Tatiana Maslany, Lisa Loeb & Brendan Hines to Headline New Realm Fiction Podcast ‘Power Trip’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

It really is quite amazing, how far the podcast has come. For this once curious form of entertainment, one that appeared to be nothing more than a sounding board for folks that wanted to try a new form of communication, exploded into so much more. For now, it is a powerful way to have a discussion about the world and our lifestyle and topics that intrigue us. Not to mention, it went from being an outlier format to one of the most popular mediums out there. To the point where big-time celebs have their own podcast.

Not to mention, it is also a source of great entertainment since fiction-based podcasts are all the rage and explore unique plots that cannot be found elsewhere within the industry. If anything, unique storytelling is top of mind today, simply because Realm Media is about to release a brand-new fiction podcast that features a wonderfully original story, and features some heavy names and well, here are all the details on Power Trip, courtesy of Realm Media.  
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‘Realm, the largest scripted podcast network, today released the trailer and announced casting for the Realm Original Power Trip, starring and executive produced by Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk, Orphan Black). This new scripted comedy podcast, launching Thursday, July 21st, marks Maslany’s return to the world of audio following the successful release of two acclaimed Realm original podcasts based on her legacy franchise, Orphan Black.   
 
Written by Mary Hamilton, Power Trip also features Grammy-winning singer Lisa Loeb (“Stay”) in the role of Jane’s overbearing but well-meaning mother and Brendan Hines (Locke & Key, The Tick) as Bruce, a “perfect on paper” man that Jane meets on a dating app.  
 
This wry, dark comedy explores the life of Jane, an ordinary woman who always got the best seat on the struggle bus. But after receiving a healthy kidney hot off the black market, she discovers an uncanny ability to command those in her orbit to do exactly what she wants. Suddenly dating for the first time and with no concerns about overindulging in her new powers, Jane is living her best life, one with no limits. But now that she's getting everything she ever dreamed of, how will Jane know when she's gone too far???
 
Maslany said: “It was a joy to collaborate with Realm on such a funny, irreverent show. Power Trip is a great character piece, super inventive and at the same time embarrassingly relatable. I’m excited for people to go on the journey with Jane and I hope they have as much fun living inside her head as I did.”
 
Molly Barton, Realm’s founder and CEO, said: “Tatiana's talents are limitless as an actor and also as an executive producer. She brings depth and relatability to this character and has been an active participant in shaping our narrative and our approach to bringing this story to life - a story we believe will be one of the best listens of the year.”   
 
Power Trip episodes release weekly on all podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher, the podcast will also be available in full and ad-free on premiere day for subscribers to Realm+ and Realm Unlimited. 
 
Power Trip stars Tatiana Maslany. Written by Mary Hamilton, with additional writing by Cara Horner. Produced by Rhoda Belleza, Nicole Otto, Kailynn West, and Hayley Wagreich. Directed by Kailynn West. Executive produced by Molly Barton, Marci Wiseman, Julian Yap, and Tatiana Maslany. Starring Tatiana Maslany, Brendan Hines, Lisa Loeb, Zeke Alton, Dalal Badr, Jourdan Battiste, Andrew Call, Ella June Conroy, Timothy Fritz, Larissa Gallagher, Tanesha Gary, Dexter Hobert, Ray Hurd, Miriam Katz, Elizabeth Laidlaw, Kaylor Leigh, Courtney Lin, Vargus Mason, David Shattraw, and Mike Smith Rivera. Additional voices by the cast.’

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Brendan Hines

Lisa Loeb (Photo Courtesy of Juan Patino Photography.)