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| 16 Jan 2016 | Changing of the Guard with Fred Greenhalgh and David Rheinstrom | 00:29:09 | |
Well, how to say this. After 9 years, long-time RDR host Fred Greenhalgh passes the torch to incoming host David Rheinstrom. We take a moment to reflect on the amazing journey - 450 hours of entertainment! - in RDR's first nine years, and focus on the great state of current audio drama, and the future ahead of it. Why David? Well, David is a writer and game maker who was living in Chicago before the cool salt air of the Pacific was too alluring and he came out to Mountain View, CA, home of Google and their army of Schwinn bikes. He first got into radio theater in 2007, when he and two friends produced three original shows – Sky Pirates!, The Human Chord, and Simon Colt – with the KWUR Theater of the Air, their college radio theater company. For his day job, David works as a grammarian at an education nonprofit in the San Francisco Bay area. Prior to coming on board with Radio Drama Revival, David was assistant sound editor, writer, and producer with the cult-hit post-apocalyptic podcast Our Fair City. What's Fred off to next? All sorts of things, some of which are revealed in this podcast. This is definitely not the end! Download Radio Drama Revival - Episode 427 The post Episode 427 – Changing of the Guard appeared first on Radio Drama Revival. | |||
| 06 Feb 2016 | Alba Salix, Royal Physician - 'To Market, To Market' & Interview with Eli McIlveen | 01:05:07 | |
This week: Witchcraft! Charlatans! A Canadian plot to annex the United States?(!) David begins with a brief bit of history on John R. Brinkley, the notorious Goat Gland Doctor of Milford, Kansas. A bit of quackery seemed relevant given today's episode, which features an episode of Alba Salix, Royal Physician, a fantasy hospital comedy. The episode we're playing features an ethically dubious patent medicine. After the feature, David has a chat with Alba Salix show creator Eli McIlveen. Enjoy! Download Radio Drama Revival - Episode 428 The post Episode 428 – An Appointment with Alba Salix, Royal Physician appeared first on Radio Drama Revival. | |||
| 19 Feb 2016 | Beyond Belief - 'White Hunter, Drunk Heart' & Interview with Ben Acker | 00:53:09 | |
This week: Liquor! Gods! A drunk lady rattling off the names of animals! I talk to Ben Acker of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, and play one of my favorite episodes of Beyond Belief: "White Hunter, Drunk Heart". Those wacky married mediums, Sadie and Frank Doyle (Paget Brewster and Paul F. Tompkins) are on an adventure in the Serengeti -- but when they kill a god's favorite lion, have they taken it a step too safari? -David The post Episode 429 – Ben Acker and the Thrilling Adventure Hour appeared first on Radio Drama Revival. | |||
| 04 Mar 2016 | Hadron Gospel Hour - 'HeadHatz and Horror Hosts' & Interview with Rich Wentworth | 01:15:07 | |
This week: It's a non-stop carnival of freaky tiki madness as I chat with Rich Wentworth, the co-creator of Hadron Gospel Hour. Rich and I talk about glam rock, how he and co-creator Michael McQuilkin got started in audio drama, and whether or not everything is going to be okay (spoiler alert: it is going to be okay). Our feature this week is Season 1, Episode 8 of Hadron Gospel Hour: "HeadHatz and Horror Hosts". Mike brings a stylish new hat into the Hadron Bunker, but Oppenheimer is far too busy with his continuing education class to notice the sinister nature of his pal's new chapeau. Will Oppenheimer, A.S.H. LE and Cyrus be able to stop this menace in time? Or will the crew find themselves bowlered over? (S'aright? S'okay.) Enjoy, folks! -David The post Episode 430 – Rich Wentworth and Hadron Gospel Hour! appeared first on Radio Drama Revival. | |||
| 18 Mar 2016 | Wooden Overcoats – Episode 1 & Interview with David K. Barnes and Andy Goddard | 01:08:12 | |
This week, we take a trip to the drizzly English village of Piffling Vale, where undertaker Rudyard Funn discovers he's no longer the only mortician in town in Episode 1 of the fabulous indie sitcom WOODEN OVERCOATS. Later in the show, I talk with David K. Barnes and Andy Goddard, the head writer and co-producer of WOODEN OVERCOATS. Fun is had, velvet is worn, and we all learn a valuable lesson about Sitcom Theory. The post Episode 431 – Wooden Overcoats – David K. Barnes and Andy Goddard appeared first on Radio Drama Revival. | |||
| 01 Apr 2016 | Wolf 359 - 'Extreme Danger Bug' & Interview with Emma Sherr-Ziarko and Zach Valenti | 01:03:56 | |
This week on Radio Drama Revival, it’s the comic sci-fi thriller Wolf 359. This genre-bending show, by turns endearing, intense, terrifying, and hilarious, is a delight to listen to - and its stars are a delight to talk to! Wolf 359 is the story of a lonely little space station orbiting a red dwarf star, and the four personalities aboard it: Commander Renée Minkowski, a badass astronaut who has literally memorized the book on deep-space survival; Alexander Hilbert, a scientist who may or may not be utterly nuts; Hera, one of the most sardonic artificial intelligences in audio fiction; and Doug Eiffel, the lazy-but-lovable communications officer (and narrator). Join me as I play Episode 10 of Wolf 359 - “Extreme Danger Bug” - and then sit down with Emma Sherr-Ziarko and Zach Valenti, two of the show’s stars. It’s sure to be a wild ride. | |||
| 16 Apr 2016 | Kraken Mare - from Yap Audio | 00:29:02 | |
This week, we take a dip into the chilly methane seas of Titan with "Kraken Mare", an atmospheric sci-fi horror thriller from friends of the show Matthew McLean and Robert Cudmore of the Audio Production Podcast. When plucky British astronauts descend into Kraken Mare, the largest sea of Saturn's strangest moon, they don't know just what they'll find. And they certainly aren't expecting what's about to find THEM. Enjoy! The post Episode 433 – Yap Audio’s KRAKEN MARE appeared first on Radio Drama Revival. | |||
| 30 Apr 2016 | Starlight Radio Dreams - 'The Merry Wench Wendy' | 01:19:21 | |
This week, we get SILLY with a little Starlight Radio Dreams – a live variety show recorded in Chicago by veterans of Chicago's theater scene. Starlight Radio Dreams is hosted by Devin Showtime (Anna Gaetke), a media-savvy Millenial, and her old-timey uncle Burlington Showtime (Ansel Burch), a film star of days gone by. It's all oh so very goofy; mouth foley and bad puns abound. This week, you'll hear a little snippet of SRD, including not just the show's frame narrative of Burlington and Devin Showtime, but one of their four radio serials as well: The Merry Wench Wendy, a steampunk adventure about pirates, revenge, and collectible card games. | |||
| 14 May 2016 | Deathscribe - 'Earwigs' & Interview with Ele Matelan | 01:02:54 | |
This week, we play 2015’s winning piece for Deathscribe, a horror radio play competition put on by Wildclaw Theatre in Chicago -- later in the show, I'll talk with Wildclaw company member, Foley artist, and friend of the show Ele Matelan. She's great, and she wants you to scare the crap out of her with your own Deathscribe play! Check that out here: http://wildclawtheatre.com/deathscribe The feature: "Earwigs". Written by Joseph Zettelmaier, directed by Sara Sevigny, starring Robyn Coffin and Jennifer Santanello, and featuring Foley work by Ele Matelan and Jeffrey Gardner. Content warning: spooky business, jump scares, swear words, body horror, bad relationships | |||
| 29 May 2016 | Radiation World - Episode 1 & Interview with Hari Rai and Sahib Simran Khalsa | 01:05:07 | |
This week, we're playing episode 1 of Saster & Saster's RADIATION WORLD; later I'll speak with the show's creators, Hari Rai and Sahib Simran Khalsa. | |||
| 11 Jun 2016 | The Bright Sessions - Lauren Shippen | 00:55:41 | |
