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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

Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 13.1A:The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Act I)

Act I of The Narada Radio Company presentation of a remake of the BBC adaptation of THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL, kicking off the 12th (?) Season of Sonic Summerstock Playhouse! Herman Wouk's moving novel of World War Two was condensed by the author into a two-act play, which the BBC broadcast in the 1950s. This remake for Sonic Summerstock was recorded over Zoom and comprised of actors from California, Texas, Illinois, and the United Kingdom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Jul 03, 20221 hr 19 minEp 47Transcript available on Metacast

Sunday Showcase for July 3rd, 2022

Welcome to the summer! And flying this week's Sunday Showcase is Sonic Summerstock Playhouse in two acts- The Caine Mutiny Courtmartial, and the Mark Bruzee Retrospective #1! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 03, 20224 minTranscript available on Metacast

Mutual Presents: Sunday Showcase- Mutual Radio Theater #3.16

Welcome to Mutual Presents! This week it's another peek at the Mutual Audio Network's Youtube channel showing the best from our spiritual forefather- The Mutual Broadcasting System. This time we proudly present a double-feature from the Mutual Radio Theater "Let’s Play House" and "Double Exposure"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 26, 20221 hr 21 minEp 46Transcript available on Metacast

Sonic Society #738- Well it's Unwell!

It's our finale for season 17 and Jack and David are feeling a little "Unwell" from the long year! It's "Unwell-a Midwest Gothic" episodes one and two "Homecoming" and "The Diner"! Lillian Harper moves to the small town of Mt. Absalom, Ohio, to care for her estranged mother Dorothy after an injury. Living in the town's boarding house which has been run by her family for generations, she discovers conspiracies, ghosts, and a new family in the house's strange assortment of residents. Learn more ab...

Jun 26, 20221 hr 3 minEp 45Transcript available on Metacast

Sunday Showcase for June 26th, 2022

It's the end of June pardners! And Jack is bringing in the cowlet herd with Sonic Society Season 17 finale, and Mutual Presents: Mutual Radio Theater #3.16. Yeehaaa! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 26, 20223 minTranscript available on Metacast

Mutual Presents: Saturday Story Circle- Jack Armstrong~ All American Boy #3.15

And we're back with our Mutual Audio Network's Youtube channel where we release classic Mutual Broadcasting Network's amazing shows and Saturday Story Circle's Jack Armstrong~ All American Boy, and The Luminous Dragon Eye Ring Episodes 8 and 9! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 19, 202231 minEp 44Transcript available on Metacast

Sonic Society #737- Starship Sounds

This week Jack and David go out in deep space where biologist Violet Liu is floating through the void, trapped in a doomed research ship. She’s the sole survivor of a devastating explosion, and frankly, her odds aren’t looking great, either. But when she is contacted by the charming—and woefully inexperienced—Captain Kay Grisham, Violet learns she might have one last shot at making it out alive. Unfortunately, it’s a real longshot. Our feature show is "The Strange Case of Starship Iris" and epis...

Jun 19, 202244 minEp 43Transcript available on Metacast

Sunday Showcase for June 19th, 2022

Welcome to the showcase! With Jack still on the plains Synesthesia Theatre brings the lineup including Sonic Society #737 and Mutual Presents: Jack Armstrong #8/9! Subscribe today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 19, 20224 minTranscript available on Metacast

Project Audion Episode 31: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy

Larry Groebe and Project Audion return with a brand-new episode of "Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show" written for Audion by former Bob Hope scriptwriter Robert L. Mills. If you enjoyed his earlier scripted tributes to Fibber McGee and Jack Benny, you'll know that this one is every bit as funny as those. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 12, 202243 minEp 42Transcript available on Metacast

Bell's in the Batfry #295

Squirrel Network + is looking for new TV shows... and we deliver! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 12, 202219 minEp 41Transcript available on Metacast

Sonic Society #736- Programmed Sound

This week Jack and David visit a Dystopian world in which Money, State, and God becomes fused into a single entity called "The Program". Each episode is a self-contained story focusing on ordinary people inhabiting this extraordinary world. And for them, it is not this future that is terrifying - it is our present. This week we present: 'You had me at "Hello World"'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 12, 202247 minEp 40Transcript available on Metacast

Sunday Showcase for June 12th, 2022

Welcome to the Sunday Showcase! Host David Ault brings us Sonic Society #736- Programmed Sound, Bell's in the Batfry #295, and Project Audion #31- Bergen & McCarthy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 12, 20222 minTranscript available on Metacast

Sonic Echo: 504 Audio Noir: Murder My Sweet

Jack, Jeff and Lothar get together to discuss Lux Radio Theater’s production of Murder, My Sweet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 05, 20222 hr 16 minEp 39Transcript available on Metacast

Sonic Society #735- Noises Beyond

This week David and Jack get science fictiony with the atmospheric "Beyond the Dark" from author and musician Mark R. Healy. Each episode is a new world to explore. You might find yourself in the heart of a cyberpunk metropolis, a post-apocalyptic wasteland, or an alien world. Each story features its own original music score for a truly immersive experience. This week we have a double-feature with "The Machine" and "The Dark of the City" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

Jun 05, 202255 minEp 38Transcript available on Metacast

Sunday Showcase for June 5th, 2022

It's Sunday Showcase! This week Jack is on the range with the cowlets and brings us Sonic Society #735 and Sonic Echo: 504 Audio Noir season with Murder My Sweet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 05, 20223 minTranscript available on Metacast

