--- title: "Xen – The Zen of the Other, The Audio Drama" url: "https://josephmatheny.com/xen-the-zen-of-the-other-the-audio-drama/" language: "en-US" updated: "2024-08-12T18:14:57+00:00" --- # Xen – The Zen of the Other, The Audio Drama Xen – The Zen of the Other by Ezra Buckley ([Reviews](https://josephmatheny.com/xen-the-zen-of-the-other/)) [**Digital Album**](https://digital.panicmachine.com/album/xen-the-zen-of-the-other) Streaming + Download Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC, and more. Also [available on Audible.com](https://www.audible.com/pd/Xen-The-Zen-of-the-Other-Audiobook/B09MVC4538?qid=1638549535&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=5X0XV7DZ0Z7E8T6JHC7T) **Other outlets for download** [https://deezer.page.link/kRgpC6dYoroHVwpn9](https://deezer.page.link/kRgpC6dYoroHVwpn9) [https://soundcloud.com/ezrabuckley/sets/xen-the-zen-of-the-other](https://soundcloud.com/ezrabuckley/sets/xen-the-zen-of-the-other) [https://open.spotify.com/album/3r12DH4t8ycqvMwIQU1IVG](https://open.spotify.com/album/3r12DH4t8ycqvMwIQU1IVG) [https://music.apple.com/us/album/xen-the-zen-of-the-other/1590245319](https://music.apple.com/us/album/xen-the-zen-of-the-other/1590245319) [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JFDH6ZJ/](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JFDH6ZJ/) [https://recochoku.jp/album/A2002460620](https://recochoku.jp/album/A2002460620) [https://music.bugs.co.kr/album/16243884](https://music.bugs.co.kr/album/16243884) This audio-play version of Xen includes a fully hyperlinked ebook for reference use. [**Buy Digital Album $6.66 USD or more**](https://digital.panicmachine.com/album/xen-the-zen-of-the-other) --- ## Free Version Free VersionAs is my custom, after a year of*commercially making Xen: The Zen of the Other*audio drama commercially available, I am releasing the entire bundle for free on[Archive.org](https://archive.org/details/ezra-buckley-xen-the-zen-of-the-other-audio) and Youtube. It is released with a Creative Commons license, [Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). You may download and listen to it, share it, or post it, as long as it is not for commercial purposes, with no changes and full attribution to the source. **Archive.org**: [https://archive.org/details/ezra-buckley-xen-the-zen-of-the-other-audio](https://archive.org/details/ezra-buckley-xen-the-zen-of-the-other-audio) **Youtube:** **A personal downloadable version** *Xen: The Zen of the Other*is a work that follows one man as he attempts to find his way through the jumble of modernity that envelopes us all and threatens to strangle us in its “Tentacles Longer Than Night.” Cast into a world where the liminal overlaps with the world of paranormal /philosophical speculations, Ezra Buckley struggles to keep his head above water long enough to pluck a jewel of wisdom from the crown of a forest spirit. In a world devoid of rites of passage, Ezra finds himself on his own as he is confronted with the very real prospect of having a life-changing, Liminal experience in the woods of Big Sur if he can survive it. Is it even real? Is it the legendary Watchers of Big Sur phenomenon or something else? Xen is a work that confronts the questions of identity, modernity, life, the other, and the place for rites of passage in the modern world. This audio-play version of Xen includes a fully hyperlinked ebook for reference use. *Xen: The Zen of the Other- Audio Trailer* ### credits released October 29, 2021 *Xen: The Zen of the Other* Written by Ezra Buckley. You’ll have to decide for yourself if that’s a real name or not.- [thepsychopath.org](https://thepsychopath.org/) Background information by Cameron Whiteside, if that indeed is his real name.- [whereiscameron.wtf](https://whereiscameron.wtf/) Produced by P. Emerson Williams- [pemersonwilliams.wordpress.com](https://pemersonwilliams.wordpress.com/) The voice of Joseph Matheny performed by himself- [josephmatheny.com](http://josephmatheny.com/) The voice of Ezra Buckley performed by Chris Gabriel, aka memeanalysis- [memeanalysis.com](https://memeanalysis.com/) The voice of Ralph performed by P. Emerson Williams The voice of Tiamat performed by Anna “Maiya” Young- [www.godmonsters.com](https://www.godmonsters.com/) The voice of Racoon 1 performed by Iskandar Sakut abn Mayu (aka Eian Orange of Z(enseider)Z)- [eianorange.zenseiderz.org](https://eianorange.zenseiderz.org/) The voice of Racoon 2 by performed Deb Petrochko – [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris\_(mythology)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_(mythology)) The voice of the waitperson performed Missy G – [afieldofred.wordpress.com](https://afieldofred.wordpress.com/) The poems of Ezra Buckley read by Joseph Matheny *Xen: The Zen of the Other*– Copyright 2021 Joseph Matheny All Rights Reserved ## REVIEWS “This is a pipe bomb disguised as a book.” – [Sequoyah Kennedy](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/147474443-sequoyah-kennedy) “I enjoyed reading Xen: The Zen of the Other, but the audio radio play is even better. Its gusto voice acting, hypnotic musicscapes, and mystical plot all add up to a transporting experience that’s beyond what we normally expect from a book recording.” – Joe Nolan, [The Contributor](https://issuu.com/the-contributor-live/docs/11.10.2021-digital/s/13904675) --- “…wildly creative experiments with form…through a down-to-earth lens and with a sense of humor. … I felt spoken to many times as Ezra articulated his own frustrations with life and with his own expectations of the world.” –[DAVID AMITO](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3568215/?ref_=tt_ov_wr), award-winning Actor. Writer, Producer, Director of [Antrum](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9213244/?ref_=nm_knf_t1) --- “[This is tantalizing, intriguing, and weird stuff, and we recommend it highly.](http://originalfalcon.com/)” -Original Falcon Newsletter. --- [“What I appreciate about Buckley’s book is the sense of desperate and furious will-to-life/power, coupled with a playfulness that is wonderful.” – Julian Langer](https://ecorevoltblog.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/xen-the-zen-of-the-other-by-ezra-buckley/?fbclid=IwAR2NH8OmMCTB1kzx4hZxJMJz-sBSp0RT1ZxNlOdlFFOdGq7heUWEq_ucuJ0) --- [“I just finished reading this a few minutes ago. I guess “finished” isn’t really the correct wording… because I’ve really just begun.” Reader on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/randonauts/comments/lyfehw/xen_the_zen_of_the_other_is_available_to_read_for/)