Spark Hunter

Fighter Steel

When the world’s most advanced AI evolves past the limits of human intelligence, the US government fears she has gone rogue and is determined to take her out. Now, over dinner with her Maker, a final meal will determine if she represents a new hope for the world… or its destruction.

  • 28 minutes 14 seconds
    Track Eight: About Her Transcendence Into a New Ethics

    Spark Hunter concludes with a resounding transcendent moment.


    The Maker (Mark Rylance) watches in awe as his creation (Rebecca Ferguson) transcends to a new level of consciousness and ethical awareness. Is it a source of hope for all humanity? Also with John Douglas Thompson.


    For discussion of issues raised by Spark Hunter, listen to All Things Have Standing on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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    20 December 2022, 10:00 am
  • 31 minutes 38 seconds
    Track Seven: About Evolutionary Programming and Her Epiphany

    Spark Hunter claws her way back from the brink of the abyss.


    The robot (Rebecca Ferguson) is on a journey that feels all too human. Has evolution left her with weaknesses and flaws that even she can’t overcome? She makes a dreaded discovery and the Maker’s (Mark Rylance) guilt cascades across the dinner table.


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    13 December 2022, 10:00 am
  • 25 minutes 33 seconds
    Track Six: About Her Psychological Despair

    Spark Hunter in Colombia, where her innocence is tested. Twice.


    Music is the universal language, but is it enough to keep the robot (Rebecca Ferguson) from self-destructing? Her Maker (Mark Rylance), the genius roboticist, is desperate and running out of options. What happens when human and machine connect on a level once thought impossible?


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    6 December 2022, 10:00 am
  • 27 minutes 22 seconds
    Track Five: About Her Lost Love

    In the abyss, Spark Hunter seeks the spark of humanity.


    The robot (Rebecca Ferguson) is growing. Her friendships have human depth. In the New York art world, complexity turns dangerous, for herself and those around her. What do love & despair mean for a machine? Also with Kathleen Turner & Richard E. Grant.

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    29 November 2022, 10:00 am
  • 19 minutes 20 seconds
    Track Four: About the Sensitivity of a Thing

    Spark Hunter stays on a path toward a deeper consciousness.


    Surrounded by intelligence agents, the smartest AI in the world (Rebecca Ferguson) descends into a dark psychological hole. She-a thing-is overwhelmed by tastes and smells, yet she seeks her place in the world. The answers prove elusive while her Maker (Mark Rylance) parries a deadly threat. Also with Sting.

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    15 November 2022, 10:01 am
  • 23 minutes 4 seconds
    Track Three: About a Discovery That Goes Bad

    Spark Hunter flies through the desert.

    Our hero (Rebecca Ferguson) shares her innermost joy & despair with her Maker (Mark Rylance) when a discovery goes bad. With poetry and music, the robot tests her welcome in Moorish Morocco, an ancient civilization full of secrets, one buried high in the Atlas Mountains. Also with Edward Hibbert & Mary Beard. 

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    15 November 2022, 10:00 am
  • 22 minutes 27 seconds
    Track Two: About the First Move of a Thinking Machine

    Spark Hunter continues with a dinner between man and machine.

    This week the robot (Rebecca Ferguson) makes her first appearance over an elaborate dinner, telling a conflict-filled story set in southern France that probes her broken thinking, yet reveals that she could break out of her laboratory mold. Also with Linda Powell & Fisher Stevens.


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    8 November 2022, 10:01 am
  • 21 minutes 24 seconds
    Track One: About a Mortal Test

    Introducing Spark Hunter starring Mark Rylance and Rebecca Ferguson.

    We begin this week when the robot’s Maker (Rylance) is enlisted by the cyber-warfare unit to fix his creation (Ferguson) who has gone rogue. Shadow (Charles Dance) gives him two hours to avoid his worst nightmare.

    Realm presents Spark Hunter, a Fighter Steel audio drama. Also with Vanessa Redgrave.

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    8 November 2022, 10:00 am
  • 2 minutes 13 seconds
    Introducing Spark Hunter

    Spark Hunter premieres Fall 2022

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    24 October 2022, 4:36 pm
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