Created by Rodrigo Pool<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A horror comedy about a small-town diner caught in the middle of a corporate-made zombie apocalypse \u2014 told entirely through sound.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When a shady mega-corporation starts shipping a mystery beverage called Hawk Juice to the Super Awesome Diner in Joiceville, North Carolina, the diner’s no-nonsense owner and her eccentric staff discover they’re not just selling drinks \u2014 they’re ground zero for the end of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Think Welcome to Night Vale<\/em> meets Shaun of the Dead<\/em>, with the workplace chaos of a greasy-spoon diner where the coffee’s burnt, the customers are weird, and the apocalypse still doesn’t excuse you from your shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the small fictional town of Joiceville, on the outskirts of North Carolina, life revolves around the Super Awesome Diner \u2014 a 1950s-style greasy spoon run by Catherine “Miss Dee” Lynn Dee, a sharp-tongued owner who takes orders from no one and protects her staff like family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That changes when Blind Corp arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the surface, Blind Corp is a friendly conglomerate dedicated to “human progress” \u2014 sponsoring diners, funding the community, smiling for the cameras. Behind the curtain, it’s running the Hawk Initiative: a secret experiment that turns ordinary people into mindless, shambling creatures the company politely calls “the audience.” Their delivery method of choice? Hawk Juice \u2014 part soda, part beer, all nightmare \u2014 pushed onto the diner’s menu with a simple ultimatum: sell it, or else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Joiceville unravels, the diner’s misfit crew \u2014 a mysterious eye-patched cook with a military past, a teenage nephew hiding more than one secret, waitresses with student debt and dwindling patience, and a customer who insists on being called Batman \u2014 must survive an outbreak, a cover-up, and each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Excuse Us<\/em> blends scripted scenes, late-night radio broadcasts, retro commercials, corporate propaganda, and even the occasional musical number into a darkly funny, genre-bending story about ordinary people facing extraordinary (and extraordinarily stupid) doom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What kind of show is it?<\/strong> A fiction podcast (audio drama) \u2014 like a TV show for your ears, complete with voice actors, sound effects, and music. Genre: horror comedy with a side of corporate satire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do I need to listen in order?<\/strong> Yes \u2014 start with Season 1, Episode 1. The story builds across seasons, and the mysteries pay off. That said, each episode has its own flavor, from sitcom parodies to noir interrogations to in-world radio shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who should I keep an ear out for?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Key terms for your survival guide:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What should I expect?<\/strong> Sharp banter, escalating dread, fake retro ads that go off the rails, found-footage-style radio segments, genuine emotional gut-punches about family and identity, and a corporation so evil it’s funny \u2014 until it isn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Excuse Us<\/em> is a story about the people nobody asks about \u2014 diner staff, night-shift workers, small-town nobodies \u2014 becoming the only ones standing between a corporation and the end of everything. They didn’t ask for this. They’re not qualified for this. They’d really rather be doing literally anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But somebody has to say it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Excuse us… but what the hell is in this drink?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Excuse Us is presented by RnRside Audio Theatre. Created by Rodrigo Pool.<\/em> New episodes wherever you get your podcasts.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EXCUSE US An Audio Drama Podcast from RnRside Audio Theatre Created by Rodrigo Pool The Elevator Pitch A horror comedy about a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":487,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-597","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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