Jones and Woolf
*Bronze medal winner at the Australian Podcast Award and a finalist for the Google Podcasts Creator Program.* Jones & Woolf is an audio fiction anthology series pairing literary noir and sci-fi with original music. The creators — Anthony Jones and Joel Woolf — are a music + lit duo from the US and Australia. Get in touch: jonesandwoolf@gmail.com
Episodes
30 episodes
Story Companion: AI Narratives
Anthony and Joel talk about the themes and musical soundtracks for two stories that dive into the future possibilities, and potential harm, of AI: "Working On It" and "My Endless Wedding."
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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35:24
The Immortality Wars
On the eve of his one hundred and thirty-seventh birthday, Senator Thomas Wilkinson finally discovers his true purpose.
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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8:28
Story Companion: The Next Casino Will Be Built In All Our Minds
Anthony and Joel break down their process for creating "The Next Casino Will Be Built In All Our Minds," discuss the story's themes, and talk about how to build a musical climax in a soundtrack.
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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28:17
The Next Casino Will Be Built In All Our Minds
Social media meets sports gambling.
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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13:46
Story Companion: America's Hidden Treasure
Anthony and Joel break down their process for creating "America's Hidden Treasure," talk about the story's themes, and give listeners a glimpse into what it's like to create musical soundtracks.
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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27:18
America's Hidden Treasure
An unlikely encounter with a pop star fuels the rise of a new healthcare influencer who's willing to do just about anything to get people to follow her.
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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16:25
My Endless Wedding
The unreliability of human memory gets productized. What could possibly go wrong?
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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22:28
Somewhere There Isn't Any Karaoke
A mystical encounter in a Tokyo bar inspires a woman to rethink her relationship with an overbearing mentor.
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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13:10
The Electric Mockingbird and Other Fantastic Tales of Supernatural Delight
The memory of his ex-girlfriend will live forever. Come to think of it, her physical body will too.
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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13:57
The Mad Scientists at Prom
Two transfer students find themselves at a high school where they’re misunderstood and feared by the student body. At the end of the day, they’re far better dancers than anyone would have ever expected.
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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6:02
The Drifters
It’s the year 2149 and empathy is illegal. Some people practice it anyway. Those people are called drifters.
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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8:13
Never Not Once
It’s not uncommon for a child to become impatient with their age. To wish they were older. To want to be a big kid, or yearn for the freedom that we as adults often take for granted. But what does it mean when life imposes its will on a young p...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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19:10
Kim Kardashian (live performance)
In March, Joel and I had the chance to perform some of our work at the Treefort Music Festival in Boise, Idaho. This month, we’re going to share a live recording of one of the stories we performed at Treefort, an old Jones & Woolf classic, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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7:47
Love in the Time of Talking Exercise Bikes
What if the ex who caused you the worst heartbreak in your entire life showed up as a new instructor on your favorite exercise app? In the Season 3 premiere, Joel and Anthony present their most ambitious work yet — a story that straddles the in...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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50:26
The Happiness Problem
What happens when a man believes his compulsion for honesty, his independent streak, and his feelings about his robot brother are what prevent him from being happy?
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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16:08
Rise of the Nonsense Machines
A man's grasp on reality slips away because of a social media influencer who is slowly filling his conscious mind with her content. Never mind the fact that the influencer he’s following isn’t a human being.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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13:26
The Future According to Andrew Yang
In Andrew Yang's future, will you be someone who owns the machines, or someone who is owned by them?
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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11:22
The Trip
Two women. One time machine. If they travel back in time enough, maybe they can get their relationship perfectly right.
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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17:38
Kendal, Power Off
In the first story of Season 2, Rashad embraces the latest thera-tech on the market to try to overcome his obsession with a former co-worker.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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17:10
1,000 Small Sacrifices
An ancient scribe is forced to go on a journey in search of love's true meaning.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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8:31
Alpha Tango Monorail: III
The entrepreneur comes to terms with his responsibility in Penelope’s death and finally confronts Senator Adams.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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8:15