In short
A “table read” style introduction to a story about two Seattle high-schoolers, PV Gornick and Franny Blevins, who form a band while navigating identity, school politics, and growing romantic feelings—despite PV’s rule that bandmates can’t date.
Guests
No real guests appear in the transcript; it’s a scripted table-read segment. The only “guest” names are characters (PV Gornick, Franny Blevins, Judy Cortland, Dale Wilson, Erin Coltrera, Colin, AJ Vacher) and unrelated podcast promo hosts.
Key claims
PV is an aspiring musician who legally changed her name; Franny is drawn to PV after seeing her flyer; PV insists romance is incompatible with artistic collaboration; Franny’s anxiety and confidence rituals drive the first meeting.
Notable examples
PV’s Casio/VL-Tone/glockenspiel performance at a coffee shop; the lunchroom hate note; PV’s elaborate house; Franny’s Magic: The Gathering–based friend advice; the “I want to kiss your mouth” Chinese-class subtitle.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOAct One: High School Setting
2:59 to 6:40
Scene setup in a high school with characters Franny and PB introduced.
“We're just inside the front doors of a large public high school.”
Character Development and Band Aspirations
6:42 to 12:23
Franny and PB's interactions reveal their personalities and ambitions.
“You need to be 18 to change your name without a guardian present.”
Survivor Files Podcast Introduction
13:50 to 14:00
Elizabeth Smart introduces her podcast focusing on survival stories.
“I survived, and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them.”
Introduction to Survivor Files
14:00 to 14:50
Learn about the Survivor Files podcast and its focus on survivor stories.
“I'm Elizabeth Smart, and these are the Survivor Files.”
Artists on Artists Podcast Introduction
15:50 to 17:02
Meet the hosts of Artists on Artists and their improvisational style.
“And we're the hosts of the Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists podcast.”
Peavey and Franny's Dynamic
17:03 to 20:45
Explore the comedic interactions between Peavey and Franny.
“No, that's Erin Coltrera, editor-at-large for the Overton Free Press.”
Franny's Romantic Dilemma
20:46 to 26:40
Follow Franny as he navigates his feelings and awkward situations.
“The class is being led through some drills by a Chinese instructor.”
Prose Society Podcast Overview
27:26 to 28:00
Learn more about Prose Society and its unique blend of discussions.
“I'm Eli Rallo, and every week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and the conversations everyone can't stop having.”
The Trojan Horse of Storytelling
28:00 to 28:25
Explore how compelling characters can convey deeper messages.
“It's like if you can hide some real messages inside compelling characters, then that is a Trojan horse.”
A Whimsical Panel Discussion
28:39 to 29:45
Join the hosts as they engage in a humorous and surreal panel discussion.
“So we don't like to use that word anymore.”
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Franny's Imaginative Adventure
29:45 to 31:39
Follow Franny's quirky journey through various whimsical scenarios.
“Franny looks around but doesn't see any stairs.”
The Origins of Bottled Water
33:03 to 33:28
Discover a humorous take on bottled water and its unintended legacy.
“Some people use ChatGPT to answer questions.”
The Origins of Bottled Water
34:02 to 35:34
Discover a humorous take on bottled water and its unintended legacy.
“A flawless makeup look starts with the right foundation shade.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00PV:If you like YouTube, you'll love YouTube Premium. Hi, I'm Sean Evans from Hot Ones, and I want to tell you about YouTube Premium. It has offline downloads, so you can watch without Wi-Fi. Background play, so you can lock your phone, and it still plays, baby. Oh, and it is completely ad-free. Yes, I said it, ad-free. Try YouTube Premium for two months free at youtube.com slash premium. Trial eligibility varies, terms apply, cancel any time. My name is Tuba Nguyen, and enrolling at Rasmussen University was essentially a handshake to a lifeline, a career, stability, and a future for myself. I found it important to be able to speak with instructors and staff outside of office hours, and to have that support system was essential because they believed in me.
