Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Reduce all to what is most essential. A debutante's ball. A Gilded Globe. A ballroom floor, approximately 3000 square feet. An auction gone awry, An ex-detective shouting his cover at the top of his lungs, spitting it on the floor for all to see, an ingrate, an immature...
And my debts, mounting. Even now, with every second.
File it away. Reduce all to what is most essential. A debutante's ball. A Gilded Globe...
(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)
You can find all of our transcripts here: drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1bnWLw5dTW4l9A0bmOMzEiy6XqqsXHHi_ Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.
On staff at the Penumbra:
Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach
Alice Chuang -- Head of Design
Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team
Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
Sharon Oh -- Promotional artist
Noah Simes -- Production manager
Grahame Turner -- Script editing team
Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music
Attribution:
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
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"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657
“Cracking/Crunching, A.wav” by InspectorJ freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/333818
“liquid splatter on floor 4” by JakLocke freesound.org/people/JakLocke/sounds/261299
“McRae - crowd - aghast.wav” by FlippantMoniker freesound.org/people/FlippantMoniker/sounds/128151
Seven(New Music Remix) by bwatts (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/bwatts/39793 Ft: alex beroza
Reusenoise (DNB Mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/56531
Trigger Warnings:
-Sudden loud noises
-Pursuit
-Violence and threats of violence
-Deception
-Paranoia and fear of being watched
-Blackmail
-Kidnapping
-Forced flirtation / unwanted sexual advances
Reduce all to what is most essential. A debutante's ball. A Gilded Globe. A ballroom floor, approximately 3000 square feet. An auction gone awry, An ex-detective shouting his cover at the top of his lungs, spitting it on the floor for all to see, an ingrate, an immature...
And my debts, mounting. Even now, with every second.
File it away. Reduce all to what is most essential. A debutante's ball. A Gilded Globe...
(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)
You can find all of our transcripts here: drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1bnWLw5dTW4l9A0bmOMzEiy6XqqsXHHi_ Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.
On staff at the Penumbra:
Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach
Alice Chuang -- Head of Design
Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team
Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
Sharon Oh -- Promotional artist
Noah Simes -- Production manager
Grahame Turner -- Script editing team
Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music
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
“Cracking/Crunching, A.wav” by InspectorJ freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/333818
“liquid splatter on floor 4” by JakLocke freesound.org/people/JakLocke/sounds/261299
“McRae - crowd - aghast.wav” by FlippantMoniker freesound.org/people/FlippantMoniker/sounds/128151
Seven(New Music Remix) by bwatts (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/bwatts/39793 Ft: alex beroza
Reusenoise (DNB Mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/56531
Trigger Warnings:
-Sudden loud noises
-Pursuit
-Violence and threats of violence
-Deception
-Paranoia and fear of being watched
-Blackmail
-Kidnapping
-Forced flirtation / unwanted sexual advances









![2.04: Juno Steel and the Lesson Learned (Part 1)
Working for a man as connected as Ramses O’Flaherty means access to places nobody else gets to go… or wants to, as it turns out. Because on this case Ramses is sending Juno into the Fortezza, Hyperion City’s prison for criminal genius, to stop a murder before it can be committed.
Who’s the victim, you ask? Well… Ramses, of course.
Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your journey.
(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)
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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 youd like to contribute to that Patreon, get some rewards, and keep making the Penumbra a reality, you can do so here: https://www.patreon.com/thepenumbrapodcast
Attribution:
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
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Kind of Girl by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: http://ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657
“quiet autumn downtown street 03.wav” by klankbeeld http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/352124/ “MinoltaV300Zoom4.flac” by kwahmah_02 http://www.freesound.org/people/kwahmah_02/sounds/264104/ “elevator, the elevator closing, the opening of the elevator floor signal” by mario1298 http://www.freesound.org/people/mario1298/sounds/155643/ “18 Footsteps on wood; present; near; second floor.wav” by juanlopz08 http://www.freesound.org/people/juanlopz08/sounds/389502/ “Analog alarm clock” by bone666138 http://www.freesound.org/people/bone666138/sounds/198841/ “Large Crash.wav” by CGEffex http://www.freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/99960/ “Rattly metal elevator [binaural recording]” by Tomlija http://www.freesound.org/people/Tomlija/sounds/198787/ “Retro elevator” by qubodup http://www.freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/216744/ “Train stop” by MrAuralization http://www.freesound.org/people/MrAuralization/sounds/265492/ “Spinning Cable 192kHz.wav” by JarredGibb http://www.freesound.org/people/JarredGibb/sounds/219031/ “ding.wav” by Corsica_S http://www.freesound.org/people/Corsica_S/sounds/91926/ “Rope pull.wav” by Huggy13ear http://www.freesound.org/people/Huggy13ear/sounds/138958/Probably Shouldnt by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/55527 Ft: Mr_Yesterday “Footsteps, Concrete, A.wav” by InspectorJ http://www.freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/336598/ “NYPD Police Scanner.mp3” by FlyinEye http://www.freesound.org/people/FlyinEye/sounds/160220/ “Door Squeak 3” by Sandermotions http://www.freesound.org/people/Sandermotions/sounds/369000/ “Insectobot Scanning” by RICHERlandTV http://www.freesound.org/people/RICHERlandTV/sounds/362830/
Trigger warnings:
- Sudden loud noises
- Depictions and descriptions of violence and death
- Self-harm
- Close, claustrophobic spaces
- Depictions of illness
- Kidnapping/forced incarceration
- Implications regarding sex 2.04: Juno Steel and the Lesson Learned (Part 1)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ADD17CqO3fE/mqdefault.jpg)
