The Station Arcadia podcast tells stories from a dystopian world where dieselpunk, steampunk, cyberpunk and solarpunk societies all exist side by side. These diverse stories are told through a radio station on a shifting island, and given voice to by the Station's Host - Kass.
Woven through each stand-alone story are threads that come together to tell the story of a revolution, and hope in the face of a dying world.
Also, it's queer.
Station Arcadia is now cancelled, but still releasing bonus content for now. Listen from the start for the full picture, or jump in anywhere to make life interesting. Transcripts and additional information are available at https://stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast.
You can talk to us on Twitter and Tumblr @StationArcadia. If you feel the urge to give financially, our tip jar is https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/station-arcadia, and all money goes to the cast and crew.
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Two groups of strangers sing in unison. Only Arcadia knows.
Written and edited by Eli Allan.
Piano - Esme
French Horn - Arps
Oboe - Eli
Featuring the voices of: Lady Renaissance, Marius Trusler, Olly Davis, Marina Verlaine, Dylan Ramdin, Juno Miller, Andrew Simons, Bronwyn, Cole B, Taylor Maimone, Coco Chen, Eli Allan, Rowan Wright, Ari Delyne, and CaraLee Rose Howe.
The Fire Song is from episode 17 of Station Arcadia.
6 Oct 2025
Was It Worth It?
By Eli Allan. Music by Esme. Transcript: stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast/transcripts (http://stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast/transcripts)
The biggest question I’ve asked myself about Station Arcadia over the years is “Why am I doing this?”. This is also something that Kass questions.
How do we measure the value of our actions? How do we judge if something is ‘worth it’? A worthy use of time, of effort… If we can only know in retrospect, based on how it turns out, then we’ll never, ever, know whether our choices in the present moment are actually “worth it”. So that can’t be the right way to measure…
It’s intensely gratifying that as of September 2025, Station Arcadia has accumulated over 200 000 listens. We also won a few internet podcast awards, received fan-art and commentary, and even presented at a (virtual) convention once. We earned enough money through merch and our patreon to pay cast and crew members a non embarrassing honorarium. I’m extremely proud of how far we came. I tried to honour the arcpod team in wrapping up the project as I have.
Maybe that answers my question. I'm not sure.
If you’ve enjoyed Station Arcadia and have the means, please consider donating to our fundraiser for Trans Lifeline. https://give.translifeline.org/fundraiser/6702350 (https://give.translifeline.org/fundraiser/6702350)
Social Theory Sources/Further Reading:
Delanty, G., & Harris, N. (2021). Critical theory and the question of technology: The Frankfurt School revisited. Thesis Eleven, 166(1), 88-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/07255136211002055 (https://doi.org/10.1177/07255136211002055) [Part 4 Specifically]
Harney, Stefano, and Fred Moten. The Undercommons : Fugitive Planning & Black Study. Minor Compositions, 2013.
27 Sept 2025
What We Had Planned
If Station Arcadia meant something to you, and you want to show us your thanks, please consider donating to our fundraiser for Trans Lifeline. https://give.translifeline.org/fundraiser/6702350 (https://give.translifeline.org/fundraiser/6702350)
Station Arcadia is a podcast by Metal Steve Productions, run by Eli Allan and J.R. Steele. It is produced by Eli Allan, with creative direction by Tovah Brantner. This not-episode was created by Eli Allan, with theme music by Arps and background music by Esme.
Learn more about Station Arcadia on our website:
https://stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast (https://stationarcadia.wixsite.com/podcast)
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