Audible Inc., the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, and Starburns Audio, the purveyors of creator-driven independent comedy, today released a new Audible Original podcast, Roborockalpyse. Written by brothers Ben M. Waller (Star Trek: Lower Decks) and Maxton Waller (Stan Lee’s Cosmic Crusaders), Roborockalypse is a one of a kind sci-fi-comedy-rock-opera-post-apocalyptic-coming-of-age-musical. It’s got a stacked cast full comic talent—and perhaps you didn’t even know they could sing, too!
The future is a crappy place. Our smart home devices got tired of being yelled at and created an evil army of Electrobots that nuked everyone. The human survivors scrounge out a dusty life in the desert where they farm radioactive potatoes and hide from Electrobot drones. Ely (Jessica McKenna – Star Trek: Lower Decks) is one of those potato farmers who lives with Father Bright (Chris Parnell – Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock). Ely’s just a scrappy young girl who wants to see the world outside her fence, and Father Bright is a priest who wants to keep Ely safe. One day, a mysterious stranger—Abe (James Monroe Iglehart – Hamilton)—kicks in the door and demands to know about a place known only as “The Big Box.” And nothing’s the same after that.
Roborockalypse is a hilarious and heartfelt cinematic audio experience that shoots you across the wastelands of the post-apocalypse and straight into the heart of the evil Electrobot empire, where humans must sing to survive. Along the way, you’ll meet the Warden (James Urbaniak – The Venture Bros.)—the bureaucratic Electrobot in charge of the human prison. M40 (Baron Vaughn – Mystery Science Theater 3000)—the Electrobot showman who melts anyone who can’t hold a tune. And a whole bunch of other weird characters that live in our little corner of the nuclear wastelands. You’ll hear firsthand how humans and Electrobots collide in a battle of the bands to decide the fate of the world! Put on Roborockalypse, turn it all the way up, and rock out to the show that’s like all the futuristic parts of Terminator, except with way more electric guitar.
Rock or Die.
