My gut says west, but not south--like Nevada, California, maybe Arizona. That said, it also feels artificial to a certain degree, which could account for the William Shatner effect and throws all theories out the window.

Is it the dude at the beginning? He seems to be attempting a 1950's NYC detective thing. It's a hot mess, I'll say a Californian not tethered to any reality.

I agree with Clodfobble, et al, that it sounds like an affectation.

I think what they're going for is "Johnny Cash" ..
..so I suppose, "Arkansas" (like Glen Campbell, Bill Clinton, and Billy Bob Thornton)

Spoil it!

That is some tenacious googling! I wasn't able to get that far.
The way he says 'while' as HWhy ull, is something I've heard before on some TED talks and the slightly false-bonding manipulativeness of his language sounded managerial to me but considering his job as an administrator that would explain it. He sounds like he has entirely too much experience leading the listener to his conclusion.

Anyway, I'm now onto Mission the ZYXX, which I love. It has a lot of Sifl and Olly vibes, as well as a Saturday Sci-Fi  matinee theme music score.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_to_Zyxx
I entirely recommend it.

Also Welcome to Nightvale if for no other reason than they sell a shirt that says "Sleep like there's nobody watching"

Flint wrote:

https://archive81.fandom.com/wiki/08_-_A_Chemical_Experiment
“Tape 1: It is a recording of conversation between Davenport and Iris Vos.”
https://archive81.fandom.com/wiki/Liam_Davenport#Trivia
“He is voiced by the real Dan Powell's father”
https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/one-odd-job-turns-into-creative-pursuit-for-darlington-grad/article_0bfe8a0c-9067-11e8-b964-83a0d8072961.html
“Since a young age, he remembers his mom and dad, who taught at Darlington and later was an administrator at the school…”
https://www.darlingtonschool.org/AboutDarlington
Darlington is a private Boarding School in Rome, Georgia.

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eta (via Wikipedia): Rome is the largest city in and the county seat of [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_County,_Georgia]Floyd County, Georgia[/url], United States. Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, it is the principal city of the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome,_Georgia_metropolitan_area]Rome, Georgia, metropolitan statistical area[/url], which encompasses all of Floyd County. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 36,303.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome,_Georgia#cite_note-Census_2010-7][7][/url] It is the largest city in Northwest Georgia and the 22nd-largest city in the state.