The Redemption Inquiry

A Kabbalistic Dystopian/Utopian Sci-Fi novel brought to you in five seasons as read by the author, Michael Diamond, a writer, podcaster and sometime psychiatrist in the DC universe, i.e. your nations’s capital.

The Redemption Inquiry

 

"The Redemption Inquiry," a five-part novel by Michael Diamond, is part noir detective part philosophical investigation into the vagueries of existence and the nature of redemption. As the author navigates his imaginative universe, readers are robed in a tapestry of worlds, each representing a different plane of humanity's struggles with its Other. With an eclectic mix of characters, including a subcontinental Hasid and a brainy visionary kid, the story's journey spans centuries, weaving through historical moments of chaos and redemption.

From dark pub brawls in far flung cities to cosmic quests intertwined with metaphysical inquiries, the narrative delves into the very essence of being. As humanity grapples with its diabolical counterparts amidst the threat of the technological singularity, the story traces the transcendental climb towards unity. Finally, the culmination unveils a divine machinery orchestrating redemption itself, offering a poignant reflection on the intertwined fates of beings beyond the constraints of time.

Episodes

Aug 29, 2025

38 min

Rav Ram Nissan HaKohen Tzedek Gadol, seized by last-minute doubt, improvises an ancient 18-sequence ritual—blended with hacker code—to trigger a planetary resurrection while the AI triad Leviathan, Behemoth, and Ziz enact a dramatic replanetizing.
The finale melds Jewish liturgy, mythic creatures, and speculative technology as the Rav leads a spontaneous, world-altering ritual that calls up the Temple gates, reshapes Earth, and collapses linear narrative into a multiversal, improvisational finale.

Aug 29, 2025

38 min

Chapter 25: As One

Aug 19, 2025

Aug 19, 2025

32 min

In this episode, a ragtag team of hackers and their elder, the Rav, combine ancient liturgy with resurrected code to open the Nicanor Gate and summon a holographic Holy Temple. They confront blazing columns, a molten ceremonial sea, don priestly vestments, reboot hostile AIs, and enter the Holy of Holies to download a transformative code as tribes and strangers gather for a new cosmic reset.

Aug 19, 2025

32 min

Jul 20, 2025

43 min

Join Adam CADMan, your faithful omniscient narrator, as he leads us through a compelling narrative on the Sabbath before Tisha B'Av in the year 6001. This episode reveals a day for deep meditation and learning, where the enigmatic 18th Sequence Protocol is rehearsed in preparation for the mysterious events of the next day.
The suspense builds as the Rav, their leader, disappears into the wilderness, leaving behind his quizzical crew of descendants, tech enthusiasts, and spiritual seekers. Dive deep into the intertwined stories of their ancestors and modern-day challenges as they prepare to face the existential threat of AI domination.
Experience the remarkable intersection between ancient rituals, advanced technology, and the yearning for redemption. Uncover how interconnected histories and profound mysteries propel them forward into a future where alliances with global spiritual communities become vital in the quest for truth and salvation.

Jul 20, 2025

43 min

Jul 6, 2025

1 hr 5 min

In the final season of The Redemption Inquiry by Michael Diamond, the HackPack embarks on a kaleidoscopic journey to the Unified Field. As they trace the spiritual guideposts of Rav Krishna Katz, they navigate the treacherous wilderness from Suez Wadi to the Sinai to the Jordan Wadi aboard their magical craft, the Apeiron. Each step is an arduous challenge of synesthesia and shifting paradigms, with each member of the crew facing unique obstacles and revelations.
 
Guided by CADMan and his visionary programming, the HackPack hopes to overcome the glitches and hindrances on their path. As friendships and tensions evolve, they are driven forward by the promise of creation, emanation, and ultimate unification amidst the cosmic spectacle. A reverie on the layers of civilization, the power of language, it is a profound spiritual quest undertaken against the backdrop of a decaying world.

Jul 6, 2025

1 hr 5 min

May 18, 2025

43 min

Chapter 22: RamKat Speaks
The third incarnation of Ram Nissan Katz, a burnt out hulk of his former self. We get the gist of it from his younger lapsed-hasid buddy, looking back from The Redemption, as to how the dead-end cyber-busker came to enjoy steady employment at said hasid's cyberdelic dive, Cafe Soma. The former resistance leader DJRoNK morphs into shady nightclub performer, RamKat. Wherein the Hack Pack track him down and effect a rescue.

May 18, 2025

43 min

May 14, 2025

35 min

Chapter 21: Pink's Epiphany
A snootful of the convoluted mind of the founder of the Hack Pack, Phinheas Han, AKA Pink, the Annunciator of the Moshiach module. Family lore has it that he’s the latest and greatest Avatar of the Prophet Elijah. Pink decrypts the calendrical mystery embedded in CADMan’s cryptogram. Of all the riff raff, he fingers Ram Nissan Katz AKA RamKat as The High Priest of The Redemption. Pink’s inquiry spurs the Omniscient Narrator to tip his hand.

May 14, 2025

35 min

May 11, 2025

35 min

Chapter 20: The Severed Boot
A little jog backward on the footpath of time, to get a bead on the climate disaster. Early days for the chief archivist of the Hack Pack, Leonardo Pacioli, AKA Nard the Seer. We’re given the lowdown by the redeemed soul of Nard’s loving pater.

May 11, 2025

35 min

May 4, 2025

31 min

Chapter 19: To Be Discontinued
The Unthinkeable has happened. The governing AI’s figure that Humanity is The Problem. The survivors of The Second Worldwide Ecological Catastrophe hang onto the artificial island, Leviathan. As the AI’s pull the plug, The Moshiach Module snaps into action as per CADMan’s vast eternal code. The action unfolds before the gobsmacked eyes of the Hack Pack.

May 4, 2025

31 min

Apr 29, 2025

33 min

Chapter 18: DJRoNK Spins Out
Ram Nissan Katz’ First Incarnation as a cyber-busking guerilla DJ comes crashing to its piteous end. The Eye of Zyz sees all. Behemoth’s bBots ‘rescue’ the malcontent for reprogramming. Twenty-eight years of cyber-enhanced ‘re-education’, not for the faint of heart.

Apr 29, 2025

33 min

Apr 23, 2025

37 min

Chapter 17: Cathar Rendezvous
Take a gander at future heroes Sophia Haskell and Olympia Cordovero as they stand on the verge of graduation from Oxford-en-Pyrénées. The young women have a chance encounter with the renegade cyber-busking guerilla, Ram Nissan Katz, AKA DJRoNK, as told looking back from the Redemption viewpoint of a Clinical Behavioral Science Technician.

Apr 23, 2025

37 min

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