RantMedia was an independent media organization and serves as the host company for various audio and video projects by James O'Brien and Sean Kennedy, including RantRadio.

RantMedia has also distributed content via torrent, various video hosting services, private download, and viral physical media dispersement since its inception in 1999.

Both the show and these rants touched on topics to do with survivalism, computer culture, and social issues such as suicide[26] and the questionable need for government to protect people from themselves.

Kennedy is quoted describing the show as "Denis Leary, Jello Biafra, and Dennis Miller hopped up on coke trying to kill each other with shovels while Hunter S. Thompson does play-by-play commentary.

The show is portrayed as a series of audio diary entries made from a future Dystopia, in which copyright legislation has been applied to all areas of life, adversely affecting the civil rights of the protagonist.

Tales From The Afternow's first-person narration, combined with sound effects, create a future universe in which the fictional Independent Librarian Dynamic Sean Kennedy the Sixth interacts and observes the world around him, while "remembering" and reminiscing about that which has come before.

References to arcologies, the term "Corpolitical" (Kennedy's often used portmanteau of "corporation" and "political") suggesting that government is synonymous with business, and the concept of the Internet deified as Server are some of the hallmarks of this series.

The show was recorded the previous Thursdays in front of a "live" worldwide avatar audience in Second Life, inside a virtual "studio" on the property owned by the group Rant Media Voice.

In addition to its syndicated broadcast, NewsReal had the unique capability to be seen "firsthand" in Second Life from anywhere with Internet access while actually being recorded, complete with Kennedy's avatar sitting behind a desk on a set specially created in cyberspace for this purpose.

The show was one hour and takes the form of Kennedy addressing and commenting on current news and events mostly submitted by his readership and fan base.

Generally, a news blurb from each of several categories is addressed with a counterculture bend, and emphasis is placed upon watchdogging the Corpolitical and observing technological advances coupled with ethical failures.

[34] Begun in June 2004, this series deals with the lifestyle and preparation of an adherent to the Survivalist subculture, from an intentionally ironic and occasionally humorous perspective.

[39] Sean Kennedy (born October 23, 1973) is a Canadian author of horror novels with mythical and cyberpunk themes, and the primary voice of Internet radio and television shows hosted by RantMedia.