Donald August Versus the Land of Flowers
Donald August Versus the Land of Flowers
Coming August 11: Donald August Versus the Land of Flowers, a fiction podcast
Welcome to Donald August Versus the Land of Flowers, a 5-episode comedy fiction podcast. A boy and his summer nanny set out to play detective in South Florida and instead stumble into a supernatural – and sinister – palm plant.
Here's a clip from the first episode.
The show follows Donnie, a 12-year-old obsessed with playing private investigator, and his reluctant summer nanny Lex. You'll also hear from Donnie's retired uncle, the future third female president of the United States of America, and a librarian who didn't ask for any of this. Starring Dave Cutler and Katie Cutler. Written by Emily Donovan and Benjamin Kerns. Music by Dylan Burchett.
Coming August 11.
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Welcome to the recorded case notes of a saw palm gone wild in suburban Florida.
I’m Emily Donovan, and, along with my friend Benjamin Kerns, we’re the creators of Donald August Versus the Land of Flowers, a fiction comedy podcast about a supernatural plant. The show follows Donnie, a 12-year-old boy who plays private investigator, and his summer nanny Lex as they stumble upon the subtropical villain. You’ll also hear from Donnie’s retired uncle, the future third female president of the United States of America, and a librarian who didn’t ask for any of this. Here’s a clip from the first episode, premiering August 11:
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Lex
See?
(Further from the microphone)
The red light means it’s recording. And to turn it off you just
A blip as the recorder slows then turns back on.
Lex (con’t.)
and now it’s back on.
Donnie
Cool! It’s so old school.
Lex
I know, right? I was looking for something for you to do today, and I found this. You can use it for your private investigator game. Don't real P.I.s take notes on their cases?
Donnie
(Too close to the microphone)
Hellloooooooooo! Can anyone hear me? Has this message reached anyone? IS IT ALREADY TOO LATE??
Lex
Ooookay.
Donnie
(Continuing in his own world)
This device will record my case notes as I circle in on the truth.
Lex
You’re really still this into playing P.I., huh?
(Trying for at least one small break from the detective thing)
How about we try another activity first, OK, bud, just for a little bit? Let's make a recording studio.
Donnie
Why?
Lex
(Neutral-toned going along with it like a good babysitter)
Because tape recorders pick up background noise as well as your "important, mystery-solving case notes." If you want to listen back for clues later, then a pillow fort would reduce background noise.
Donnie
A pillow fort? A PILLOW FORT? Do you think this is some kind of game?
Lex
Uhh? Mm.
(She did.)
Donnie
We can’t just build pillow forts anymore. Pillow forts are for children, and I am 12, and we all know that if your age has two numbers in it, you aren’t a child anymore.
Lex
Your age had two numbers in it last year, and you built pillow forts when I used to babysit you on Saturdays.
Donnie
Saturday nights were different then. It was a different time. A different day of the week. Besides,
(Slips into detective voice)
our city’s mysteries don’t wait in the warm embrace of a pillow fort. Mysteries wait in the cold, uh, not-embrace of the streets.
Lex
Wellington is more of a village than a city, so I don’t know there are a lot of mysteries waiting for you out there. It’s pretty much just divorces and parking lot fender benders.
Donnie
Where there’s streets, there’s crimes.
Donald August Versus the Land of Flowers is the story of an imaginative kid who discovers that magic might be more real – and more dangerous and generally worse – than anyone thought.
It was written under lockdown by me and Ben and stars our friends Dave Cutler and Katie Cutler, with music by Dylan Burchett. The first three episodes come out next week. Episode 4 will come out on August 18, and the finale, episode 5, will come out on August 25.
Open your podcast app now, search for Donald August, and subscribe so you won’t miss an episode, or find us online at donaldaugustpod.carrd.com. We're also on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at donaldaugustpod.
Donald August Versus the Land of Flowers, starting Tuesday, August 11.
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