Uploaded August 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
“Look for a woman with one ear outside the First Museum of Colonized History in Hyperion City.”
That’s what the notice said to Yasmin Swift, both culprit and victim of Juno Steel’s last case. And ever since, Juno has been looking for that woman: for a month straight, while the clock ticks down, while the election creeps ever closer. He needs to find her, and quickly, if he hopes to keep Ramses O’Flaherty kicking, if he hopes to give this city a shot at anything better.
Today Juno’s going to find that one-eared gangster, and he’s going to learn something very important about leads along the way: sometimes it’s worth leaving a piranha on the line if it means you might catch a whale.
Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your journey.
(Trigger warnings and a link to a full episode transcript can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)
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We'd like to thank our Patreon supporters, without whom The Penumbra Podcast would not be possible. Thank you so, so much. A list of those heroes can be found at the bottom of this page: thepenumbrapodcast.com/about
We are a small team that currently relies on fan donations to keep food on our plates and buy us time to create this show, and so we mean it literally when we say we could not do this without you. If you'd like to contribute to that Patreon, get some rewards, and keep making the Penumbra a reality, you can do so here: patreon.com/thepenumbrapodcast
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Attribution:
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657
“High heels marble floor” by avakas freesound.org/people/avakas/sounds/172358 “Human Runs in Boots” by scriotxstudios freesound.org/people/scriotxstudios/sounds/348753 “Bundle falling to ground” by pfranzen freesound.org/people/pfranzen/sounds/326351 “Heavy metal door” by Exacom freesound.org/people/Exacom/sounds/259301 “Down the stairs into the basement” by kramsttop freesound.org/people/kramsttop/sounds/170903 “Spacecraft cabin ambient noise 2.aiff” by gnrja freesound.org/people/gnrja/sounds/150267 “Radio beep” by Kijadzel freesound.org/people/Kijadzel/sounds/170608 “Storm wind.aiff” by gnrja freesound.org/people/gnrja/sounds/151767 “beepbeep.wav” by leviclaassen freesound.org/people/leviclaassen/sounds/107786
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Transcript:
A transcript of the spoken lines in this episode can be found here:
drive.google.com/open?id=19BX4E9OoSE7V4TKI8VJQJkjlvaqVSrgmrDEbduQt6xE
Production scripts with behind-the-scenes direction, character insights, notes for actors, and ridiculous jokes are available on Patreon at the $7 level.
(Transcript by Avi Meehan and edited by Kevin Vibert.)
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Trigger warnings:
- Sudden loud noises
- Depictions and descriptions of violence, murder, death
- Depictions of being trapped
- Kidnapping
- Manipulation
- Threats
- Depictions of being watched without foreknowledge or permission
“Look for a woman with one ear outside the First Museum of Colonized History in Hyperion City.”
That’s what the notice said to Yasmin Swift, both culprit and victim of Juno Steel’s last case. And ever since, Juno has been looking for that woman: for a month straight, while the clock ticks down, while the election creeps ever closer. He needs to find her, and quickly, if he hopes to keep Ramses O’Flaherty kicking, if he hopes to give this city a shot at anything better.
Today Juno’s going to find that one-eared gangster, and he’s going to learn something very important about leads along the way: sometimes it’s worth leaving a piranha on the line if it means you might catch a whale.
Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your journey.
(Trigger warnings and a link to a full episode transcript can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)
----
We'd like to thank our Patreon supporters, without whom The Penumbra Podcast would not be possible. Thank you so, so much. A list of those heroes can be found at the bottom of this page: thepenumbrapodcast.com/about
We are a small team that currently relies on fan donations to keep food on our plates and buy us time to create this show, and so we mean it literally when we say we could not do this without you. If you'd like to contribute to that Patreon, get some rewards, and keep making the Penumbra a reality, you can do so here: patreon.com/thepenumbrapodcast
----
Attribution:
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657
“High heels marble floor” by avakas freesound.org/people/avakas/sounds/172358 “Human Runs in Boots” by scriotxstudios freesound.org/people/scriotxstudios/sounds/348753 “Bundle falling to ground” by pfranzen freesound.org/people/pfranzen/sounds/326351 “Heavy metal door” by Exacom freesound.org/people/Exacom/sounds/259301 “Down the stairs into the basement” by kramsttop freesound.org/people/kramsttop/sounds/170903 “Spacecraft cabin ambient noise 2.aiff” by gnrja freesound.org/people/gnrja/sounds/150267 “Radio beep” by Kijadzel freesound.org/people/Kijadzel/sounds/170608 “Storm wind.aiff” by gnrja freesound.org/people/gnrja/sounds/151767 “beepbeep.wav” by leviclaassen freesound.org/people/leviclaassen/sounds/107786
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Transcript:
A transcript of the spoken lines in this episode can be found here:
drive.google.com/open?id=19BX4E9OoSE7V4TKI8VJQJkjlvaqVSrgmrDEbduQt6xE
Production scripts with behind-the-scenes direction, character insights, notes for actors, and ridiculous jokes are available on Patreon at the $7 level.
(Transcript by Avi Meehan and edited by Kevin Vibert.)
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Trigger warnings:
- Sudden loud noises
- Depictions and descriptions of violence, murder, death
- Depictions of being trapped
- Kidnapping
- Manipulation
- Threats
- Depictions of being watched without foreknowledge or permission
