Points of Articulation
Points of Articulation is a serialized participatory sci-fantasy horror novel podcast. The audience follows and controls a protagonist named Henry, who volunteers for a neuroscience trial and becomes pursued by otherworldly monsters. Written chapters are released weekly on Patreon with polls for audience decisions, and episodes are released biweekly.
Episodes
[Feed Drop] Cycle 99, The Story Before the Story
Cycle 99 is a swashbuckling adventure story about extinction, magic, and hope — where YOU design the characters. Meet Thatch, designed by Aryn Jae Myatt. If you'd like to have a hand in designing future C99 characters, join the Patreon as a free member. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
POA Bloopers 2
Another little treat while Sound Designer Tay and I prepare POA 045 for you. Enjoy!Content warnings: Misophonia warning (chewing/crunching 4:50–5:25), healing cat purrs, room tone intonations, Chinese tongue twisters, mint consumption, Nemo getting to be a posh twat and a bitch (they have Range), tea breaks, various motorcycle noises, Graham and Chey shipping their characters with various combinat
POA 044 — Dreamspace
Chapter(s) 58. A nightmare for Nara, a nightmare for me. Content warnings: Unreality/nightmares, knife mention. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of Articulation is… Written by Hannah SemmelhackProduced by Hannah Semmelhac
POA 043 — Liabilities
Chapter(s) 57. Henry and Nara execute the plan. Content warnings: Violence, pursuit, gun mention. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. . Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of Articulation is… Written by Hannah SemmelhackProduced by Hannah Semmelhack and Fiona
POA 042 — Distraction
Chapter(s) 56. Ash meets a distraction. Henry and Nara cause a distraction. Content warnings: Blood mention, injury mention, references to past deaths/Mirrorling cannibalism, guilt. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in
POA 041 — Recharge
Chapter(s) 55. Injuries are treated. Content warnings: Death, murder, Mirrorling cannibalism, needles, injuries, medical treatment of injuries, wound care, blood. I am not a doctor. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this
POA 040 — New Hardware
Chapter(s) 53 & 54. We arrive at Port Meadow. I grow hands— of a sort. More of the Mirror’s plan is revealed. A marble becomes abruptly, surprisingly relevant. Prime finds his binary star. Henry finds himself. Nara tries so very, very hard. Content warnings: Digital/body horror (typical Ellis), references to past injuries. Violence, blood, injuries, body horror. Vote, for free, on ou
POA Bloopers 1
Content warnings: Mouth noises / misophonia, a new song I'm calling 'Finding the Next Line,' every method of transport imaginable, dialect foibles, blblbllblblblbllblblblbl (of course), and cast commentary on shipping dynamics.Just a bit of silliness while sound designer Tay and I get POA 040 ready for you all! Enjoy 💖! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
POA 039 — Update Available
Chapter(s) 52. The rebels plan their next target. Kaidan reveals fun developments. Ash and Nara trade tales. Content warnings: Loss of autonomy, descriptions of injuries, scars. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Drop
[Feed Drop] Dominus
Lovely Sourcelings, a new signal finds its way to your ears... from our lovely friends over at Rusty Quill! Dominus is a full cast Catholic horror podcast in which three Catholic priests, trapped in a remote Ontario mansion by a strange blizzard, must find a way to exorcise a demon before it escapes into the world. Unfortunately for them, the demon is a true believer, and therefore inoculated agai
POA 038 — Remote Access
Chapter(s) 51. Memories lost, memories shared. Content warnings: Memory modification, brainwashing, grief, injuries, abandonment, loss of family members, death & dead bodies, blood (mention), minor violence, allusions to cannibalism. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord s
POA 037 — Extension
Chapter(s) 50. We focus on hands. You tattle on me. Content warnings: Blood, death, violence, minor injuries, guilt, voyeurism, knives, lil bit of body horror. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points o
POA 036 — Repair and Contrast
