< Back Audio Drama Spotlight: 'Hellhound Country' Is Back for a Second Season Segel Media Feb 19, 2026 The twelve-episode second season features a cast of over thirty actors, with Toluwani reprising her role as Isabel and Hannah Vicars returning as Kaya. Season Two arrives almost to the anniversary of Season One's finale — one year and one day separating the February 20, 2025 closing chapter from the February 19, 2026 opening of what comes next. Hellhound Country is a dramatized sci-fi audio fiction series produced by Segel Media and the Rogue Media Network. The first episode of Season Two is available on all major audio platforms, with new episodes dropping every Thursday. The twelve-episode season features a cast of over 30 actors, with Toluwani reprising her role as Isabel Lobosco and Hannah Vicars returning as Kaya Lobosco. New additions include Alexandra Segel, Leanne Johnson, Deonterio Williams, Romy Evans, and Ernesto Alanis, among others. Visit the show's website to learn more. Previous Next

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< Back Press: A Conversation with 'Hellhound Country' Producer Mike Hamilton on KWTX KWTX Oct 31, 2025 News Ten Anchor Lauren Westbrook talks with Mike Hamilton about season two of Hellhound Country. Interviewee: Mike Hamilton , Rogue Media Network Interviewer: Lauren Westbrook , KWTX LW : If you are looking for a new spooky story this Halloween, Hellhound Country may be the story for you. It follows the main character, Isabel, and her daughter, as they head on a treacherous journey after a shocking murder in their kitchen. It is a suspenseful story, sure to have you on the edge of your seat. I'm joined today by our friend, Mike Hamilton, here to talk about the recently announced Season Two of Hellhound Country. It's always good to have you here, Mike. MH : Thank you so much. 
I always enjoy being here. LW : You have so many good stories to tell through Rogue Media, and you're always looking for more. So we appreciate this one, especially in spooky season. MH : Yeah, this is really fitting. LW : So as we get ready for season two, give us a quick recap of season one, what this was all about. MH : Isabel, the mother, and her daughter come home and find that there's been what they understand to be a murder in their kitchen. The father is missing. They go on a search for him. The rest of it, I'm going to leave up to your listening, but I will tell you there is a cliffhanger at the end where a rival group shows up and they want one thing, but Isabel and her daughter want something else. We start recording season two tomorrow. LW : And a reminder, this is fiction, or not? MH : It is fiction, yeah. No, none of this happened. No murders. It all takes place in Alaska, and then up into Canada. A lot of the episodes are named after cities in Alaska or Canada. It's so well written and the actors that we brought in to do this are just so talented. We've got a brand new group of them this time. Some of them are returning actors. It's just so nice to be able to put out a call and get responses from people who have done this before, you know? LW : Are these locals or people from all over? MH : All over. I think I may actually do a small part in this one. LW : Oh, that's exciting! MH : Yeah, I'm a little excited. LW : Lots of twists and turns - that we can expect. It combines horror and science fiction. 
So what else makes this series unique, in your opinion? You are a part of so many different podcasts and different storytelling projects. What makes this one unique? MH : I would say that this one is truly our first audio fiction story. This is a world that I want to be in, where we make our own stories. We hire writers, we record our own stuff, we bring in actors to do the voices. We have built a brand new IP and we've built a brand new community. We got so many comments and so much feedback on the first season. It was amazing. These kinds of stories are evergreen, because they're always gonna be around. You can listen to it any time. But today is the perfect day to binge. LW : Oh, definitely. 
