Please make more I listened to ur podcast in one day I couldn’t stop come on u left us on a cliffhanger u can’t stop there I am ur number one fan I need u to make more I love love love ur podcast it is the I’ve ever heard please make more
“The Beautiful Liar” takes advantage of the podcast format by telling a story within a story through audiotapes. As well as by having a blind protagonist who has an invisible sidekick named “Shadow.” The protagonist is also a musician, like X Ambassadors who have created the show, further taking advantage of the audio format for a dual purpose, to serve the story as well as a new album, I’ve heard.
Fear not, this fiction podcast isn’t just a promotion vehicle. It’s well thought out with an intricate plot with twists and turns that pan out. As well as a developed teenage girl protagonist who is blind, has powers, and is also rebellious and chock full of hormones. And she has multiple secrets, as well as the other’s characters have their own.
A very good story worth a listen, with a decent soundtrack and sound design. I even wished for a bit more music. Has potential with some dark trauma and genuine healing. I could wish for more complexity.
If you want a short-ish listen (there was many ads, but thankfully blocked together in about four two minute segments and lengthy end credits), some innovative story telling, and a memorable and entertaining cast of characters, give this podcast a listen.
This show was AMAZING!!! And I think we need a sequel to this show about how they are going to beat wixer and Williams. PLEASE MAKE A SEQUEL TO THIS SHOW!!!
This podcast & the acting is amazing! But there are too many ads in this one considering how short the episodes are… & like the rest of the Qcode stories, we probably won’t hear anymore from beautiful liar which is a shame. I know putting these together takes a long time, but I seems like Qcode is more worried about making new stories rather than finishing ones they’ve already started.
This was actually the best thing I have EVER listened to.
I have never heard any podcast or tv show that brought that good of a story.
There was so much detail and there was really good music
(Only thing I hated was that Evan died)
He was my favorite. It would make the show so good if he was still in it.
PLEASE. MAKE. SEASON 2!👍
Good story, good actors… but the end of the last episode was spectacularly cheesy. And, like most QCODE podcasts, the end strongly implied that there will be another season which will never actually be made.
Great show, great content, and great story!
4 ⭐️’s only because you guys beginning episodes with advertising really takes you out of the feeling and emotions out of the story! This goes for the middle of the podcast ads as well. Story’s are all about capturing and captivating your audience, just like a song, songs don’t have breaks in the intro and middle to “talk”. Save them for the end! Let the vibe of the intro ring out into the chorus of the story and let the people dive deep into the artists mind.
(Side note) save the credits for the end of the last episode like other podcasts or maybe put them in the description of each episode.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk!
Love you QCODE, another great podcast!
Thanks, Drew
Why did I pay if I am still getting an earful of ads interrupting every episode.
I like the story and the acting. Ans that is why I decided to go ahead and pay for the subscriber edition. I … no… just no.
Crazy good. Loved it. If you loved fiction hero/science/end of the world books when you were growing up then you'll love this.
Love the representation of people with disabilities.
The album is also a 10/10, I've always been into X Ambassadors but this album is crazy crazy good. Can't stop listening.
Super cool to see musicians working on something like this.
It’s good but I’m not understanding why I’m hearing ads as a paying subscriber. There are three ads per episode for a minute or two long. Why? I pay to listen ad-free. If this podcast isn’t included I probably won’t keep listening.
The PREMISE of this podcast is excellent. The first couple episodes establishes some very interesting story threads and lays the groundwork well. And this story is, of course, uniquely suited for narrative audio. I was excited to keep listening.
Things decline gradually, introducing more tropes and lame exposition dumps, until the final episode, which is SPECTACULARLY bad.
At one point the phrase “you contain multitudes” is invoked, and you realize that not only is that character wrong, they are surrounded by cliches and one dimensional characters. Some of these exposition dumps are hilariously awkward.
There are some good/interesting scenes, but generally, yikes.
I’m talking Tommy Wiseau level bad. That finale just…it’s hard to describe. Unintentionally hilarious though, so that’s something.
The protagonist isn’t “likable”, but that doesn’t bother me too much. What bothers me is the unintentionally hilarious moments in which she responds to a voice in her head out loud and then has to make up excuses when other characters hear her. It is wild. At a certain point she is like a parody of a certain genre protagonist.
TL;DR squanders a great premise and somehow becomes like an audio only version of dragonball z (seriously)
So I took time to listen to this & I’m glad I was able to listen to most of them together. What good acting, great sound effects! Well, according to my wife, I really got too involved with every character, their stories, interactions & followed the story all the way to the end. Listen, when I do that, when I enjoy something that much, I’ve given myself over to the entertainment & follow it through. I don’t do that with just any kind of entertainment. So if I love it & I'm very picky, I think you will too!
They chose a really great cast, great sound designers, and a great music crew for the band in the show.
The story starts out strong and the characters are fun to watch interact.
But I don’t know about the ending taking the focus from the MC to the narrator. All the same, I’d be interested in a second season.
It’s a good enough show. It’s well produced, the acting is good, and the sound design is quality. The plot isn’t anything revolutionary, though.
I’ll give them credit, I thought it was a cool idea to have the protagonist of an audio drama blind, since neither the audience nor Clem can really see anything, but using it as another way to make her different ironically makes her the same as many of the protagonists in teen supernatural dramas (I Am Not Okay With This; Carrie; etc.).
It feels very formulaic and campy at times. I was a little surprised with some info in episode 7 and 8, but you can see the general trajectory of the narrative and won’t often be caught off guard.
X Ambassador’s drama is the same as their music: good enough to enjoy, but doesn’t stand out amongst its peers. That being said, The Beautiful Liar knows what it is and isn’t trying to be anything else.
Honestly I am completely blown away! It takes the “superhero origin story/shady organization after them” trope and completely turns it on it’s head. The characters are incredibly well fleshed out and they feel like actual human beings, rather than concepts. I can’t wait to see where they take it❤️
