The Carrington Doctrine
By Jimmy Swiss
The Carrington Doctrine is a dystopian sci-fi mystery podcast told through the solar-powered voice logs of Colin — a former union electrician and reluctant narrator living deep inside an off-grid commune led by a man who believes the sun will cleanse what’s left.
As the days grow quieter and the hum in the trees grows louder, Colin records everything — not for history, but for his daughter, Amber… in case someone ever listens.
Episode 8: A Strange Hill To Die On
Season finale: The battery’s dying. The storm’s here. And Colin’s still talking.
Episode 7: The Outer Loop
A stranger arrives with a printed newsletter and a warning: the grid didn’t go down — it went quiet. Colin reads from The Outer Loop, a manifesto that reveals a system still listening, still sorting… and possibly preparing to respond. As tensions rise and the tower hums, he wonders if Elias was ever truly wrong — or just accidentally right.
Episode 6: The Sunkissed
EPISODE 6: THE SUNKISSED
Something’s shifting in the woods. As a new ritual scorches its way into the group’s routine, Colin senses the transformation creeping in — and not in a good way. He heads toward Redgate to get some space, but what he finds out there raises more questions than it answers. The silence is growing teeth.
Episode 5: A Very Determined Frisbee
Colin forgot to charge the recorder.
Marty’s strumming off-key, the trees aren’t moving quite right… and there’s a strange shape in the sky.
Could be a bird. Could be a drone.
Could be a very determined frisbee.
Either way, something’s watching.
EPISODE 5 of The Carrington Doctrine is now live.
Episode 4: Static
A squirrel problem, a stash in the woodpile, and a signal that won’t stay quiet. Colin’s recordings pick up something new—something not quite right.
Episode 3: Fault Lines
Rain falls. Doubt grows. Colin records from his hut as cracks begin to form in the commune — and in himself.
Episode 2: The Rules
Colin lays out the hardline rules of life inside the commune — from energy usage to communication bans. We meet Marty, the group’s resident oddball, and start to sense that not everyone takes the doctrine as seriously as Elias would like.
Colin’s sarcasm deepens, and beneath it, something else: doubt.
Episode 1: The Carrington Doctrine
In the first episode of The Carrington Doctrine, Colin begins his solar-powered log from deep within an off-grid commune preparing for the so-called “Second Carrington Event.” He introduces us to the group’s strict rules, eerie silence, and a doctrine built around sun-worship, survivalism, and suspicion of the digital world.
Colin’s tone is dry, but his hidden motive for recording? Much more personal.
Written & voiced by Jimmy Swiss
Original theme music by Andy Tasker and Jimmy Swiss
Is This Thing On?
Colin went into the woods to get away.
At the time, he didn’t know what from.
Now, he has no idea.