Everybody's celebrating Halloween and Día De Los Muertos and looking for different stories like this to listen to or watch. Where did the inspiration for this story come from? MH : I go to podcast conferences and things in different cities, and I met a couple of folks, one from Dallas, one from Austin, and they were in business together. I asked them to stop by when they were coming by Waco. They came by, started talking, and I told them about my want for audio fiction, and they introduced me to Alexandra Segel of Segel Media, who this is a co-production with. When I say "co," we just provide the room and the microphones. For the most part, it's all her idea. She's a great writer. We met, we talked about it, and we were able to pull the trigger. LW : Terrific. As we get into season two, starting tomorrow, how is it different from season one? MH : I don't know to be honest with you. I have asked her to purposely not tell me a lot about season two until we get into it. I feel like when we get into the editing process, I need that. 
I need to be able to react, like you would as you listen to it. But I'm just looking for more. More characters, more plot lines, more edge-of-your-seat type storytelling. LW : Can you elaborate a little bit about the partnership you just mentioned to this collaboration to make this happen between the two companies? MH : Yeah, absolutely. We met, we both wanted to do something, and she had done some work in audio fiction before for other people, other studios, and she had this idea and had already started writing this thing. I just told her, "You know, you bring me a story and I'll figure out how to pay for it." So that's what we did. Honestly, this is what I dreamed of when I started a quote unquote studio. She's a wonderful writer. She'll be here tomorrow. I can't wait to see her and see what she's come up with. LW : Now, some of your podcasts and projects have video elements. Is this simply audio? MH : This is all audio. I'm a big fan of audio, just simply because if I tell a story about something, it's gonna look different in your head than it would in mine. And I just love being able to tweak that and play with sound. Video is great, and I do some video stuff. I've been here talking about some of my video stuff, but audio is always gonna be my favorite, just 'cause I feel like you can do more. LW : So let's set the scene. It's Halloween. You're with your family. Is this age appropriate for everyone, by the way? MH : Yeah, pretty much. There's a couple of words in there, but there are some versions out there that are bleeped if you would rather have that. LW : Okay, how would you recommend people sit around and listen to this story tonight? MH : I would say, turn off your lights, get some headphones and listen to it, so you can hear all the nuances and all the sounds, the crunching of the snow under the feet and the idling of the cars. Then freak out every time your doorbell rings. LW : When will the new season release? I know we mentioned some things happening tomorrow. MH : We are hell bent on January. So sometime in January. LW : But until then, you can binge season three. MH : Yes, absolutely. Please binge it. 
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Segel is the creator-showrunner of the Hellhound Country sci-fi drama series, produced by the Rogue Media Network. HELLHOUND COUNTRY an original audio drama series 2026 Women podcasters award winner: Best Horror, Thriller & Paranormal Podcast After finding a murder in her kitchen and her husband missing, Isabel and her daughter, Kaya, flee their home in Fairbanks, Alaska, embarking on a treacherous journey to find him. LISTEN TO THE SHOW Hellhound Country is an award-winning episodic sci-fi thriller series. The complete seasons are available on all major audio platforms. The first season, featuring ten episodes, premiered in December 2024. A second season, featuring twelve episodes, premiered in February 2026 and concluded in May 2026. A Rogue Media Network production In conjunction with Segel Media Created, written, and directed by Alexandra Segel Edited by Matthew Muhl Recorded by Mason Gonzalez Sound mixed by Matthew Muhl and Mike Hamilton Executive produced by Mike Hamilton, Cory Dickman, and Alexandra Segel Season One stars Toluwani, Hannah Vicars, and Caitlin Knoedler Season Two stars Toluwani, Hannah Vicars, Deonterio Williams, and Leanne Johnson LEARN MORE 1/7

