<![CDATA[Zero Point Elegies]]>558fedbd-c647-5369-ad70-8037fda76790Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:03:43 +0000Captivate.fmMr Ryan Thomashttps://artwork.captivate.fm/e58bcf1a-d66e-4a25-9424-6b02286944e9/1000058495.jpgZero Point ElegiesMr Ryan ThomasMr Ryan ThomasZero Point Elegies volume one is a 7-part audio anthology, created and performed by Mr Ryan Thomas. I was medically isolated, weak, and diminished as I fought stage 4 cancer - and I needed a way to escape a situation I couldn't physically leave. So I would close my eyes and imagine myself elsewhere, immersed in soundscapes and spaces far far away. My battle is at a ceasefire as I write this. I'm grateful it has lasted long enough for me to create this work, Zero Point Elegies - audio dispatches from some of the strange worlds that gave me harbour during the storm. Each chapter of Zero Point Elegies contains words, music and more written and performed by me, Mr Ryan Thomas. I am an author, songwriter, and sound artist from South Wales. Zero Point Elegies exists because I need it to exist. If anyone else likes it, it is a welcome bonus. If this work makes you feel or think anything, then share it with someone else.Https://www.MrRyanThomas.comfalseserialnopodcastWhat Kind Of Day Has It Been? (Epilogue)What Kind Of Day Has It Been? (Epilogue)I recorded this monologue on the night of my surveillance CT scans, waiting for the results the next morning. Most was later re-recorded for sound quality, but the thoughts belong to that night.

I reflect on humility and vanity on the scale of empires and the small, terribly hard-won increments of medical progress.

The title alludes to one of my favourite writers, Aaron Sorkin, who has used it for several season finales. It felt apposite and right for this closing chapter.

If you like this work, please share it. And by all means, if you'd like to talk to me about it, I'm here.

Credits

All words and music in this episode written, composed, performed and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

For more, visit MrRyanThomas.com.

Test results

For anyone wondering, the results the day after recording this were good - as of November 2026, I continue to have "No Evidence of Disease". Yma o hyd.

]]>I recorded this monologue on the night of my surveillance CT scans, waiting for the results the next morning. Most was later re-recorded for sound quality, but the thoughts belong to that night.

I reflect on humility and vanity on the scale of empires and the small, terribly hard-won increments of medical progress.

The title alludes to one of my favourite writers, Aaron Sorkin, who has used it for several season finales. It felt apposite and right for this closing chapter.

If you like this work, please share it. And by all means, if you'd like to talk to me about it, I'm here.

Credits

All words and music in this episode written, composed, performed and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

For more, visit MrRyanThomas.com.

Test results

For anyone wondering, the results the day after recording this were good - as of November 2026, I continue to have "No Evidence of Disease". Yma o hyd.

]]>ad239b2d-485e-4af3-a855-de193cb80314Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:40:00 +000012:31falsefull1771Thought WarThought WarThought War is a dialogue between a wartime “subconscious validator”, struggling to deal with peacetime, in conversation with a voice both alien and familiar.

Even after the brutality of chemo and surgery had passed, my body remained in 'fight mode'. Thought War, then, stemmed from my anxiety about dating after cancer: wanting connection while feeling apprehensive about opening myself to it.

If this work speaks to you at all, please share it with the world, or even talk to me about it.

Credits

"Thought War" was written, composed, performed, and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

For more, visit visit MrRyanThomas.com.

]]>Thought War is a dialogue between a wartime “subconscious validator”, struggling to deal with peacetime, in conversation with a voice both alien and familiar.

Even after the brutality of chemo and surgery had passed, my body remained in 'fight mode'. Thought War, then, stemmed from my anxiety about dating after cancer: wanting connection while feeling apprehensive about opening myself to it.

If this work speaks to you at all, please share it with the world, or even talk to me about it.

Credits

"Thought War" was written, composed, performed, and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

For more, visit visit MrRyanThomas.com.

]]>5bb4c866-49a8-44d7-a643-9b2612b6ab64Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:30:00 +000014:04falsefull1661Ambition is CriticalAmbition is CriticalA would-be hero gives addresses a populace under bombardment. The address, as heard by its audience, frames the song "Ballad of a Convalescent"

The speech comes from a novel I planned while sick, provisionally titled The Death of Dante Ru: essentially, Oliver Twist becoming Napoleon. The song "Ballad of a Convalescent" was written in medical isolation on my 41st birthday, a day I spent weak and alone while wishing I could take on the world.

Stick around for part 6 of Zero Point Elegies: "Thought War", where a veteran 'validator' struggles to deal with the advent of peacetime.

If this work does anything for you, please tell me, and tell the world by sharing this work.

Credits

"Ambition is Critical" was written, composed, performed, and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

"Ballad of a Convalescent" was written, composed, performed and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas, with additional lead guitar from Matt Rhys Jones.

]]>A would-be hero gives addresses a populace under bombardment. The address, as heard by its audience, frames the song "Ballad of a Convalescent"

The speech comes from a novel I planned while sick, provisionally titled The Death of Dante Ru: essentially, Oliver Twist becoming Napoleon. The song "Ballad of a Convalescent" was written in medical isolation on my 41st birthday, a day I spent weak and alone while wishing I could take on the world.

Stick around for part 6 of Zero Point Elegies: "Thought War", where a veteran 'validator' struggles to deal with the advent of peacetime.

If this work does anything for you, please tell me, and tell the world by sharing this work.

Credits

"Ambition is Critical" was written, composed, performed, and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

"Ballad of a Convalescent" was written, composed, performed and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas, with additional lead guitar from Matt Rhys Jones.

