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The Zeta Family

By: Gretchen Enders
Narrated by: Kevin Nealon, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Goodmurphy
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Publisher's summary

This entirely fictional (and entirely hilarious) immersive audio drama features performances by Kevin Nealon (Zeta Doug), Natasha Lyonne (Narrator), and Amy Goodmurphy (Katie).

Set on a large ranch in rural upstate New York, it’s early days for the eccentric group of people who call themselves The Zeta Family — quite possibly the next big cult phenomenon.

Our protagonist, Katie, is an aspiring reporter who has decided to infiltrate the compound, and her future success as a journalist depends entirely on her ability to win the confidence of Zeta Doug, the likable spiritual leader of the group.

He’s like a cross between Hunter S. Thompson and George R. R. Martin, with a little too much sci-fi in his head and acid in his blood stream. Like all good cult leaders, Doug is elusive and mysterious, and Katie quickly begins to wonder if this cult is truly just a gnarly collection of weirdos hanging out in the woods, or is there something else going on here?

The Zeta Family was created and written by Gretchen Enders and Produced by Kelly&Kelly.

Director - Chris Kelly

Producer - Michael Tanko Grand

Executive Producer - Will Rogers, Jim Colgan, and Pat Kelly

Production support by Jayme Catsouphes and Renée Vargas

Audio Editing and Sound Design team - Chris Kelly, Greg Ng, Jay MacMillan, and Paul Tedeschini

Recorded at Kelly&Kelly Studios and on location in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This product features dynamic multi-cast performances, musical scoring, and immersive sound design.

Note: The Zeta Family contains explicit content. 

©2019 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2019 Audible Originals, LLC.

Our favorite moments from The Zeta Family

Katie sells her car for initiation money.
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Zeta Doug inspires his Zeta darlings
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"...he's been actively writing his propaganda for years."
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About the Creator

Gretchen Enders is a television writer working in Los Angeles. Her credits include Amazon’s Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street (for which she received a WGA Award for Outstanding Children’s Episode), Netflix’s Grace and Frankie and Marvel’s WandaVision (premiering on Disney+). Her other Audible credits include Bedtime Stories for Cynics and More Bedtime Stories for Cynics, hosted by Nick Offerman.

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Format is great and the story is fun, but...

I love the immersive radio play format and the plot concept was fun. I’m pretty sure the only value added by Natasha Lyonne is that the publisher was able to say that Natasha Lyonne was in the story. Fortunately, that portion is easily avoided with the 30 second “skip ahead” button. All in all, it was worth a listen.

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Great for the beach!

I wanted something light and funny for my summer vacation and this did the job! Funny and light! Totally recommend.

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Cute listen

This was a cute listen. Wonderful performance, funny, not really a page turner but worthwhile

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Fun Short Read

The performance was run and exciting. The story was pretty interesting. My first fiction audible read and it was fun that it was "acted out" rather than just read aloud.

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Good fun listen

It's a pretty good story with some big names doing voice work I really liked it if your a fan of comedy you'll like this I think

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Pretty different but interesting

So I gave this a chance because it was shorter and I thought it would be a really interesting listen. While I’m not super impressed with how it ended, the voice actors did a really good job making the story interesting and engaging for anyone who listens. It’s a quick, laughable and an eye rolling story that most people with a dry sense of humor will enjoy.

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hated narrator character

the rest of the characters were good the story was well written and acted. the narrator character was the most abrasive and annoying character of the whole story. I dreaded each time I heard her voice I just wish the story would regress she didn't add much besides setting up the additional plot. in the end she gets sober and is less annoying before she runs her mouth more she does not set up the story she just talks about herself and almost ruined a perfectly enjoyable and will done story.

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What a delight!

Great cast, unique story, and holy cow, the writing, acting, production are all superb. Highly recommend!

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cute story,, great narration!

Awesome story loved the narration Natasha was great 👍 definitely recommended for a light hearted listen!

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Fun

Hey. I liked it. Fun ride for a person who listens to too much true crime.

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