Radio Drama Revival: The Fred Years (2010-2015)

Alas, all good things come to an end. After a splendid time trippin' dimensionality tweaking trip in Return to Inverness, Jack Flanders and Mojo finally get to the bottom of the energy disturbance in the mansion of Inverness. A few old friends appear again and in them depths there be dragons! But the real question […] The post Episode 241: Down in the Lab with the Doc, a Little Wampum, Sweet, Sweet Vampire and the Freedom Bones appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

In week four of our feature of Return to Inverness Jack Flanders meets an old friend, goes places he probably shouldn't go, and gets out by the hair of his chinny chin chin. But where, oh where is this strange energy coming from? And whose that splendid saucy sister with the razor sharp teeth? Only […] The post Episode 240: Inverness, Week Four – Little Frieda, Four Towers, and Creepy Rakshashas! appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we finish our spellbinding and unforgettable feature of three lives intertwined by cheap labor in India… SEVERED THREADS. Penned by seasoned field recording radio dramatist John Dryden, here is Severed Threads, originally commissioned by BBC Radio 4. Play write-up: Vengeance is all that's on schoolboy Ben's mind as he pieces together the events […] The post Episode 220 – The Final (Severed) Thread appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we continue our feature of three lives intertwined by cheap labor in India… an exploration of the undertow of modern globalism and a test of the theory of degrees of separation… Penned by seasoned field recording radio dramatist John Dryden, here is Severed Threads, originally commissioned by BBC Radio 4. Play write-up: Second […] The post Episode 219 – Severed Threads Cut Loose appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we feature a spectacular original story of three lived intertwined by cheap labor in India… an exploration of the undertow of modern globalism and a test of the theory of degrees of separation… Penned by seasoned radio dramatist John Dryden, here is Severed Threads, originally commissioned by BBC Radio 4. Play write-up: Jim […] The post Episode 218 – John Dryden's Severed Threads appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

OK, well the Guiness might actually be starting to run out of your system by the time you hear this, but we couldn't help but raise a cheer for our favorite Dublin-based audio artist this week – Roger Gregg – by replaying some of his excellent work with Crazy Dog Audio Theatre. So, we got […] The post Episode 217: St Patrick's Day Audio Special Live from Ireland appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Six weeks of awesome sci-fi on Radio Drama Revival culminates this week with our feature of Bradbury 13, one of the most splendid productions ever to grace the annals of radio drama history. If you ever doubted how stereo sound changed the way we designed sound effects, let this production convince you. With special permission […] The post Episode 216: Bradbury 13 Rolls in With “A Sound of Thunder” appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Hooool-ey, mol-ey, folks. After months of anticipation we're eager to finally have our sweaty paws on a copy of FinalRune's remastered podcast-safe edition of The Cleansed – Episode Zero. This thing is crazy! On Halloween, 2038 the world is a precarious place. We're running dangerously low on oil and the electric grid is down on […] The post Episode 215 – FinalRune Sees the World Get Cleansed appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we conclude “Sci Fi February” with another three episodes from the spectacular Witch Hunter Chronicles. The protagonist of The Witch Hunter Chronicles is Ludlov, who is, well, a witch hunter. However, his real motivation is destroy a cult called the Black Sickle and he is willing to defy his order in his quest […] The post Episode 214: The Witch Hunter Goes Postal appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we move to the next chapter of “Sci Fi February” with the blazingly awesome gothic tale, The Witch Hunter Chronicles. In the Witch Hunter Chronicles, we meet Ludlov, who is, well, a witch hunter. However, his real motivation is destroy a cult called the Black Sickle and he is willing to defy his […] The post Episode 213 – Ludlov the Witch Hunter Tells His Tale appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

