After the Apocalypse

About After the Apocalypse

After the Apocalypse is a complete five-season post-apocalyptic science-fiction audio drama about what happens after everything familiar disappears. The story follows ordinary people caught in the collapse of civilization and forced to figure out how to survive, whom to trust, what they are willing to fight for, and eventually how to build something new. This is not a story about superheroes. It is survival fiction about people — flawed, frightened, funny, stubborn people — trying to make their way through a broken world. Across five seasons of serialized fiction, their stories intersect as communities form, loyalties shift, old assumptions fall away, and the survivors begin deciding what kind of world should come next. Seasons 1 through 5 contain the complete After the Apocalypse story. The series is finished and can be listened to from beginning to end. The podcast feed now continues as The Apocalypse Café, where I explore the world around After the Apocalypse through conversations, stories, ideas, behind-the-scenes material, and whatever else seems worth talking about while we wait to see what survives. If you enjoy post-apocalyptic fiction, science fiction, survival stories, complete serialized audio dramas, and character-driven stories about rebuilding after catastrophe, start with Season One, Episode One. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Christopher Russell

Category

fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Nov 2020

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

56 of 142 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Path of the Fallen Episode Two Dead Man Returns

   Host Colin interviews Jackson and Elijah about Elijah's unexpected return and the secrets buried beneath the burial mounds.

2. 

   29 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Path of the Fallen Episode One The Watchtower

   Author Colin Moore shares the first episode of his "Path of the Fallen" series, "The Watchtower," exploring a settlement's encounter with a man believed to be dead.

3. 

   1 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Last Transmission, by Patrick Rushbrook

   Host Cyk Trussell discusses Patrick Rushbrook's story contest entry and reviews contemporary post-apocalyptic fiction, including works by Mike Chen, Waubgeshig Rice, and Lily Brooks-Dalton.

Inside a recent episode

Path of the Fallen Episode Two Dead Man Returns

Published 28 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But this band was different. This band was running errands. He had watched them long enough to see it, moving gear that didn't come from raids, patrol kits, med supplies, tech that should have been logged and stored. Could one of the patrol leaders from inside Beechmont be using the scavengers? Elijah knew that if someone was profiting from illegal trade, then it was his duty to uncover it. A smuggling ring with a badge behind it. How much Elijah suspected didn't matter. What mattered was the line they were cutting through his territory. And Elijah was done letting them use it. He needed proof. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

45,307

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

111 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

402 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

29

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

95

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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