Writer, director, actor, and producer Lauren Shippen joins me for a conversation about anxiety, archery, P.G. Wodehouse, the Alexander Technique, and so much more, as we dive into her captivating podcast, The Bright Sessions. Dr. Joan Bright is a therapist who specializes in "therapy for the strange and unusual". Each one of her patients experiences symptoms that aren't in the DSM-V. This show is by turns fascinating, delightful, and heartbreaking, and I can't wait to show it to you. | |||
| 18 Jun 2016 | BONUS: 'Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe' & Interview with Tom Lopez | 01:37:28 | |
I may be on vacation, but the hits just keep on comin'! We're featuring an episode of the fantabulous, trippy RUBY by Tom Lopez and ZBS -- a cyberpunk adventure from the 80s that's sultry, smart, and fun. Ruby's a proud member of the Wondery Network, and so are we! Later, you'll hear an interview Fred did with Ruby's writer/director Tom Lopez in 2012. If you have the chance, I'd be very grateful if you'd give this survey a go: http://Wondery.com/survey | |||
| 25 Jun 2016 | ars PARADOXICA - 'Hypothesis' & Interview with Dan Manning and Mischa Stanton | 01:12:16 | |
This week, we're playing ars PARADOXICA, the Cold War time travel drama by Mischa Stanton and Dan Manning of Los Angeles, California. Join me as I play Episode 1 of aP: "Hypothesis", and stick around for a rollicking good time of a conversation with Mischa and Dan. This episode is brought to you in part by Blue Apron! If you sign up using the promotion code DRAMA, you'll get your first three meals free, including shipping. That's http://blueapron.com/drama | |||
| 02 Jul 2016 | RDR From the Vault: Next Year's Girl | 00:33:16 | |
Fred is back, introducing our new occasional mini-series, pulling episodes from RDR's Archives back to the top of the pack! The inaugural episode, celebrating the Ogle Awards, is "Next Year's Girl" - The Willamette Radio Workshop's 2004 Gold Ogle Winning Production about a small town and the strange beast that looms large over it. | |||
| 09 Jul 2016 | Our Fair City - 'All The Life You'll Ever Need' | 00:51:43 | |
This week, I'm playing something from Our Fair City, the dystopian sci-fi podcast; it's their entry in the 2014 Chicago Fringe Festival: a slick detective thriller called "All The Life You'll Ever Need". Hey -- if you're feeling beaten down by the events of the past few weeks and months, I've got two websites for you to visit: http://www.joincampaignzero.org and http://everytown.org #BlackLivesMatter. Thanks for listening. | |||
| 23 Jul 2016 | Greater Boston - Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason | 01:14:04 | |
Light breaks over Marblehead this week on Radio Drama Revival, as I chat with Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason of the novelistic GREATER BOSTON. We talk about comics, theater, the Brexit referendum, and, of course, Boston. All that and more is here for you on Radio Drama Revival. http://greaterbostonshow.com | |||
| 06 Aug 2016 | The Truth - 'The Man in the Barn' & Interview with Jonathan Mitchell | 00:56:04 | |
This week, we play an episode of The Truth, Jonathan Mitchell's collaboration with New York's Magnet Theater; they're dedicated to making audio fiction the likes of which you've never heard. It's intimate, it's internal, and it's cinematic, all at once. Motivated by an improv style and by Mitchell's 15 years as a public radio documentarian, The Truth is produced in a manner halfway between a sketch comedy show and a segment of Radiolab (where Jonathan worked as a producer). Today, you'll hear "The Man in the Barn", written by and starring The Truth regular and Magnet Theater highlight Louis Kornfeld; the piece was produced on location in Kilfinane, County Limerick, Ireland, during the 2015 HearSay Festival. Stick around after the piece to listen to a conversation between me and Jonathan Mitchell, as we talk about experimental music, sound art, and cinema. | |||
| 20 Aug 2016 | The Thing on the Fourble Board - With Guest Gabriel Urbina | 01:04:44 | |
This week, Gabriel Urbina, writer and director of WOLF 359, joins me for a segment we're calling "Going Deep"; together, the two of us investigate one of Gabriel's favorite classic audio dramas, 1948's "The Thing on the Fourble Board" from QUIET, PLEASE. We play the feature, and then Gabriel and I take it apart, piece by piece, trying to unlock precisely what it is that makes "The Thing on the Fourble Board" so damn spooky. Music credits: "Danger DigiDoo" is licensed from DJ Stranger Danger. "Devil's Candy Shop" by Nigel Simmons is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Generic License. "Poppyseed" by Podington Bear is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. | |||
| 03 Sep 2016 | Uncanny County - Alison Crane and Todd Faulkner | 01:25:34 | |
This week, we're taking a little detour into UNCANNY COUNTY, the brainchild of playwrights Alison Crane and Todd Faulkner, both proud children of Oklahoma. I play an episode of theirs, "Coulrophobia" (which is about spooky, spooky clowns!), and then the three of us have a little chat. Alison tells me a secret! Todd reveals the travails of creating custom foley for an army of [SPOILERS]! We talk at length about the unique qualities of Oklahoma that inform UNCANNY COUNTY; then Alison reads our horoscopes. http://uncannycounty.com/ | |||
| 01 Oct 2016 | Campfire Radio Theater - 'Woods Ferry' | 00:33:34 | |
This week, say goodbye to Spooktember and HELLO TO SHOCKTOBER! Thunderbolt | |||
| 15 Oct 2016 | The Wall in the Mind - Episode 1 & Interview with Gareth Stack | 01:15:00 | |
This week, I play Episode One of Gareth Stack's startling psychological thriller, "The Wall in the Mind". It's the tale of a city split down the middle, and a woman whose life split with it. Claire O'Hanlon was a young woman in 1989 --an Irish national on the Eastern side of the Berlin Wall--when she was arrested by the Stasi, the East German secret police. After months of imprisonment and interrogation, Claire was set free, only to find the world had changed; the Wall had come down, and her lover, Emil Reichmann, had disappeared. In the present day, Claire returns to Berlin when she receives a mysterious cassette tape: a recording from her youth. Following the episode, I'll talk to the writer, director, and producer of "The Wall in the Mind", Gareth Stack. We discuss love, loss, sanity, and the surveillance state. It's a conversation not to be missed! | |||
| 29 Oct 2016 | The Dark Tome - Fred Greenhalgh | 00:43:50 | |
Host emeritus Fred Greenhalgh is back to try out the sofa and tell us about his new podcast, "The Dark Tome." What if there was a book that literally opened up doorways to other worlds? Where would it lead, and could you handle what you found on the other side? Cassie, a wayward teen, is about to find out. One day, after she wraps up community service at a local hospital, she stumbles out of the basement of a spooky bookshop and into a story set on a devil's staircase in a remote Italian village. The Dark Tome is a new take on the anthology audio fiction podcast, featuring fantastic stories by contemporary authors from across the globe. This episode features the first half of the chilling modern fable "The Devil on the Staircase" by Joe Hill. | |||
| 12 Nov 2016 | 11th Hour Audio Productions - 'Heavenly Deception' & 'Cargo' | 01:29:25 | |
We're belatedly celebrating World Audio Drama Day by bringing you two fabulous and spooky productions from 11th Hour--the annual tradition wherein audio dramatists of every stripe come together and make spine-tingling, spur-of-the-moment audio fiction in the month of October. Producers Eli and Matt are on-hand to explain. First, you'll hear 11th Hour Northeast's HEAVENLY DECEPTION, a 70s-cult thriller that takes place in a sleepy little beach town. Then, I briefly interview Steve Schneider, the writer and director of that piece. Finally, you'll hear 11th Hour Scotland's CARGO, a science-fiction horror piece. You can hear all of this year's 11th Hour pieces at http://11thhouraudio.com | |||
