The Silt Verses

Thank you so much.

Post-show

For a long while now I’ve been getting up at 4.30 or 5am, grabbing myself the first coffee of four, and then coming to sit at my desk. I open up the assembly cut of the newest TSV episode.

I listen to it...

The Silt Verses, Chapter 45 (Part Two) - early release

Hi, wonderful people! Please find attached your early copy of the very final episode of The Silt Verses (arghghghg). Spoilers abound within, so please do be mindful of that.

Really hope you enjoy the listen, and thank you so much as ever for...

The Silt Verses, Chapter 45 Part I (early release)

Hi, wonderful people - please find your early release of Of Love, And Gods’ Defeat (part one), the first half of our two-part series finale, attached.

OK, we've both been working our asses off this week in the vaingloriou...

The Silt Verses Chapter 44 - Episode Commentary

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I spent a long time in the early planning stages of this season tearing out my hair over finale logistics - in particular, t...

The Silt Verses Chapter 44 (early release)

Hi, folks - please find attached your early release of The Silt Verses Chapter 44! As ever, thank you so much for your kind support, and really hope you enjoy the listen.

In the wake of the Parish's attack, Carpenter tries desperately to get...

The end approacheth...and fast!

OK, wonderful people: just a quick update to confirm that we are going to stick with two weeks per release for the final two Silt Verses episodes rather ...

The Silt Verses Episode Commentary - Chapter 43

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There’s a really interesting debate that’s been playing out in the past few years about how TV writers and showrunners r...

The Silt Verses Chapter 43 (ad-free release)

Hi, folks - please find your ad-free episode of the Silt Verses Chapter 43 attached! It's a big one, clocking in at just under 80 minutes.

Huge apologies as well to our early release tiers - I ended up having to go back to a couple of the la...

The Silt Verses Chapter 43 - 19th/20th July update

Hey, amazing people!

Just a note that the next Silt Verses episode will be coming in a few days late, for what are slightly ridiculous dog-ate-my-homework reasons (Jon burnt his hand on an oven dish and hasn't been able to complete sound des...

The Silt Verses episode commentary - Chapters 41 & 42

Of course I knew that there's a big difference between monologue and dialogue when it comes to recording time - but it still absolutely caught me...

The Silt Verses Chapter 41 (early release)...er, again

Hi, amazing people!

So in our last post, I mentioned that we'd split this ultra-long episode into two hour-long chapters, one focusing on Faulkner, Carpenter, Hayward and Shrue, and Val (which we already released a few days early) - and the ...

The Silt Verses Chapter 42 (super-early release)

UPDATE (2.6.24): I mentioned a couple of days back that we'd split this ultra-long episode into two hour-long chapters, with one focusing on Faulkner, Carpenter, Hayward and Shrue, and Val (which we released a few days early), and the other focusi...

This is how it ends

...or in other words, here's our final The Silt Verses release schedule, in full:

• Chapter 41 (But As My Last Breath Splits My...

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The Silt Verses Chapter 40 - episode commentary

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This felt like an important scene to have for Hayward as a character, looking up at his old childhood home. 

The Silt Verses Chapter 40 (early release)

Hi, folks! Please find attached your early release of The Silt Verses Chapter 40 - as ever, really hope you enjoy the listen and thank you for your kind support.

Transcript: 2024-04-28 23:20:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Silt Verses Chapter 39: episode commentary

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This was an odd, broad, ambitious episode, and it didn’t come together quite as cohesively I would have liked it to...

The Silt Verses Chapter 39 (ad-free)

Hi, folks - please find attached your ad-free edition of The Silt Verses Chapter 39! As ever, a huge, huge thanks for your kind support in helping to make the episode and the show happen.

We truly appreciate it and we're very, very grateful...

Next episode coming your way 8th April (thank you so much for your patience!)

Hey, amazing people!

A quick update from us (and happily, it's a positive one); after a couple of months of disruption and illness, we are officia...

Quick update on the next release

Hey, wonderful folks - we're aiming to get the next episode to you on Thursday 22nd February.

We've continued to have some health ups-and-downs over the past couple of months so it's just been me (bar a few directing sessions which Muna's ve...

The Silt Verses episode commentary - Chapter 38

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We always knew this was going to be a really difficult episode to pull together, and while there’s a lot I love...

The Silt Verses Chapter 38 (ad-free release)

Hey, folks - apologies, this one's coming in a little late, but really hope you enjoy the listen as ever. It's TSV Chapter 38, Shall Perish In Ruin And Rust.

Just working up the transcript now, but the link will be here: 2024-01-25 18:23:19 +0000 UTC View Post

The Silt Verses Chapter 37 - episode commentary

In which Jon talks us through the making of Chapter 37 of TSV:

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This was the episode that caused a lot of stre...

The Silt Verses - Chapter 37 (early release)

Hi, wonderful people - happy 2024! Please find attached your early release of The Silt Verses Chapter 37 - as ever, really hope you enjoy.

The tr...