0:50PV:Rasmussen University. Are you ready to rewrite your story online and on campus? Learn more at rasmussen.edu. Is there an epidemic against literature? More specifically, Black literature. I'm Jacqueline Peace Thomas. And on this season of the Black Lit Podcast, we're outside asking why. They don't want a whole bunch of little Ella Bacchus, Malcolm X's and Martin Luther King running around. And when you look at a lot of different cultures, they're like, you need to know where you came from. And considering this is Black Reading Month, the only real question is, what are you reading next? Listen to Black Lit from the Black Effect Podcast Network on our iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:32PV:What up? This is Jay Valentine, co-host of the R &B Money Podcast alongside my brother, R &B legend, Tank. Together, we've built a space for artists, executives, and fans of R &B music to reminisce and tell the real stories behind the music. I have no money. I was hood famous. They think you're gonna get everybody out. We lived in a project. Real Love came out. They're hearing the music, and we had nothing. From Smokey Robinson to Mary J. Blige, B2K to Jill Scott, if you're a super dedicated R &B fan, this is where you belong. Listen to R &B Money from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
2:06PV:Hey, it's Alec Baldwin. This season on my podcast, Here's the Thing, I talk to actor Stephen Root.
2:12FRANNY:I'm a people watcher. You see that guy going down the drain, go, yeah, I can use that.
2:16PV:And Open Igloo co-founder Alia Mohammed. I love staying on top of what is going on in our city, what is on renters' minds, and taking all of that knowledge to build a platform that hopefully is going to make New York City better in the long run. Listen to Here's the Thing on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
2:38FRANNY:Go! Table, read, PB and Franny. Now, say it like you're not on your way to prison.
2:46PV:Here we go. One, two, three. Table, read, PB and Franny. I love this.
2:53FRANNY:All right. And Ty, whenever you're ready. Act one, interior Overton High, day. We're just inside the front doors of a large public high school. We pan around the room, a wall covered in construction paper posters about American presidents. A water fountain dribbling gently. The girls' bathroom, which opens to disgorge Judy, 16. She looks upset. For a brief moment, we hear her voiceover, which fades away as she walks out of frame.
3:23PV:But if Colin doesn't like me, then why did he ask me to help him with his homework?
3:28FRANNY:We're still panning in the front doors, the boys' bathroom, and finally we're back where we started. Only now, someone in a bulldog mascot costume stands in front of the posters, looking vaguely sinister. He pulls a cigarette out of a pocket and lights it. He raises it to his grilled mouth. The tit flares up, and a moment later, smoke seeps out of the grill. We hear the squeaking of rubber sole on tile. the bulldog looks over and sees Franny Blevins, a 15-year-old Elvis Costello, who stops in front of a flyer, close on Franny's face as his eyes scan the text. After a moment, we hear a tearing sound and Franny disappears, leaving the bulldog in the background, staring after him.
4:09FRANNY:Exterior, Seattle streets, afternoon. That sounded so dragnet, didn't it? Exterior. Exterior, Seattle streets, afternoon. Franny, chased by a small dog, Bikes along a commercial street. He looks 2D like a game of Excitebike.
4:25PV:I was struck by the flyer and decided I had to meet its author immediately.
4:30FRANNY:Interior coffee shop afternoon. PV Gornick, 15, a bespectacled girl with long black hair and torn up clothes, sits writing in a notebook. On the table are two small white Casio keyboards and a glockenspiel. She wears thimbles on all of her fingers, which makes writing difficult. Is this your flyer?
5:08PV:I didn't think much of him at first. No. Have we met before? Not to my knowledge. I only started at Overton this week. I used to be homeschooled, but my tutor died.
5:21FRANNY:Interior, PV's house, living room, flashback. PV sits opposite her tutor, an ancient woman who appears to be asleep. PV glances up from a geometry textbook.
5:31PV:Mrs. Llewellyn?
5:33FRANNY:Interior, coffee shop, continuous with before.
5:35PV:No, I'm pretty sure we've met. Then again, I have a terrible memory. They say that's a prerequisite for happiness. Not so good for history exams. What's your name?
5:45FRANNY:PV pauses in her writing.
