Space Casey is a comedy of errors. Okay perhaps not in the classic sense, but its protagonist Casey, finds herself in a series of increasingly knottier problems and uses her native wits and a little luck to get out. She also learns a little bit about herself in the process. I love a good rougish character and too often they're guys. It's refreshing to see a female fill this role. However you might categorize it though, it's well worth plugging in to. At 10 episodes that each come in under twenty minutes or so, it's better than any science fiction comedy on television. There isn't any? What about all that stuff on the Sci-fi Channel? That's not intentional? Dang.

Chasing the Bard - From sci-fi we move on to fantasy.

Chasing the Bard was born in the imagination of New Zealand author Philippa Ballantine, ignited by her love of both history and Shakespeare which she had studied in university. Twining these two works with magic and bringing to life the world of the Fey, she was able to explore her own thoughts on what William Shakespeare would have been like as a person and not just as a near mythical figure.

I've put up an iTunes review for it, that basically said that Pip is bringing some old school mythical figures into the light. It's hard to do fantasy well and in a way that's fresh and Pip does that to a tee. If you like the Fey world then you'll enjoy this. If you like historical fiction, you'll probably also enjoy this. She does a masterful job of giving you a glimpse into Shakespeare's England. This is an ongoing work, but it's not too late to catch up.

Variant Frequencies - This is an "anthology" 'cast, much like Escape Pod. They put out one story a month and from the two I've listened to, do it well. Of those two, one really popped, St. Darwin's Spirituals is a an alt-history piece.

Ghost inspectors and golems patrol the streets of Whitechapel. Prostitutes turn tricks for the fever-dream flesh lusts of the spiritual. And the statue of Saint Darwin, the scientist who broke the barrier between the natural and the supernatural, oversees it all. Now a disciple of Darwin - a woman of skin and bone - follows a trail of blood and corpses over cobblestone streets, hoping to unravel the devastating mystery of her own life.

A month between stories can be a long wait, but it seems it will be worth it and there's always their backlog.

All of these works use multiple voice actors and while they're not audio dramas per se, they have that feel. Soon I'll let y'all know about some non-fiction casts worth checking out.