| 26 Nov 2016 | Our Fair City - Season 4 Finale & Interview with Jeffrey Gardner | 00:56:49 | |
This week, Our Fair City’s executive producer, Jeffrey Gardner, joins me for a chat and a deep dive into one of his favorite episodes, the season 4 finale of OFC. Warning: this episode contains spoilers for, y’know, the first four seasons of Our Fair City. Proceed with caution! After the feature, Jeffrey and I discuss the piece, the power of myth, embarrassing stories from childhood, and self-care for artists. | |||
| 10 Dec 2016 | Hector Vs. The Future - Oðinn Örn Hilmarsson and Andy Goddard | 01:19:47 | |
This week, we explore HECTOR VS THE FUTURE, a bleakly-funny comedy podcast, recorded live in London by members of the creative team that brought us WOODEN OVERCOATS. Created by comedy writers James Huntrods and James Hamilton, HECTOR VS THE FUTURE is the story of two rival museums: the Uptodateum, the most au courant museum in town, and the Obsoleteum, a rusted hulk of an institution. We're playing Episode 3 of the show, and after the feature, I'll speak to director Andy Goddard and composer Oðinn Örn Hilmarsson. Enjoy! | |||
| 24 Dec 2016 | Jim Robbie and the Wanderers - Iri Sheremet and Laura Bramblette | 01:08:15 | |
I'm all about the growth mindset: the idea that you can always improve yourself and your work, and to me, nothing embodies that more than JIM ROBBIE AND THE WANDERERS, a constantly-evolving production that puts fun, ingenuity, and optimism where you'd never expect it: the apocalypse. The world is different, scorched, sunk, and changed, but that doesn't really seem to bother our heroes, a wacky traveling band composed of two humans and a tin-can robot. Their off-kilter adventures take them through an America full of fairy queens, giant bees, and explosion-sports, and through it all, the show's commitment to surfacing minority perspectives, queer identities, and a cheerful attitude shine through. Stick around after I play the revised first episode of Jim Robbie and the Wanderers, and you'll get to hear an interview with Iri and Laura, two members of the creative team behind the show. Then, I've got a Special Holidaytime Message for y'all. See you in the New Year! Happy holidays! | |||
| 21 Jan 2017 | Big Data - Ryan Estrada, PLUS 10 years of RDR! | 01:33:49 | |
Can you believe it? This podcast has been around for A DECADE! I'm so grateful for the trust you've put in me, that Fred and the team have put in me, to helm this show. And what better way to honor our tenth anniversary than with a star-studded funstravaganza? I play an episode of Ryan Estrada's brilliant stumbleheist adventure, BIG DATA. Then, I sit down with Ryan, a cartoonist who made his way to audio fiction. Here's to ten more years of Radio Drama Revival! Thanks for sticking with us. | |||
| 27 Jan 2017 | RDR From the Vault: Secret of the Crystal Maidens, 1 of 3 | 00:30:16 | |
By special permission from Tom Lopez (AKA Meatball Fulton) we have another edition of RDR in the Vault! While exploring a cave in Belize, Jack Flanders hears a voice calling his name. Deep within, he discovers a woman who appears to have risen up out of the cave floor. Her entire body is covered in tiny calcite crystals. Jack wonders, “Is she a Mayan goddess of the Underworld?” But then he wakes up. Jack keeps having these dreams, being lost in a cave until finally in the jungles of Belize, he finds the cave he’s been dreaming about. And within, he discovers something even more extraordinary, the skulls of two crystal maidens. The words they whisper to him not only affect his future, but also the lives of those who hear his story. PART 1 of 3. If you like this show, check out the ZBS streaming website, ZBSmedia.com | |||
| 05 Feb 2017 | The Sarah Awards - Ann Heppermann | 00:37:32 | |
I had the opportunity to talk to Ann Heppermann, the founder of the Sarah Awards, and a co-host of the marvelous audio art podcast SERENDIPITY. We talk about the origin of the awards, her fictitious self on the podcast, and her history working with audio tape. Enjoy! | |||
| 11 Feb 2017 | RDR From the Vault: Secret of the Crystal Maidens, 2 of 3 | 00:29:54 | |
By special permission from Tom Lopez (AKA Meatball Fulton) we have another edition of RDR in the Vault! While exploring a cave in Belize, Jack Flanders hears a voice calling his name. Deep within, he discovers a woman who appears to have risen up out of the cave floor. Her entire body is covered in tiny calcite crystals. Jack wonders, “Is she a Mayan goddess of the Underworld?” But then he wakes up. Jack keeps having these dreams, being lost in a cave until finally in the jungles of Belize, he finds the cave he’s been dreaming about. And within, he discovers something even more extraordinary, the skulls of two crystal maidens. The words they whisper to him not only affect his future, but also the lives of those who hear his story. PART 2 of 3. If you like this show, check out the ZBS streaming website, ZBSmedia.com | |||
| 18 Feb 2017 | The Infinite Now - Richard Penner | 00:55:43 | |
Multimedia artist Richard Penner joins me for a chat about his surreal, experimental microfiction show, The Infinite Now, a program that features a mysterious entity known only as The TIMESCANNER. Richard and I talk about the origins of the show, the nature of time, love, and the beautiful poison of chemical pigments. If you head over to theinfinitenow.org, you can catch an EXCLUSIVE interview I did with the TIMESCANNER himself. It's pretty friggin' sweet. | |||
| 24 Feb 2017 | RDR From the Vault: Secret of the Crystal Maidens, 3 of 3 | 00:30:04 | |
By special permission from Tom Lopez (AKA Meatball Fulton) we have another edition of RDR in the Vault! While exploring a cave in Belize, Jack Flanders hears a voice calling his name. Deep within, he discovers a woman who appears to have risen up out of the cave floor. Her entire body is covered in tiny calcite crystals. Jack wonders, “Is she a Mayan goddess of the Underworld?” But then he wakes up. Jack keeps having these dreams, being lost in a cave until finally in the jungles of Belize, he finds the cave he’s been dreaming about. And within, he discovers something even more extraordinary, the skulls of two crystal maidens. The words they whisper to him not only affect his future, but also the lives of those who hear his story. PART 3 of 3. If you like this show, check out the ZBS streaming website, ZBSmedia.com | |||
| 04 Mar 2017 | The Penumbra - Sophie Kaner and Kevin Vibert | 01:28:14 | |
Join me as we dive into the world of The Penumbra, an anthology series that updates classic genre stories with some well-deserved representation. We play their revised Part I of Juno Steel and the Murderous Mask, and chat about genre fiction, the philosophy of science fiction, and Problematic Faves. | |||
| 13 Mar 2017 | RDR From the Vault: Mumbai Chuzzlewits, Part 1 of 3 | 00:57:59 | |
Re-play of the 2012 BBC Series "The Mumbai Chuzzlewits," adapted by Ayeesha Menon from the Charles Dickens novel "Martin Chuzzlewits," and transposed to Modern India. Produced by John Dryden of Goldhawk Productions. Convinced his relatives are after his money, miserly old recluse Martin Chuzzlewit (Roshan Seth), adopts orphan girl, Mary (Nimrat Kaur), to be his carer. As she will inherit nothing upon his death, he believes she will do her utmost to keep him in good health. But when his grandson Mickey (Zafar Karachiwala) falls in love with her, Martin's plans are thrown into disarray. Disinheriting him, Martin triggers a complex web of deceit, betrayal and manipulation as the extended family and hangers-on close in, in pursuit of his fortune. Told from the point of view of orphan Thomas (Karan Pandit), an observer into the world of the Chuzzlewits, this is a fast-paced drama full of intrigue, romance, suspense and murder... | |||
