Based on a true story. Ben Casper has almost invented a dozen world-changing products. They key word is almost. He's failed at all of them. Until now. Ben's newest invention could revolutionize an industry.
But his past failures have left Ben bankrupt, estranged from his long-suffering wife, and with no one but his risk-averse employee to help him with his extremely risky plan to raise money, travel to Nevada, and present his prototype to the industry.
It's Napoleon Dynamite meets The Hudsucker Proxy. All episodes of Recovering Idiot are available now, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.
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Behind The Scenes
Behind the scenes of the show with the creative team, including the CEO of Voyage Media, Nat Mundel, producers Robert Mitas and Dan Benamor, and the writer of the novel upon which the series is based, Bill Copeland.
The novel, Relic: The Copper Ax: The Tragic Story of Otzi the Iceman, by Bill Copeland, is available on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Rélic-Copper-Ax-Tragic-Iceman/dp/1649086768/)
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Episode 4
Otzi returns to his village for his final confrontation with Rube.
A production of Voyage Media, starring Ethan Suplee (Remember the Titans, American History X, The Wolf of Wall Street). Based on the novel Relic: The Copper Ax: The Tragic Story of Otzi the Iceman by Bill Copeland, available on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Rélic-Copper-Ax-Tragic-Iceman/dp/1649086768/)
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Episode 3
Otzi emerges from his near-fatal encounter with Rube, soothed back to health by a mystical healer. He travels back towards his village, hoping to be there in time for his wife to give birth, only to be menaced by a wolf and a pack of Northerners convinced he's killed their friend.
A production of Voyage Media, starring Ethan Suplee (Remember the Titans, American History X, The Wolf of Wall Street). Based on the novel Relic: The Copper Ax: The Tragic Story of Otzi the Iceman by Bill Copeland, available on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Rélic-Copper-Ax-Tragic-Iceman/dp/1649086768/)
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Episode 2
Rube steals the valuable copper axe from Otzi and flees to trade it, only for Otzi to follow him and engage in a violent confrontation with him, one that will permanently change the nature of their relationship.
A production of Voyage Media, starring Ethan Suplee (Remember the Titans, American History X, The Wolf of Wall Street). Based on the novel Relic: The Copper Ax: The Tragic Story of Otzi the Iceman by Bill Copeland, available on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Rélic-Copper-Ax-Tragic-Iceman/dp/1649086768/)
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A what-if scripted audio drama based on the oldest unsolved cold case in human history: the murder of "Otzi The Iceman", found perfectly preserved in ice after 5,300 years... with an arrowhead mysteriously lodged in his shoulder.
A production of Voyage Media, starring Ethan Suplee (Remember the Titans, American History X, The Wolf of Wall Street).
Based on the novel Relic: The Copper Ax: The Tragic Story of Otzi the Iceman by Bill Copeland, available on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Rélic-Copper-Ax-Tragic-Iceman/dp/1649086768/)