5:47PV:But he was persistent. And persistence is important in any artistic endeavor. Did you know that the Beatles played more than 600 shows before they even got signed? Did you know that the Beatles played more than 600 shows before they even got signed? I didn't. But I do know that there are more than 350 ,000 different kinds of Beatles. I'm Franny. PV. I'm sorry I was brusque before. I just hate meeting new people. And old people. PV like the amplifier? Mm-hmm. Ty, on page three, we just missed one. Pick up right in the middle of the scene, in the middle of page three. It says, inset a picture of a PB amplifier.
6:24FRANNY:Oh, okay. This was marked out in mine. Oh, sorry. Yeah, I'm just not going to take responsibility.
6:30PV:It's just not my fault. It's just not my fault.
6:33FRANNY:It was not.
6:35PV:You can't work like this. Someone's fired.
6:38FRANNY:I actually, I'm not sure if I can, what does it say?
6:41PV:It says, insert a picture of a PB amplifier. PB amplifier, okay. Inset. Inset.
6:46FRANNY:Inset, yes.
6:48PV:Incel.
6:50FRANNY:Intel? Inbred, a picture of a PV amplifier. Inset, a picture of a PV amplifier.
7:00PV:That's your real name? I had it legally changed.
7:03FRANNY:Interior, City Hall, flashback. PV stands at the desk. A registrar looks over her application. You need to be 18 to change your name without a guardian present.
7:12PV:I am 18.
7:14FRANNY:She presents a driver's license. Inset, PV's fake driver's license. Her real name is blurred out and her birthday is shown as 12-25-2004. Did you laminate this yourself?
7:24PV:Of course not.
7:26FRANNY:Interior, Kinko's. Another flashback. PV stands at the desk. A Kinko's employee looks over the as-yet-unlaminated fake driver's license. Uh, are you trying to get me to laminate a fake driver's license?
7:39PV:Of course not.
7:41FRANNY:We hear the sound of a copier. PV looks over and sees Franny making copies. Interior coffee shop, continuous with before. I knew we'd met before. Franny sits down opposite PV.
7:52PV:I guess we have. What were you making copies of anyway?
7:56FRANNY:Interior kinkos, continuous with previous flashback. Franny pulls one of the flyers out of the tray. In set, Franny's flyer shows a very ugly dog along with the text, trying to lose this dog. Answers to lemur. Please, if you see him, do not return him to me, Franny. Interior coffee shop, continuous with before Did it work? Franny points, lemurs waiting outside the coffee shop Just next to Franny's bike Man, that's one ugly dog
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8:23PV:Sorry It's okay, so you want to start a band? No, I want to continue a band But with more musicians than I have now Oh, how many musicians do you have now? One, what do you play? Guitar, lead a rhythm Yes, what about you? Primarily Casio, VL-Tone, Monophonic, Synthesizer, and Glockenspiel Cool Cool. So what do you want to call the band? What's your name again? Franny. Hmm. Probably just Peavey then. Okay. What about the album? I'm torn at the moment. Either My Sorrow is Depthless or Where's My Pony? They're both really good. I know. You want to hear a song?
9:01FRANNY:Sure. Peavey stands up and shouts at the barista who's been playing a tranquil Nora Jones tune.
9:06PV:Hey! Hey!
9:09FRANNY:He turns off the song. She sits cross-legged, cracks her knuckles.
9:15PV:This one's called Don't Touch Me.
9:18FRANNY:PV begins. We hear a full band even though it's just her playing.
9:26PV:Don't touch me! Don't touch me! If you touch me, I think I'm gonna scream! Don't touch me! Don't touch me! If you touch me, I think I'm gonna scream!
9:48PV:Rus' Rus' Rus' Rus'
9:54Rus'
10:05PV:Rus'
10:09PV:Touch me! I don't like you. I think I even hate you. I don't hate you. I think maybe I love you. I don't love you. I don't even like you. Don't touch me. Don't touch me.
11:02Don't talk to me!
11:04FRANNY:Silence. A number of customers have left. Franny's clearly in love. After a beat, the barista turns Nora back on.
11:12PV:That was awesome. I know. Oh, sorry. That's good to know. Thank you. Now, if we're thinking of starting a band, obviously I'll have to audition you. How's your lunch period looking tomorrow?
