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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 68: The Wayfaring Men

Larry Groebe wanted to do a "very special episode" for the finale of the fifth season. Starting with recreating what is not only a lost episode, but an entirely lost show from some of the earliest days of network radio. "Wayfaring Men" is pretty much an unknown, undocumented show... a dramatic 1933 summer serial from CBS about the lives of the hoboes, tramps, and bums who were so numerous during the Great Depression. Not a single recording of the show exists, and there's almost no background inf...

Apr 13, 202548 minSeason 7Ep. 15

Sonic Society #856- Sounds Just Like You

This episode of Sunday Showcase presents two horror stories: "1965 Ford Falcon," about a haunted car with a tragic past, and "Lifetime Supply of Paperclips," where a contest winner receives increasingly disturbing deliveries. Both stories explore themes of obsession, control, and the unsettling horrors lurking beneath the surface of everyday life. Listener discretion is advised due to mature themes.

Apr 13, 202554 minSeason 7Ep. 13

Sunday Showcase, April 13th, 2025

It's the beginning and ending of your week with the Showcase! This week we have the trilogy of Sonic Socety #856, Tales #30, and Project Audion #68! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 13, 20252 min

Before the Wind

A mysterious drifter's appearance in town leads to unexpected results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 06, 202529 minSeason 7Ep. 12

Sonic Society #855- Sound Ethics

This week David clues Jack into where the TORDIS is taking us with two episodes from "Ethics Town". Ethics Town is a cosmic horror podcast about philosophical conundrums in a weird small town! Follow January, a tired and wired Ethics local, and Artemis, a young girl lost in the woods, as they try to unravel what exactly is going on down in the town of Ethics now that the new mayor has taken office. Statistics and probability are exchanged for conspiracy theory logic as the pair try to explain we...

Apr 06, 202549 minSeason 7Ep. 10

Sunday Showcase, April 6th, 2025

This week host David brings us a trilogy of tales on the Showcase! We begin with Sonic Society #855- Sound Ethics, followed by more Tales from the Mutual Basement: The Window, and finally with the grand release of Before the Wind #1! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 06, 20252 min

Project Audion Episode 67: Our Miss Brooks

This episode presents a Project Audion production of "Our Miss Brooks," featuring a new script by Robert L. Mills. The story follows Connie Brooks as she navigates her professional life and romantic interest in Mr. Boyton, complicated by a faculty meeting, a school dance dilemma, and a disastrous road trip to a teacher's convention. A humorous exploration of small-town life and relationships ensues.

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