We continue “Sci Fi February” with the continuation of a stellar new independent audio sci-fi podcast, Edict Zero – FIS. Sort of like CSI meets Bladerunner, the show follows a mysterious “Mister Cook” (with an awesome, awesome voice which is chilling, haunting, and thrilling) and the aftermath of an ill-fated club on New Year's Eve. […] The post Episode 212 – The FiS Gathers to Go After Cook appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Wow, folks, I can't think of a more fantastic way to kick off our month of “Sci Fi February” than with the stellar new audio drama serial by Slipgate 9 Entertainment: Edict Zero – FIS. Sort of a CSI meets Bladerunner, the show follows a mysterious “Mister Cook” (with an awesome, awesome voice which is […] The post Episode 211 – Issuing an Edict… Zero appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we speak with audio artist Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix, a prolific audio artist who hails from Long Island, New York. He has over 100 audio shorts under his belt, across the spectrum from scathing political satire to eerie science fiction. We talk to this “black Rod Serling” and talk about his love of audio, […] The post Episode 210: Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix's Searing Politics and Soaring Sci-Fi appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Happy fourth Anniversary Radio Drama Revival! To celebrate, we feature a new colleague Captain Radio, who tells us all about a new sister audio effort dedicated to reviving audio arts: http://captainradio5.com We also wrap the feature of the 1980 serial Our Life Together Among the Works of Art, a sexy and side-splitting serial that aired […] The post Episode 209 – Wherein a Group of Struggling Writers Goes for a Walk, and a Narrator Gets Surly appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Today we continue the feature of the 1980 serial Our Life Together Among the Works of Art, a sexy and side-splitting serial that aired on WBAI, telling the woeful tales, struggles, romances, and substance abuses of a group of struggling young writers in New York City. From Producer Jessica Raimi's website: A story of the […] The post Episode 208 – Another Visit to 522, Where Struggling Writers Stay Warm in Many Ways… appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

2011 hits and Radio Drama Revival tries something completely different yet again. Today's feature is from the 1980 serial that aired on WBAI, telling the woeful tales, struggles, romances, and substance abuses of a group of struggling young writers in New York City. From Producer Jessica Raimi's website: A story of the years of struggle […] The post Episode 207 – A Life Together Among Works of Art appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

In the second part of Chatterbox Audio Theater's original work called “Snow Globe” we learn the meaning of a seemingly mystical experience – and we explore the way all of us try to make sense of the past and find new meaning. This is a holiday fable for adults, about the stresses the holidays put […] The post Episode 203 – Chatterbox's Snowglobe Revealed appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Seasonal programming begins again on the show with an unconventional Christmas story by Chatterbox Audio Theater, called “Snow Globe.” This is a holiday fable for adults, about the stresses the holidays put us under and our desperate desire to find magic and meaning in this time of year. Penned by Bob Arnold and wonderfully produced. […] The post Episode 202 – Chatterbox Stories Under the Snowglobe appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

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Holy crap! It's episode 200! After nearly 4 years of radio drama podcasting we hit another round of triple digits. A pretty cool milestone and a great program to share to celebrate. We're featuring another installment of The Mask of Innana, an original mystery series by the Post Meridian Players who you probably have heard […] The post Episode 200 – Leonard Allen Wants to Have it Your Way appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Tumanbay, the beating heart of a vast empire, is threatened by a rebellion in a far-off province and a mysterious force devouring the city from within.  Gregor (Rufus Wright), Master of the Palace Guard, is charged by Sultan Al-Ghuri (Raad Rawi) with the task of rooting out this insurgence and crushing it.  Epic saga inspired […] The post Tumanbay – ‘A Head Start' & Interview with John Dryden appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Our little hiatus is over, and it is over with a BANG! We welcome back THE CLEANSED, the epic apocalyptic saga by our own FinalRune Productions. Borderton has fallen, and in the ashes Marc, Maria, Luke, and the scientist Abraham all struggle to survive. In this waking nightmare, Luke is plagued by haunting dreams – […] The post The Cleansed – From FinalRune Productions appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Happy #WorldAudioDramaDay!! We feature a most fitting production – the collaboration of audio producers across the Northeast (and the world) in a production created in just a few weeks to make a Halloween release day (and be pretty darn good in the bargain) – the Vultures over Low Doves, written by Justin Mullane and produced […] The post Vultures Over Low Doves – From 11th Hour Audio Productions appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

