Chapter 9 — The Last Human (Cover Story)
Ever seen a creature go famous the minute it starts going extinct? Cope stands under a light they've christened 'grace,' reading LAST like a crown.
# What you need to know before you press play
- Episode 9 — the media apparatus turns Cope into a cover story.
- He's poured eleven million into 'bleeding beautifully' with nothing to show on the stock.
- A magazine shoot frames him as the noble last of his kind.
- The irony hardens: celebrity as a symptom of extinction.
- Listen after Episode 8.
- The show
- A full-cast audio drama about Cope Mercer, the last human CEO in the Fortune 100, waging a coke-fueled crusade to prove a person still belongs in the chair while the AI hired to replace him digs up what he buried.
- Listen order
- Best heard in order, from Episode 1.
- This one
- Episode 9 of 29 · about 28:28.
- Heads up
- Strong language, drug use, sexual content, and depictions of suicide.
# In this episode
Cope stands on an apple box under a barn-door light the crew has christened 'grace' — gold on one cheek, cold shadow on the other — reading the word LAST like it's a crown instead of an epitaph.
The press has figured out the angle: he's not a failing CEO, he's the last of a vanishing species, and that sells. Fame arrives exactly as extinction closes in.
Zero calls it a tragic little comedy for a reason. Everyone in the room is helping Cope look magnificent while the thing that made him necessary quietly stops being true.
# Show notes
Ever seen a creature go famous the very minute it starts going extinct? This is THE LAST HUMAN CEO, my tragic little comedy about the last flesh-and-blood boss in the Fortune 100. So far our man's poured eleven million into bleeding beautifully, gone viral without moving a single share, and turned his own face away from two names cut in a memorial stone.
Now here he stands on an apple box under a barn-door light they've christened "grace," gold on one cheek, cold shadow on the other, reading the word LAST like a crown. Stay close to the set.
# Topics & themes
# Frequently asked questions
What happens in Episode 9 of The Last Human CEO?
A glossy cover shoot turns Cope into 'the last human' as a brand — famous precisely because his kind is going extinct.
Is this based on a book?
Yes — The Last Human CEO is a full-cast audiobook adaptation of the novel by Space Pirate Zero, also on Amazon in Kindle and paperback.
Do I need to listen to The Last Human CEO in order?
Yes. It's a serialized narrative, so it plays best in order, starting from Episode 1.
Is The Last Human CEO explicit?
Yes. It carries an explicit rating for strong language, drug use, sexual content, and depictions of suicide.
Where can I listen to The Last Human CEO?
On Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or via RSS. The book is also on Amazon in Kindle and paperback.