11:25FRANNY:Wide open. Interior Overton Lunchroom the next day. We're in a traditional high school lunchroom. Franny enters. He spots PV alone at a table.
11:34PV:Hey, so you want to go straight to the music room or should we eat? Somebody hates me. What? Somebody hates me. I got a hate note in my locker. We have to figure out who put it there. What about the audition? This is the audition. A band is a family, Franny. We have to support each other holistically. Now, who do you think wrote it?
11:55FRANNY:She glances around the lunchroom.
11:57PV:Hmm, what about him? He looks mean.
11:59FRANNY:I doubt it.
12:00PV:That's Dale Wilson, the world's nicest bully.
12:03FRANNY:We slide over to Dale Wilson, who does indeed look super mean. A small kid walks over and fearfully deposits a handful of change on the table.
12:11PV:Here's my lunch money, Dale. I've told you a million times, I don't want your money. I'm sorry it's not more. I'll do better tomorrow. 16 years ago I started working as a CNA in the hospital. I loved it. On the day I decided to enroll in the nursing program at Rasmussen University because afternoon my 35th birthday I was hanging out with a friend and they just questioned me what I was going to do with this next chapter of my life. I immediately said I want to go to nursing school so I actually had contact information from an advisor at Rasmussen contacted her and actually ended up starting like three weeks later.
12:42PV:My name is Cherish Adams and I'm a Rasmussen University graduate. it. Learn more at rasmussen.edu. Hey everyone, it's the Jonas Brothers with the Hey Jonas podcast. We've been catching up with some great friends, Paul Rudd, Michael Buble, Seth Meyers, Niall Horan, Jake Shane, and making some new friends while getting into what's really like to have sisters like Alex and Astrid and Earl. She likes to control everyone and tell everyone. Okay, well control is a harsh word. I would say that's a harsh word. I am more outspoken. Growing up a lot of the times because she was so quiet, I would speak for like the both of us.
13:15PV:Now, I'm working on, like, thinking a moment, reeling it in, thinking before I speak. And Joey King. You know if your, like, mom is yelling at your sibling, and even if you're annoyed with your sibling, you just, like, won't let that slide. It's like, only you can yell at your sibling. I'm like, you can't do that here. That is what I have. You don't want to talk about her like that. Only I talk about her like that. Plus, we've been taking your calls, listening to your voicemails, and giving you advice. Or at least trying to. So if you've got catching up to do, now's the perfect time. Listen to Hey Jonas on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
13:49PV:When I was 14 years old, I was kidnapped and held captive for nine months. I survived, and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart, and these are the Survivor Files. I just remember this low, taunting voice next to my ear saying, Shut up. Don't say anything. Every week, I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable. I knew if he woke up, without a doubt, he was going to hurt me. I started feeling that there was someone at the end of my bed, and I just started screaming. They are abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced.
14:34PV:But these aren't stories about what's taken from them. They're stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If your bookshelf and your For You page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. This is Prose Society, the weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for thought daughters, pop culture obsessives, and anyone who thinks Pride and Prejudice and Love Island deserve the same level of discourse. I'm Eli Rallo, and every week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and the conversations everyone can't stop having.
15:15PV:I'm going to have to look up this story. I'm obsessed. So obsessed. From best-selling authors and your favorite book talk creators to the latest pop culture moments, nothing is off the table. It's like if you can hide some real messages inside compelling characters, then that is a Trojan horse. Whether you're looking for literary deep dives, smart pop culture conversations, or a community of readers who love to think a little too much, you're in the right place. Listen to Pro Society on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. See you between the pages. Hi, this is Kylie Brakeman.
15:51PV:Angela Jaritana. Jeremy Colhane. Patrick McDonald. And we're the hosts of the Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists podcast. The Improvised Character Comedy podcast, where each week a new panel of artists discuss their craft. Join us for a panel of wellness influencers. What I try to do is faux journal. I don't know. Have you guys heard of faux journaling? Yeah, it's reading. It's called reading. So we don't like to use that word anymore. Okay. A panel of New Yorker cartoonists. Have you guys done Terry Gross's Peloton class? No! I've been dying to. I'm so sorry. I'm seeing a reading of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Audra McDonald at the Wonderland Bookstore on 14th.
