KIND: An LGBTQ+ Mythical Noir Audio Drama

About KIND: An LGBTQ+ Mythical Noir Audio Drama

KIND is a cinematic audio drama best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only. Sujin Baek is a happily married cook and caretaker for the children at Eden Orphanage. He is also the Kind Killer, Silver City's most prolific and terrifying serial killer. When his secret is forced to the surface, the city's dark underbelly threatens the very heart and humanity of all Silverians. Strangekind Studio presents stories that subvert tropes and challenge genre conventions. We spotlight characters who are part of the intersection, including characters who are LGBTQ+, disabled, neurodiverse, and BIPOC. Questions? Comments? Contact us at strangekindstudio@gmail.com or at our ⁠website. (https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Strangekind Studio

Category

fiction · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

31 Dec 2023

Latest episode

21 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Mar 2026

   ANNOUNCEMENT | MERCY Listening Party ft. KIND cast & crew!

   Transcript of announcement: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ceTVDUbKqB3GLfffI6-JATSLUVgYgbXGuybhC-YBBZE/edit?usp=sharing (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ceTVDUbKqB3GLfffI6-JATSLUVgYgbXGuybhC-YBBZE/edit?usp=sharing) Music credit: 'Approaching Meltdown' by Pearce Roswell, courtesy of Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com/) To celebrate the mid-season finale for MERCY, we will be hosting a listening party livestream on Sunday 29 March from 6PM - 9.30PM CST at the Strangekind Studio YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@strangekindstudio) ft. the cast & crew of KIND! Come along for the premiere of Episode 10 of MERCY, prediction bingo, post-episode Q&A/chats, and to hang out with fellow listeners! WHO WILL BE THERE? Sneha Kumar (https://snehakumar.carrd.co/) | Lila Sassoon (MERCY); Daru & Maeve Kelly (KIND) Aurora Ave-Lallemant (https://x.com/RoraAveVA) @auroraaveva (https://www.tumblr.com/auroraaveva/) | Doctor Daisy Gray (MERCY); Clover (KIND) James Reece (https://www.youtube.com/@coffeehoundcreatives) | Lord Paxton Cross (MERCY); Dodder Leach (KIND) Austin Sharp (https://linktr.ee/asharpva) @waynesawyer (https://www.tumblr.com/waynesawyer/) | Wayne Sawyer (MERCY); Detective Euan Hayes, Officer Joe Hamm, Eloy Herrera & Marlin the Fisherman (KIND) Matt Doherty (https://anchor.fm/matt-doherty1) | Script supervisor (MERCY, KIND); Samuel Beauford, Bartholomew Bell, Edna Winters & a legion of extras (MERCY); Dahlia, Bates & a legion of extras (KIND) Jae-in Hwan (https://jaeinhwan.com/) | Director, writer, sound designer (MERCY, KIND) And (possibly) others! SUBMIT YOUR Q&A QUESTIONS! We will be running a Q&A portion after the episode, so if you have any questions or comments for any cast & crew members (or just in general), please bring them along on the night. You can also fill out the Q&A SUBMISSION FORM (https://forms.gle/rcvfuDGQt7runDeL7) before the livestream (with an option for anonymous submissions). We would love to chat all things MERCY, KIND, the studio, creative and/or technical processes, and anything else you might be curious about! FYI - the VOD of the event will be uploaded to our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@strangekindstudio), and the Q&A portion will be uploaded to the MERCY feed as a bonus episode as well. See our Tumblr post for more information about the event, including the bingo card template, Episode 10 content warnings (spoilers ahoy), and the livestream schedule: https://www.tumblr.com/strangekindstudio/811614761975431168/you-are-hereby-invited-to-join-boomer-ceely (https://www.tumblr.com/strangekindstudio/811614761975431168/you-are-hereby-invited-to-join-boomer-ceely) We hope to see y'all there! <3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   27 Mar 2025

   [ANNOUNCEMENT] MERCY: A Queer Eldritch Western

   This trailer is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only. A new show by Strangekind Studio, MERCY: A Queer Eldritch Western, is premiering (again) on Tuesday 1 April with the double release of Episode 1: BLISS (remastered) and Episode 2: MERCY. The show is about Wayne Sawyer, a grizzled jack-of-all-trades, who helps the folk of Mercy for a mere pittance. When he meets the bizarre and enigmatic academic, Doctor Daisy Gray, they are both thrust into dangers beyond human comprehension. MERCY is a queer eldritch audio drama set during the tail end of the wild west. Check out the show on your favorite podcasting app or via the links below. Make sure to follow & subscribe so you don't miss the premiere! RSS (https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66baa6adfa05c893780a1507) | LINKTREE (https://linktr.ee/strangekindstudio) | SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/show/3gtPZphwtJLaOn9ydFn03Y?si=f46b7c884ec243b3) | APPLE PODCAST (https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fmercy-a-queer-eldritch-western%2Fid1762529135&t=OTJmMTIyZDNjYzY3MzkxZTJkMzI0NzY3MzdhYWEzMWU4ODRjZDRiNixjNDRiZWVjOWZjMDQzZTMxNzQyMGU0ODRiYjk5ZWE3MjhlNDBmZjdj&ts=1743056719) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   11 Dec 2024

   Chapter Eleven: THE HUMAN (Part Two)

   Jay Roussouw and the KIND Crew explore themes of rebirth and renewal through a dark and immersive LGBTQ+ audio drama experience.

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

901

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

74 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

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

Quality

61

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

60

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