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The Day Everything Changed

The Day Everything Changed

By: Riffage Media
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The Day Everything Changed is an audio drama about two broken families navigating through a post-apocalyptic world threatened by "sick" and other deadly scavengers in search of sanctuary.

This podcast is a Riffage Media production. Visit the show website at riffagemedia.com, or find us on Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook and Tumblr. For inquiries, email riffagemedia@gmail.com.

Created, written and edited by Lane Fortenberry.

Season 1 Starring: Jessica Packard, Jasmine Anderson, Joseph Paz, Jillian Belrose, Eva De Guelle, Allison Stanford, Lucia McMahon, Allisa Hall, Marissa Falsone, Channing Miller, Danial Khan and Chris Alello

Season 2 Starring: Jasmine Anderson, Jillian Belrose, Benjamin Glassman, Zoraya Leyva, Allisa Hall, Jaiden Compuesto, Carter Peterson, Wallis Brown and Channing Miller

Season 3 written by Lane Fortenberry and Zoraya Leyva. Starring: Jasmine Anderson, Jillian Belrose, Benjamin Glassman, Zoraya Leyva, Jaiden Compuesto, Carter Peterson, Lee Eden, Bear Villarreal, Samuel Swafford, Giselle Kowalski, Julia Rodriguez, Travis Odom, Derek Bennefield and Jeremy Thomas

Music: Calob Broussard and Mikal Gay

Sound effects: envato.com, zapsplat.com, fesliyanstudios.com and aturaxaudio.com

Podcast art made by Rae.

Special thanks to our Season 1 Kickstarter contributors:

Prime Supporters: Kevin and Michelle Nichols, Robert and Marsha Nichols, Gary and Stella Beard, Derek Bennefield and Alex Summers

Main Supporters: Susan and Carlos Reyes, LaRue Latham, Ron Fortenberry, and Phil and Jordan Fountain

Big Supporters: Aaron Nichols, Celestina Amigo and Travis Odom

Supporter: Rhonda Fortenberry

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Episodes
  • Crowdfunding for our comic book adaptation is now live! Plus, hear from our artist Matias De Vincenzo.

    Crowdfunding for our comic book adaptation is now live! Plus, hear from our artist Matias De Vincenzo.
    Oct 22 2025

    Crowdfunding for the comic book adaptation of this audio drama is now LIVE through Kickstarter! Check it out here! (Full link is at the bottom.) You can get a special early bird rate when you support our comic book within the first two days of the campaign. Plus, at the end of this episode, hear from our artist Matias De Vincenzo!

    With stunning art, gripping emotion and gritty action, The Day Everything Changed #1 will tell the beginning of John and Sarah's journey through a post-apocalyptic world threatened by "Sick" and other deadly scavengers in search of sanctuary. Four planned issues will cover the first season of the show.

    Backer tiers start at just $10! Supporters of our comic book can expect a shoutout in the book, digital and physical copies, digital portraits of themselves as a zombie, a variant cover and a limited edition trading card featuring John and Sarah, and more.

    Dedicated listeners of the audio drama can expect new scenes, new dialogue and new action as they witness the complete visualization of the story that has only been told in an audio format.

    Here's the full link to our Kickstarter for our comic book: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/riffagemedia/the-day-everything-changed-1

    We can't do this without your dedicated support, and we hope you will join us on this journey. Also, we are working on season four of The Day Everything Changed as well as a neat spinoff. More to come soon.

    The Day Everything Changed is an audio drama about two broken families navigating through a post-apocalyptic world threatened by "sick" and other deadly scavengers in search of sanctuary.

    This podcast is a Riffage Media production. Visit the show website at riffagemedia.com, or find us on Bluesky, Instagram and Facebook. For inquiries, email riffagemedia@gmail.com.



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    19 mins
  • We're making a comic book and need your help! The Kickstarter for The Day Everything Changed #1 launches Oct. 22!

    We're making a comic book and need your help! The Kickstarter for The Day Everything Changed #1 launches Oct. 22!
    Oct 8 2025

    Surprise! We're making a comic book based on The Day Everything Changed, and we need your help to make it happen with our Kickstarter campaign to fund it! Check it out here! (Full link is at the bottom.) You can sign up now to be notified when the campaign officially launches on October 22.

