Podcast Network, The Paragon Collective, released today the Sci-fi podcast The Oyster. Among the many lending voices of the cast are Logan Browning (Dear White People), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), and Mamoudou Athie (Jurassic World). Browning will also serve as executive producer for the project along with Alex Kline on behalf of The Paragon Collective. Alexander Aldea and Adrienne Schaffler created, wrote, and executive produced the podcast.
In The Oyster, earth has become uninhabitable by 2050 due to overwhelming carbon emissions. The government’s effort to save the human race comes in the form of a government-mandated microchip that gets implanted in every citizen’s brain to help facilitate the migration to an underground shelter. The chip determines who gets a spot underground or who is left above to die, all while keeping track of each human’s usefulness to future society. By 2052, the government’s implementation of the chip successfully eliminates 20 percent of the population – still not enough to sustain life underground. In response, the government takes more drastic measures in an attempt to cut emissions and resource usage by creating ‘The Oyster’ – a software program that fills the user with nothing except pleasure and pure bliss. So, what happens when reality fades away leaving only The Oyster?
Also joining the cast are Carla Gugino (The Haunting of Bly Manor), Keith David (The Thing), Constance Zimmer (House of Cards), Donnell Rawlings (Chappelle’s Show) and Kenny Allen (Zane & Heath Unfiltered). The Oyster’s first episode premieres November 13.
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