Episodes

  • ANCESTOR Trailer

    ANCESTOR Trailer
    Jan 31 2023
    "The ancestors are out there… you have to believe me." Acclaimed author Scott Sigler, the New York Times bestselling creator of Infected and Contagious, offers a chilling tale of what can happen when hubris, greed, and madness drive scientific experimentation past the brink of reason. Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a compatible heart, a liver, a kidney. Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a nominal fee … and imagine what a company would do to monopolize that technology. On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, PJ Colding leads a group of geneticists who have discovered this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering thousands of animal genomes, Colding's team has dialed back the evolutionary clock and re-created the progenitor of all mammals. The method? Illegal. The result? A computer-engineered living creature, an animal whose organs can be implanted in any person, with no chance of transplant rejection. There's just one problem: these ancestors are not the docile herd animals that Colding's team envisioned. Instead, the work has given birth to something big, something evil … something very, very hungry. As creators become prey in an ultimate battle for survival, Colding and the woman he loves must fight to survive — even as government agents close in to shut the project down, and the deep-pocketed company backing this research reveals its own cold-blooded agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    4 mins
  • ANCESTOR Episode 1

    ANCESTOR Episode 1
    Feb 1 2023
    Welcome to the mind of brilliant Chinese geneticist Liu Jian Dan. It's a bit disturbing here. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Mentioned in this episode: ANCESTOR Intro ANCESTOR Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    7 mins
  • ANCESTOR Episode 2

    ANCESTOR Episode 2
    Feb 1 2023
    Galina Porischova has a clandestine meeting with Paul Fischer. She wants to blow the whistle on Genada's research. We begin to see exactly how far Genada is willing to go to protect their profits. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Mentioned in this episode: ANCESTOR Intro ANCESTOR Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 mins
  • ANCESTOR Episode 3

    ANCESTOR Episode 3
    Feb 1 2023
    President Gutierrez wants Murray Longworth to take charge of a new government agency specially designed to handle "Special Threats." However, Murray has some conditions that he needs to have met before he will accept the post. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Mentioned in this episode: ANCESTOR Outro ANCESTOR Intro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • ANCESTOR Episode 4

    ANCESTOR Episode 4
    Feb 1 2023
    Paul Fischer travels to Greenland to prevent a potential pandemic from escaping the Novozyme xenotransplantation research facility. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Random House Audio Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Mentioned in this episode: ANCESTOR Intro ANCESTOR Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • ANCESTOR Episode 5

    ANCESTOR Episode 5
    Feb 1 2023
    Dr. Liu Jian Dan has serious mental problems. PJ Colding must reassure and calm both her and Dante Paglione, albeit in totally different ways. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Random House Audio Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • ANCESTOR Episode 6

    ANCESTOR Episode 6
    Feb 1 2023
    Andy "The Asshole" Crosthwaite lives up to his pseudonym. Claus Rhumkorrf, Erika Hoel, Jian, and Tim Feely perform an immune response test. Bobby Valentine flies in more mammalian genome samples to Baffin Island. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Random House Audio Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • ANCESTOR Episode 7

    ANCESTOR Episode 7
    Feb 1 2023
    Farm Girl apprises the Pagliones that Paul Fischer will be coming to shut Genada down soon. Dante convinces Magnus that he can sell their xenotransplantation concept to multiple investors, enabling Genada to continue their research. Magnus calls Sara Purinam and tells her to get her flight crew ready. Erika Hoel is in emotional turmoil after falling in love with multiple co-workers. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Random House Audio Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins