Civilized
Civilized is an improvised dark comedy sci-fi show. Humanity’s final hope lies in terraforming a new world. If only the crew were up to the task.
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Humanity’s last hope to find and settle a new world.
A small terraforming fleet sets out to prepare a lifeless planet for the colony ships …
101: Rain
Stranded on an unknown planet, Beatrice builds a shelter, while Bob does his best to help — and a new threat descends from above.
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102: Picnic
Beatrice has a great idea to build team spirit. The others aren't so sure.
Starring Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Mbula Enobong …
103: Sharing
Bartholomew is having doubts, and the Captain isn't helping. Meanwhile, Bob tags along with Beatrix in search of food.
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104: Escape
Beatrix carries out some essential maintenance, but Captain is feeling a little beyond repair.
Starring Kristi Boulton, Michael …
105: Memory
Bartholomew is having trouble recalling... well, anything. But will getting his memory back make things better or worse?
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106: Iteration
On the run from the ship, Beatrix has a plan. But everything depends on Bob – and the clock is ticking.
Starring Kristi Boulton, …
107: Moip (with Scott Thompson)
Bartholomew struggles to help improve Bob's morale, while Beatrix has an unexpected encounter in the woods.
Starring Kristi Boulton, …
108: Sacrifice
Beatrix and Bartholomew press on in search of the departed ship, but Bob isn't feeling too well.
Starring Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Mbula …
109: Classified
Beatrix confronts Bartholomew about the secrets he's been keeping. Alone on the Captain-less ship, Bob makes a troubling discovery.
Starring Kristi …
110: Mud
Bartholomew and Beatrix keep themselves busy building a shelter, while Bob tries to locate them with the help of his newly discovered power armour.
111: Nnhoh (with Katie Kotulak)
No ship. No mission. No schedule. Barty's taking it easy, and Bob is worried. Meanwhile, Beatrix makes a discovery by the river.
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112: Adapting (with Katie Kotulak)
The Season 1 finale! Bob tries to save Beatrix, while Bartholomew negotiates with the enigmatic Nnhoh.
Check out our interactive …
Bonus Episode: Xmas
Happy holidays, everyone! We’ve got an unexpected bonus for you this week: we recorded it as a warmup during our most recent session and decided it …
Presenting: Moonbase Theta, Out
Happy New Year, everyone!
Civilized returns with Season 2 on January 15, 2020. In the meantime, we bring you a preview of one of our favourite sci-fi …
201: Underground
Bob seeks out Beatrix – and Barty meets a new friend.
Starring Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and Sean Howard.
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202: Introductions
Bob follows a signal to the bunker, where Barty and Al are getting to know one another, while Beatrix gives in to the inevitable.
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203: Showdown
Al is agitated. Bartholomew is worried. Beatrix is having trouble remembering. And Bob has a plan to gain entrance to the base.
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204: Interrogation
Al has many questions for the newly arrived Bob.
Starring Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and Sean Howard.
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205: Adventure
Bob, Bartholomew and Al plot to help Beatrix get her memory back.
Starring Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and Sean …
Presenting: VAST Horizon
Hi everyone!
This week, we're bringing you an episode of another of our favourite sci-fi podcasts: VAST Horizon, from the unstoppable team at Fool …
206: Bowels
Beatrix, Bob and Bartholomew venture deep into the unknown.
Starring: Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and Sean …
Forgotten Echoes: Games
Beatrix, Bob and Bartholomew bond over board games.
Presenting our first remote-recorded episode! Our cast have been stuffing themselves into attics, …
Presenting: We Fix Space Junk
This week, we're bringing you a preview of another of our sci-fi favourites: We Fix Space Junk.
It's a sci-fi comedy about a smuggler named Kilner whose day job is puttering around from …
207: Water
Al tries to help out Bartholomew and Beatrix with some newly discovered gadgets. Meanwhile, Bob is still lost in the bowels of the base.
208: Mist (with Lee Smart)
Beatrix tries to rescue Barty, while Bob encounters a most mist-erious stranger.
Starring: Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil …
209: Chill (with Lee Smart)
Beatrix and Al are in a panic – but Bartholomew is totally chill, man.
Starring: Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and …
210: ANDI (with Dan Lovley)
Bob brings home another friend, and the others are more suspicious than ever.
Starring: Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil …
211: Suit (with Dan Lovley)
The crew are having some trouble adjusting to ANDI's presence in the base. Meanwhile, Bob tries on a certain mysterious helmet...
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212: Protocol
Beatrix and Bartholomew have an overdue talk. Bob discovers a mysterious video in the archives.
Starring: Kristi Boulton, Michael …
213: Contained
The Season Two finale!
Beatrix, Bob and Bartholomew are trapped in the bowels of the base – and Al is hiding something.
Starring:…
301: Rewind
Long, long before the Ship made its emergency landing, there was a base…
302: Promotion
There's more bad news at the base – but for young whiz kid Alberta Langley, there might be a silver lining.