| 19 Mar 2017 | The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel - Chris Tarry | 01:05:33 | |
Children's author, jazz bassist, and entertainment impresario Chris Tarry joins me for a talk about his production, THE UNEXPLAINABLE DISAPPEARANCE OF MARS PATEL. We play the first episode of the show -- a kind of thriller-adventure for middle schoolers -- and talk about his musical history, telling stories that represent all kinds of kids, and the importance of getting into Good Trouble. | |||
| 29 Mar 2017 | RDR From the Vault: Mumbai Chuzzlewits, Part 2 of 3 | 00:57:53 | |
Re-play of the 2012 BBC Series "The Mumbai Chuzzlewits," adapted by Ayeesha Menon from the Charles Dickens novel "Martin Chuzzlewits," and transposed to Modern India. Produced by John Dryden of Goldhawk Productions. Convinced his relatives are after his money, miserly old recluse Martin Chuzzlewit (Roshan Seth), adopts orphan girl, Mary (Nimrat Kaur), to be his carer. As she will inherit nothing upon his death, he believes she will do her utmost to keep him in good health. But when his grandson Mickey (Zafar Karachiwala) falls in love with her, Martin's plans are thrown into disarray. Disinheriting him, Martin triggers a complex web of deceit, betrayal and manipulation as the extended family and hangers-on close in, in pursuit of his fortune. Disinherited by his grandfather, Mickey Chuzzlewit escapes India and tries to make his fortune in Dubai. In his absence, the scheming Pinto and murderous Joseph join forces in an attempt to get hold of the old man's fortune. And while Thomas's feelings grow for Mickey's fiancé, Mary, a mysterious lodger with a terrible secret moves in next door ... | |||
| 01 Apr 2017 | TERMS - Lindsay Graham | 01:19:52 | |
My Wondery Network pal Lindsay Graham joins me to talk about his political thriller series, TERMS, in which a terrifying demagogue captures the U.S. Presidency. The outgoing president does everything in his power to stop him, by pulling out some astonishingly dirty tricks. There's something in it for folks of every political persuasion. It's a fabulous show, and not to be missed! We play the first two episodes of TERMS, and then Lindsay and I sit down to talk about the show's origins, his theory of politics, and Nazi-punching. Meanwhile, our producer Eli is starting up a crowdfunding campaign for season 2 of his magnificent series, ALBA SALIX, ROYAL PHYSICIAN. You can find out more by going to http://albasalix.com/season2 This episode of Radio Drama Revival is brought to you by Bose! Check out their fancy listening devices at http://bose.com/podcast | |||
| 07 Apr 2017 | RDR From the Vault: Mumbai Chuzzlewits, Part 3 of 3 | 00:57:59 | |
Re-play of the 2012 BBC Series "The Mumbai Chuzzlewits," adapted by Ayeesha Menon from the Charles Dickens novel "Martin Chuzzlewits," and transposed to Modern India. Produced by John Dryden of Goldhawk Productions. Convinced his relatives are after his money, miserly old recluse Martin Chuzzlewit (Roshan Seth), adopts orphan girl, Mary (Nimrat Kaur), to be his carer. As she will inherit nothing upon his death, he believes she will do her utmost to keep him in good health. But when his grandson Mickey (Zafar Karachiwala) falls in love with her, Martin's plans are thrown into disarray. Disinheriting him, Martin triggers a complex web of deceit, betrayal and manipulation as the extended family and hangers-on close in, in pursuit of his fortune. Mickey returns to India determined to show his grandfather he is a changed man and to marry Mary, the love of his life. But, in his absence, things have changed; the old man now appears to be under the control of the scheming Pinto who will not let Mickey near him. And Thomas has fallen in love with Mary... Meanwhile the hapless Joseph loses all his money in a Ponzi scheme. With his debtors closing in, murder seems to be the only way out... | |||
| 15 Apr 2017 | Archive 81 - Dan Powell and Marc Sollinger | 00:57:33 | |
This week, things are going to get spooky at Radio Drama Revival as we delve into the world of horror audio fiction. David talks to Marc Sollinger and Dan Powell, the evil minds behind Archive 81 and The Deep Vault. They discuss the horror fiction that makes them tick, how to construct audio fiction that’ll make your skin crawl, and what it’s like to collaborate with one of your closest friends. We’ll also take a listen to the first episode of their show Archive 81, which is about a young man with a new job, recordings from an uncanny apartment building, and the dangers of listening. | |||
| 22 Apr 2017 | RDR From the Vault: Heart of Morphine, by Roger Gregg | 00:50:43 | |
Today RDR from the Vault launches a series of episodes highlighting Roger Gregg, playwright master of Dublin, Ireland. Roger pioneered his own audio sound, a wacky blend of Captain Beefheart sonic assault and an intimate, fine theatre sensibility. He produced for RTE - that’s the public radio of Ireland- for the better part of a decade and since parting ways with them has continued on mostly on stage but ocacsionally gracing us with an audio piece. What we’ll hear today is one of the latter types, from the post-RTE era of Roger’s work, done during his work as a theatre instructor at the Gaiety school of Acting in Ireland. This is “Heart of Morphine” Morgan O’Brien hangs in limbo between life and death, and finds the afterlife a much wilder place than he imagined. Confused, frustrated, and alone, he is forced to confront the reality of his actions made while alive. But is there still time to go back and change things? | |||
| 29 Apr 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Willison | 00:33:34 | |
Podcaster, culture critic, and ne'er-do-well Margaret Willison (of Appointment Television and NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour) joins me to talk about THE HANDMAID'S TALE -- specifically, the 2000 production by John Dryden that ran recently on Secrets, Crimes, and Audiotape (our sibling show on the Wondery Network). Join me and Margaret as we alternate between quality goofs and serious discussion. Margaret's newsletter, TWO BOSSY DAMES: tinyletter.com/twobossydames Margaret's podcast, APPOINTMENT TELEVISION: atvpodcast.com A Handmaid's Guide to Cambridge, by Margaret's pal Rachel: rachelbythebooks.com/blog/2016/2/28/the-handmaids-guide-to-cambridge Secrets, Crimes, and Audiotape: http://wondery.com/wondery/shows/secretscrimes/ | |||
| 07 May 2017 | RDR From the Vault: Stuff of Myth, Part 1 | 00:52:52 | |
Ahh, ancient Greece. Hot nymphs, raging orgies, much wine, song, and occasional transformations into a goat. All well and good, right? Well things are more wacky than ever in the sizzling and scandalous interpretation of the myth of Orpheus done by Roger Gregg, The Stuff of Myth. This great production won a Gold Ogle in 2007 and has gotten rave reviews as a stage play. Now hear what the buzz is all about in Parts 1-2 of The Stuff of Myth. | |||
| 14 May 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale - Danny Ortberg | 00:39:30 | |
NOTE: This interview took place before Daniel Mallory Ortberg came out as a man, so you'll hear me call him by his previous name and use female pronouns. | |||
| 20 May 2017 | RDR From the Vault: Stuff of Myth, Part 2 | 00:52:41 | |
Ahh, ancient Greece. Hot nymphs, raging orgies, much wine, song, and occasional transformations into a goat. All well and good, right? Well things are more wacky than ever in the sizzling and scandalous interpretation of the myth of Orpheus done by Roger Gregg, The Stuff of Myth. This great production won a Gold Ogle in 2007 and has gotten rave reviews as a stage play. Now hear what the buzz is all about in Parts 3-4 of The Stuff of Myth. | |||
| 28 May 2017 | Hi, I'm Mattie (HIM) - Alexander Charles Adams | 01:05:49 | |
As a note, Alexander Charles Adams now uses they/them pronouns.