News Dec 25, 2023 Audio Fiction: 'Fort Atlas' Selected For First Three Pages, Live! at the ColdTowne Theater After being rescued from a wildfire, a young woman wakes up with amnesia in an unknown military base. - FORT ATLAS, 2024 Read More Oct 2, 2023 Audio Fiction: 'Hellhound Country' Pilot Selected by the Austin Film Festival Thirteen-year-old WYLA LOBOSCO and her mother, ISABEL, are forced to flee their home in Alaska after Wyla’s father is killed by a mysterious creature. They embark on a perilous 2,200-mile journey to Washington at the height of winter to fulfill a promise Isabel made to her late husband. - HELLHOUND COUNTRY, 2023 Read More Sep 24, 2022 Short: 'Ember' Premieres at the NFMLA + The Academy Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Festival A grieving family is at odds when a traumatized young woman comes into their lives claiming to be the daughter that was taken from them a decade earlier. - EMBER, 2022 Read More Jul 7, 2022 Short: 'Ember' Selected by the LA Shorts International Film Festival A grieving family is at odds when a traumatized young woman comes into their lives claiming to be the daughter that was taken from them a decade earlier. - EMBER, 2022 Read More

< Back Short: 'Ember' Selected by the LA Shorts International Film Festival ​ Jul 7, 2022 A grieving family is at odds when a traumatized young woman comes into their lives claiming to be the daughter that was taken from them a decade earlier. - EMBER, 2022 LA Shorts International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious and largest international short film festivals in the world. Accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences OSCAR®, LA Shorts is the longest-running short film festival in Los Angeles. The festival screens over 350 films and attracts 10,000 attendees each year including Hollywood industry professionals and emerging undiscovered independent filmmakers. Previous Next

< Back Audio Fiction: 'Hellhound Country' Pilot Selected by the Austin Film Festival ​ Oct 2, 2023 Thirteen-year-old WYLA LOBOSCO and her mother, ISABEL, are forced to flee their home in Alaska after Wyla’s father is killed by a mysterious creature. They embark on a perilous 2,200-mile journey to Washington at the height of winter to fulfill a promise Isabel made to her late husband. - HELLHOUND COUNTRY, 2023 Austin Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the art, craft and business of writers and filmmakers and recognizing their contributions to film, television and new media. The Screenplay & Teleplay Competition is one of the most recognized contests within the industry. Placing in roughly the top 2% of 11,000+ entries in this year’s contest and Top Ten in the Fiction Podcast category , 'Hellhound Country' advanced to the Semifinals. More information on ‘Hellhound Country,’ can be found in the 2023 AFF Producer’s Handbook or by reaching out to Alexandra Segel here . Previous Next

< Back Audio Fiction: 'Fort Atlas' Selected For First Three Pages, Live! at the ColdTowne Theater ​ Dec 25, 2023 After being rescued from a wildfire, a young woman wakes up with amnesia in an unknown military base. - FORT ATLAS, 2024 This January, ColdTowne Theater, in collaboration with the Austin Film Festival, presents an evening dedicated to showcasing the early works of local Austin writers. As ColdTowne Theater’s performers bring these initial pages to life on stage, the audience will be invited to engage by asking questions and offering feedback. First Three Pages, Live! will feature the beginning of various selected scripts, including Alexandra Segel’s audio fiction pilot, ‘Fort Atlas.’ Attendees will have the chance to hear the first three pages of ‘Fort Atlas’, which introduce a young woman dealing with memory loss after awakening in a strange military base. Previous Next

< Back Short: 'Ember' Premieres at the NFMLA + The Academy Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Festival ​ Sep 24, 2022 A grieving family is at odds when a traumatized young woman comes into their lives claiming to be the daughter that was taken from them a decade earlier. - EMBER, 2022 NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA), supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is excited to present the NFMLA InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Festival. The Festival is slated to run in-person for the first time since 2019 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The program line-up consists of three short film programs. The Festival is co-presented by The MBS Group and includes screenings, filmmaker Q&A sessions, industry development programs and educational panels. NFMLA is an L.A. based arts and culture non-profit organization in its fifteenth year. NFMLA champions emerging storytellers from around the globe and offers year-round programming including the NFMLA Monthly Film Festival, InFocus diversity and inclusion series, Best of NFMLA Awards, DocuSlate Documentary Film Festival, STARZ #TakeThe Lead Writers’ Intensive, NewNarratives in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery OneFifty, CineCessions Student Mentorship program, and more. More information on this festival and a full list of official selections is available here . Read more about ‘Ember’ or request the screener here . Previous Next

< Back Audio Fiction: 'Fort Atlas' Selected For First Three Pages, Live! ​ Dec 25, 2023 After being rescued from a wildfire, a young woman wakes up with amnesia in an unknown military base. - FORT ATLAS, 2024 This January, ColdTowne Theater, in collaboration with the Austin Film Festival, presents an evening dedicated to showcasing the early works of local Austin writers. As ColdTowne Theater’s performers bring these initial pages to life on stage, the audience will be invited to engage by asking questions and offering feedback. First Three Pages, Live! will feature the beginning of various selected scripts, including Alexandra Segel’s audio fiction pilot, ‘Fort Atlas.’ Attendees will have the chance to hear the first three pages of ‘Fort Atlas’, which introduce a young woman dealing with memory loss after awakening in a strange military base. Previous Next