Starring: Kristi …
303: Hydroponics
Beatrice is assigned a difficult task. Alberta helps out the Director.
Starring: Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and …
304: Polar
Alberta stows away on a dangerous mission.
Starring: Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and Sean Howard.
Sound design …
305: Report
Barty, Beatrice and Alberta make a harrowing escape.
Starring: Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and Sean Howard.
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306: Reminiscences
Al takes a trip through his memory banks.
Starring: Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and Sean Howard.
Sound design and …
307: Therapy (with Nicole Passmore)
This episode is dedicated to our Captain and friend, Mbula Enobong.
A mysterious new staff therapist joins the crew at the base.
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308: Bartopoly
The crew take a break to play some board games.
Starring: Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and Sean Howard.
Sound …
Presenting: Visionaries
This week, we present a new podcast that we love – and we think you'll love it too. Visionaries is a bold new fantasy series that explores race and …
309: Hallowmass
While the base crew celebrates a new amalgamated holiday, Beatrice discovers that their scientific research has gone terribly wrong.
310: Misfires
Deep below the base, Barty, Robert and Alberta try to locate Beatrice while she faces down her former teammates.
Starring: Kristi …
311: Battles
As she faces down hordes of "misfires" in the lower levels, Beatrice gets more help than she wants.
Starring: Kristi Boulton, …
312: Purge
Beatrice and Robert are tasked with enforcing a brutal new protocol on the base – only to find themselves under siege from a new threat.
401: Return
What went down on the base all those years ago? Beatrix, Bartholomew and Bob all try to make sense of Al's story.
Starring: Kristi …
Introducing Orphan Black: The Next Chapter
We are excited to share episode 1 of the official continuation of the hit TV series Orphan Black. As a FREE podcast.
Staring Emmy award-winning actress Tatiana Maslany.
It’s been 8 …
402: Sweaters
Al tries to come to terms with his digital existence. Bartholomew and Beatrix try to get used to Robert. Robert tries to get used to his new arm.
403: Brothers
Al wrestles with eternal questions. Beatrix gets a little too comfortable. Bartholomew tries his hand at engineering. Robert revives an old tradition.
Presenting: Forgive Me!
We'd like to introduce you to another new show we absolutely love: Forgive Me!
Father Ben left his congregation in Binghamton, New York, in the cover …
404: Captain
Beatrix encounters a mysterious figure outside the base.
Starring: Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and Sean Howard
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Presenting: Spaceships
This week, we're bringing you another show we think you'll love: Spaceships!
After all species in the galaxy suddenly die off, their AI-equipped spaceships are left looking for answers, …
405: Gossip
While Beatrix sets out on a journey to find answers, Al and the Captain bond, and the others do their best to distract one another.
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406: Kraal (with Liz Anderson)
The Captain leads the crew on an expedition to find Beatrix – who has just stumbled on a mysterious building in the wilderness.
Episode Transcript
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Presenting: Elixir
Hey everyone! This week, we bring you our latest favourite show, Elixir!
In this Prohibition-inspired fantasy, two women from opposing sides of a ban …
407: Bodies
While Beatrix continues on her predecessor's trail, the rest of the crew pry into one another's lives.
Starring: Tyra Banda, Kristi …
Presenting: Facing Fate – Black Knight
Hi everyone! This week, we're sharing one of our favourite improvised shows, from the team behind Dumbgeons and Dragons – it's Facing Fate. The newest season, Black Knight, is dropping now, …
408: Reiteration
Captain tries to rally the crew to go and find Beatrix – but Bartholomew is nowhere to be found.
Starring: Tyra Banda, Kristi …
409: Birthday
The crew get ready to celebrate.
Starring: Tyra Banda, Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and Sean Howard.
Sound design …
410: Mission
The crew are looking for meaning – or just ways to pass the time.
Starring: Tyra Banda, Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil …
Presenting: StarTripper!!
Feston Pyxis, native of the bureaucracy planet Lorvin, has left it all behind! He’s said his goodbyes, he’s sold all his B-movie memorabilia, and …
411: Beatrix
With Beatrix finally back from her harrowing adventure, the crew are overjoyed and absolutely no one is acting weird.
Starring: Tyra …
412: Mutiny
Two weeks out from the base, Robert is ripped, Bartholomew and Al are introspective, and the Captain and Beatrix are at odds.
Starring: Tyra Banda, …
413: Bunker
The crew arrive at the emergency bunker to find more questions than answers.
Starring: Tyra Banda, Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and …
Presenting: The Amelia Project (with crossover sketch!)
Beatrix leads Bob and Bartholomew to a strange booth she found in the wilderness.
It's time to introduce you to one of our favourite shows: The Amelia …
Presenting Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, Season 2 Episode 1
This week, we're bringing you the first episode of the Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, Season 2! This season, star Tatiana Maslany is joined by her TV castmates Jordan Gavaris (Felix), …
Presenting: Kakos Industries
Hey everyone!
