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Published by GE Podcast Theater / Panoply / The Message
From GE Podcast Theater and Panoply, The Message and its sequel, LifeAfter, take listeners on journeys to the limits of technology. In The Message, an alien transmission from decades ago becomes an urgent puzzle with life or death consequences. In LifeAfter, Ross, a low level employee at the FBI, spends his days conversing online with his wife Charlie – who died eight months ago. But the technology behind this digital resurrection leads Ross down a dangerous path that threatens his job, his own life, and maybe even the world. Winner of the Cannes Gold Lion.
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Astrophysicist, StarTalk host, and self-proclaimed sci-fi geek Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts a round table talking about the science behind the science-fiction in GE Podcast Theater’s LifeAfter. Joining him are computer scientist and humanity-centered robotics expert, Michael Littman; leading software research expert Colin Parris; and the show’s writer, Mac Rogers. Let the tech geeking begin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Now on the run from the FBI, Ross finds his way to the secret location of LifeAfter’s horrifying endgame, where he has to make a fateful decision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Torn between Charlie and the FBI, Ross must choose where his loyalties lie. The taskforce’s desperation to find the missing cultists leads Octavia into a brutal confrontation with Sasha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ross, Brynne, and Octavia abduct Shannon in a bid to learn more about the nature of their adversary. But then Charlie reaches out through Ross’s phone, offering a stunning revelation about the man behind LifeAfter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ross must embark on a dangerous undercover mission into the heart of the LifeAfter community, in the process learning who is truly pulling the strings of the conspiracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Now a double-agent spying on LifeAfter for the FBI, Ross struggles to win the trust of one of Sasha’s top human allies, the menacingly genial Paul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Imprisoned by the FBI and separated from Charlie’s voice, Ross desperately tries to keep his secrets and his sanity under intense interrogation by Brynne Cutler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ross discovers spying on the FBI is a lot harder than it looks, as he tries to steal secrets from quirky computer scientist Octavia Roth. His subterfuge leads him to a horrifying discovery and even greater peril. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As the voice of Sasha turns up the pressure on Ross to reveal FBI secrets, he must make an agonizing choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
At first Ross is overjoyed to be reunited with the voice of his lost wife Charlie. But her increasingly strange behavior leads him to a stunning discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Since low-level FBI clerk Ross Barnes lost his wife to a car accident, he’s consoled himself by listening to her voice-posts on an audio social media website. When he hears something eerie and shocking while listening to her messages, it turns his life upside down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New messages are starting to pop up all around the world that have one very odd thing in common – the people who are talking are no longer alive. But in an age where so much of our lives are recorded, posted, and saved, can we ever really die? If you live online, where do you spend eternity? Tune in to learn about an all new series from GE Podcast Theater, LifeAfter. New episodes every Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The group creates a plan that will help them find an answer, but puts a team member's life in greater danger. Even at the expense of their team, they continue pushing their plan further to solve the mystery of The Message. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With three members of the team now in critical condition, the group and Dr. Kalpana must use the remainder of their manpower to find an answer. They begin to see patterns among their ill team members that can help them decode The Message. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The group’s relationship with Nicky continues to be tested. With two ill members and sudden quarantine, the group realizes they must find answers before it’s too late. An unexpected visitor from GE breaks into their building to help the group. Another member falls unexpectedly ill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New findings about Nicky’s past surface and leave the group, especially Robin, further questioning her character. Another member’s life is put in danger. The group is quarantined by a medical unit and patrol officers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With Tamara gone, the group reevaluates their strategy and tries to cope with the recent turn of events. New information surfaces that alters Nicky’s relationship with the group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After hearing The Message, the group dives deeper into the case. Something unexpected happens to Tamara. CAUTION: LISTEN AT YOUR OWN RISK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New details about The Message are revealed as the group embarks on their journey to decode it. How will they do it? What does it take? What do they need to know? What is The Message? All of your questions answered in this episode of The Message. CAUTION: LISTEN AT YOUR OWN RISK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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