Chapter(s) 49. Zosimos gives us some backstory to chew on. Ben confronts Nara. Content warnings: References to genocide, war, battle, violence, death, past injuries. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. P
POA 035 — Early Development
Chapter(s) 48. A new voice enters the rebels’ conversation. Content warnings: Existential horror, digital horror, references to genocide and colonialist themes. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points
POA 034 — Speaker
Chapter(s) 46.3 and 47. You chat with Henry, Nara, and Naomi. A meeting is called, and you are invited too. A new voice enters the rebels’ conversation. Content warnings: References to colonialism, guilt, past injuries, starvation, endangerment. Existential horror, digital horror, references to genocide and colonialist themes. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially
[Sneak Peek] C99.000 — Invocation
A sneak preview of the next audience-directed project I'll be working on come spring, 2026: Cycle 99, a swashbuckling adventure-story where you design the characters. Please visit patreon.com/pitchpineproductions and join as a free member (no payment information required, only your email) to stay tuned for updates. Content warnings: None! Cycle 99 will be a family-friendly adventure story, with th
POA 033 — Shift
Chapter(s) 46.3. A bonus fluff chapter, voted on by the Hive Mind and posted during the Act 3 Hiatus. 0203 enters a new world and learns a new skill. Content warnings: References to colonialism, Nara’s experience in the Wilds, and Mirrorling eating habits, insectoid creatures. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Pat
POA 032 — The Surface of Last Scattering
Chapter(s) 46.1. Coda to Act 3. Nara gets their first glimpse of the Bright, heart-to-heart, Ash-to-Ash. Content warnings: Mention of past injuries. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points
POA 031 — Override
The long-awaited and much-pushed-back finale of Act 3! Thank you all for your patience, and thank you to our incredible cast for this episode (and future episodes).Chapter(s) 45 & 46. A first kiss, a last touch. Promises are broken, kept, and made. Content warnings: Death, Mirrorling-typical consumption, gaslighting, manipulation. Graphic descriptions of injuries, body horror, monst
POA 030 — Digits
Chapter(s) 44. Apeiron has a snack. You lend a hand. Henry and Ash share a quiet moment together. Content warnings: Cannibalism (ish), body horror, guilt-tripping, knives, loss of fingers. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found i
POA 029 — Live Wire
Chapter(s) 43. Nara has a snack. Henry has questions. Content warnings: Cannibalism (ish), colonialist themes, body horror, knives, blood, violence. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of Articula
POA028 — Administrator
Chapter(s) 042. Nara has a bad time. Content warnings: Gaslighting, manipulation, guilt-tripping, emotional abuse, physical abuse, major injuries, potentially inaccurate wound care (I am not a doctor).Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts c
POA 027 — Evolutionary Computation
Chapter(s) 41. Things are let in, things are let out. Content warnings: Blood, minor injuries, vampire-adjacent monsters, cannibalism-adjacent behavior. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points o
POA 026 — Accessory
Chapter(s) 40. In true horror podcast protagonist fashion, Henry gets a fucked up eye. Content warnings: Panic, eye trauma (major), body horror, descriptions of excerebration (brain removal), light gore. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show tran
POA 025 — Malware
Chapter 39. You remind 4024 of our past. Content warnings: Violence, injuries, blood, eye trauma. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of Articulation is… Written by Hannah SemmelhackProduced b
POA 024.1 — Bark & Bite
Chapter 32.1. In the past, 0203, 4024, and 1359 gather for drinks after work. A lighthearted interlude. Content warnings: Alcohol drinking. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of Articulation is… W
POA 024 — Inheritance
Chapter 38. You refine the plan. Henry and Ash demonstrate surprising skills. Nara sees a familiar face. Content warnings: Violence, peril, lil’ bit of body horror, tension. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox.