    Now is your chance to experience our hit post-apocalyptic audio drama that reached over 200,000 downloads. With stunning art, gripping emotion and gritty action, The Day Everything Changed #1 will tell the beginning of John and Sarah's journey through a post-apocalyptic world threatened by "Sick" and other deadly scavengers in search of sanctuary. Four planned issues will cover the first season of the show.

    In addition to backer tiers that start at just $10, supporters of this project can expect digital and physical copies in addition to exciting and unique reward tiers that will only be available exclusively for this Kickstarter campaign, like digital portraits of yourself as a zombie, a variant cover and a limited edition trading card featuring John and Sarah.

    Dedicated listeners of the audio drama can expect new scenes, new dialogue and new action as they witness the complete visualization of the story that has only been told in an audio format.

    Here's the full link to our Kickstarter for our comic book: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/riffagemedia/the-day-everything-changed-1

    We can't do this without your dedicated support, and we hope you will join us on this journey.

    The Day Everything Changed is an audio drama about two broken families navigating through a post-apocalyptic world threatened by "sick" and other deadly scavengers in search of sanctuary.

    This podcast is a Riffage Media production. Visit the show website at riffagemedia.com, or find us on Bluesky, Instagram and Facebook. For inquiries, email riffagemedia@gmail.com.



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    3 mins
  • Audio Drama Community Recommendations Episode

    Audio Drama Community Recommendations Episode
    Jul 14 2025
    While The Day Everything Changed is on break to write season four (yes, we're working on season four and another show to be announced soon), here is a collection of creator-read promos from the audio drama community to tease some new shows to check out! Everything in this episode includes:Femme Future Perfect: In this moment when the voices of women are more important than ever, Femme Future Perfect explores that question through a trippy, twisted, often feminist take on sci-fi and horror that follows in the footsteps of series like Black Mirror, The Twilight Zone, and Electric Dreams.Heartglass: A modern urban fantasy fiction podcast about grief, love, identity and ice cream shops in hell.What Happened in Skinner: Traces a viral Internet mystery to the remote island of Skinner, Oregon– Where a series of disappearances quickly unravels into a conspiracy more than a century in the making...Apocalypse Radio: A short episodic audio drama about a person running a radio station in the zombie apocalypse while they wait for the military to evacuate them to the moon.Escape From Morinia: The story follows Miyasaki Chin (Miyo), a college student who gets trapped in his brother’s favorite video game. He is then unwillingly enrolled in the “Tournament of Destiny”, which would be easy… if he knew anything about video games.Warlock: A D&D Audio Drama with an anime twist. Find out what happens when in a world of sorcerers, there is only one Warlock.Spoof!: We send up your favorite movies & tv shows. It's the perfect podcast for a short break. Ludicrous and hilarious, fast and funny, check back often for something new.Tales from Three Corners: Three Corners is just your average small town. But like all small towns, scratch the surface, and you’ll be surprised at what you find underneath.The Eldritch Episodes: An audio drama anthology that breathes life into cosmic horror, drawing listeners into immersive soundscapes of dread, madness, and the unknowable.Partial Veil: An atmospheric, unsettling folk horror audio drama that explores the true nature of humanity and the deep, dark secrets we all try to hide. The Woods Are Watching.Twilight Meridian: In 1937, a titan of industry disappeared. To find him his grieving wife, a mysterious detective, and a cop with something to prove must confront dark secrets, and terrifying cosmic forces.Jesse's Lockbox Anthology: America’s Longest running talk and variety show, where each night our special guests from all over open one of our sealed lockboxes and we all listen along.The Diaries of Netovicius the Vampire: The Diaries of Netovicius the Vampire is a fantasy audio series whose first episode was written and recorded on a whim by Hugo Pierre Martin, the voice actor behind Frenchman Chamber in the popular video game Valorant.The Day Everything Changed is an audio drama about two broken families navigating through a post-apocalyptic world threatened by "sick" and other deadly scavengers in search of sanctuary.This podcast is a Riffage Media production. Visit the show website at riffagemedia.com, or find us on Bluesky, Instagram and Facebook. For inquiries, email riffagemedia@gmail.com.If you're in San Marcos and need comics, games or cards, be sure to visit Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy! Be sure you say hi to Hudson the store cat.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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    15 mins
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