Love and Luck (podcast)

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Love and Luck
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Presentation
Genre
  • LGBTQ+ [1]
  • Drama
  • Love story
LanguageEnglish
Length5–15 Minutes [2] [3]
Publication
Original releaseAugust 12, 2017 – present
ProviderPasser Vulpes Productions
Related shows
Website www.loveandluckpodcast.com

Love and Luck is a fictional queer love story set in Melbourne, Australia. The show is hosted by Erin Kyan and produced by Passer Vulpes Productions.

Contents

Background

The show is produced by Lee Davis-Thalbourne and Erin Kyan who describes themself as a "fat, queer, disabled, trans man". [7] [8] [9] The show follows the fictional relationship of Jason and Kane through their voicemail. [10] As the story progresses the two characters learn that they have magical abilities. [11] The first season contained forty-eight episodes. [12] The show stopped producing episodes during the COVID-19 pandemic, [13] but later produced an episode about the characters experiences with the isolation imposed by the pandemic. [14]

Cast and characters

Reception

The show was one of the Emerging Writers' Festival recommendations. [15] Peter Wells wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald that "Love and Luck is a breath of fresh air". [16] The show was a finalist in the Australian Podcast Awards for "Best Fiction Podcast". [17] [18]

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