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An interview with current residents of Carlyle, Kansas, recorded in November 2017. Narrated by Sarah Mowaswes Starring Glenn Fellman, Haley King, Tia Anae, Sam Spahn, and Tom Mason. Featuring original music by Matt Nauss and Sophie Rae. Additional music includes the songs "After Midnight", "Modum", "Realness", "January", "Sunset", and "Rainbow (PON VI)" by Kai Engel, and "Slow Burn", "Feelin Good", and "Nouvelle Noel" by Kevin MacLeod, used under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License. Written by Tia Anae, Haley King, Tom Mason, and Sam Spahn. Directed by Tom Mason and Sam Spahn.

A Midwestern melodrama from the journal of Clara Roberts, written in November 1895. Narrated by Sarah Mowaswes Starring Lindsay Chambers, Annie Brennen, Matt Nauss, Laura Pollak, Pat Buetow, Matt Hooker, Jenna Levin, Jack Forbes, and Alex Jacobs. Featuring original music and an arrangement of H.R. Jeffrey's "The Golden Harvest", composed by Matt Nauss.  Additional music includes the songs "December", "Morbid Imagination", "Snowfall (Intro)", "Remedy for Melancholy", "Difference", "Take a Look Around You", and "Hopes and Dreams" by Kai Engel, "Immersed" and "Dark Times" by Kevin MacLeod, and "HHH" by Kosta T & Ghofra Z, used under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License. Written and directed by Tom Mason and Sam Spahn.

A series of wax cylinder recordings created by Carlyle resident Lillian St. Andrew, post office attendant, in October 1895. Narrated by Sarah Mowaswes Starring Summer Blake Featuring original music by Matt Nauss and the song "Smiles Throughout the Sky" by Kai Engel, used under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License. Written and directed by Tom Mason and Sam Spahn.

Anecdotes from the life of Howard Henley, as told from his deathbed, transcribed by a series of visitors in early November 1895. Narrated by Sarah Mowaswes Starring Wes Humphrey Featuring original music by Matt Nauss and the songs "Idea", "Floret", and "Daylight (PON II)" by Kai Engel, and "Immersed" by Kevin McLeod, used under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License. Written by Wes Humphrey, Tom Mason, and Sam Spahn. Directed by Tom Mason and Sam Spahn.

Accounts of farm life written by Claude Ranville, a livestock trader, and Lottie Beekman, an eight-year-old girl, with further context and elaboration from other sources. Narrated by Sarah Mowaswes Starring Matt Hooker, Jack Forbes, Jenna Levin, Ilana Peña, and Laura Pollak. Featuring original music by Matt Nauss and the songs "May", "August (Summer Nights)", and "Encore - Tender" by Kai Engel and "Luminous Rain" and "Friday Morning" by Kevin McLeod, used under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License. Written by Ilana Peña, Tom Mason, and Sam Spahn. Directed by Tom Mason and Sam Spahn.

An exchange of letters between Clara Roberts, proprietor of the Carlyle Inn, and August Baker, her guest, written from late June to early July of 1895. Narrated by Sarah Mowaswes Starring Lindsay Chambers and Pat Buetow. Featuring original music by Matt Nauss and the songs "April" and "The Blossom PON III" by Kai Engel and "HHHHH" by Kosta T & Ghofra Z, used under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License. Written by Lindsay Chambers, Pat Buetow, Tom Mason, and Sam Spahn. Directed by Tom Mason and Sam Spahn.