Mutual Presents: Friday Follies- The Adventures of Maisie #3.14

Welcome to Mutual Presents! This week Jack presents another sneak peek at the Mutual Audio Network's Youtube channel. Here at Mutual, we praise the past and we release daily classic Mutual Broadcasting Network's radio shows. This week we focus one of Mutual's great classics "The Adventures of Maisie" with "Eddie Designs a Bridge" and "Sonja the Smart Dog". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 29, 20221 hrEp 37Transcript available on Metacast

Old-Time Radio Essentials Ep 32

Old-time Radio Essentials continues its 3rd season with an episode of the Lux Radio Theatre – their adaptation of the Western film "Red River", starring John Wayne! This one's Pete's pick, and there's action a-plenty in the selection, followed by fast-paced discussion of its merits by the three co-hosts. Will Pete and Paul have a Walter Brennan voice-off, reluctantly judged by Dave? Tune in and find out!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 29, 20222 hr 41 minEp 36Transcript available on Metacast

Sonic Society #734- Ghostly Voices

This week we start our campfire series with the anthology series by playwright Jonathan Cook "Gather by the Ghostlight". Think of the Ghost Light as your campfire. Gather around and listen to stories from a variety of genres that have been produced in theatres around the world. Short play festivals have become wildly popular in recent years and they have given emerging playwrights a platform for their work. Our campfire ghost light begins with "Settle and Reach", "Memento Mori", and "Transferrin...

May 29, 202249 minEp 35Transcript available on Metacast

Sunday Showcase for May 29th, 2022

It's the final Sunday of May and Sunday Showcase features Sonic Society #734, OTR Essentials #32, and Mutual Presents- The Adventures of Maisie #3.14! Hooray! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 29, 20222 minTranscript available on Metacast

Mutual Presents: Thursday Thrillers- The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen #3.13

And we're back with Mutual Presents, sneak peaks at our daily releases on the Mutual Audio Network Youtube Channel. This week we're back roaming the high seas with The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen and a feature-length double-feature: "Story of the Eight Historic Periods" and "The Barefoot Nymph and the Mother Hubbard Jacket". All aboard! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 22, 202258 minEp 34Transcript available on Metacast

Bell's in the Batfry #294

Brad and Arnie go on Strike against Mr. Bell... and take over the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 22, 202216 minEp 33Transcript available on Metacast

Sonic Society #733- Sonic Cinema Reimagined

This week the masters of audio re-imaginings, John Barber and Marc Rose and The Voices perform Archibald MacLeish's "The Fall of the City" with some samples from Jack J. Ward's "Great Day for a War" to provide present day context. "The Fall of the City" follows the collapse of a city under an unnamed dictator and the ambiguous relationship humans have with freedom. We want freedom but we also like order and structure. How much freedom and liberty are we willing to give up to enjoy order and stru...

May 22, 20221 hr 2 minEp 32Transcript available on Metacast

Sunday Showcase for May 22nd, 2022

It's Sunday Showcase! Host David Ault brings us Sonic Society #733, Bell's in the Batfry #294, and Mutual Presents: The Voyage of the Scarley Queen #3.13! Subscribe today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 22, 20223 minTranscript available on Metacast

Mutual Presents: Wednesday Wonders- Exploring Tomorrow #3.12

We return to Mutual Presents! This week we're back with another Wednesday Wonder's "Exploring Tomorrow" and more classic old time radio from the Mutual Broadcasting System with the double feature of grand sci-fi tales "The Mutant" and "The Martian Queen and sometimes known as the Sound Decision". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 15, 202237 minEp 31Transcript available on Metacast

Project Audion Episode 30: Suspense- The Eavesdropper

Larry Groebe and Project Audion return with a story of murder - a murder plot that was discovered and which led to a double execution -- a gritty episode from the classic radio show "Suspense" which has been LOST for over 65 years! This episode, "The Eavesdropper," in one of just 13 lost episodes with no original recording. It aired only once in January 1956. But thanks to Suspense historian Dr. Joseph Webb, we got the script...so tune in Friday at 9 PM Eastern time to be the first to hear our r...

May 15, 202234 minEp 30Transcript available on Metacast

Sonic Society #732- Crown Jewels

Robert Isenberg returns with our fourth installment in his Elizabeth Crowne series and not to be ignored Ed Cho returns with another taste of "Ignore City"! This time it's episode #6 with the entire series soon to be heard on Wednesday Wonders! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 15, 20221 hrEp 29Transcript available on Metacast

Sunday Showcase for May 15th, 2022

Goodmorning! This bright Sunday Showcase has host David Ault bringing Sonic Society #732, Project Audio #30-Supsense, and Mutual Presents: Exploring Tomorrow #3.12! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 15, 20223 minTranscript available on Metacast

Mutual Presents: Monday Matinee- First Nighter #3.11

Welcome to Mutual Presents! We're back with another double-feature from First Nighter, the two-decade radio drama-comedy series that aired on various radio stations from 1930 to 1953 before landing on Mutual from 1942 to 1944. It's "Mother's Angel Children" and "Speak Ever So Gently". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 08, 202259 minEp 28Transcript available on Metacast

Bell's in the Batfry #293

Today's guest: An expert on Ancient Astronauts. Plus a pair of the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 08, 202219 minEp 27Transcript available on Metacast

Sonic Society #731- Clear Crowning

"Still reeling from the Battle of Ruritania, Sándor reluctantly travels to the remotest corner of Australia—to help with a daring rescue mission" and Robert Isenberg brings us a new hero or heroine in Elizabeth Crowne episodes 1-3! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 08, 202252 minEp 26Transcript available on Metacast