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The REUNION – an Award Winning Audio Fiction Podcast about a Beatles Fan from a Former Communist Country
The REUNION is a Beatles themed podcast in six episodes about an aging Beatles fan who, unsettled by a friend’s passing, returned to his former communist country Zagoria and reunited the Beatles cover band of his youth to win back his first love he was forced to leave decades ago.
This is an Audio Drama podcast, where all the characters and the narrator are played by professional actors, over background music and soundscape.
Where to listen to The REUNION Audio Drama
On Youtube (recommended), it is presented as six playlists (a playlist for each episode), with background images for many key scenes, as well as videos of songs, which add musical breaks relevant to what’s going on in the story and in character’s mind.
On Spotify, there are two versions of the podcast. The link above will take you to the audio fiction podcast uninterrupted by the song breaks, but with illustrated scenes. It will, however, show links to songs if you’d like to listen to them now and then.
The Spotify link below will take you to an audio podcast only, without illustratated scenes, but with the songs included into the audio presentation.
The podcast music includes many well known and lesser known songs by The Beatles as a band and as solo artists, and some of their circle of friends musicians, as well as outstanding covers of their music. All the songs are from the pre-licensed library of Spotify and YouTube.
The REUNION is also available on many other podcast platforms.
And finally, it is available to listen to and watch right here on this website at the EPISODES page.
Brief Synopsis
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Any names or characters, businesses or places, events or incidents, are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Widlovsky (60s) attends a wake for his friend Droog, where he meets singer Abby. They bond over their shared love of the Beatles, but she sharply reminds him of someone. He pulls back and reminisces about his past. Growing up in Soviet-controlled Zagoria in the 1960’s, he fell in love with Beata back in college.
Together with friends, they played in a Beatles cover band The Shmeatles. In the 1970’s, Widlovsky and Beata planned to leave Zagoria for the West. But a KZB officer Haritonov denied Beata’s permission to leave the country until “the Beatles are reunited.” Beata pushes Widlovsky to leave without her, which he’s regretted that ever since.
Abby persuades Widlovsky to go back to Zagoria to find his friends and Beata. In Zagoria, Widlovsky meets with his friends pretending to arrange a reunion concert. He tracks Beata down, but it would take a lot of efforts, unforeseen complications and confrontations to try to win her back.
Podcast Episodes
The REUNION podcast includes 6 episodes with the following titles:
- Episode 1 – ABBY & THE ROADKILL
- Episode 2 – THE SHMEATLES
- Episode 3 – GRAZHSK, ZAGORIA
- Episode 4 – AGNEAU GRILLÉ AU CHARBON
- Episode 5 – THE COMMANDMENTS
- Episode 6 – THE REUNION & EPILOGUE
The REUNION Audio Drama Official Selections, Nominations and Awards
2025
- Apulia Webfest in Corato, Italy – Best Audio Fiction (Standalone)
- Rio Webfest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Best Standalone Podcast
- Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival in Kolkata, India – Golden Guardian Award, Winner Attainment Award, Podcasts
2026
- New Jersey Web Festival (NJ WebFest), USA – Official Selection – Audio Fiction (Standalone)
- Cannes Film Awards in Cannes, France – Winner – Best Podcast
The REUNION Screenplay Official Selections
2026
- Indie Cine Tube Awards in Kolkata, India – Official Selection – Screenplay
- New York Film & Cinematography Awards, New York, USA – Official Selection – First Time Screenwriter (Feature Screenplay)
- Hollywood Stage Script Film Competition, USA – Official Selection – Screenplay Contest – Features
- LA Film & Documentary Award in Los Angeles, USA – Official Selection – Drama Screenplay
