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Sunday Showcase

Jack Ward
The Mutual Audio Network- the United Artists of Modern Audio Drama and Audio Fiction release new shows on their Sunday Showcase feed. Join us every Sunday for the collection of new stories and audio drama from around the world!

Episodes

Project Audion Episode 67: Our Miss Brooks

Project Audion presents the delightful mid-century classic sitcom "Our Miss Brooks." Back in the 1950s, the character of Connie Brooks was everyone’s favorite high school English teacher - sassy and smart, but starry-eyed in her unrequited desire for biology teacher Mr. Boyton. Actress Eve Arden’s portrayal was so iconic she made the jump to television four years after the radio version launched in 1948 - and even filmed a movie adaptation in 1956. (Me, I remember her from endless TV reruns.) Ro...

Mar 30, 202537 minSeason 7Ep. 9

Sonic Society #854- Dark Designs

This week the Heart of the TORDIS speaks and sets David and Jack off on their solution to the Mr.Crow problem! We begin with "Dark Dice" from Travis Vengroff and Fool and Scholar Productions. This dramatized active play series has their travelers embark on a journey into the dark corners of a fantasy world with dragons & monsters. They will never be the same again. But we will be introduced with episodes 1 and 2: "The Silent One" and "Meet the Innskeep"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

Mar 30, 20251 hr 1 minSeason 5Ep. 8

Sunday Showcase, March 30th, 2025

This week on the Showcase Jack brings us Sonic Society #854- Dark Designs and Project Audion's Episode 67 of Our Miss Brooks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 30, 20252 min

Sonic Society #853- Pale Tales- Third Act

Jack and David spend more time in the incredible world of "Tales from Beyond the Pale" with "Food Chain." Four hunters set out to trap the elusive Big Foot but it’s not long before the hunters become the hunted. It's Audio Drama Time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 23, 202543 minSeason 7Ep. 6

Sunday Showcase, March 23rd, 2025

Spring is here and MONA- the Mutual Oral Network Assistant brings us the double-feature today with Sonic Society #853- Pale Tales and Tales from the Mutual Basement: Invisible! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 23, 20252 min

Re-Imagined Radio: Chaste Kiss & Chrysalis

The February 2025 episode of Re-Imagined Radio is "Chaste Kiss & Chrysalis." It samples two audio dramas by award-winning Canadian writer, producer, and director Jack Jamie Ward. February is the month of love, and Valentine's Day. Both of Ward's audio dramas are edgy love stories in the style of Golden Age of Radio science fiction. "A Chaste Kiss Goodbye" considers love between humans and purpose-built companion robots. Ward's "Chrysalis" is a revisioning of the classic audio drama "The War of t...

Mar 16, 20251 hrSeason 7Ep. 5

Sonic Society #853- Pale Tales- Second Act

Jack and David spend more time in the incredible world of "Tales from Beyond the Pale" with "Hidden Records." When a troubled teen is haunted by the memory of his musician father and the vinyl record that speaks from beyond the grave. Written and directed by Douglas Buck. Featuring Kevin Cline, Tony Todd, Susan Corbett. Performed live July 27, 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 16, 202551 minSeason 7Ep. 3

Sunday Showcase, March 16th, 2025

Season 7 continues as Jack Ward gives a quick update on Mutual and brings this week's Showcase with Sonic Society #853, Tales from the Mutual Basement: Flush with Pride, and Re-Imagined Radio: Chaste Kiss & Chrysalis! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 16, 20253 min

Sonic Society #852- Pale Tales- First Act

Jack wakes but has a new insight in the mystery of Mr. Crow taking David to "Tales from Beyond the Pale" beginning with "Reappraisal" and "In the Wind" from Glenn McQuaid and Larry Fessenden! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 09, 202535 minSeason 7Ep. 1

Sunday Showcase, March 9th, 2025

It's Season 7! Host David Ault introduces the new season with Sonic Society #852- Pale Tales- First Act, and Tales from the Mutual Basement: Visitors! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 09, 20252 min

Old-Time Radio Essentials Episode 48

The hosts discuss the On Stage episode Heartbreak, a mid-century melodrama about a man grappling with a heart attack and its impact on his life and marriage. Pat shares her appreciation for the series' naturalistic acting and risky subject matter. The hosts analyze the episode's themes of mortality, fear, and the challenges of recovery, and vote on its essential status.