]]>c2f5c669-5a28-44e4-82e7-6429e02f25ceTue, 10 Nov 2026 20:20:00 +000012:33falsefull1551Zero Point EnergyZero Point EnergyA genius is adrift in space, carrying knowledge that could change his people's relationship with uncertainty.

This was the first piece I wrote for Zero Point Elegies. It grew from recording my thoughts about the nature of determinism, which I struggled to express even to myself until I placed them within a more fictionalised premise.

Stick around for part 5 of Zero Point Elegies, "Ambition is Critical", featuring an extract from my unpublished novel "The Death of Dante Ru", and my song "Ballad of a Convalescent".

If this work provokes you to think or feel anything, please let me know - and please consider sharing it with someone else.

Credits

Zero Point Energy was written, composed, performed, and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

For more, visit MrRyanThomas.com.

]]>A genius is adrift in space, carrying knowledge that could change his people's relationship with uncertainty.

This was the first piece I wrote for Zero Point Elegies. It grew from recording my thoughts about the nature of determinism, which I struggled to express even to myself until I placed them within a more fictionalised premise.

Stick around for part 5 of Zero Point Elegies, "Ambition is Critical", featuring an extract from my unpublished novel "The Death of Dante Ru", and my song "Ballad of a Convalescent".

If this work provokes you to think or feel anything, please let me know - and please consider sharing it with someone else.

Credits

Zero Point Energy was written, composed, performed, and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

For more, visit MrRyanThomas.com.

]]>dff9d2ec-c228-4a61-b7ef-d754646e17ceTue, 10 Nov 2026 20:05:00 +000016:05falsefull1441The Things We Do For LoveThe Things We Do For LoveA short scene about the things working people do to keep the wolf from the door.

The exchange, between a warehouse worker and an AI, frames the Zero Point Elegies mix of my song "I'm Your Father".

Stream "I'm Your Father" wherever you like to hear music.

If this piece moves you or makes you think, share it with someone else.

Credits

"The Things We Do For Love" is written, composed, performed, and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

Contains "I'm Your Father", written, performed, and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas;

Background music is "Theme from The Littlest Firefighter", written, performed, and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

For more, visit MrRyanThomas.com

]]>A short scene about the things working people do to keep the wolf from the door.

The exchange, between a warehouse worker and an AI, frames the Zero Point Elegies mix of my song "I'm Your Father".

Stream "I'm Your Father" wherever you like to hear music.

If this piece moves you or makes you think, share it with someone else.

Credits

"The Things We Do For Love" is written, composed, performed, and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

Contains "I'm Your Father", written, performed, and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas;

Background music is "Theme from The Littlest Firefighter", written, performed, and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

For more, visit MrRyanThomas.com

]]>6db6eab6-def8-4d5f-977f-26114e99cf05Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:50:00 +000011:02truefull1331The Man Who Runs From SunsetsThe Man Who Runs From SunsetsAn impatient young man joins a mysterious stranger in a race against time across Greenland.

I found myself, while recovering from surgery, longing for the Arctic. This extended sonic drama, with its original soundscape, grew from travelling to far off places in my mind during my long and banal medical isolation.

Stick around for Zero Point Elegies chapter 3: "The Things We Do For Love", featuring the song "I'm Your Father" framed by a small snapshot of a man pleading with an AI to let him work.

If this work makes you think or feel anything, share it with someone else.

Credits

"The Man Who Runs From Sunsets" was written, composed, produced, and performed by Mr Ryan Thomas, as part of Zero Point Elegies.

For more, visit MrRyanThomas.com

]]>An impatient young man joins a mysterious stranger in a race against time across Greenland.

I found myself, while recovering from surgery, longing for the Arctic. This extended sonic drama, with its original soundscape, grew from travelling to far off places in my mind during my long and banal medical isolation.

Stick around for Zero Point Elegies chapter 3: "The Things We Do For Love", featuring the song "I'm Your Father" framed by a small snapshot of a man pleading with an AI to let him work.

If this work makes you think or feel anything, share it with someone else.

Credits

"The Man Who Runs From Sunsets" was written, composed, produced, and performed by Mr Ryan Thomas, as part of Zero Point Elegies.

For more, visit MrRyanThomas.com

]]>4ba3df2e-69d9-479d-a87b-cfa403eb230aTue, 10 Nov 2026 19:25:00 +000049:20falsefull1221Hello You (Introduction)Hello You (Introduction)Exactly a year before I recorded this, I died. Thankfully, it didn’t stick.

This is my introduction to Zero Point Elegies, an audio anthology featuring stories, sounds and music by me, Mr Ryan Thomas, a working-class artist from Wales.

Stick around for Part 2, “The Man Who Runs From Sunsets”: an epic tale of an impatient young man who joins a stranger in a mysterious race against time across Greenland.

If the work makes you feel anything, please share it.

Connect with me through my website, MrRyanThomas.Com

Credits

All words and music in this episode written, composed, performed and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

]]>Exactly a year before I recorded this, I died. Thankfully, it didn’t stick.

This is my introduction to Zero Point Elegies, an audio anthology featuring stories, sounds and music by me, Mr Ryan Thomas, a working-class artist from Wales.

Stick around for Part 2, “The Man Who Runs From Sunsets”: an epic tale of an impatient young man who joins a stranger in a mysterious race against time across Greenland.

If the work makes you feel anything, please share it.

Connect with me through my website, MrRyanThomas.Com

Credits

All words and music in this episode written, composed, performed and produced by Mr Ryan Thomas.

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