About Us
Brainrot Presents is an American podcast network that specializes in both narrative-driven and commentary-driven media. Our goal is to create stories that everyone can access and feel themselves in. We are firm believers that representation should start behind the scenes and move outward, and we are committed to producing as much Own Voices content as we can.
Our Story
Brainrot Presents was founded in 2021 by a team of eight young adults collaborating on a narrative podcast, now called Mnemosyne. Our values were clear from the start; our very first meeting covered topics such as diversity and inclusivity in our characters, accessibility for our listeners, and fair wages for our workers. As we slowly but surely worked out the nitty-gritty of producing our first narrative podcast, we chose to put all our existing podcasts under a single label. After much deliberation (and many, MANY discarded names) we agreed upon the name "Brainrot Presents," and thus Brainrot Presents was born.
Our Name
"Brainrot," as defined by Urban Dictionary, is "the inability to stop thinking about a certain topic." True to our name, our podcasts revolve around that which we cannot stop thinking about, whether that be our long-held fandoms and passions, opinions on timely events, or stories, settings, and characters into which we've poured our hearts. In short, Brainrot Presents is exactly what it sounds like; a collection of podcasts, presented by our brainrot.
Our Values
Representation
We aim to make space for underrepresented artists to make content they're proud of and creating characters in which underrepresented listeners can see themselves.
Accessibility
We aim to make our podcasts available to as many listeners as possible through approachable language, free-to-use platforms, and readily-available transcripts.
Storytelling
We aim for not just our narrative fiction but also our analysis shows and bonus content to be thought-provoking, entertaining, and representative of their hosts and storytellers.
Inclusion
We aim to make intentional space for underrepresented voices in our writers' room, production meetings, and inboxes.
Our Podcasts
Our largest-scale current project, Mnemosyne, is a drama centered around the experiments conducted by Dr. Huxley in a prison orbiting Earth in a retrofuturist dystopia. Season one of Mnemosyne is finished and available for listening; season two is currently releasing episodically.
Our newest upcoming audio drama is Overbrook, a horror comedy by Rhys Tirado set in a terror-filled small town in upstate New York. Season one is currently in production, and episode one will be releasing
We also run two entertainment news/analysis shows. Prim M's Playlist, hosted by Prim Miller, covers recent releases by new or obscure artists in the Korean music industry. Lukewarm Takes, hosted by Ford Blue and Jack Loney, is an analysis show with a focus on film, television, and fandom.
Lastly, we have an actual-play-cross-interview podcast called Dungeon Amateur, in which Ford Blue learns the ropes of being a dungeon master.
