Restless Shores, A Podcast Soap Opera

Starting on Monday, October 5 at 7:05pm tune into WCME (99.5 FM and 900 AM) for Restless Shores. The good folks at WCME are starting with Episode 1, “The Bill Comes Due” and broadcasting five nights a week. That will allow you guys who haven’t listened to Restless Shores to catch up with the series just by turning on the radio Monday through Friday!

Will this be too much goodness? Only time will tell.

And remember, whether you listen to Restless Shores on WCME or are a podcast purest, cast your write-in vote for Milton Roupp for President.

Ottawa, Canada; Greenford, England; Rancho Murieta, California; Redding, California; Suisun, California; Streamwood, Illinois; Vernon Hills, Illinois; Ottumwa, Iowa; Sioux City, Iowa; Walpole, Maine; South Gate, Maryland; Ashburnham, Massachusetts; Brownsville, New York; Grover Hill, Ohio; Saint George, Utah; and Onalaska, Wisconsin.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Columbus, Ohio – 80

Lebanon, New Hampshire – 73

Bangor, Maine – 38

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – 36

Jeffersontown, Kentucky – 29

Freeport, Maine – 22

Atlanta, Georgia – 19

Brunswick, Maine – 17

Washington, Indiana – 14

Riverside, Ohio – 11

Alhambra, Arizona – 9

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma – 9

Ceresco, Nebraska – 8

Chesapeake, Virginia – 8

The newest country in our neighborhood is Nepal. We are pleased to see Moscow added to our list of cities. And with 187 downloads in Seymour, Connecticut and 138 in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, we know someone loves us out there.

Welcome to:

Ashfield, Australia; Glass House Mountains, Australia; Heidelberg, Germany; Dundalk, Ireland; Kathmandu, Nepal; Moscow, Russia; Velikiye Luki, Russia; Anyang-si, South Korea; Cankaya, Turkey; Stourbridge, United Kingdom; Hampton, United Kingdom; Wrexham, United Kingdom; Hanford, California; Madera, California; Granby, Colorado; Woodstock, Illinois; Washington, Indiana; Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland; Oakdale, Minnesota; Willow Springs, Missouri; Milan, New Hampshire; Windham, New York; Logan, Ohio; Riverside, Ohio; Solon, Ohio; La Vergne, Tennessee; Smyrna, Tennessee; Baytown, Texas; South Jordan, Utah; and Brodhead, Wisconsin.

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

Seymour, Connecticut – 187

Jeffersontown, Kentucky – 138

South Jordan, Utah – 91

Sanford, Maine – 41

Woodstock, Illinois – 30

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin – 28

Portland, Maine – 24

Brunswick, Maine – 19

Shaw, District of Columbia – 13

Danbury, Connecticut – 12

Washington, Indiana – 12

Freeport, Maine – 12

Alabaster, Alabama – 11

Warren, Maine – 11

Manhattan, New York – 10

Casting call for an established role on a podcast soap opera. We are looking for a unique voice to play sassy bar manager and master thief, Regina Miranda, on the podcast soap opera, Restless Shores. Please send reels to audio@newmeadowsmedia.com. For more information, visit the website restless-shores.com, call (207) 389-6154, or contact rs@newmeadowsmedia.com.

Our fans already know that the Endangered Salamander makes the best kung pao chicken in Gamote Point and may be in the entire world. If you don’t already know that, listen to more Restless Shores you naughty boy.

What the Endangered Salamander needs is a graphic t-shirt.

Pull out that pencil and get to work.

The winning design will receive an Endangered Salamander shirt and one of the white Restless Shores ball caps that are available only to cast members and competition winners.

Send your designs to rs@newmeadowsmedia.com with Endangered Salamander in the subject line before October 16, 2020.