This week, Alexander Charles Adams of SMASH/CUT joins me to discuss their piece, “Hi, I’m Mattie (HIM)”. | |||
| 10 Jun 2017 | The Case for Audio Drama with Neil Verma | 00:50:20 | |
Professor Neil Verma joins me to discuss his essay series, “The Case for Audio Drama”. He’s a professor of Sound Studies at Northwestern University, and a longtime scholar of audio drama. We discuss the history of the form, and areas of his particular interest: radio drama from the 30s through the 50s. But we don’t just talk about old stuff! Professor Verma is as excited as I am about the audio fiction being produced today. | |||
| 17 Jun 2017 | 11th Hour Audio Productions - 'A Dread Light Shines in the Serpent's Sky' | 00:34:33 | |
Line producer Matthew Boudreau takes over while David Rheinstrom is away in France. This week's story is A Dread Light Shine in the Serpent's Sky, a collaborative audio fiction piece created for 11th Hour Productions by the folks at Audioblivious Productiobs, Jim Robbie and the Wanderers and Koach Studios. 11th Hour Audio - http://www.11thhouraudio.com Audioblivious Productions - https://www.audioblivious.com/ Jim Robbie and the Wanderers - http://jimrobbieandthewanderers.com/ Koach Studios - http://thefallaudiodrama.wixsite.com/koachstudios | |||
| 24 Jun 2017 | O'Neill and Freeman - 'B.I.L.I' | 00:32:18 | |
This week Matthew continues hosting for David as we feature B.I.L.I. from London's own O'Neill and Freeman. For more O'Neill and Freeman https://soundcloud.com/oneillandfreeman Check out James O'Neill's terrific sculpture work: http://aplaceforclay.wixsite.com/sculptor | |||
| 01 Jul 2017 | Wireless Theater Company - 'The Autopsy' | 00:25:19 | |
This week, line producer Matthew Boudreau hooks us up with some binaural horror from the Wireless Theatre Company with The Autopsy. For more great audio from the Wireless Theatre Company, including the stunning Springheel'd Jack Saga, visit their website at http://www.wirelesstheatre.co.uk A couple of notes: Binaural sound attempts to authentically recreate how we hear. Listening to this episode with headphones is highly recommended. The Autopsy contains some visceral and graphic audio material. If you’re squeamish, we advise using your own discretion before listening. | |||
| 16 Jul 2017 | Podcast Meander - Dan Leone | 00:54:20 | |
This week, we play an episode of an experimental podcast called PODCAST MEANDER, which kind of skirts the border between autobiography and fiction. Dan Leone plays/is a character, also named Dan, who has thrown away his old life (or attempted to). After secretly saving for years, Dan quits his job in Connecticut and heads west, unsure of what he wants to do with his life. In the episode you'll hear today, Dan comes to suddenly on a train, unaware of where it's going, why he's aboard, or where he left his car. It's an intriguing mix of documentary, interview, and fiction, and I think you'll like it. CW: mental illness, substance abuse, politics http://www.podcastmeander.com/episodes-1/ | |||
| 22 Jul 2017 | Starship Iris - Episode 2 & Interview with Jessica Best | 01:03:35 | |
Writer/director/producer Jessica Best joins me to talk about her new science-fiction mystery adventure, THE STRANGE CASE OF STARSHIP IRIS. Best is part of the recently-formed Procyon Network, a podcast network whose mission is to create inclusive fiction. All of them are fabulous people. We're going to play Episode 2 of Starship Iris, which is a sometimes-funny, sometimes-tragic, deeply thoughtful adventure in space. Imagine FIREFLY with a mostly-female cast and a badass Hufflepuff for a ship's captain and you're, like, halfway there. Starship Iris on Tumblr: https://iriscasefiles.tumblr.com Starship Iris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarshipIris Us: https://twitter.com/RadioDrama Submit! at http://www.radiodramarevival.com/ | |||
| 29 Jul 2017 | The Axe and Crown - Episode 2, 3, and 4 | 00:38:38 | |
This week, we dive into the fabulous world of The Axe and Crown -- (our very own) Eli McIlveen's spinoff miniseries from Alba Salix, Royal Physician. It's a fantasy world where the most immediate dangers aren't dragons or wizards, but yuppies threatening to gentrify your neighborhood. Gubbin is a salty old troll who runs a tavern called The Axe and Crown. It's a dive bar on the bad side of the river. Stan is a human, and the naive new landlord who thinks he can renovate the place. What we've got today is a little sampler that Eli threw together of episodes 2, 3, and 4: it'll be enough to whet your appetite, I reckon! The Axe and Crown Alba Salix Check out the interview I did with Eli when we first ran Alba Salix on RDR. | |||
| 05 Aug 2017 | Stories of Mahabharata - 'Bhima and Hanuman' & 'Nahusha's Curse' | 00:41:00 | |
This week, it's the Stories of Mahabharata, retold by Sudipta Bhawmik, a multitalented playwright, storyteller, and engineer. With music and immersive sound design by Avi Ziv, Bhawmik animates this ancient Indian epic, rendering it in English to delight those that have never heard it before as well as those who were raised on the stories. The Mahabharata is thousands of years old, and originally in Sanskrit. It tells the story of two groups of warring cousins -- the Pandava brothers and the Kaurava brothers -- who fight over the throne. But it's more than just a war story; it's a story of love and curses, righteousness and evil, tricksters, poisons, and monkeys. We're featuring episodes 30 and 31 of Bhawmik's retold Mahabharata: first, Bheema (a Pandava brother with enormous strength) encounters Hanuman. Then, a story of Arjuna (another Pandava, and the greatest archer in the world). Stories of Mahabharata @MahabharatAudio | |||
| 12 Aug 2017 | The Embrace - 'Nights on Killer Mountain' | 01:09:11 | |
Why do we climb? Why do people look at the tallest mountains in the world -- vast, inhospitable places -- and say, "I want to climb to its summit"? When you're up there, what do you become? What do you give up? We're exploring those questions today in a new drama by JJ Wang from Netizen Playhouse: The Embrace: Nights on Killer Mountain The story follows an Australian mountaineer, Zoe, who wants to be the first woman to summit Nanga Parbat, one of the deadliest mountains in the world, in winter. Follow JJ Wang and Netizen Playhouse on twitter Or check out their Bandcamp page! | |||
| 19 Aug 2017 | Darkest Night - 'Horns Limo Service' & Interview with Alex Aldea | 00:59:10 | |
It's a spine-tingler this week, as we dive into the twisted world of Darkest Night with a little story called "Horns Limo Service". Darkest Night is a horror anthology series from the Paragon Collective, and what makes it special is its binaural recording setup. It's similar to what Campfire Radio does: it puts you inside the action. Not a lot of audio drama companies do this, and it's really neat! After the feature, I have a chat with Alex Aldea, the director and producer of Darkest Night. We talk origins, horror, sound design, and all kinds of spoopy junk. Enjoy! | |||
| 26 Aug 2017 | EOS 10 - Justin McLachlan | 00:31:10 | |
This week, we explore EOS 10, a medical comedy in space. Dr Ryan Dalias is a young doctor, recently assigned to a posting on EOS 10, a station in deep space. Dalias's job, ostensibly, is to manage his alcoholic superior, Dr. Horace Urvidian—a brilliant but curmudgeonly xenobiologist. Together with Nurse Johns and Levi, a disgraced prince-turned-chef, the four of them have numerous wacky hijinks. This episode, "Up, Up, Up," contains adult situations and themes of, well, boners. Links: EOS 10's website EOS 10 on Twitter Neil Verma's article that mentions this episode of EOS 10 | |||
| 02 Sep 2017 | Inhale - Chapters 1, 2, and 3 | 00:26:13 | |
We're premiering INHALE, the latest miniseries by Rick Coste, the unstoppable, unbelievably prolific audio drama producer from New England. Tracy Tanner is an unassuming librarian in the small town of Hemlock, Massachusetts—but Tracy isn't her real name, and she isn't just a librarian. Tracy is a superhero—and she's not supering anymore. Join me as we dive into Tracy's secrets in this exciting new miniseries! Rick Coste Productions | |||
