“The Challenge of the Yukon” started as 15 minute short episodes, so we give you TWO episodes for the price of ONE! “Maw Baker’s Pies” finds Madison working in the 1890’s Gold Rush town of Forty Mile as kitchen help to the beloved local figure, Maw Baker. But when Maw comes into a lot of gold, she becomes the target of a bad element. In “A Pack of Bacon,” Madison suits up as a North West Mounted Police officer, but when her assignment to bring in two outlaws leaves her stranded in the frozen Yuk...
Jun 01, 2022•44 min•Season 2Ep. 20
FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! "The Challenge of the Yukon" started as 15 minute short episodes, so we give you TWO episodes for the price of ONE! "Maw Baker's Pies" finds Madison working in the 1890's Gold Rush town of Forty Mile as kitchen help to the beloved local figure, Maw Baker. But when Maw comes into a lot of gold, she becomes the target of a bad element. In "A Pack of Bacon," Madison suits up as a North West Mounted Police officer, but when her assignment to bring in two outlaws leaves he...
May 20, 2022•1 min
In our Sherlock Holmes episode, there is mention of arsenic in makeup. Yup, it was a thing! So for this Mad Facts, Madison chats with the voice of our femme fatale, Lara Kristine Elliott , about the history of deadly beauty trends. MadisonOnTheAir.com
May 10, 2022•12 min
Another visit to 1890’s London to house sit for Dr. Watson leads Madison on a new adventure with Sherlock Holmes. This time they attend a Shakespeare Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon – only to end up being shot at! But was it on purpose or merely an accident? With a femme fatale, a bookish husband and a handsome young actor, Madison will join the world’s most famous sleuth to try and prevent a murder! TRANSCRIPT ON OUR WEBSITE: https://www.madisonontheair.com/sherlockholmes19_transcript/ PATREON:...
May 01, 2022•44 min•Season 2Ep. 19
FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! Another visit to 1890's London to housesit for Dr. Watson leads Madison on a new adventure with Sherlock Holmes. This time they attend a Shakespeare Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon - only to end up being shot at! But was it on purpose or merely an accident? With a femme fatale, a bookish husband and a handsome young actor, Madison will join the world's most famous sleuth to try and prevent a murder! Find us on the web: MadisonOnTheAir.com...
Apr 20, 2022•1 min
There have always been plagues, and with them, quack doctors. Madison chats with David Pinion , who played our quack doctor in "The Story of Doctor Kildare," about the history of being duped by dangerous medicine. MadisonOnTheAir.com
Apr 10, 2022•10 min
When Madison takes a gig as a candy striper at Blair General Hospital, she finds herself recruited by the hunky Dr. Kildare to help stop a quack doctor. With the aid of the surly Dr. Gillespie, and under the anxious eye of Dr. Carew, Madison will pose as Dr. Kildare’s wife to take down the charlatan. Can Madison do it and land a real date with the sexy Jimmy Kildare? TRANSCRIPT ON OUR WEBSITE: https://www.madisonontheair.com/drkildare18_transcript/ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/Madisononthe...
Apr 01, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 18
FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! When Madison takes a gig as a candy striper at Blair General Hospital, she finds herself recruited by the hunky Dr. Kildare to help bring down a quack doctor. With the help of the surly Dr. Gillespie, and under the anxious eye of Dr. Carew, Madison will pose as Dr. Kildare’s wife to take down the charlatan. Can Madison do it and land a real date with the sexy Jimmy Kildare? Find us on the web: MadisonOnTheAir.com...
