Best Free Sci-Fi Audio Dramas 2027
Start with Orbit Zero, a space observatory story that begins with a warning in the crew's own voices. These 3 free sci-fi audio dramas each have their first 5 episodes free in your browser.
These are EpicHear's own shows, picked by our team. There are no ratings on this page, just our honest picks.
The science-fiction selections ask what happens when a message, a living seedling or a copied memory carries more history than anyone expects. Each is a nine-episode story, so this is a useful place to begin if you prefer a smaller chapter list. The three premises offer different starting points: a crew trying to understand a warning, a gardener following a loss, and a woman confronting the meaning of another person's memories.
Orbit Zero
Complete · 9 episodes · ~1 h 25 min
A space observatory receives a warning in its crew's own voices, carried by an impossibly old signal.
First 5 episodes free
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The Orchard Between Stars
Complete · 9 episodes · ~1 h 20 min
A gardener's seedling leads to the ship her mother was blamed for losing.
First 5 episodes free
Play Ep 1
The Captain They Threw Away
Complete · 9 episodes · ~1 h 20 min
A copy with a captain's memories meets the woman she remembers being.
First 5 episodes free
Play Ep 1
How free listening works
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Are EpicHear audio dramas really free?
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