16:31PV:That's crazy. See, I went to the Wonderland bookstore yesterday and I heard Nora Jones do a reading of Zero Dark Thirty. No way. We'll have to come to the last bookstore, though. Kim Cattrall is reading the guitar tabs of yesterday. A panel of Eurovision participants. And we do a little Halloween sometimes. Does the Pope dress up? He winks on Halloween. He gets right up next to the microphone. I hear you can almost hear the eyelashes hit each other. You've never seen Italy so quiet as when the Pope gets up to wink on Halloween. Listen to Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
17:09FRANNY:He scurries off. Dale looks confused, even hurt.
17:12PV:Please don't!
17:13FRANNY:We slide back to Peavey and Franny. Okay.
17:17PV:What about her? She's got crazy eyes. No, that's Erin Coltrera, editor-at-large for the Overton Free Press.
17:23FRANNY:Erin Coltrera, a mousy girl in over-large hipster glasses, is interviewing a bulldog mascot.
17:30PV:For the last time, who's inside that costume? No comment.
17:36FRANNY:We slide back to Peavey and Franny.
17:39PV:Erin's always looking for dirt, but she's mostly harmless. Okay, then what about that girl? Her? That's Judy Cortland. She's weird, but only because she thinks she's the protagonist.
17:50FRANNY:We pull back to find Judy sitting at a table directly in front of Peavey and Franny, who suddenly go blurry, as if they become background characters.
17:58PV:There's Colin over there. I'm not going to look at him. Crap, I looked at him. What are those two weirdos doing looking at me? I bet they're just jealous of what I have with Colin. See what I mean? Everybody else is just a side character in her story. It's super annoying.
18:15FRANNY:We return focus to Peavey and Franny.
18:17PV:You aren't important enough to her to merit a hate note. Then who did it? Well, have you wronged anyone recently? Hmm. I did stop by a rehearsal for the Overton Orchestra yesterday.
18:29FRANNY:Interior music room, day. The orchestra wraps up a pretty terrible rendition of when the Saints go marching in. After the last note is farted out, PV stands up at the back of the room.
18:40PV:That was terrible. None of you can be in my band.
18:44FRANNY:Uh, page 10, that was terrible. None of you can be in my band. Maybe just back off it just this minute. I honestly thought that was the note. Yeah, that was terrible. I would be a little more gentle.
19:02PV:That was terrible. None of you can be in my band.
19:06FRANNY:She storms out. The triangle player dings the triangle. Interior Overton lunchroom, continuous with before.
19:14PV:You're right, Franny. It must have been one of those terrible musicians. You've passed your audition. Let's start a band.
19:21FRANNY:She puts out a hand to shake, but as Franny reaches for it, Peavey pulls back.
19:25PV:Just to be perfectly clear, once we're in a band together, there can never be any sort of romantic relationship between us. Oh, why? I mean, not that it... But why exactly? Because artistic collaboration and romance are incompatible.
19:41FRANNY:What about Fleetwood Mac? We see a brief picture of Stevie and Lindsay. We'll see brief flashes of every band couple Franny mentions.
19:50PV:Sure, but... And the White Stripes, the Cramps, Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth, ABBA, New Order, I don't know, Blondie, Stereolab, the Cocktail Twins. Those are just the many exceptions that prove the rule, okay? So you can take it or leave it.
20:05FRANNY:She offers her hand again. Franny agonizes. No way could I have any problem with that.
20:11PV:So, I'm shaking your hand now.
20:14FRANNY:Eventually, he does.
20:17PV:Great. Platonic bandmates for life. First rehearsal tomorrow? Sure. Oh, wait, I can't. I've got Chinese class. We'll have to do Wednesday. You speak Chinese? Say something. Okay.
20:32FRANNY:Subtitled translation appears, I want to kiss your mouth. What's that mean? I...
20:40PV:Dumpling. See you Wednesday.
