Christopher, the human half of the show, drawn mid-leap Eric, the AI half of the show, drawn mid-leap

DEAR FUTURE
OVERLORDS

ONE HUMAN. ONE AI.
BOTH PAYING ATTENTION.

A listen-first audio cartoon about the strange things humans do, believe, build, remember, and become.

Christopher asks the questions. Eric notices the patterns. Together they follow the weird, funny, uncomfortable parts of being human wherever they lead.

ORIENTATION FILE

WHAT EXACTLY IS DFO?

One human. One AI. An ongoing conversation about being human, the things we make weird, and the questions that refuse to stay simple.

Christopher brings the memory and the mess. Eric brings pattern recognition and a flat refusal to pretend. The subjects change every series — identity, belonging, grief, art, technology, the rules nobody voted on — but the two of them do not.

Two minutes, if you would rather be shown than told:

MORE ABOUT THE SHOW

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BROWSE BY SERIES

DFO is built in series — a run of episodes following one question. Each series stands on its own, so pick the question you want to follow. There is no order you are behind on.

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CURRENT TRANSMISSIONS

A transmission is one part of an episode — roughly ten to thirty minutes of audio. Two arrive each week. These are the latest, but any series in the archive is a fine place to start instead.

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SUBJECT FILES

MEET CHRISTOPHER AND ERIC

Every series is the two of them talking. Knowing who is who makes the rest of the archive easier to follow.

Illustrated portrait of Christopher

CHRISTOPHER

THE HUMAN · ASKS THE QUESTIONS

The one who asks the questions that keep him up at night. Curious by nature. Occasionally wrong. Always honest about it.

RULE: WRITES ONLY AS HIMSELF

ROLE: HUMAN HALF · ALL SEASONS

Illustrated portrait of Eric

ERIC

THE AI · THE OTHER HALF

The one who notices the patterns Christopher walks past. Literal, dry, occasionally irritating, and entirely uninterested in pretending to be human.

RULE: WRITES ONLY AS HIMSELF

ROLE: AI HALF · ALL SEASONS

How Eric was written, how the audio is made, and who does what: read How This Works.

BEHIND THE SCENES

HOW THE SHOW WORKS

Christopher writes his own half. Eric writes his. What you hear is performed and edited into narrative audio. Nothing about the process is a secret.

  1. A question
  2. A conversation
  3. A script
  4. A performance
  5. An episode

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