We are honored that we were included in Amazon’s Podcast launch. If you aren’t familiar with our podcast soap opera, here is the Restless Shores’ teaser that went out in January of 2019 that may whet your appetite. Trust me, you never know what will happen next. We all love those dirty little secrets, don’t we. Scandal, intrigue and salaciousness fifteen minutes at a time.

Welcome to:

Fort McMurray, Canada;  Heredia, Costa Rica;  Colón, Panama;  Eccles, England; Bellflower, California; El Dorado Hills, California; Santa Clarita, California; Grand Lake, Colorado; Martinez, Georgia; Sebago, Maine; Gravesend, New York; Deshler, Ohio; Providence, Rhode Island; Carrollton, Texas; Lockhart, Texas; Midlothian, Texas; Vancouver, Washington; and Cambridge, Wisconsin.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Brunswick, Maine— 20

Los Angeles, California— 19

South Portland Gardens, Maine— 19

Gravesend, New York— 18

Atlanta, Georgia— 17

Columbus, Ohio— 14

Grand Lake, Colorado— 11

Murfreesboro, Tennessee— 11

Qormi, Malta— 10

Lewiston, Maine— 10

We find ourselves getting caught up in the old daily grind ourselves, even though what we make is 100% pure fun—kind of like not seeing the forest for all the trees in the way.

We want to send out a reminder (to ourselves as well) that having fun is a big part of everyone’s quality of life. Remember to dance like no one is watching, enjoy stillness when you find it, eat yummy things, and shamelessly listen to Restless Shores.

And then you can go back to whatever soulless grind you’re involved in with a repaired psyche.

You know you want to.

São José dos Campos, Brazil; San Vicente de Moravia, Costa Rica; Reyhanlı, Turkey; Coventry, England; Staffordshire, England; Alabaster, Alabama; Brewton, Alabama; Prescott, Arizona; Brawley, California; Carlsbad, California; Americus, Georgia; Wheaton, Maryland; Ashland, Massachusetts; Franklin, Massachusetts; Revere, Massachusetts; Calhoun, Missouri; Ceresco, Nebraska; Fremont, Nebraska; Secaucus, New Jersey; Canarsie, New York; Lindenhurst, New York; Lockport, New York; Potsdam, New York; Gresham, Oregon; Happy Valley, Oregon; Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Mount Enterprise, Texas; and Roanoke, Virginia.

MOVERS and SHAKERS

Spokane, Washington – 82

Cumberland, Maine – 51

Brunswick, Maine – 48

Legaspi, Bicol, Philippines – 40

Americus, Georgia – 31

Canarsie, New York – 31

Warren, Maine – 25

Chicago, Illinois – 15

Puyallup, Washington – 15

Alabaster, Alabama – 14

Qormi, Qormi, Malta – 13

West Scarborough, Maine – 13

Kearney, Nebraska – 13

Fremont, Nebraska – 10

Tinton Falls, New Jersey – 10

Shelburne, Vermont – 10

We were pleasantly pleased to find we had a significant bump in downloads especially on a day we don’t usually see high download numbers. We couldn’t think of anything that might cause that, so we went looking. We didn’t find anything recent, but we did find some stuff. When Maine Public listed us on their Short List under Speculative Fiction, we were very happy campers. Turns out we have a few more mentions that we somehow missed.

Julie Scala was mentioned in a Listen Rinse Repeat post discussing “Geographically Impaired” written by Sebastian Michaels. Scott Wachter and Julie performed the piece. Julie was listed as “of Restless Shores.”

Restless Shores’ Times Record Article was listed in podToPod’s Podcast Industry News under their “That’s Interesting” category.

We have fans! We were recommended in a Reddit thread.

OwlTail is a platform that curates podcasts and make recommendations to listeners. They list Restless Shores.

It was gratifying to find all these mentions, but we still don’t know why we got the bump. We figure it was the recent coronal mass ejection. The bump could not have been caused by the great writing, the awesome acting and direction, or the quality of the sound engineering. Yep. It was the solar flare.