Greater Boston is created by Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason with help from T.H. Ponders, Bob Raymonda, and Jordan Stillman. Recording and technical assistance from Marck Harmon.

This episode was sound designed by Jeff Van Dreason and written by Alexander Danner, ItMe, Amanda McCormack, TH Ponders, Bob Raymonda, Jordan Stillman, Theo Wolf, and Jeff Van Dreason. Dialogue editing by Bob Raymonda.

CAST

In order of appearance, this episode features:

Sophie Bjorn as Lucia (she/her)
Graham Rowat as Bartender (he/him)
Eli McIlvaine as Man In Bar (he/him)
Vinay Narani as Fat Stanley (she/her)
Adam Raymonda as Stinky Pete (he/him)
Neil Johnson as Weasel (he/him)
Kenny Garcia as Bruce Bosley (he/him)
Jordan Cobb as Valiance Johnson (she/her)
Lydia Anderson as Gemma Linzer-Coolidge (she/her)
Kelly McCabe as Nica Stamatis (she/her)
James Johnston as Dimitri Stamatis (he/him)
Nora Van Dreason as Monty Linzer-Coolidge (he/him)
James Capobianco as Freed Friend Poletti (he/him)
Cornelius Mohr as Sean from Brockton (he/him)
Ian DePriest as Brian Brown (he/him)
Richard Penner as Thomas Thomas (he/him)
Tal Minear as Florence (they/them)
Austin Allen as Moving Person (they/them)
Cass McPhee as Jimmy (he/him)
Tanja Milojevich as Wanda McIntosh (she/her)
Tyrell Worrel Jr as Legion Assistant
Daisy Guevara as Kavllyn (she/her)
Sam Musher as Emily Bespin (she/her)
Rich Zieff as Mayor (he/him)
Bonnie Calderwood Aspinwall as Jackie (she/her)
Lark Rodenbush as Dina (they/them)
Mike Linden as Funeral Director (he/him)
Beth Eyre as Autumn West (she/her)
Julian Danner as Ada West (he/her)
Julia Propp as Louisa Alvarez (she/her)
Summer Unsin as Charlotte Linzer-Coolidge (she/her)
Mario da Rosa Jr as Isaiah Powell (he/them)
Braden Lamb as Leon Stamatis (he/him)
James Oliva as Michael Tate (he/him)
Jeff Van Dreason as Chuck Octagon (he/him)
Sawyer Greene as Frankie (he/him)
Ester Ellis as Vincenzo Wellington (he/him)
James Capobianco as Professor Paul Montgomery Chelmsworth (he/him)
Mike Linden as Marlo (he/him)
Clare Lopez as Pauline (she/her)
Mike Linden as Guy (he/him)
Pat King as Danny Campanelli (he/him)
TH Ponders as Rodger (they/them)
Jim Johanson as Jonas Wright (he/him)
Jordan Stillman as Allison (she/her)
Bob Raymonda as Tom (he/they)
Eli Barraza as Natalie (she/her)
Felix Trench as Mark Wahlberg (he/him)
Kristen DiMercurio as Nichole Fonzarelli (she/her)
Gabby Hall as Penny (they/them)
Rocky Goldman as Jamie (she/her)
Ishani Kanetkar as Lily of the Small Urban Community Garden (they/them)
Caleb Del Rio as Fox Fossil (he/him)
Sarah Shachat as Joey (he/him)
Gabriel Urbina as Edgar (he/him)
Tau Zaman as Abdul (they/them)
Jay Townsend as Oswald (they/them)
Josh Rubino as Bernie (he/him)
Mama Bang Bang as Candice (she/her)
Jessica Washington as Isabelle Powell (she/her)
Oliver Morris as Singer (he/him)
Jenny Pan as Petal (they/them)
Mike Linden as Wendell Jorgenson (he/him)
Arun Sanuti as Tyrell Fredericks (he/him)
Johanna Bodnyk as Mallory (she/her)
James Johanson as Rusty (he/him)
Ben Flaumenhaft as Uriah Connolly (he/him)

MUSIC

Charlie on the MTA recorded by Emily Peterson and Dirk Tiede
Pictures of Rivers written by Oliver Morris and Jeff Van Dreason, performed by Oliver Morris
Train Jam and Circus Music by Adrienne Howard, Emily Peterson, and Dirk Tiede
Eulogy for Leon by TH Ponders

Interviews recorded with real Boston residents.

Content Notes

Multiple discussions of suicide
Death
Language
Intense grief
Euthanasia and assisted suicide
Emotional distress
Collective malaise and sadness
Alcoholism and addiction
Pet death and sickness
Animal cruelty

Dedication

This season is dedicated to Vicky Anderson, Harry Melia, Ellen O'Keefe, Shreyas Roy, Zachary Winterton, and everyone we've lost these last few years.

Greater Boston is a ThirdSight Media Production

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