Radio Drama Revival: The Fred Years (2010-2015)
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 305 – Wireless Theatre Company is the BBC
17 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we feature the work of Wireless Theatre Company, in their cheeky play about the drama behind radio drama creation We Are the BBC...
Episode 304 – Prison Stories from Chatterbox Audio Theater
09 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome back our friends at the Chatterbox Audio Theater, one of the gems of modern independent audio drama who shine on us from Memphis, Tennessee...
Episode 303 – Day of the Dead Returns to New Orleans
02 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Six years later, we revisit the radio drama that started it all for us – the retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice set in New Orleans, Day of the Dead. ...
Episode 302 – A Son’s Long Trip Home, and a Dark Ride
27 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Horror, horror, horror! More scary stories to haunt you this Halloween season, this week with a rendition of If You Take My Hand, My Son by Scott Hick...
Episode 301 – The Statement of Randolph Carter by Horrorscopes
19 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The recently revamped HORRORSCOPES collection is a series of ten of horror’s darkest little tales, ranging from classics by Poe and Bradbury to orig...
Episode 300 – The Strange Case of Springheel’d Jack
12 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Our second week of our 5th festival of audio drama horror is the thrilling tale of murder in the city – The Strange Case of Springheel’d Jack by W...
Episode 299 – The Damned Are Playing at Godzilla’s Tonight
06 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Kicking off our fifth-annual month-long fright fright fest is a Seeing Ear Theatre original, The Damned are Playing at Godzilla’s Tonight. This fres...
Episode 298 – The Handmaid Makes a Break for It
28 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we wrap up our feature of John Dryden’s radio drama adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” produced for BBC Radio ...
Episode 297 – The Handmaid Takes Her Assignment
22 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we feature the second installment of John Dryden’s radio drama adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” produced for...
Episode 296 – The Handmaid Returns to Tell Her Tale
15 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In a rare return to a previously played episode, this week on RDR we re-play the masterful Goldhawk adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s...
Episode 295 – Ruby Nine Gets Afloat
08 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re thrilled to report that the Galactic Gumshoe Ruby is back, with all the flaring sass and quick jabbing dialogue and absurd time we’...
Episode 294 – Slip Sliding with the Silver Tongued Devil
01 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we wrap up a month featuring the works of Irish dramatist Roger Gregg with a piece off his collection Diabolic Playhouse, “The Silver Tong...
Episode 293 – At Last, the Final Stalemate
25 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we finish our summer sizzler – INFIDEL – the lush, medieval epic with a message for our times, penned by the great Roger Gre...
Episode 292 – The Pawns are Sacrificed to Sate the Infidel
18 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hmm we didn't really intend this, but there is a section of The Cleansed that features a militant Christian force, this piece by Roger, and then a...
Episode 291 – The Knights of “Infidel” Advance
10 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we feature our summer sizzler – INFIDEL – the lush, medieval epic with a message for our times, penned by the great Roger Gr...
Episode 290 – Unleashing Roger Gregg’s “Infidel”
03 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we feature our summer sizzler – INFIDEL – the lush, medieval epic with a message for our times, penned by the great Roger Gr...
Episode 289 – A Night Out on Our Fair City
28 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
From our Mark Time/Ogle Awards winners’ circle series – this week we feature again the funky distopia of Our Fair City, where the Hartlife Company...
Episode 288 – We’re Alive’s Kc Wayland Talks
20 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Chilling sound effects, a huge and diverse cast that has come together like clockwork, and tight writing that keeps you wound in suspense hour after h...
Episode 287 – Brad Lansky Visits the 4D Verse
14 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
We kick off the next round of features of Mark Time/Ogle winners with a feature of Dieter Zimmerman’s newest production – the Gold Mark Time Award...
Episode 286 – Dialed In from CONvergence 2012
06 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we report from #CVG2012 where our own FinalRune Productions in tandem with good friends Aural Stage Studios pick up the Gold Ogle award for ...
Episode 285: Titanium Rains Down on Us
29 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we have the searing hot rocket-paced adaptation of Titanium Rain, one of the most acclaimed (and controversial) graphic novel se...
Episode 284: Taking a Transgender Tango to Mars
23 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we give a nod to West Plains, Missouri, which this week is home to the National Audio Theater Festivals‘ annual audio pilgrima...
Episode 283 – Anne Manx Takes on the Ring of Minotour
16 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we again feature the Radio Repertory Company of America, a group that combines star-studded casts with clever, sassy, sci-fi scr...
Episode 282 – Bradbury’s Passing Brings Us to the Veldt
08 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this week we mark the passing of science fiction grand master Ray Bradbury, who has been eulogized well in media ranging from Wired Magazine, to Bl...
Episode 281 – RCCA Releases a Song Bird
02 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show it’s our esteemed pleasure to welcome the Radio Repertory Company of America (RRCA) who have produced dozens of works in the p...
