Never Prepared For: We Fix Space Junk

We Fix Space Junk is a weekly sci-fi female-led podcast created by Beth Crane, for the Battle Bird Productions, an independent podcast company based in London. It told the story of Kilner the smuggler, and her life while working the dubious odd jobs from the equally dubious company of Automnicon. Then, due to some "situation", a former socialite turned reluctant fugitive, Samantha Trapp, ended up as her companion through out the adventure crossing the galaxy.

This audio drama pod is a character-driven one, and although each episode told a different story, it's not really an anthology. As for the plot, I can't say much because it still new, but so far so good, no over-exposition or dumping too many details, yet enough hints here and there to keep listeners super excited.

Being a slice of life podcast, there isn't much elaborated sound effects on it, but it's more than enough to tell each scenes perfectly. About the acting, it's pretty solid, I fell in love instantly to the character Kilner, voiced by the creator Beth Crane, and she's definitely the fictional character I'd like to hang out with—no matter how the atmosphere of the planet is. Rebecca Evans, which voices Samantha Trapp, greatly managed to provide an interesting balance to the logical and laid back personality of Kilner. And of course, because there would be no such thing as too much Sassy A.I: DACHSHUND a.k.a DAX, voiced perfectly by Jack Carmichael.

I have been listening to this podcast for almost a month now, and I love their light dark humour as well as their light-hearted story, but to be honest, it was their latest episode, An Unsubtle Utopia, that really hooked me. The bittersweet story was delightfully written, and really made me think that this audio drama is perhaps more than the usual adventure comedy sci-fi. Also, the tone kinda reminded me to Kino no Tabi—much less depressing, but that kind of tale that made you stop and ponder.

The We Fix Space Junk has only been going for four episodes, so I still could not see what kind of genre they would really go—although they do listed as comedy. From their post-credit scenes though, things are getting interesting. I'd sense some bigger plot, perhaps a backstory too, about Samantha and also the Automnicon. 

And just like some unexpected journey, I'd love to see where their story would flourish into. 

Note: 

• We Fix Space Junk is currently on Libsyn, iTunes, Sticher, Spotify, their website, as well as your usual podcatchers. I also suggest you to check out their Twitter and Facebook accounts, for updates and some "message" from Automnicon.
• recommended for: light-hearted space adventure, dark humour, slice of life story, strong female character, Sassy A.I character, awesome cyborg, dubious capitalistic company, bit of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy tone.
• caution for: claustrophobic scene, violence, stressful situation, family situation, financial debt situation.