0. Cypher — Sabotage Exposed!

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About Episode 0

"Cypher — Sabotage Exposed!" marks the beginning of Season 1 and introduces Kirby Bevins, Lonni Paysinger, and a motley cast of characters as they struggle to survive the predations of the looming technopolistic hellscape they call home in the month before "Pilot" (Episode 1). An unannounced visitor forces Kirby and the WNAD staff to take drastic measures. An awkward run-in with a raccoon during a Helloween celebration lands Kirby in the ER. Has his six-year-long bout of amnesia come to an end? An investigation into it begins.

Season 1
After a dream-streaming device intended to increase ratings accidentally broadcasts his repressed memories of an eldritch murder, radio jockey Kirby Bevins must overcome dark forces and folly to solve the crime before he becomes the next victim.

Season 2
The next chapter ushers listeners into the phantasmagorical side of Neo Amsterdam like never before by way of a recording – for quality assurance purposes – of a customer support call from a denizen trapped in a metaverse gone awry. Cruise the seamy underbelly of a virtual world beyond the veil.

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Credits
Screaming Panda presents Hell Gate City
Created by Kevin Berrey, who also wrote, performed, edited, and produced “Cypher”; visit http://sleepwithkevin.com & @berrey on socials
Sound design and additional music by Berrey with original score composed by Cheska Navarro.
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Content warnings for this episode include gun violence, gunshot SFX, animal and demon attacks on humans, humans fending off a rabid animal, alienation, amnesia, mental illness, gaslighting, hospital drug abuse, neglect, job and health insurance loss, emotional abuse, civil rights abuses, state-sponsored violence, censorship, and coercion