Archaic Humans
- Author
- Jason Hepola
- Published
- Wed 09 Jul 2025
- Episode Link
- None
Civilization has ended before…
Archaic Humans is a five-part fiction podcast that journeys back through deep time to imagine ancient minds, vanished societies, and the quiet revolutions that have shaped and reshaped human consciousness.
Twenty thousand years from now, descendants of survivors of the end of our civilization gather for an orientation into human consciousness given by voices from the ancient past. Each episode features the spokesperson from a different group of archaic humans, who describes their unique revolution in consciousness and explains the factors that led to their collapse.
Archaic Humans was created and written by Jason Hepola and produced and written by Charles Conley.
Recorded by Paul Fonfara.
Sound design and audio mixing by Jaxon Vesely.
Voice work by:
- Kristen Froebel
- Lisa Weiland
- Julia Nickerson
- Chesa Greene
- Isabelle Hopewell
- Christa Rubsam
Original music written by Chris Hepola and performed by Chris Hepola and Anthony Afful, with audio engineering by Eric Struve.
Illustration and media by Kamau Kokayi-Taylor.