| 16 Sep 2017 | Blood Culture - Episode 1 & Interview with Lance Dann | 01:11:17 | |
Scholar and dramatist Lance Dann joins me as we play the first episode of his techno-thriller, BLOOD CULTURE. It's a trans-media project, consisting of not just a radio drama, but of an AR game that begins with this in-world website (as well as plenty of goofy easter eggs in the credits page). Blood Culture is the story of A'isha, an employee of an enormous biotech firm called Meta. Meta's interns are falling ill and dying at an alarming rate, and it's up to A'isha, and her childhood friend Livy, to investigate. After the feature, Lance and I discuss tech culture, the research that went into this production, and seeking a diverse set of creative partners. | |||
| 23 Sep 2017 | A Scottish Podcast - Episode Mashup | 00:45:10 | |
Two foul-mouthed Scottish paranormal investigators travel to the misty island of St. Caillic to uncover the secret of a terrible anniversary--it's A Scottish Podcast, the newest creation of former Audio Drama Production Podcast hosts Robert Cudmore and Matthew McLean. Robert and Matthew play Lee and Dougie, two washed-up, cynical castaways from the music biz who decide to strike out as paranormal podcasters. What you'll hear today is multiple episodes stitched together by Robert and Matthew, and sent over with love. | |||
| 30 Sep 2017 | 36 Questions - Ellen Winter and Chris Littler | 00:54:43 | |
This week, I'm joined by Ellen Winter and Chris Littler of Chamber Band to talk about their new podcast for Two-Up Productions, the production company that brought you Limetown. 36 Questions is a fabulous PODCAST MUSICAL starring Jessie Shelton (Hadestown) and Jonathan Groff (Glee, Spring Awakening, Hamilton) and you should go and listen to it right now, before you listen to this interview. Go ahead! I'll wait. You'll love it. Chris, Ellen, and I discuss: The creative process!Snow-shoeing!How J-Groff doesn't know what a duck isLin-Manuel Miranda loving the showIn The Goo with Ellen and Chris ...and much more! | |||
| 07 Oct 2017 | Double Feature: 'Deadly Manners' & 'Rites of Autumn' | 00:52:37 | |
A double-feature this week as we begin our October horror series! First, from Paragon Collective and the makers of Darkest Night, it's Deadly Manners, a new murder mystery show narrated by LeVar Burton (Star Trek, Reading Rainbow) and starring Kristen Bell (Frozen, Veronica Mars) and Anna Chlumsky (Veep). CW: racism, misogyny, and murder! Then, it's a chilling tale of family business in Rites of Autumn, a spooky little tale of tradition, pumpkins, and more murder. That comes to us from John Ballantine of Campfire Radio Theater. CW: more murder, gruesome descriptions | |||
| 14 Oct 2017 | We're Alive: Lockdown - KC Wayland | 01:40:02 | |
It wouldn't be a monster episode without MONSTERS, would it?! Awww yeah it's zombie time! American podcast legend KC Wayland joins me for a chat about craft, zombies, and Force Multipliers of Art. We're gonna play an episode of We're Alive: Lockdown, the miniseries that combines a jailbreak with horror-survival adventure. SPOOPTOBER CONTINUES, as we bring you yet another episode to thrill and perturb! | |||
| 21 Oct 2017 | Steal The Stars - Mac Rogers | 01:04:01 | |
New York playwright and audio dramatist Mac Rogers joins me for a discussion about craft, aliens, and influences as we excerpt some of his new thriller, Steal The Stars, a co-production between Tor Books and his own production company, Gideon Media. Steal the Stars is the story of Dakota "Dak" Prentiss, the security chief at Quill Marine, a secretive private military contractor. Quill Marine is built around the biggest secret of all time, and new recruits have to be taken down to see the secret—to see if they can handle it. But a new recruit, Matt Salem, turns out to be more than Dak herself can handle. In the sexy love-type way, I mean. This is a story of forbidden love, aliens, and a big old friggin' heist, baby. #SPOOPTOBER continues! | |||
| 30 Oct 2017 | 11th Hour Audio Productions - 'Shadows of Halloween' & 'Ivory Towers' | 01:39:27 | |
We're celebrating AUDIO DRAMA DAY by featuring some works from 11th Hour Productions, the once-a-year marathon audio drama production festival where dramatists from all the world over come together to create magnificently creepy fiction. We're featuring two pieces this year: Shadows of Halloween, written by Neil Gustin and created by 11th Hour US East, and Ivory Towers, written by Richard Brooks and created by 11th Hour UK. Stick around for the credits for the thrilling conclusion of Radio Drama Revival and the Ham of Mallorca. | |||
| 04 Nov 2017 | Bronzeville - Episode 1 & Interview with LaRon and Lahmard Tate | 01:21:00 | |
Bronzeville is a story of the Great Migration: it follows Jimmy Tillman (Larenz Tate), a papermill worker from Arkansas who kills a strikebreaker and flees to Chicago to find a new life for himself, tracing the steps of millions of Black Americans who migrated from the rural South to the urban North in the mid-20th century. Jimmy makes his way to Bronzeville, the legendary Black neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, where he falls in with the Copeland family, the operators of a policy racket—an underground lottery—that functioned like a bank when white-owned banks wouldn't lend to Black people. Everett Copeland (Wood Harris) is doing a spell in federal prison for tax evasion, so he asks his old lieutenant Curtis "Eyeball" Randolph (Laurence Fishburne) to get back into the game. (Yeah for real this is a star-studded episode! I can scarcely believe it myself.) We play episode 1 of Bronzeville, and then I talk to two of the producers, LaRon and Lahmard Tate, about the show's origins, productions that are too Black for TV, and the Tate family's Chicago history. CW: violence, racist language HEY ALSO we have a PayPal button that I forgot about? Give us dollars, please. Credits inspired by Zev Chevat. | |||
| 11 Nov 2017 | Boom - Episodes 1 and 2 & Interview with Faith McQuinn | 00:32:36 | |
This week, we're presenting writer, director, and film professor Faith McQuinn's Boom, a story of loss, recovery, secrets, and murder. Porter, the protagonist, must deal with the murder of his best friend—and the police consider him the prime suspect. We get inside Porter's head as he struggles to come to grips with the crime and reassemble his life. Faith gave us episodes 1 and 2 of Boom for you. Listen, follow and subscribe! Find out more about Faith McQuinn! Our sweet sweet PayPal donation button! Content warning: violence, murder | |||
| 18 Nov 2017 | The Fall of the House of Sunshine - 'Open Wide and Say Die' | 00:33:18 | |
What a suntabulous bicuspid of a day! It's time for the Sunshine Smile Hour, a dental hygiene-themed children's program! Oh golly, this is a good one, and ain't that the tooth. So this episode is utterly wackadoo: imagine a musical comedy along the lines of Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, or Reefer Madness, with a solid helping of noir pastiche and cosmic horror alongside. The Fall of the House of Sunshine is like if you put all of the above musicals into a high-powered blender along with a collection of H.P. Lovecraft short stories, a pint of ether and a handful of dexedrine. It is hilarious! It is offensive! It is stylistically all over the place! It is RELENTLESS! And I love it? You will too, I reckon. | |||
| 02 Dec 2017 | Lights Out - 'Murder in the Script Department' & Interview with Neil Verma | 01:07:17 | |
Northwestern University professor of Sound Studies Neil Verma joins me for a segment we call GOING DEEP. This week, we're exploring the classic horror of Arch Oboler's Lights Out, in a 1943 episode called "Murder in the Script Department". After the feature, Professor Verma teaches me about what was going on in this period of audio drama, I learn about how Oboler was a scriptomaniac man-about-town, and how voice actress Mercedes McCambridge (of EXORCIST fame) exerted absolute control over her instrument. Neil's book, Theater of the Mind Our Paypal link (set up a sustaining donation today!) | |||