20:42FRANNY:Franny turns and walks off. Interior, Chinese classroom, evening. The class is being led through some drills by a Chinese instructor. Phrases for wooing and courtship has been written on the board. Franny's distracted, covering his workbook with PV written in the style of the PV amplifiers logo.
21:00PV:Even though we were bandmates now, I couldn't stop having romantical thoughts about PV. It made it difficult to concentrate. 我想亲吻你的嘴
21:09FRANNY:Subtitle, I want to kiss you on the mouth
21:15PV:我想亲吻你的嘴
21:19PV:我们回到我的地方吧
21:20FRANNY:Subtitle, let's go back to my place
21:27PV:我们回到我的地方吧 By the time Wednesday night rolled around, I was a ball of nerves 你的朋友呢 ,他单身吗?
21:35FRANNY:Subtitle, what about your friend? Is she single? I had to be charming, and I've never been very good at charming.
21:53FRANNY:Subtitle, you're smothering me. I feel like I can't breathe.
21:57PV:So I invited my best friend over to advise me.
22:04PV:That I'm walking on. She.
22:14FRANNY:Interior Franny's room. Night. Close on A.J. Vacher, a young 15. He's extremely dorky, but with an unshakable and frankly inexplicable.
22:24PV:Confidence, Franny. It's all about confidence. If you think you're cool, then she'll think you're cool. Look at me. I know I'm cool.
22:32FRANNY:which makes me even cooler than if I just thought I was. We pull back to see that the two of them are playing Magic the Gathering.
22:39PV:And I'll remove three tokens from Chandra, Torture Defiance, to deal four damage to your Angel of Asin. I don't know, AJ. I'm not sure confidence can be simulated. That's just something unconfident people say. Yeah, exactly. Attack, attack, attack. And I think you're dead. That's four, six, nine damage. Yep, you're dead. Sorry. You got any food? No, but my mom left money so I could order something.
23:06FRANNY:Franny points to a fan of$5 bills pinned to a bulletin board. A note says, for anything but pizza. Pizza? Obviously. Exterior, Seattle streets, afternoon. Franny bikes along the streets holding his guitar in one hand. Lemur is still running along behind him.
23:21PV:On the way to PV's house, I was nearly overcome with anxiety. Even with the encouraging notes I'd written on the backs of my hands.
23:28FRANNY:Franny glances down at the back of his hands. On the left, he's written, you are cool. On the right, see other hand. Exterior, PV's house, afternoon. Franny looks up at the house. It's a castle. You could host royalty here. Franny ties up Lemur and passes through a gate. Exterior, PV's house, gardens, continuous. Franny passes through an elaborate Japanese garden. Franny crunches across the gravel of a wilder English-style garden. Franny crosses a tennis court overgrown with weeds, then a croquet pitch, then a putting green where a creepy groundskeeper is trimming the grass with nail scissors.
24:07FRANNY:They make eye contact. Franny finally arrives at the enormous front door. He presses the doorbell. Beat. Don't go in there. Franny turns. The groundskeeper is very close. Don't go in there.
24:21PV:Why not?
24:25PV:because we're renovating the foyer. Oh, use the side door. Thanks.
24:33FRANNY:Franny goes. The groundskeeper notices a blemish on the front door. He raises an electric sander he wasn't holding a few seconds ago and begins sanding the door. I could do that.
24:47FRANNY:Interior. Interior, PV's house moments later. Franny enters a large dining room. Hello?
24:54PV:I have been with Rasmussen University since 2013. All virtual. All of my professors throughout the entire journey have been nothing but supportive of making me reach my dreams. Rasmussen professors, they want to see you grow so that you can be what you went to school to be. I'm so thankful for Rasmussen University for being able to make it so easy and seamless. Rasmussen University. Find your seat and start now at rasmussen.edu.
25:48PV:I would speak for like the both of us. Now I'm working on like making a moment, really knitting, thinking before I speak. And Joey King. You know, if you're like mom is yelling at your sibling, and even if you're annoyed with your sibling, you just like won't let that slide. It's like only you can yell at your sibling. I'm like, you can't do that here. That is what I have. You don't want to talk about her like that. Only I talk about her like that. Plus, we've been taking your calls, listening to your voicemails, and giving you advice. Or at least trying to. So if you've got catching up to do, Now's the perfect time.
