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After already having won Best Actor on TV and in film,

 Rami Malek is taking his talents to the audio medium.

EW has the exclusive first listen to the trailer for Blackout, starring and executive produced by the Mr. Robot and Bohemian Rhapsody star. Created by Scott Conroy, the podcast drama focuses on the aftermath of the power grid going down across the nation and a small-town New Hampshire DJ (voiced by Malek) who fights to protect his family and community amid the chaos.

“This is a hyper-realistic story of what would unfold should the grid go down; how we would be totally unprepared to deal with the repercussions,” Malek tells EW. “The themes that we touch on because of that will explore and delve into how we respond as the most bare human beings that we are. Themes of community versus tribalism will come up, and then you will think about this loss of our sense of community and the longing that comes with increasing tech taking over our lives, and just reverting back a world that now seems so distant, a world of truly listening to one another.”

Listen to the trailer below.

“I really enjoyed that podcast, and then to see it realized in his own vision, with his take on it, I thought was pretty remarkable, and I thought about the possibilities of that, coming up with an original idea and bringing it into the mainstream,” shares Malek. “I think more and more people are listening to podcasts now — more than ever. There’s something old school about it, reverting back to stories that unfold over the radio, and there’s that element of this very much ingrained in our podcast, having the radio as the only source of information.”

Describing Blackout as an “exciting listen” that is also “quite scary at times,” Malek thinks it will stand out from the rest of the suddenly flooded podcast market. “It will be one of the most unique podcasts that people have come across — not just the subject matter, but the way the story unfolds and the recordings used,” he says. “You’ll hear a different aesthetic throughout the series that I think people will feel is very unique and original.”

Presented by Endeavor Audio and QCode, Blackout premieres Tuesday with two episodes, with six subsequent episodes to premiere weekly.

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