My Podcast Season 1: Episode 1: "Pilot"

CAST:
* HOST — the radio host
* CALLER — a mysterious caller
* GUEST — a local expert

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COLD OPEN

SCENE 1: THE STUDIO

[AMBIENCE: Radio station studio, low hum of equipment, muffled music in background]

HOST
Good evening, and welcome to the show.

[SFX: Phone ringing]

HOST (picking up phone)
We have our first caller of the night. You're on the air.

CALLER (distorted, nervous)
Hi... I wasn't sure I should call, but I saw something last night that I can't explain.

HOST
Take your time. Tell us what happened.

CALLER
I was driving home on Route 9 when the radio cut out. Just static. And then... a voice. Not from any station.

[BEAT]

HOST
What did the voice say?

CALLER
It said my name. And then it said... "Don't go home."

[BEAT — 3 SECONDS]

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ACT ONE

SCENE 2: THE INTERVIEW

[AMBIENCE: Same studio, quieter now]

HOST
Joining us in the studio tonight is Dr. Alex Reeves. Doctor, you've studied phenomena like this before.

GUEST
That's right. What your caller described is consistent with a pattern we've documented across several counties.

HOST
A pattern?

GUEST (leaning in)
Electromagnetic interference followed by anomalous audio. We've recorded over thirty incidents in the past year alone.

[SFX: Paper rustling]

GUEST
I brought some of the recordings with me, if you'd like to hear them.

HOST
Absolutely. Let's play one for our listeners.

[MUSIC: Eerie ambient drone, building tension]

[BEAT]

HOST
Well... that's certainly unsettling. We'll be right back after this break.

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END OF EPISODE