A chilling mystery unfolds in 1900 off the Scottish coast as Joseph Moore arrives at the Flannan Island Lighthouse to find it cold and abandoned… its keepers vanished. Will a blood-stained journal reveal a clue to their dark fate or resurrect an ancient long-dead curse? We're pleased to welcome back Campfire Radio Theater with the […] The post Ghosts of Flannan Lighthouse – From Campfire Radio Theater appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we feature a fresh take on Edgar Allen Poe's classic “The Masque of the Red Death” – featuring an all-star cast of New England actors, and immersive location sound recording, and an inventive script, this production re-imagines Poe's tale of a group of ill-fated improvisatori who take on an audience with the ‘dark […] The post HorrorScopes – The Masque of the Red Death appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Part 3 of 3 Alas! We wrap up ZBS Foundations' lush field-recorded noir romp, Saratoga Fat Cats. Willie, who paints houses, is hired by some rich guy to repaint a few rooms in his summer mansion. His girlfriend, a wet T-shirt model for Sports Illustrated, can't stand the colors. Her name is Christy St. Nichols, […] The post Saratoga's Fat Cats (3 of 3) appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Part 2 of 3 A huge pleasure to play this re-dux of one of the ZBS Foundations' most lust field-recorded stories. Willie, who paints houses, is hired by some rich guy to repaint a few rooms in his summer mansion. His girlfriend, a wet T-shirt model for Sports Illustrated, can't stand the colors. Her name […] The post Saratoga's Fat Cats (2 of 3) appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Part 1 of 3 A huge pleasure to play this re-dux of one of the ZBS Foundations' most lust field-recorded stories. Willie, who paints houses, is hired by some rich guy to repaint a few rooms in his summer mansion. His girlfriend, a wet T-shirt model for Sports Illustrated, can't stand the colors. Her name […] The post Saratoga Fat Cats (1 of 3) appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Welcome to Pleasure Town, a Utopian town in early 20th century Oklahoma founded with a simple premise: pleasure for pleasure's sake. Does that work out? Err, well, give a listen and we'll see. Playback the first episode of Pleasure Town followed up with an interview with one of the series' creators, Keith Ecker. The post Pleasure Town – Episode 1 & Interview with Keith Ecker appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Holy moley what a show we have for you this week! Announcements: FinalRune Productions worked on the forthcoming audio saga Locke & Key for Audible Our friends at Aural Stage Studios are raising funds for their new series Otherworldlies and also running a kickin' walla contest (with prizes from Izotope) Sue Zizza, David Schinn, and […] The post Serendipity – Episode 1 & Interview with Ann Heppermann appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we're talking LOCKDOWN, the expansion story to We're Alive set in the early days of the zombie apocalypse in the incredible claustrophobic, socially-volatile environment of a high security prison in Los Angeles. KC Wayland's Wayland Productions is now raising funding for the project on Kickstarter (Over $43k of $50k raised so far!) and […] The post We're Alive – ‘Lockdown' & Interview with KC Wayland appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

We're pleased to welcome back the work of Protophonic / JD Venne in “Brad Lansky and the Rogue Era,” the sixth part of the Brad Lansky sci-fi audio adventure series. Biological or ‘B-life' was overtaken by A-life centuries ago and now the balance of power is at the tipping point. An invisible rogue planet on […] The post Brad Lansky – ‘Brad Lansky and the Rogue Era' appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Radio Drama Revival's 412th Episode features “FLUR” the first original “Audio Manga” we've been able to feast our ears on. The normal life of High School senior Lida Garuzo, had always been considered peaceful; filled with plenty of friends, good times, and an annoying five-year-old little brother. However, when a strange phenomenon occurs, she immediately […] The post FLUR: Blades of the Universe – By KJC Comics appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week, we mark the passing of legendary humorist Stan Freberg (1926 – 2015), whose influence on comedy – and radio comedy in particular – cannot be overstated. Speaking to the legacy of the fine Mr. Freberg is Radio Drama Revival guest host David Rheinstrom, who combines retrospective with audio clips to illuminate the life […] The post Stan Freberg – A Retrospective with David Rheinstrom appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Thanks to Alicia Goranson (The Mask Of Inanna) for encouraging Peter Gruenbaum to submit this delightful re-imagining of an apocryphal work by C.S. Lewis, “The Sting of the Dark Tower” (not to be confused with Stephen King's Dark Tower!). C.S. Lewis is invited to visit a lab in 1940's Cambridge England where he is shown […] The post The Sting of the Dark Tower – All Episodes appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Eek!  Gasp!  The final Mark Time Radio Show by Great Northern Audio Theater! Well, at least they go out with a bang.  David Ossman of the Firesign Theatre returns one last time to the live raucous stage to play Cyber Bob, in Cyber Bob and the Digital Nymph.  Bob leaves his position as cart-wrangler at […] The post Mark Time Radio Show – ‘Cyber Bob and the Digital Nymph' appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Radio Drama Revival traveled to #SXSW2015 Interactive in Austin, Texas to talk to filmmakers about the joys of producing audio drama. We speak with panelists Sonia James, Patience Wieland, Matthew Boudreau as well as KC Wayland of “We're Alive” about the experience, as well as new trends in audio drama. This week we have two […] The post BONUS: Radio Drama Revival Live from #SXSW2015 appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Life is all well and good until the multiverse gets torn asunder. Whoops. Dr. “Oppenheimer” Valdini (Wentworth) has torn a rift in the fabric of the multiverse, and is trapped outside of spacetime in his sentient lab A.S.H. LE (Lisa McQuilkin), with maintenance man Cyrus (Michael Atkinson). Desperate for help and companionship, Oppenheimer kidnaps Mike […] The post The Hadron Gospel Hour – By Richard Wentworth and Michael McQuilkin appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