Episode 280 – Mask of Inanna Faces a Smoking Monkey
26 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Our second week featuring the boldly original occult mystery drama The Mask of Inanna. We’re into the second episode of season two, where Leonard Al...
Episode 279 – Revealing the Mask of Innana Again
18 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Not all legends die easy, and not all old radio shows are forgotten. Such is the lesson for Leonard Allen, who learned at the beginning of Post Meridi...
Episode 278 – Ruby and the Zoots, Part 6
11 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Part 6 of 6 On this week’s show we conclude of Tom Lopez’s Ruby 5, the galactic gumshoe who has been investigating the Land of Zoots. This is the ...
Episode 277 – Ruby and the Zoots, Part 5
05 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Part 5 of 6 Did we say 5? No, there are SIX parts to Ruby 5. Right, moving on… This week on the show we continue our feature of Tom Lopez’s ZBS Fo...
Episode 276 – Ruby and the Zoots, Part 4
27 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Part 4 of 5 This week on the show we continue our feature of Tom Lopez’s ZBS Foundation with the fast-talking galactic gumshoe, Ruby. Our feature: R...
Episode 275 – Ruby and the Zoots, Part 3
20 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Part 3 of 5 This week on the show we continue our feature of Tom Lopez’s ZBS Foundation with the fast-talking galactic gumshoe, Ruby. Our feature: R...
Episode 274 – Ruby and the Zoots, Part 2
13 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of 5 This week on the show we continued our feature of Tom Lopez’s ZBS Foundation with the fast-talking galactic gumshoe, Ruby. Our feature: ...
Episode 273 – Embarking with Ruby to the Land of Zoots
06 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of 5 This week on the show we feature the dazzling work of Tom Lopez’s ZBS Foundation with the fast-talking galactic gumshoe, Ruby. Our featu...
Episode 272 – The Final Six Suspects, Preparing for Pandemic
30 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week we wrap our third part of Six Suspects by Vikas Swarup, adapted by Ayeesha Menon and produced by acclaimed BBC Producer John Dryden. Vicky R...
Episode 271 – A Bit More on Those Six Suspects, And Chatting with John Dryden
24 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this jam-packed week, we have the 3rd chapter of The Cleansed, followed quickly by our 2nd chunk of Six Suspects by Vikas Swarup, adapted by Ayeesh...
Episode 270 – Meeting Six Suspects, Farewell Nod to Peter
16 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
First things first this week – a farewell nod to Peter Bergman, founding member of the legendary audio comedy troupe The Firesign Theatre, 1960s Ame...
Episode 269 – A Spring Cleansing, and Leviathan Chronicles Redux
10 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The energy crisis is here! Well, at least in sound… With a humble thrill, I welcome you to debut of The Cleansed: Season 1. This post-apocalyptic au...
Episode 268 – A Tour of the Galaxy with Dirk Maggs
03 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A blinding 14-inch snowstorm struck Maine on Wednesday, blitzing Radio Drama Revival host Fred Greenhalgh with the sensation that it muststill be wint...
Episode 267 – The Ministry of Chance Opens for Business
24 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Now in his second regeneration, defrocked Time Lord The Minister Of Chance finds himself saddled with ‘Kitty’, an ‘assistant’ he apparently ca...
Episode 259 – Illuminating Swordspoint’s Daring-Do with Ellen Kushner and Sue Zizza
31 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
With the New Year upon us, we seek to capture one last audio gem from 2011: the new illuminated audiobook Swordspoint, directed and produced by Sue Zi...
Episode 258: A Christmas Special that Overrules a Horrendous Plot
24 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Photo by kevin dooley Yuletide greetings dramatites! We’re delighted to share with you a 2008 retelling of a treasure from the golden age of radio, ...
Episode 257: The Monte Christoan Count Gets His Revenge
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have the second installment of the classic The Count of Monte Christo by Alexander Dumas, dramatized for you by Lifehouse Theatre on the ...
Episode 256: A Swashbuckling Embarcation of the Holiday Season
10 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
OK, so we’re not quite edging into what would be traditionally called “Holiday Programming” here, but we do have a wonderful treat – the swash...
Episode 255: Sweeney Todd’s Barbary Falls in a Trap
03 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are thrilled to be featuring work by Grammy-nominated dramaturge Yuri Rasovsky, whose 2012 production The Mark of Zorro is up for Best Sp...
Episode 254: A Barbarous Black Friday with Sweeney Todd
25 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Week 3 continues our foray into 19th century London, where Fleet Street is home to the “Demon Barber” Sweeney Todd, a snickering, dour man whose c...
Episode 253: A Bit More Polishing Off from Olde Sweeney Todd
19 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
We return again to 19th century London, where Fleet Street is home to the “Demon Barber” Sweeney Todd, a snickering, dour man whose customers myst...
Episode 252: Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber Strikes
11 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
On Fleet Street in Olde London there once lived a barber called Sweeney Todd, whose greatest pleasure was “polishing off” his customers who found ...