| 09 Dec 2017 | The Far Meridian - Episodes 1 and 2 & Interview with Eli Barraza | 00:59:04 | |
Peri is a quiet woman who keeps to herself in a lighthouse overlooking the ocean, but one day, she wakes up somewhere totally unfamiliar; she's still in the lighthouse, but the lighthouse no longer overlooks the ocean... It's The Far Meridian by Eli Barraza, a writer and actor on ars PARADOXICA and a thoughtful, fascinating creator. Join us as we listen to the first two episodes of The Far Meridian's first season; then Eli herself joins me for a conversation about the origins of this show, magic realism, and dope space news. Donate to the paypal link on our website! | |||
| 16 Dec 2017 | Five Levels of Fear - Episode 1 | 00:38:07 | |
This week, join us as we go urban-exploring in a spooky, abandoned house with Five Levels of Fear, a new audio series written by Sable Jak, and directed, designed, and edited by our very own Matt Boudreau and Eli McIlveen. You can find out more about Five Levels of Fear by searchin' for it on that internet! | |||
| 23 Dec 2017 | Sassquach Radio - 'Deck the Halls (with Matrimony!)' & Interview with Ashley Quach and Paula Deming | 01:54:39 | |
It's our Christmas spectacula-a-a-a-a-ar! Settle in for a long winter's DELIGHT as we present Sassquach Radio's Deck The Halls (With Matrimony!), a Christmas romantic comedy. Then stick around, because I interview the writer/director, Ashley Quach, and the show's star and producer, Paula Deming. It's a fabulous time and I hope you'll join us. In this episode: smooch foley! audio drama origins! foot foley! creative freedom! and butt foley. We have it all covered, this Christmas season. | |||
| 13 Jan 2018 | Point Mystic - 'White Rabbit', Parts I and II | 01:03:20 | |
This week, we're exploring Christopher Reynaga's Point Mystic, playing "White Rabbit, Parts I and II" from that show. Point Mystic is a fiction show done up in a narrative-nonfiction style, à la This American Life—it's about Christopher's family, and the spookiness of the town they inhabit. The White Rabbit cycle was created in collaboration with Christopher's wife, Marguerite Croft, and their son Fox—and all three of them act (quite ably) in the show. It's a fascinating mixture of nonfiction interviews and fiction segments, but presented in such a way that each supports the other, which isn't as common as you'd think. | |||
| 20 Jan 2018 | Earbud Theater - 'The Sounds Below' | 00:34:53 | |
This week, we're featuring Earbud Theater's "The Sounds Below", a chilling tale about a man plagued by panic and sleeplessness. Chris, unable to shake the trauma of his brother's death in a car accident, is making no headway with his therapist, and one night he goes wandering into the city, stumbling upon a strange little shop. The shopkeeper claims she sells the cure for fear. Would you buy it? | |||
| 27 Jan 2018 | Bob Koester - 'Companions' | 01:08:27 | |
Harry wanted to be alone, and so he was: as alone as a person can be, transmuted into tachyon particles and hurled into deepest space, with nothing but an artificial intelligence for company. He was alone, and then, gradually, he wasn't. Harry and his friend Cailyn, are commanders on distant power stations with nothing but their AIs and their correspondence for company. Harry and Cailyn receive an application that allows them to upload virtual surrogates of themselves so that they can communicate "in-person", and it's the connection forged via those surrogates that might just save the universe. | |||
| 03 Feb 2018 | Kane and Feels, Paranormal Investigators - 'The Frozen Child' | 00:44:59 | |
In this episode, we play Kane and Feels, Paranormal Investigators, a new series from Skaði's Symphony. They're a production team out of the UK with a neo-noir that blends Jungian psychology with, in this case, Norse myth. In this week, Kane and Feels take on the case of "The Frozen Child". | |||
| 10 Feb 2018 | Join The Party! - 'Wedding Party VI' | 00:49:35 | |
This week, we're playing an episode of the roleplaying podcast Join the Party, a hybrid actual-play and audio drama by some talented producers and performers out of New York. Gather round the table and get immersed in DM Eric's tale of the Concentric States. Inara, Johnny, and TR8C must be fleet of foot and quick of wit to catch up with the Red Throat gang, who have captured the beloved Prince Alonzo! | |||
| 17 Feb 2018 | Join The Party - Eric Silver and Amanda McLoughlin | 00:43:48 | |
This week, I chat with Eric and Amanda, two of the minds behind Join the Party, an inclusive audio drama powered by roleplaying game mechanics. We played an episode of their show in Episode 492; join me as I chat with the two of them about: Making the hobby accessibleActual-play podcasts like The Adventure ZoneMaking space for queerness and women in nerd cultureTweaking game mechanics for storytelling purposesFleeting Carly Rae Jepsen referencesAaaaand more! | |||
| 03 Mar 2018 | Going Deep on Hoax Fiction with Wil Williams | 00:42:03 | |
Today, I'm joined by Wil Williams of the blog Podcast Problems to discuss how some audio fiction blurs the lines between fiction and nonfiction journalism. We're GOING DEEP this week, on: The War of the Worlds! The Polybius Conspiracy! Limetown! S-Town! Point Mystic! and many more! Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Wil Williams on Patreon. About Radio Drama Revival: Support Radio Drama Revival on Patreon Find David Rheinstrom on Twitter Support Eli McIlveen on Patreon Find Fred Greenhalgh on his website Heather Cohen: Researcher Monique Boudreau: Researcher Matthew Boudreau: Line Producer Radio Drama Revival is recorded in Washington, DC, which is the unceded territory of the Piscataway Indian Nation and the Piscataway Conoy Tribe. | |||
| 10 Mar 2018 | The Mayan Crystal - 'The Crystal Keeper' & Interview with Fred Greenhalgh | 00:44:35 | |
Do you want to hear a story? Of course you do! On this week's show, we're rejoined by Host-Alumnus Fred Greenhalgh to introduce his new show, The Mayan Crystal... a tale of adventure, sisterhood, anticolonialism, and magic, all taking place in modern-day Belize. Join us for an episode of the new show, and a chat with Fred wherein we discuss the mythic origins of this story, the need to expand representation in media, and the way in which we have redecorated our pretend RDR headquarters. | |||
| 17 Mar 2018 | Love and Luck - Episodes 1 to 3, with Co-Host Elena Fernández Collins | 00:38:41 | |
Linguist, critic, and Bello Collective reviewer Elana Fernández Collins joins me to present Love and Luck, a magical epistolary romance from Australia. It's here, it's queer; it's DELIGHTFUL, and nobody dies. So settle in to a warm and happy bubble bath of a show in which two people fall in love and slowly discover they have magic powers. Then they open a cafe. Like, c'mon! How sweet is that?! You can find Ely's writing on the Bello Collective, or at her new audio drama newsletter, Audiodramatic. Check it out at Tinyletter.com/audiodramatic | |||
| 24 Mar 2018 | The Bright Sessions - 'Rose' & Interview with Lauren Shippen | 01:19:46 | |
This week on, we're playing The Bright Sessions, episode 50: "Rose", a surprise musical episode! Later, show creator Lauren Shippen joins me for a chat about the creative work that went into making this special episode -- it's a can't-miss for musical fans! | |||
| 31 Mar 2018 | Unplaced - Episodes 1 to 3 | 00:37:07 | |
We're playing Michelle Nickolaisen's Unplaced, a show about a woman who finds herself suddenly invisible. It's skilfully written and acted, and it's got a fantastic soundtrack. We play the first three episodes, and wonder—what's it like to be slowly but surely erased from your own life? Have a wonderful Passover and Easter, y'all! | |||
| 18 Apr 2018 | A Very Fatal Murder - 'A Perfect Murder' & Interview | 00:53:05 | |