In the dry days of the temperance movement, some of the more savvy entrepreneurs found great opportunity in selling illegal booze. With sleazy underground operations, come sleazy underground politicians – most of whom are not welcome. Classic noir style tells this tale through the eyes of a hapless bouncer. We hear the saucy tale of […] The post Hangman Radio – ‘Bodies in the Basement' appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we have the delicious irreverant, lewd, scandalous and downright HILARIOUS antics of a detective who really puts the ‘hard' in hard-boiled. Enter: Stiff Investigations, a live radio drama series which twists the OTR detective and makes it fresh for a new age. In this episode, Jack and Venus visit the Vixen Family mansion […] The post Embarking on a “Stiff” Investigation appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we feature the work of Voices in the Wind, a group based out of Toronto, CA who are producing their own original material as well as classics, such as we'll hear today, “A Christmas Carol.” You know the drill, Ebeneezer Scrooge is a jerk and his life is transformed by a bunch of […] The post A Christmas Carol by Voices in the Wind appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week the Hartlife Company – all the life you'll ever need – is proud to present Tales from Our Fair City in their annual EXCLUSION DAY special. A charming story of survivors, obedience, and a happy man wearing red.  Featuring both their 2011 special as well as a more recent live performance from Chicago, […] The post Our Fair City: Happy Exclusion Day! appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we thoroughly embrace the holidays with the RG Productions rendition of “It's A Wonderful Life,” the beloved American holiday classic, based on the Lux Radio adaptation from 1947. This story of idealism and reflection was produced live as part of the “Retro Radio Holiday Revue,” an event that Nita Hunter's troupe has made […] The post Episode 398 – It's A Wonderful Life, Live! appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

The energy grid goes day – and stays down. Food grows scarce. Martial law is instated. And then things get really bad. Get ready to jump on the roller-coaster that is “The Cleansed,” in a re-play of the kickoff to our post-apocalyptic saga crafted for you back in 2010. Season 3 of The Cleansed is […] The post Experiencing The Cleansed's “Breaking” appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week's radio drama podcast features the two winners of 2013's War of the Worlds 75th anniversary radio drama contest (sponsored by Izotope) Watch England be annihilated in “Dead London” by the brilliant minds of the Wireless Theatre Company, then a hapless mad scientist try wildly to stem a Marian invasion in “Herbert West Vs. […] The post Sifting Through the Ashes of “Dead London” appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Today!  We have Aftermath, by Scotland-based artist Matthew McLean and co-producer Robert Cudmore's troupe Yap Audio Productions. So what goes wrong in this one… ? Welcome to 2016. For the past five years the world has become an increasingly unstable place. The threat of war between China and the USA had loomed heavily over the […] The post Experiencing the Aftermath appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we dig into the archives to re-play the Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater Classic New England Ghost Story “The Buoy” A beautiful post of how this production was recorded is available at: http://www.ccrmt.com/the-buoy-2/ This is an utterly unforgettable ‘foggy old Cape Cod' story of a lone traveler on a cold night who misses the […] The post Returning to the Clanking Buoy Bell appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week, we feature an appetizer of location horror followed by a full-on meal, the former by our own FinalRune Productions and the latter by John Ballentine's Campfire Radio Theater. Earlier this year, host Fred Greenhalgh was invited to participate in the founding a new kind of way to get kids to interact with the […] The post A Return to “Hungry Hollow” appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Set in the late 1800s, Hunter Brown embarks on a perilous quest to secure true love as he searches for mysterious Faith Geibel, the young woman of his desires. The harrowing journey begins in Victorian Great Britain, moves to Paris then eastward to Hungary and finally, to western Romania (former Transylvania). After overcoming insurmountable odds, […] The post Inviting You on a Journey With Strange Bedfellows appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Part 4 of 4 This week we conclude our four week run of the New Mexican adventure The Land of Enchantment, featuring Mojo Sam the Hoodoo man as he explores the magic and mystery of America's Southwest. Meatball Fulton's ZBS Foundation has been producing cosmic adventures to delight listeners since the early 70s. We've interviewed […] The post Land of Enchantment 4 of 4 appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Part 3 of 4 This week we celebrate the fine majestic adventures of Meatball Fulton's ZBS Foundation, whose comic and cosmic adventures have been delighting listeners since the early 70s. We've interviewed Tom Lopez before and this week have permission to play his 4-part radio serial The Land of Enchantment. Mojo takes a job playing […] The post Land of Enchantment 3 of 4 appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.