Episode 233 – Back From #CVG2011 with Stories To Tell and a Trip to 1918

1918 radio dramaToday we stagger back from a GREAT trip out west to Minneapolis, Minnesota for the CONvergence science fiction and fantasy convention (known to you Twitterers as #cvg2011).

We received the 2010 Silver Mark Time for FinalRune‘s production The Cleansed: Episode Zero and celebrated with other winners, including Jonathan Mitchell (who created the spectacular Moon Graffiti), Matthew and Monique Boudreau and Samantha Mason of 1918, Domien and Eline of The Witch Hunter Chronicles, Cayenne Chris Conroy of TEKDIFF, and Jack Ward of Electric Vicuna/The Sonic Society rounding out this year’s winners, plus Brian Price, Jerry Stearns and Kris Markman of Great Northern Audio Theater, Jeff Adams of Icebox Radio Theater, and Scott Hickey of The Grist Mill.  That’s a lot of sonic energy!

We talk to these folks, recap the experience at CONvergence, and go on to play 1918 Season One in its entirety. And did I mention Captain Radio‘s great review of the Hazardous Players’ production Knighttime? Stay tuned…

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Radio Drama Revival – Episode 233

Episode 206 – On a Twilight Zone “Walkabout,” and Talk with Carl Amari

Twilight Zone Radio Dramas

We conclude our three-week run of episodes from the magnificent and long-running Twilight Zone radio dramas.

This week we shy away from the holiday-oriented programming and join a hack writer on the hunt for alien abductees in the story “The Walkabout.” But this researcher may soon find himself the subject of his book, not the writer…

Followed by an interview with producer Carl Amari, founder of Radio Spirits and now producer with plenty of stripes. We talk about getting the rights to produce this series, his word-for-word dramatization of the Bible and thoughts on the changing landscape of radio drama.

COMMITTED TO THE RADIO DRAMA REVIVAL ARCHIVES. TO HEAR THE SHOW, VISIT TWILIGHT ZONE RADIO WEBSITE.

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Standalone Interview with Carl Amari

Episode 198 – Prepare to Be “Starstruck”

Starstruck Audio Drama Sci Fi AdventureWell, listeners, we’ve mopped up the buckets of blood spilled throughout the month of October and prepare now for an intergalactic adventure aboard the Harpy with Capt. Galatia 9 and her loyal contingent of do-gooders.

The show is the exciting new audio dramatization of Starstruck, an off-Broadway stage show and comic book that is the dysfigured hilarious child of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

In this mega-episode we feature substantive tastes of the show and interviews with the creators. We’ve also uploaded some videos on YouTube so you can see just how fun it is to record a show like this:

More videos on FinalRune’s YouTube Page

Be Sure to Buy It!

If you like high-quality, refreshingly original science-fiction audio drama, well, you’ve got to show the creators some love.

This show is available as an MP3 download on ZBS as well as on the AudioComics Company’s own website. You can also order CDs with really sharp artwork by Michael Kaluto.

And, without further ado, the show must go on…

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Episode 178 – Collector’s Fever and a Chat with Yuri Rasovsky

RUR Rossums Universal Robots Radio DramaThis week we wrap up our focus on Yuri Rasovsky, one of audio drama’s true greats who has been so kind as to let us re-broadcast pristine stereo recordings of his Beyond 2000 series originally recorded for NPR.

Today we feature two last bits – “Collector’s Fever” by Roger Zelazny and “And Miles to Go before I Sleep” by William F. Nolan.

Followed by an interview with Yuri himself where we talk about his more recent work in noir audio drama, an exciting new project featuring Zorro, and reflections on 40 years in audio.

Enjoy!

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Episode 175 – Norman Corwin Takes an Audience with the BBC

Norman Corwin Radio Laureate 2005
Photo courtesy NormanCorwin.com

This week we wrap up our month-long celebration of the poet laureate of radio, Norman Corwin, who celebrated his centennial this month.

We tie together a month of great programming with a documentary by the BBC that lets Norman tell us the story of a life in radio – giving us a taste of what it was like to be producing great radio in the greatest era for the greatest in the world… and what magic is it all!

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“New Theater of the Mind” Interview from Macon Film Festival

James Kicklighter sent me a link to a new video out with himself, Edith Ivey, Berry Stolch and Jonathan Pope live from the Macon Film Festival.

Hear about the background of the film, what it was like making it, and of course, some delicious tidbits about the golden age of radio!

Do check out James Kicklighter’s site for more information about Theater of the Mind and his projects, and recall our conversation with him a few months ago about turning memories of radio into film!