"Nermut Bundaloy" / Co-Creator / Producer / Editor
MISSION TO ZYXX is an improvised, obsessively sound designed science fiction podcast following a team of ambassadors as they attempt to establish diplomatic relations with planets in the remote and chaotic ZYXX QUADRANT of the TREMILLION SECTOR. I play Nermut Bundaloy, a striving 19” tall lizard-bird who manages the team.
The show premiered in 2017, and the 5th and final season ended in September 2022. It was a dream project from start to finish. We’re still doing live performances here and there. Our vinyl soundtrack album will be out in 2023.
I made the show alongside six other co-creators: Jeremy Bent, Alden Ford, Allie Kokesh, Shane O’Connell, Winston Noel and Moujan Zolfaghari. Each episode features a special guest comedian playing a character with the unlucky fate of receiving the ambassador team on their home planet. The original score by Brendan Ryan is performed by a live 60 piece orchestra.
Seasons 1 and 2 were distributed by Audioboom. In Season 3 we joined the Maximum Fun network. The show was made possible by supporters on Patreon and MaxFun.
Illustrations by Owen Freeman, Eric Geusz, Steve Dressler, Etgar Torne and Michael Murdock. Photographs by Arin Sang-Urai.