POA 023 — Wrong Version
Chapter 37. A chat about wrong versions. A plan is formed. An impromptu nap is had. Content warnings: Dreams/unreality.Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of Articulation is… Written by Hannah Semm
POA 022 — Vocoder
Chapters 36. You give Nara a voice. Content warnings: Compulsion, Minor suffocation, loss of bodily autonomy. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of Articulation is… Written by Hannah Se
[Feed Drop] Listen to Hi Nay 01 — Bulok (Rot)
Filipino Immigrant Mari Datuin has been living and working in Toronto for a few years now. Things have been quiet, until her neighbor runs screaming to her apartment.Content Warnings: Injury and bruising, Body Horror, Blood, Vomit, Animal Remains, Human RemainsYou can find Hi Nay anywhere you listen to podcasts! Now part of the Rusty Quill Network.Check out Hi Nay's website: https://hinaypod.com/S
POA 021 — Emergent Behavior
Chapter 35. Nara answers some questions, and doesn’t answer others. Content warnings: None! Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of Articulation is… Written by Hannah SemmelhackProduced b
POA 020 — Console
Chapter 34. You learn about Zosimos. Content warnings: Reference to injuries, blood mention, death, murder, body horror. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of Articulation is… Written by Hann
Artifact
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POA 019 — Shell
Chapter 33. Connections are re-established. Content warnings: Fear of capture, body horror, digital horror, reference to eye trauma, surveillance, scopophobia. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox.&nb
POA 018.1 — Halfway Home [Announcement]
Hello dearest Hive Mind,As the audio reaches the end of Act 2, the written chapters reach the halfway point of Act 3 and the story as a whole, and we approach the one-year anniversary of the first chapter of Points of Articulation, I wanted to give a few quick community announcements. (The above audio provides the exact same info as the written bits below, so pick your poison.)Anniversary She
POA 018 — Encrypted
Chapter 32. You choose Nara. Nara makes a choice. This is only the beginning. Content warnings: Weapons (knives, guns), peril, tension, hostages, mild violence. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points
POA 017 — Data Mining
Chapter 31. A new path opens up. Connections are made. Content warnings: Knives, peril, violence, kidnapping, little bit of body horror, possession. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of Articulat
POA 016 — External Drive
Chapter 30. Henry touches the Lens (again), and meets with Kaidan. A new path opens up. Content warnings: References to surveillance and threats of violence. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of
POA 015 — Copy & Paste
Chapter 29. Ben meets Naomi. Again. Content warnings: Implied threats, colonialist themes. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of Articulation is… Written by Hannah SemmelhackProduced by Hanna
POA 014 — Position Evaluation
Chapter 28. We hear about Loo… and Hemlock. Content warnings: Major injuries (mentioned), loss of a limb (mentioned), colonialist themes, little bit of body horror.Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Poi
POA 013 — Wayback Machine
Chapters 27. Another perspective on the Wilds. Content warnings: Forests, major injuries (not described in detail), grief, loss. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Points of Articulation is… Written
POA 012 — Background Processing
Chapter 26. You side with Nara, and receive a Prime memory in return. Additional Content Warnings: Invasion of privacy, mind control, megalophobia, astrophobia, the vast expanse of space, vertigo, survivor’s guilt, reference to Seonjae’s murder. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so no our Patreon. Wanna chat
Acts 1 & 2 Q&A
Paige wrangles Cheyenne, Fiona, and Hannah as they answer all your questions! Spoiler Timestamps: Spoilers for The Magnus Archives (all seasons): 6:00-6:45Spoilers up through the audio and written chapters: 15:00-16:00 Vague Spoilers for the end of Act 2 of POA: 36:00-37:00Spoilers up through the audio episodes of POA: 53:00-54:00 Act 2 Finale spoilers: 57:00-59
POA 011 — Template
Chapter 25. Henry gets a reprieve from your control. Nara shares a little bit about themself, against their will.Content Warnings: Invasion of privacy, mind control, megalophobia, astrophobia, the vast expanse of space, vertigo. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Discord server or
POA 010 — Unsaved Changes
Chapter 24. You refuse to choose, and the price is paid. Content warnings: Drowning, asphyxiation, peril, violence, blood, knives, death, grief, possession, undeath, zombies, survivor’s guilt, body horror, gore, minor references to self-harm. Vote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the project, you can also do so on our Patreon. Wanna chat? Join our Disc
