Podcast

The Dark Pulse

Drama, Fiction, Science Fiction

The Dark Pulse is a dark fantasy/horror story about a man named Nolan who is captured --along with his family-- during an invasion by the brutal Republic of Kalyko...and explores the lengths a man will go to in order to restore his family's safety and freedom. It is set in an 19th-Century-Earth-like fantasy world riven by war, and secretly undercut by ancient, malevolent forces with their own nefarious agendas. Call it THE DARK TOWER meets 1917 (film) by way of BERSERK (manga).

Episodes
54
Releases
Every two weeks
Typical length
21 min
On air since
2024
Latest episode
2 weeks ago

Episodes

54 episodes, newest first

  1. Chapter 52: The Forgotten Pulse

    Season 1, Episode 52

    Show notes

    As the Bison King's rebellion engulfs the quarry, Nolan and Levi descend into the darkness of Hell Crack. But beneath the chaos of the uprising, something ancient is calling and it has been waiting a very long time.

    15 min
  2. Chapter 51: Let Them Fall

    Season 1, Episode 51

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    Deep inside the Catamount quarry, Nolan and Levi make their move.

    15 min
  3. Chapter 50: Open Wounds

    Season 1, Episode 50

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    Wounded and hunted after a disastrous night, Cassandra and Olivia take to the Douglass River in search of safety, but the journey forces both women to confront old wounds, and discover they may have more in common than either realized.

    23 min
  4. Chapter 49: Into Hell Crack

    Season 1, Episode 49

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    Nolan enters the brutal mining city of Catamount, where the deeper he descends into Hell Crack, the more he realizes something dangerous is beginning to stir.

    26 min
  5. Chapter 48: Where The River Runs Black

    Season 1, Episode 48

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    As resentment festers among the ranks, Cassandra offers Manafee a brutal lesson about leadership

    22 min
  6. Chapter 47: One Hundred Leagues

    Season 1, Episode 47

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    Fresh off an unlikely victory, the Cloaks finally have reason to celebrate. But as Levi begins looking toward what comes next, Nolan starts to realize that surviving the war may have only been the beginning.

    25 min
  7. Chapter 46: The Pathfinder

    Season 1, Episode 46

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    Winter is ending, but Cassandra's war is only beginning.

    23 min
  8. Chapter 45: The Space Between Two Heartbeats

    Season 1, Episode 45

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    Nolan and the Bison King's men arrive in Clairemont seeking desperately needed supplies, only to discover the frightened town is hiding far more than grain.

    21 min
  9. We Finished Season Two… Now What the Hell Happens to The Dark Pulse?

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    Season Two of The Dark Pulse is finished… so now what? Reid sits down with the voice behind Nolan to talk through the making of the season, the scenes that hit hardest, the choices that shaped the performance, and what it was like bringing this brutal fantasy world to life. They also look ahead at where The Dark Pulse goes from here: the story, the audio drama, the insane marketing experiment, and the question hanging over everything… can this thing become bigger than a book?

    1 hr 5 min
  10. Chapter 44: The Bison King

    Season 1, Episode 44

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    With Winter in full swing, the legend of Levi grows amongst the conscripts.

    5 min
  11. Chapter 43: Songbird

    Season 1, Episode 43

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    Cassandra follows the trail of a devastating ambush and discovers that the hunt for Alexander West has become far more personal than she ever imagined.

    13 min
  12. Chapter 42: The Plume

    Season 1, Episode 42

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    After four fruitless days tracking Alexander West through the frozen valley, Cassandra finally catches a break.

    8 min
  13. Chapter 41: Why We Stand

    Season 1, Episode 41

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    As Group 13 readies to free the slaves of Kalyko on the train they unearth a horrifying truth.

    18 min
  14. Chapter 40: The Butcher

    Season 1, Episode 40

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    Trapped below the cliff, Levi faces walking death as a Reaver approaches.

    31 min
  15. Chapter 39: The Bison Drop

    Season 1, Episode 39

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    When the plan starts to unravel, Nolan is forced to make a rash decision before disaster spreads.

    18 min
  16. Chapter 38: The Train

    Season 1, Episode 38

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    With snow closing in and a Kalykan train approaching, Nolan joins Levi in a desperate cliffside ambush.

    23 min
  17. Chapter 37: Moses's Gammadon

    Season 1, Episode 37

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    Haunted by the life he took, Nolan returns to camp hollowed out by guilt as Levi's men finish preparing their plan for the approaching train. When Moses shares the story behind the murder mark on his forehead.

    23 min
  18. Chapter 36: Gray Eyes

    Season 1, Episode 36

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    The gray-eyed man stands over me as I slide down the wall slowly... This man is a monster.

    13 min
  19. Chapter 35: The Cost of Survival

    Season 1, Episode 35

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    What begins as a necessary act of survival quietly spirals into something far more devastating. By the time the night is over, Nolan realizes that some lines, once crossed, can never be undone.

    40 min
  20. Chapter 34: The Brigadier

    Season 1, Episode 34

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    Cassandra rides with Brigadier Manafee and her battered brigade through the Douglass River Valley, where a "simple" bandit hunt quietly starts to feel like something far bigger—and far more personal—than anyone's admitting.

    19 min