Episode 251: A Scene from the Horror Hotel
04 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Just because we don’t feel that we get quite enough spooky programming during the month of October, we’re continuing our tradition of re-upping th...
Episode 250 – HALLOWEEN Special Continues, with a Grind Down the Grist Mill
28 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Halloween not… ground you up already? Still fresh enough for some new ghoulery? Well, good! In a rare move, we have a double-double feature, courtes...
Episode 249 – Halloween Horrors! Intensive Care by Aural Stage/FinalRune and Damned Godzillas…
28 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
It is HALLOWEEN my freakish audio fan folks, and to celebrate we have a positively gushing font of blood and chills this year. Fresh off the mixing de...
Episode 248 – 19 Nocturne Boulevard Brings Us a “Dunwich Horror”
21 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In a backwater town in 19th century New England, a trio of professors from Miskatonic University uncover something dreadful. Something invigorated by ...
Episode 247 – Fangoria Audio Horror Takes a “Late Shift”
14 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Late at night at a local shopping plaza, some serious labor violations are taking place. Crooked management and intimidated store owners go beyond hir...
Episode 246 – Horror Arrives with a Deadly Meal
07 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
It’s October again, and as ever, is it HORROR-ible! OH yes, folks, we’ve got a 5 week stretch of terrifying audio goodies for you, starting this w...
Episode 245: Primordial Gods, Alive and Romping in New Orleans
30 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In modern day New Orleans, ancient gods are at work. Movie producers are dying, powerful forces strike the land and the names Shango, Oya, and Ogun ar...
Episode 244 – It’s a Mean Thing, This Thing of Ours
24 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are pleased to feature another producer new to the show (indeed, new to radio drama altogether) – Scott Spaulding, whose new gritty mob...
Episode 243: Everyone (Including Us) Digs Bill Evans
16 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Photo of Bill Evans at a German Jazz Workshop by Heinrich Klaff Music sometimes takes a backseat to sound effects and dialogue in radio plays, but not...
Episode 242 – The Flying Bike Sees a Movie Get Made
10 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have an original new treat for you – a new original tale called The Flying Bike, by Karl Hirsch. What exactly IS the Flying Bike? Well,...
Episode 241: Down in the Lab with the Doc, a Little Wampum, Sweet, Sweet Vampire and the Freedom Bones
02 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Alas, all good things come to an end. After a splendid time trippin’ dimensionality tweaking trip in Return to Inverness, Jack Flanders and Mojo fin...
Episode 240: Inverness, Week Four – Little Frieda, Four Towers, and Creepy Rakshashas!
27 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 220 – The Final (Severed) Thread
09 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week we finish our spellbinding and unforgettable feature of three lives intertwined by cheap labor in India… SEVERED THREADS. Penned by season...
Episode 219 – Severed Threads Cut Loose
01 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 218 – John Dryden’s Severed Threads
25 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week we feature a spectacular original story of three lived intertwined by cheap labor in India… an exploration of the undertow of modern globa...
Episode 217: St Patrick’s Day Audio Special Live from Ireland
18 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 216: Bradbury 13 Rolls in With “A Sound of Thunder”
12 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 215 – FinalRune Sees the World Get Cleansed
04 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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-saf...
Episode 214: The Witch Hunter Goes Postal
26 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week we conclude “Sci Fi February” with another three episodes from the spectacular Witch Hunter Chronicles. The protagonist of The Witch Hun...
Episode 213 – Ludlov the Witch Hunter Tells His Tale
19 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 Hunte...
Episode 212 – The FiS Gathers to Go After Cook
11 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 211 – Issuing an Edict… Zero
04 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 Sli...
Episode 210: Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix’s Searing Politics and Soaring Sci-Fi
28 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 209 – Wherein a Group of Struggling Writers Goes for a Walk, and a Narrator Gets Surly
21 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 208 – Another Visit to 522, Where Struggling Writers Stay Warm in Many Ways…
14 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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, tellin...
Episode 207 – A Life Together Among Works of Art
08 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
2011 hits and Radio Drama Revival tries something completely different yet again. Today’s feature is from the 1980 serial that aired on WBAI, tellin...
Episode 203 – Chatterbox’s Snowglobe Revealed
10 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of Chatterbox Audio Theater’s original work called “Snow Globe” we learn the meaning of a seemingly mystical experience – a...
Episode 202 – Chatterbox Stories Under the Snowglobe
03 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Seasonal programming begins again on the show with an unconventional Christmas story by Chatterbox Audio Theater, called “Snow Globe.” This is a h...
Episode 201 – Mutt Media Brings Us the Art of Pickman
26 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This awesome artwork found on FrostTLU’s deviantART page and NOT provided by production company. Buy a print if you like it 🙂 Mm… Nothing like ...
Episode 200 – Leonard Allen Wants to Have it Your Way
19 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 gre...