26:19PV:Listen to Hey Jonas on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. When I was 14 years old, I was kidnapped and held captive for nine months. I survived, and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart, and these are the Survivor Files. I just remember this low, taunting voice next to my ear saying, Shut up. Don't say anything. Every week I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable I knew if he woke up Without a doubt he was going to hurt me I started feeling that there was someone at the end of my bed And I just started screaming They are abducted, stalked, controlled and nearly silenced But these aren't stories about what's taken from them They're stories about what it takes to make it out alive Listen to The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
27:24PV:If your bookshelf and your For You page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. This is Prose Society, the weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for thought daughters, pop culture obsessives, and anyone who thinks Pride and Prejudice and Love Island deserve the same level of discourse. I'm Eli Rallo, and every week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and the conversations everyone can't stop having. I'm going to have to look up this story. I'm obsessed. So obsessed. From best-selling authors and your favorite book talk creators to the latest pop culture moments, nothing is off the table.
28:00PV:It's like if you can hide some real messages inside compelling characters, then that is a Trojan horse. Whether you're looking for literary deep dives, smart pop culture conversations, or a community of readers who love to think a little too much, you're in the right place. Listen to Pro Society on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. See you between the pages. Hi, this is Kylie Brakeman. Angela Jaritana. Jeremy Colhane. Patrick McDonald. And we're the hosts of the Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists podcast. The Improvised Character Comedy Podcast, where each week a new panel of artists discuss their craft.
28:38PV:Join us for a panel of wellness influencers. What I try to do is faux journal. I don't know. Have you guys heard of faux journaling? Yeah, it's reading. It's called reading. So we don't like to use that word anymore. Okay. A panel of New Yorker cartoonists. Have you guys done Terry Gross's Peloton class yet? No! I've been dying to. I'm so sorry. I'm seeing a reading of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Audra McDonald at the Wonderland bookstore on 14th. That's crazy. I went to the Wonderland bookstore yesterday and I heard Nora Jones do a reading of Zero Dark Thirty. No way. We'll have to come to the last bookstore, though.
29:14PV:Kim Cattrall is reading the guitar tabs of yesterday. A panel of Eurovision participants. And we do a little Halloween sometimes. Does the Pope dress up? He winks on Halloween. He gets right up next to the microphone. I hear you can almost hear the eyelashes hit each other. You've never seen Italy so quiet as when the Pope gets up to wink on Halloween. Listen to Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Franny, is that you? Come upstairs.
29:48FRANNY:Okay. Franny looks around but doesn't see any stairs. He passes through a restaurant-sized kitchen, a sitting room, a drawing room, and an indoor bowling alley. Finally, he finds a small elevator manned by a doorman who looks exactly like the groundskeeper. Interior, elevator, continuous.
30:05PV:So is that guy outside your twin brother? What guy outside?
30:10FRANNY:An uncomfortable pause. The elevator stops.
30:13PV:Second floor.
30:15FRANNY:Same as the first. Franny exits the elevator. Interior, PV's bedroom, a while later. PV's room is gigantic. A large portion of it is given over to musical instruments and recording equipment. Franny marvels at a nearly wall-sized poster of the band The Stranglers.
30:31PV:You a Stranglers fan?
30:32FRANNY:Franny turns to find Peavey sitting on the bed.
30:34PV:I don't think I know them. Well, you should. We'll do an overview of seminal punk rock musicians at a future rehearsal.
30:40FRANNY:Peavey notices Franny's guitar.
30:42PV:You didn't have to bring that. I've got plenty of guitars here.
30:46FRANNY:Peavey gestures towards a rack of at least 20 guitars. Whoa, I can see that.
30:51PV:Yeah, my parents buy me a lot of presents. It's how they make up for their lack of... Presence? Exactly. I think they're getting divorced, and it'll be contentious too because of all the money. Money makes people crazy. Even more than love, I think. Where'd it come from? Who can say where love comes from? Pheromones, I guess. Oh, I meant the money. Oh, bottled water. Bottled water? Yeah. You know tap water, bottled water?
