They Did WHAT on the Moon?

I thought that Moon Graffiti was really interesting, and again, I love audio dramas! What I thought was really neat about this episode was the combonation of historical events like Nixon’s speech paired with the hypothetical conversations between Armstrong and Aldrin. I think this grounded the episode and created a really eerie sense of place. It reminded me of the idea of the Uncanny Valley, like maybe I was actually listening to a non-fiction podcast that was recounting the tragic moon landing.

Something that I appreciated was not only the sound design within the dialogue, like the sound of mechanized breathing and the static of a 1960s TV, but the background ambiance. I had to pause the episode at one point, and I was shocked by how quiet everything around me actually was. I wasn’t processing the whiny, almost siren-like noise that was occuring beneath the whole episode. I’d be curious to listen to more of The Truth Podcast’s episodes to see if this was a common theme or if this was something that was meant to be emitted by the moon.