Mar 20, 2022•1 min
BONUS FEATURE! Join “Madison on the Air” cast member and voice of our Kato in "The Green Hornet" Steve Jun, for this hour long discussion about the history of Asian Americans in entertainment. Starting with old time radio and characters like Kato and Charlie Chan, through the decades of film, television, anime and stage all the way to modern day. Steve hosts a frank and open discussion about the struggles and successes of the Asian American community with fellow professional creatives Andy Lowe,...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 9 min
In "The Green Hornet," Madison gets introduced to a "public phone" and from there we decided to showcase fun phone facts from telephone history with the voice of our Miss Case, Sharon Gr ü nwald ! MadisonOnTheAir.com
Mar 10, 2022•10 min
OMG you guys, there are too many spoilers for this one! Let’s just say: Madison, Kato, a corpse that disappears, enemy spies, knock-out gas, treason and a little bit of gender swapping. It’s the Adventures of the Green Hornet as only Madison could do it. TRANSCRIPT ON OUR WEBSITE: https://www.madisonontheair.com/greenhornet17_transcript/ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/MadisonontheAir KOFI: https://ko-fi.com/mota CREDITS: Written/Produced/Edited: Chrisi Talyn Saje Original Music/Audio Enginee...
Mar 01, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 17
FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! OMG you guys, there are too many spoilers for this one! Let’s just say: Madison, Kato, a corpse that disappears, enemy spies, knock-out gas, treason and a little bit of gender swapping. It’s the Adventures of the Green Hornet as only Madison could do it. Find us on the web: MadisonOnTheAir.com
Feb 21, 2022•1 min
BONUS FEATURE! For our 1 Year Anniversary of adapting old time radio shows, what better subject than the history of OTR itself! Join Madison and Tom O'Connor talking about how The Golden Age of Radio came to be. MadisonOnTheAir.com
Feb 10, 2022•10 min
Celebrate our one year anniversary with an EXTENDED episode of Madison on the Air! From 1955-1962, “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar” was produced as a 5 part weekday serial. We have taken one of those shows and put it together into one long playing episode. Madison tries her hand at selling life insurance, only to have one of her first clients die under mysterious circumstances. The man with the action packed expense account, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, is sent to discover the truth. Madiso...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Modern day Madison is zapped into old time radio shows. No technology, no Starbucks and no one is PC! Will she survive? Actual old time radio scripts adapted for a fun look at the way we were and the way we are today. We're episodic! See a title you like? Listen in any order. Year One features 15 full episodes and a bunch of bonus features! Year Two premieres February 1st.
Jan 29, 2022•1 min
FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! Celebrate our one year anniversary with an EXTENDED episode of Madison on the Air! From 1955-1962, “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar” was produced as a 5 part weekday serial. We have taken one of those shows and put it together into one long playing episode. Madison tries her hand at selling life insurance, only to have one of her first clients die under mysterious circumstances. The man with the action packed expense account, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, is sent t...
Jan 20, 2022•1 min
BONUS FEATURE! The history of Dry Cleaning? Boring... but wait! Explosions, urine, cancer and... part of the slavery abolitionist movement! Listen as Madison chats with Jonathan Winstead about dry cleaners! MadisonOnTheAir.com
Jan 10, 2022•8 min
When Madison reads about her own death in the obituaries, she takes her existential crisis to the doorstep of Simon Templar. Can The Saint discover the truth behind Madison’s reported demise? Throw in missing jewels, a French temptress, a determined cabbie and a dry cleaner and you’ll get the adventure of: “The Corpse Said Ouch.” TRANSCRIPT ON OUR WEBSITE: https://www.madisonontheair.com/saint15_transcript/ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/MadisonontheAir KOFI: https://ko-fi.com/mota CREDITS: ...
Jan 01, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 15
FULL EPISODE NOW AVAILABLE! When Madison reads about her own death in the obituaries, she takes her existential crisis to the doorstep of Simon Templar. Can The Saint discover the truth behind Madison’s reported demise? Throw in missing jewels, a French temptress, a determined cabbie and a dry cleaner and you’ll get the adventure of: “The Corpse Said Ouch.” Find us on the web: MadisonOnTheAir.com
Dec 20, 2021•1 min
BONUS FEATURE! Join us for a Christmas SHORT! This episode from The Jack Benny Program is condensed, but otherwise the actual dialogue from the original broadcast, circa 1941. Madison steps into the shoes of Jack Benny on a deeply frustrating Christmas shopping spree. Enjoy our little tribute to Jack Benny, and Merry Holidays! Find us on the web: MadisonOnTheAir.com CREDITS: Produced/Edited: Chrisi Talyn Saje Original Music/Audio Engineering: Jeremy Saje Jack Benny: Madison Standish Mary: Madely...