We're gearing up to record Season 5 (in an all-new studio!) but in the meantime, we have another dark comedy we think you'll love: Kakos Industries.
Kakos Industries is an audio …
Join us for Civilized Live! July 22-31, 2022
Big news, space friends! (And before you ask: yes, Season 5 is coming too!)
This time next month, we'll be performing live on stage, with special guests, at the Hamilton Fringe Festival!
Be …
Sneak Preview: Civilized Live at the Hamilton Fringe!
Hey there, space friends. If you haven't heard, we're performing this month at the Hamilton Fringe Festival – and this week, here's a sneak preview from our first rehearsal!
Be part of the …
Sneak Preview 2: Civilized Live at the Hamilton Fringe!
Just two more days until our first ever live show at the Hamilton Fringe Festival! Here's another sneak preview from our first rehearsal.
We hope you can join us! Be part of the show with …
Presenting: Broken Road
Hi everyone. We survived the Fringe! Which means we have some new live episodes of Civilized coming to you in the fall, before we start on recording Season 5.
In the meantime, we want to …
Gurgle Juniper, with Michael Howie – Live at the Hamilton Fringe
An encounter with the local flora leaves some of the crew bent out of shape.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022.
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Proud Loser, with Michael Howie – Live at the Hamilton Fringe
The crew find themselves stuck with a new colleague.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe …
Braids, with Hannah Gallant – Live at the Hamilton Fringe
Things get hairy when an ancient alien presence invades the ship to procreate.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022.
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Sore Bones, with Hannah Gallant – Live at the Hamilton Fringe
A hapless doctor joins the crew – and brings back some trauma from the past.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022.
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Twenty Questions, with Alan Belerique – Live at the Hamilton Fringe
A thousand-year-old resident has the crew rethinking their mission.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the …
Lizard of Unusual Size, with Alan Belerique – Live at the Hamilton Fringe
The crew are having a big problem with Gerald's continuing presence, and things are getting weird.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton …
Glormok Caesar, with Aaron Boyd – Live at the Hamilton Fringe
Beatrix leads the crew on another hike– and into in another sticky situation.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022.
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Manmoth, with Aaron Boyd – Live at the Hamilton Fringe
The unexpected arrival of another alien presence has the crew feeling very exposed.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival …
Pancake, with Brie Watson – Live at the Hamilton Fringe
Beatrix's newest friend seems to be getting inside her head.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022.
With: Kristi …
Son of Stvmrtn, with Brie Watson – Live at the Hamilton Fringe
Beatrix has vanquished a fearsome enemy, but there's no time to relax.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022.
With: …
Shipping, with Alan Belerique and Brie Watson
A courier arrives with a package, and Al-Beta is into it.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton …
Mocolate, with Brie Watson and Alan Belerique
The base gets a new food replicator.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022.
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Aloysius, with Jonathan Sconza
Bob learns the consequences of not defrosting the fridge.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton …
Fifty, with Jonathan Sconza
The crew meet a game hunter with a fixation on a certain figure.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2022.
With: Kristi …
Presenting: Intra Quest
We've got two more live episodes coming up, and after that, Season 5 of Civilized begins at the end of April!
This week, though, we are bringing you an episode of a show we think you're …
Tastes Like Armageddon, with Carter Siddall
A sentient ball of energy brings bad news for the crew.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe …
The Seed, with Carter Siddall
The crew meet a sentient plant with a sad story.
Recorded before a live audience at the Staircase Studio Theatre as part of the Hamilton Fringe …
Season 5 begins May 31!
CIVILIZED RETURNS for Season 5 on May 31st. Get ready.
Starring Kristi Boulton, Phil Johnston, Michael Divinski, Sean Howard and Tyra Banda, plus …
501: Tape
Bartholomew takes a walk while Robert and the Captain try to decide what to do about Beatrice.
Starring: Tyra Banda, Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, …
502: Baby, with Ryan LaPlante
With a legal battle looming, the crew need an impartial judge. Meanwhile, Barty and Al continue their search for Beatrix – but meet a new friend instead.
Starring: Tyra Banda, Kristi …
503: Judge, with Ryan LaPlante
The trial is on – and the participants are having trouble staying cool.
Starring: Tyra Banda, Kristi Boulton, Michael Divinski, Phil Johnston and Sean …
504: Evidence
Bert-A tries a new tactic to get to the truth. Al and Barty find out more about the mysterious Mel.
Starring: Tyra Banda, Kristi Boulton, Michael …
505: Experience
Robert, Beatrice and the Captain use the pod system to delve into one another's stored memories; meanwhile, Barty discovers himself.
Starring: Tyra …
506: Garmbo
While Robert, Beatrice, Bert-A and the Captain recover from their experimental memory merge, the Bartys embark on yet another dangerous project.
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