micro-dose t...
Dec 09, 2020•30 sec