[Feed Drop] Nine to Midnight IV: The Witch of November
Three Fates presents: The Witch of NovemberNine to Midnight is a collaborative storytelling event comprising stories by horror podcasters organized by Harlan Guthrie. The Three Fates are thrilled to offer our humble sacrifi— I mean, submission to the Nine to Midnight feed this year.Lake Superior, it is said, never gives up her dead. And she is hungry for more. Credits: Wri
[Trailer] Nine to Midnight IV
Three Fates presents: The Witch of NovemberNine to Midnight is a collaborative storytelling event comprising stories by horror podcasters organized by Harlan Guthrie. The Three Fates are thrilled to offer our humble sacrifi— I mean, submission to the Nine to Midnight feed this year.Lake Superior, it is said, never gives up her dead. And she is hungry for more. Content Warnings: Thalassophobia
POA 009 — Operating System
Chapters 21, 22, 23. You choose to follow the hand. Henry rolls a stealth check. You face a damning choice, and choose not to decide. Additional Content Warnings: Body horror, mild gore, peril, undeath. Peril, violence, injuries, lil bit of body horror, undead, zombies, mention of unethical medical practices, murderVote, for free, on our Patreon. If you’d like to financially support the proje
POA 008 — User Verification
Chapters 18, 19, 20. You choose a name, and learn about the Wilds. Then you learn about Henry. Making deals behind my back? Traitors. Additional Content Warnings: Creepy trees (yes, really), threats of entombment, peril, scopophobia, unethical medical practices, dissociation, derealization/depersonalization, uncanny valley, loss of identity, burnout, overwork, alienation. Vote, for free,
POA 007 — Force Quit
Chapters 15, 16, 17. Additional Content Warnings: Corpses, reanimation, death, peril, self-mutilation, blood, gore, medical themes, existentialism, monsters, possession. Summary: The final episode of Act One. Things come to a head. The Narrator’s pleasantly anonymous existence is shattered.Catch up and vote, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/pointsofarticulation.Want to discuss POA?
POA 006 — Glitch
Chapters 13 and 14. Additional Content Warnings: None! Summary: Henry accompanies Naomi to the physics lab, and touches something he probably shouldn’t. Catch up and vote, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/pointsofarticulation.Want to discuss POA? Join our Discord server.Want to share your thoughts? Email us.Show transcripts can be found in this Dropbox. Support POA by subscribin
POA 005 — A Feature, not a Bug
Chapters 10, 11, 12.Additional Content Warnings: Violence, insectoid monsters, insects, blood mention, needles (eldritch), injuries, panic, Scopophobia, injury mention, lil’ bit of body horror. Summary: Henry fights a monster. Naomi pulls teeth and provides some key lore. Henry dreams of home — but not his. Hey, can you be a little more careful with our puppet? Catch up and vote, fo
POA 004 — Spawnpoint
Chapters 8 and 9. Henry chats with you. Felicity spills the beans. The Scout acquires a target. Who’s telling this story, anyway? Additional Content Warnings: Monsters, peril, violence, blood (mentioned), insects. Catch up and vote, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/pointsofarticulation.Want to discuss POA? Join our Discord server.Want to share your thoughts? Email us.Show transcripts
POA 003 — Bluescreen
Chapters 5, 6, 7.Additional Content Warnings: Possession, manipulation, loss of bodily autonomy, emetophobia (vomiting), ouija boards, brief mention of internalized transphobia.Summary: Henry’s mind is all tied up. Contact is made. You are here. And now it really begins. Catch up and vote, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/pointsofarticulation.Want to discuss POA? Join our Discord ser
POA 002 — Calibrating
Chapters 2, 3, 4.Additional Content Warnings: Needles (mentioned), hospitals, glitch sounds, paranoia. Henry calibrates to his new life. You calibrate to Henry. Catch up on the latest chapters and vote, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/pointsofarticulation.Want to discuss POA? Join our Discord server.Want to share your thoughts? Email us.Support POA by following, reviewing, or coerci
POA 001 — Booting Up
Chapter 1.Additional Content Warnings: Glitch sounds. Henry wakes up in an unfamiliar place. Escape, or remember?To read the latest chapters and vote on upcoming polls, become a free member of our Patreon (no payment information required, only your email) at https://www.patreon.com/pointsofarticulation.Want to discuss POA? Join our Discord server.Want to share your thoughts? Email us.Support POA b
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