Dec 15, 2021•5 min
BONUS FEATURE! Madison sits down with Paul Arbisi , the voice of the department store manager in our "Candy Matson" episode, to discuss the history of those sweaty laps of luxury items, Department Store Santas! MadisonOnTheAir.com
Dec 10, 2021•10 min
A female detective from 1949? You better believe it! Madison joins up with Candy Matson to discover the mystery of a missing Santa Claus helper, Jack Frost, from a local department store. Add a hunky police inspector and a gay best friend and you have a ho-ho-whole lotta fun in our Christmas episode! Merry Holidays! TRANSCRIPT ON OUR WEBSITE: https://www.madisonontheair.com/candymatson14_transcript/ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/MadisonontheAir KOFI: https://ko-fi.com/mota CREDITS: Written/...
Dec 01, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 14
FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! A female detective from 1949? You better believe it! Madison joins up with Candy Matson to discover the mystery of a missing Santa Claus helper from a local department store. Add a hunky police inspector and a gay best friend and you have a ho-ho-whole lotta fun in our Christmas episode! Merry Holidays! Find us on the web: MadisonOnTheAir.com
Nov 20, 2021•1 min
BONUS FEATURE! Madison chats with our resident Martian, Jerry Kokich , about the science fiction boom of the 1950’s and how the otherworldly themes reflected the fear and anxiety of post World War II America. MadisonOnTheAir.com
Nov 10, 2021•8 min
Madison takes a job as a secretary at a top publicity house in New York City. When a new client comes in claiming to be a “Martian,” Madison’s boss just thinks it’s part of the gag to promote “Martian Day,” a publicity campaign for a big Hollywood space opera opening soon. The huge budget for the campaign is too good to pass up, and Madison finds herself helping her boss to prepare for the biggest publicity stunt of his career: a “Martian Day” parade down 5th Avenue, sure to dwarf anything Macy’...
Nov 01, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 13
FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! Madison takes a job as a secretary at a top publicity house in New York City. When a new client comes in claiming to be a “Martian,” Madison’s boss just thinks it’s part of the gag to promote “Martian Day,” a publicity campaign for a big Hollywood space opera opening soon. The huge budget for the campaign is too good to pass up, and Madison finds herself helping her boss to prepare for the biggest publicity stunt of his career: a “Martian Day” parade down 5th Avenue, ...
Oct 20, 2021•1 min
BONUS FEATURE! You think Halloween during COVID was bad, Madison talks with Steve Jun about the struggles to keep the holiday alive through the Great Depression and World War II! MadisonOnTheAir.com
Oct 10, 2021•7 min
Welcome to the HALLOWEEN episode of “Madison on the Air”! Join us for our adaptation of the 1949 radio broadcast from Canada’s show “Stage 49” of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” Can the world’s most famous vampire survive meeting Madison? Tune in and find out! TRANSCRIPT ON OUR WEBSITE: https://www.madisonontheair.com/dracula12_transcript/ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/MadisonontheAir KOFI: https://ko-fi.com/mota CREDITS: Written/Produced/Edited: Chrisi Talyn Saje Original Music/Audio Engineering:...
Oct 01, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 12
FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! It's the HALLOWEEN episode of “Madison on the Air”! Join us for our adaptation of the 1949 radio broadcast of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” Can the world’s most famous vampire survive meeting Madison? Tune in and find out! Find us on the web: MadisonOnTheAir.com
Sep 20, 2021•1 min
BONUS FEATURE! Madison chats with Jeremy Saje about the history of Photo Manipulation. From 1800's etching to modern day selfie filters, you can never really trust your own eyes. MadisonOnTheAir.com
Sep 10, 2021•6 min