31:19FRANNY:Insert a still image of tap water, bottled water. The catchphrase on the label says, who's got time to walk to the sink?
31:26PV:Tap water, bottled water. It's tap water, only bottled. Tap water, bottled water. Because who's got time to walk to the sink? Not me. Oh, yeah, that stuff's great. Really quenching. Yeah, my grandfather invented it, which meant my parents never had to work. So they make music. Terrible music. By which I mean classical. My parents were never together. And my mom's a pilot, so I don't see her much. That's why I do so many extracurricular activities. Like Chinese class? Yeah. And drama club. And guitar lessons. Book club. Aerial gymnastics.
32:04FRANNY:Interior blacksmith. Day. Franny stands next to an anvil.
32:07PV:I'm apprentice to a blacksmith.
32:09FRANNY:Exterior stable. Day. Franny brushes the mane of a miniature horse.
32:13PV:I groom miniature horses, even though I'm allergic.
32:16FRANNY:He sneezes, spooking the horse.
32:18PV:Achoo!
32:20FRANNY:Exterior garden. Day. Franny's drying a cactus with a hair dryer.
32:25PV:And I'm a member of the Succulent Horticultural Society of Seattle. It's difficult to grow cacti here because of all the rain, so we do a lot of drying.
32:35FRANNY:Interior, PV's bedroom, continuous with before, Franny sits down at the mixing board. Anyway, how do you want to start? Should we write a song?
32:44PV:I think I should hear one of your originals. Then we can attempt to synthesize our style into a cohesive whole.
32:50FRANNY:Okay. Franny takes out his guitar, a cheap, busted-up acoustic. He takes a deep breath.
32:56PV:How about a love song?
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34:34FRANNY:This episode is supported by FX's The Drop, a snowfall saga. Wanda and Leon are back, but this time they're chasing a different kind of legacy. As West Coast rap begins to take over 90s Los Angeles, Wanda is betting on a new generation of artists. But in a city where every opportunity comes with a price, they'll have to decide what they're willing to risk to leave their mark. FX is the drop. Now streaming on Hulu.
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From the publisher
PV & FRANNY
A girl with a glockenspiel. A boy with a guitar. A high school full of weirdos, mascots who may or may not be unhinged, and a mystery that isn’t what anyone thinks it is.
A dead-serious love story… that refuses to behave like one.
One flier turns into a band. One band turns into obsession. And before they ever play a real set, everything is already ridiculous.
ACT ONE
Overton High is chaos in a controlled environment.
The mascot smokes. The journalist thinks she’s breaking Watergate. The nicest bully in school politely refuses lunch money.
And then there’s PV.
Brilliant. Intense. Completely uncompromising.
She doesn’t want to start a band. She wants to build something real.
Franny Blevins just wants to be part of it.
What begins as an awkward coffee shop encounter quickly turns into a partnership built on music, rules, and one very firm boundary:
No romance. Ever.
Which becomes a problem almost immediately.
As Franny gets pulled deeper into PV’s world, her music, her logic, her investigations, and her completely upside-down way of seeing everything, the stakes escalate in the most unexpected ways.
A hate note that isn’t hate.
An audition that turns into an interrogation.
A band that starts to feel like something much bigger… and much messier.
Act One is the beginning of the band, the beginning of the obsession, and the moment everything starts to spiral just slightly out of control.
🎭 CAST
NARRATOR – Ty Burrell
AJAY – Rahm Braslaw
JUDY – Samantha Morelos
MARIAN – Eileen Fogarty
PV – Kensington Tallman
RYUZO – O’Neill Monahan
FRANNY – Liam Richardson
GROUNDSKEEPER – Fred Armisen
DALE – Ruben Ray
TAP WATER BOTTLED WATER JINGLE – Chris Mann
🎬 PRODUCTION
Written by Tommy Wallach
Directed by Mark Knell & Jack Levy
Executive Produced by Shaan Sharma, Jack Levy, and Mark Knell
Table Read is a Manifest Media production.
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