This week, we're playing the first episode of Onion Public Media's A Very Fatal Murder—it's a spot-on parody of all the true-crime programs you love to binge, from Serial to S-Town to The Staircase. | |||
| 25 Apr 2018 | Boom - Season 2, 'Everything I Could' | 00:21:47 | |
IT'S OUR 500TH EPISODE! And to ring it in, we're celebrating by playing a new old favorite, Faith McQuinn's BOOM. I talk about the I Love Lucy Show Syndrome, and how it plays into the way I feel about this excellent show. Hey: This episode contains major spoilers for Season 1 of Boom, so if you don't wanna get spoiled, head on back to the website and listen from the beginning before starting this episode. This is the first episode of Season Two, "Everything I Could". Stay tuned for next week, when you'll hear me interview Faith McQuinn, the director and creator of Boom. CW: murder, a loud explosion, trauma throughout | |||
| 02 May 2018 | Boom - Faith McQuinn | 00:44:27 | |
This week, I sit down with Faith McQuinn, the director and creator of Boom: A Serial Drama Podcast. And what a delight she is! We talk about Faith's history with radio drama, her filmmaker's background, Rovee the cleaning robot, and the long road to making Boom. Boom is a show about denial and fury, masculinity and repression. It's perpetually relevant, and very smart—and Faith herself is no different! I'm excited to see what else this creator has up her sleeves. | |||
| 09 May 2018 | Gone - 'Awakening' | 00:31:38 | |
It's morning, and something's different. Everything's different. Everyone's gone. No commotion, no explanation. Suddenly the world is emptied of people. Except for you. This is Sunny Moraine's GONE, a taut, claustrophobic horror podcast about waking up and realizing you're entirely alone in the world. It's kind of the horror-counterpart to Michelle Nickolaisen's UNPLACED, at least superficially -- but while those two shows twine around similar themes, their execution couldn't be more different. We play episode 1 of Gone, "Awakening". Stay tuned for next week's show, when show creator Sunny and I sit down for a chat about their creative process, their dissertation in sociology, and makin' scary fiction. | |||
| 16 May 2018 | Gone - Sunny Moraine | 00:47:52 | |
Sunny Moraine joins me to discuss their horror podcast, Gone, their stream-of-consciousness writing/performing style, their terrifying-but-fascinating doctoral dissertation, and so much more! We discuss: Sunny's origins in podcasting LARPing? The balance between mystery-box plots and Explaining Everything Foucault's heterotopia, and spaces outside of normal rules Mental illness and apocalypse (where did they all go?!) Poetry! Sunny's other fiction, particularly eyes I dare not meet in dreams | |||
| 23 May 2018 | Fall of the House of Sunshine - 'Days of Future Fuzz' | 00:28:43 | |
A struggle between flesh and fuzz. A mad emperor, cackling atop a grand pyramid of his own creation. A band of fleshy rebels with moxie, verve, and puffy-paint! It's an ass-kicking, name-taking space-age rock musical, back for more: this time it's even weirder. YUP oh man oh man it's The Fall of the House of Sunshine, Season II: DAYS OF FUTURE FUZZ. If you loved the previous utterly wackadoo sampling from this show, I think you're going to love Season 2 even more. You don't need to have listened to the first season to make sense of the second. Suffice it to say that there was a sinister plot to detonate the fuzzatronic bomb—an arcane weapon that turned everything into fuzzy puppets and stuffed animals. Well. Almost everything. There's a very fun guest star in this episode, to boot! ENJOY, and stick around for next week's show, an interview with some of the creative dynamos behind this project! | |||
| 30 May 2018 | Fall of the House of Sunshine - Matt Roi Berger, Jonathan Goldberg, & Marcus Bagala | 00:46:08 | |
I sat down with Matt Roi Berger, Jonathan Goldberg, and Marcus Bagala of The Fall of the House of Sunshine to discuss craft, prog rock albums, President Harding fighting a walrus, and, of course, teeth. | |||
| 06 Jun 2018 | Wolf 359 - 'Memoria' | 00:47:30 | |
This is one of my favorite episodes of any audio drama. It encompasses everything I love about Wolf 359: its pacing, its plotting, its deep humanism, and its fantastic writing, music, and performances. Like all great science fiction, it is about more than just its text—and I think that's what attracted me to this episode. I'll be talking to Gabriel Urbina and Sarah Shachat, the two main writers behind Wolf 359, next week -- and so to prep for that, I wanted to revisit an old favorite. This episode falls in Season 3 of Wolf 359, so while I think it's a successful standalone (and I provide more context in the episode itself), you should certainly feel free to dive into the series and start from the beginning. I promise it's worth it. What does "Memoria" represent to you? Let me know what you think; hit us up in the comments or talk at us on Twitter; we're @radiodrama. | |||
| 13 Jun 2018 | Wolf 359 - Gabriel Urbina and Sarah Shachat | 00:50:52 | |
David talks story evolution, social commentary and unreliable narrators with Gabriel Urbina and Sarah Shachat from Wolf 359. | |||
| 20 Jun 2018 | Wooden Overcoats - 'Rudyard Takes a Hike' | 00:36:10 | |
Piffling's least favorite undertaker, Rudyard Funn, takes to the woods for an unorthodox funeral in this episode of the delightful British sitcom Wooden Overcoats. Their latest season digs deeper into the lives of their oddball characters, and it's even more hilarious—and more poignant—than ever. This week, we bring you Episode 3: "Rudyard Takes a Hike". And stay tuned: next week, David chats with Rudyard and Antigone themselves, Felix Trench and Beth Eyre! | |||
| 27 Jun 2018 | Wooden Overcoats - Beth Eyre and Felix Trench | 00:49:00 | |
This week, David speaks with Beth Eyre and Felix Trench about all things Wooden Overcoats! They discuss how they met, first memories of the show, the role of (and the search for a better name for) the "straight man", attitudes to death, and Beth's other projects. | |||
| 04 Jul 2018 | Hostile Worlds - 'Our Small & Fragile Existence' | 00:23:46 | |
Guest host James Oliva (Definitely James Oliva) sits in for David as we explore the universe with The Podcast Host's Hostile Worlds | |||
| 11 Jul 2018 | Hostile Worlds - Matthew McLean and Colin Gray | 00:44:09 | |
Drunken first impressions and telling facts with fiction! Join David as he interviews Hostile Worlds creators Matthew McLean and Colin Gray! | |||
| 18 Jul 2018 | Station to Station - 'Standard Operating Procedure' | 00:34:48 | |
David is back! And he's married! And he's bringing you Station to Station, a fantastic new audio drama from the Procyon Podcast network, creators of The Strange Case of Starship Iris and Under Pressure. | |||
| 25 Jul 2018 | Station to Station - Alex Yun and Andrea Klassen | 00:46:12 | |
This week, David talks all things Station to Station with Alex Yun and Andrea Klassen of the Procyon Podcast Network! | |||
| 01 Aug 2018 | NeoScum - 'Night Shift' | 01:35:50 | |
David plays NeoScum, the actual play podcast from The One Shot Podcast team. | |||
| 08 Aug 2018 | Neoscum - Gannon Reedy | 00:42:44 | |
This week, David interviews Gannon Reedy about the origins of NeoScum, the '80s revival, and how long-form improv informs the show. | |||
| 15 Aug 2018 | Utopia - 'Gladness' | 01:06:15 | |
This week we received a mysterious submission from a mysterious stranger who only identified themselves as Icewater. Was it a dead-drop? Are we spies now? ARE YOU?! Who knows, and who cares! Utopia is a fascinating new project that takes place in an alternate timeline that diverged from ours shortly after the first World War; the entire planet is now unified under a single government, everyone speaks Esperanto, and there's money and services sufficient to give everyone plenty of leisure time. So why would anyone ever want out? Our protagonist, Glacio, explores an ineffable well of discontentment within himself as we play episode 1 of Utopia: "Gladness". | |||
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