Listening Lounge: Around the World in No Time

Juna can no longer stand by and watch her father Arthur destroy the world. With his all-encompassing AI, AURA, Arthur wants to radically optimize every nook and cranny of the world—and in doing so, he literally stops at nothing. Juna challenges her father’s ambition and puts everything on the line—with a bet that spans the globe.

Daughter versus father. Human instinct versus artificial intelligence. Who will circle the globe faster? For Juna, nothing less than her own future—and that of all humanity—is at stake.

Can human empathy, determination, and intuition really win against a cold algorithm? A fast-paced journey full of contrasts, where the unpredictable is the only constant.

Cast

Josef Ulbig is a radio drama director and writer. He has been working at Lauscherlounge since 2014, where he oversees the creative processes. His debut radio drama “Kleiner Drei” (featuring Max Riemelt, among others) was produced specifically for Lauscherlounge in 2019. Since 2017, he has directed various radio plays for children and adults (including Andreas Gruber’s “Todesfrist”). In recent years, many radio plays by Sebastian Fitzek

("Der Nachtwandler," "Der Insasse," "Das Paket," "Die Therapie") have been released under his direction.

Live Radio Play

If you close your eyes, you hear a radio play—but if you open them, you not only gain insight into radio play production but also experience a unique, special art form on stage. The voice actors, a sound effects artist, and a sound designer let the audience participate in the creation of a radio play.

About the Lauscherlounge

All things spoken word: The Lauscherlounge is a publisher, studio, and live event organizer. Founded in 2003 by “Die drei ???” voice actor Oliver Rohrbeck, the Lauscherlounge has organized numerous live

radio plays, readings, and various “Die drei ???” shows throughout Germany.

Through material written specifically for the radio drama medium—stories that move and touch listeners through sound—the Lauscherlounge has established itself as a major player in the field of live radio drama nationwide.

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