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The Writer

The Writer

Written by: Oliver Smuhar
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Join the fight. Tell the story. Survive the lie.


The Writer is a fictional, serialised audio drama exploring the events of an imagined World War Three.


When global conflict erupts, a young writer is drafted into the Foxtrot Unit, a psychological operations team tasked with documenting the war through stories that blend truth with deception. Their mission: to control the narrative. Some of what you’ll hear is true. Some isn’t. The question is … can you tell the difference?


All names, ranks and locations have been changed to protect the identities of those involved. Out of respect for the fallen, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred, according to the Foxtrot Unit’s classified reports.


Listener discretion is advised.


Produced by Little Ear Productions.


Sound effects were sourced from Epidemic Sound (licensed) and Pixabay (free for commercial use).


Music Credits (courtesy of Epidemic Sound)

“Symphony of the Fallen” — Anthony Earls,

“Always Chasing Rainbows” — Across The Great Valley,

“Heroic Actions” — Wendel Scherer,

“The Oak Tree” — Jakob Ahlbom,

“Velocity” — Roots and Recognition,

“To the Core” — Dream Cave,

“New World” — Hampus Naeselius.


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  • The Writer — Official Trailer

    The Writer — Official Trailer
    Apr 17 2026

    World War III has begun.

    Oliver, a young aspiring writer, is drafted into a brutal military bootcamp where he forms unique bonds with fellow recruits Ben, Jayden and Noah, and comes under the command of Donovan, a hardened instructor who sees something in Oliver he doesn’t yet understand.

    But bootcamp is only the beginning.

    As his training comes to an end, Oliver is selected for ‘The Writer Initiative’; a classified psychological warfare program designed to blur the line between truth and fiction through controlled storytelling and propaganda.

    As war spreads across a fractured London, Oliver is pulled into a conflict far larger than he ever imagined. A conflict where words—his words—can be as dangerous as a firearm. In the end, only one question remains:

    How much of the war is being written… and how much of it is real?

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    🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-writer/id1894204580

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    2 mins
  • Day Zero

    Day Zero
    May 11 2026

    CONFIDENTIAL BRIEF #1

    DATE: February 2026

    A civilian male, Oliver, and his father are forcibly conscripted under emergency wartime orders as World War Three begins. Both are processed into a chaotic enlistment camp, where families are separated and ordinary life collapses under rapid global mobilisation.


    TIMESTAMPS:

    0:00 | Title Sequence

    0:26 | Introduction

    1:39 | Part I

    5:10 | Part II

    9:42 | Part III

    14:34 | Part IV

    17:39 | Closing Theme

    18:03 | Sign-Off


    END OF BRIEF

    Narrated by O.R. Smuhar.

    Featuring Female Voice Performances by Amelia McNamara.

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    19 mins
  • Bootcamp

    Bootcamp
    May 18 2026

    CONFIDENTIAL BRIEF #2

    DATE: February 2026

    Bootcamp begins. Draftees face brutal training, sleepless mornings and lessons in how to kill. Some break under the pressure. Oliver pushes through, meeting a peculiar group: Corporal Donovan, Ben, Jayden and the ever-quiet Noah. Between the chaos, Oliver is also pulled into an ADF marketing scheme. A storm closes in.


    TIMESTAMPS:

    0:00 | Title Sequence

    0:26 | Introduction

    1:33 | Previously On

    2:48 | Part I

    7:32 | Part II

    12:51 | Part III

    17:32 | Part IV

    20:54 | Part V

    25:27 | Closing Theme

    25:51 | Sign-Off


    END OF BRIEF

    Narrated by O.R. Smuhar.

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    🎧 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-writer/id1894204580

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    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/little.ear.productions/

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    26 mins
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