Mar 02, 202557 minSeason 6Ep. 161

Sonic Society #851- Spectral Sleeps

Jack sleeps fitfully in the TORDIS but gains an idea as he dreams of Spectre from Stef Howerton with episodes "A Way Out" and "Stowed"! Space exploration is lawless, dirty, and inconvenient, but that doesn't stop Rho from seeking to recover lost memories and find her place in a universe that seems hell-bent on destroying her. SPECTRE is a swashbuckling space opera about the dangers of technology and the loss of humanity as a result of its use. It's Audio Drama Time! Learn more about your ad choi...

Mar 02, 202551 minSeason 6Ep. 159

Sunday Showcase, March 2nd, 2025

Welcome to the last Sunday Showcase for season 6! This week MONA brings us Sonic Society #851, Tales from the Mutual Basement: Lance Ferguson- Shape shifting Detective, and OTR Essentials Episode 48! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 02, 20252 min

Sonic Society #850- Audio Cubed

David finishes the work on the TORDIS while Jack rests up. Meanwhile the incredible Jerry Stearns from Great Northern Audio is back with a great new feature "Cubicles" and Tim Wicks brings a laugh out loud episode of "Big Fun Adventure Time with "Lighter Than Heavy"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 23, 202554 minSeason 6Ep. 156

Sunday Showcase, February 23rd, 2025

Last week of NADSWRIM on Sunday Showcase! This wee kwe have Sonic Society #850, Tales of the Mutual Basement: Road Trip, and Sonic Speaks 0705: Jaci Szilagyi! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 23, 20252 min

Project Audion Episode 66: The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Project Audion brings you "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," recreating an episode which has remained unheard for eighty years. There's no more famous detective, real or imagined, than Holmes. His creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, pretty much defined the mystery-detective story, and 138 years later Holmes and Watson are still part of popular culture. In 1945, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce portrayed them weekly on the Mutual Radio network. Our selected script (which aired only once, on January ...

Feb 16, 202547 minSeason 6Ep. 155

Sonic Society #849- Men-a-love

Jack and David get the old girl TORDIS moving to tie up the Audioverse again! This week it's "Love for Menability" from Wireless Theatre Ltd. Love for Menabilly is an original audio play written by Jo-Ann Challis, exploring the relationship between Daphne Du Maurier and the house she loved. Menabilly is a house with a past, but seemingly no future. Hidden away from prying eyes on a Cornish peninsula, Mena's been abandoned by its owners and left to rot. It's hurting and lonely, and embarrassed by...

Feb 16, 202556 minSeason 6Ep. 153

Sunday Showcase, February 16th, 2025

Welcome to Sunday Showcase! This week we have Sonic Society #849, Tales from the Mutual Basement: The Devil and Jo-Jo, and Project Audion Episode #66! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 16, 20252 min

Sonic Speaks 0704: Daniel French and Patricia Keiller

Jack clicks another bucket list item as he speaks with some of his favourite audio drama writers and producers- Daniel French and Patricia Keiller from Chronosphere Fiction! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 09, 202536 minSeason 6Ep. 152

Sonic Society #848- Victorious Audio

David's back! And a recently recovered drug addict tries to start her new lease on life, Jade Madison Scott and Nathan Gabriel bring us "Small Victories". A recently recovered drug addict tries to start her new lease on life, too bad life has it out for her. This dramatic comedy follows Marisol through the ups and downs of her life. Episodes 1-4! It's Audio Drama Time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 09, 202554 minSeason 6Ep. 150

Sunday Showcase, February 9th, 2025

Welcome to the Showcase! MONA gives the rundown this week with Sonic Society #848-Victorious Audio, Tales from the Mutual Basement: Best Friends, and Sonic Speaks #704: Daniel French and Patricia Keiller! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 09, 20252 min

Sonic Speaks 0703: Dr. Leslie McMurtry

Jack chats with Professor Leslie McMurtry from the University of Salford Manchester about their favourite medium, England, America, and educating the next generation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 02, 202523 minSeason 6Ep. 149