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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

Mutual Presents:Sunday Showcase- Mutual Radio Theater #4.15

We return to Mutual Presents! This week we're back with Mutual Radio Theater's "The Mask " and "For The Love Of Laura ". Sundays never looked so sweet with great anthology showcases on Mutual! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 26, 20231 hr 22 minSeason 5Ep. 10

“The Wizard of Oz” starring Judy Garland

Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Women's History Month and the work of Judy Garland with this little known radio adaptation of the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz (1939). Garland, 28, the only original cast member, recreates her starring movie role as Dorothy Gale along with a fine cast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 26, 20231 hr 1 minSeason 5Ep. 9

Bell's in the Batfry #310

A busy day at the Batfry with Temp receptionists! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 26, 202317 minSeason 5Ep. 8

Sonic Society #768- Flash to Benny

It's well into March and Jack is feeling the sentimentality of Spring. Time to look backwards before we spring forwards to Sonic Summerstock 2023. This week we bring a double-feature of fun recreations. First a very faithful one from No Soap Radio with "No One Remembers Jack's Birthday" with thanks to Paul Kovit, and secondly we slip forward to Mindstream Player's "The Reasonably Amazing Adventures of Flash Gordon- Episode 5" from the endlessly talented Tom Konkle! Learn more about your ad choic...

Mar 26, 20231 hr 5 minSeason 5Ep. 7

Sunday Showcase for March 26th, 2023

It's Sunday Showcase! This week Jack brings us Sonic Society #768, Bell's in the Batfry #310, Reimagined Radio- The Wizard of Oz, and Mutual Presents #4.15! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 26, 20233 min

The Mutual Stage: CHARADE

Hearkening back to such classic series as Lux Radio Theatre and Mercury Theatre On the Air, "The Mutual Stage" presents all-new adaptations of films and stage plays, sourced from the public domain. In our inaugural effort, director/producer Pete Lutz has assembled an Oscar-worthy cast to bring you his adaptation of the hit 1963 film, CHARADE. Filling the roles originally played by Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant, are Rhiannon McAfee and Karim C. Kronfli. Get set for comedy, adventure, and romance,...

Mar 19, 20232 hr 42 minSeason 6Ep. 6

Old-Time Radio Essentials Ep 37

Old-Time Radio Essentials is back with episode 37, the Season 3 finale! Pete, Paul and Dave present an installment of the long-running series "Counterspy". The usual free-wheeling discussion follows, with Paul, Dave and Pete weighing the merits of this particular episode. Will they love it, or hate it, or try to waterboard it? Tune in and find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 19, 20231 hr 10 minSeason 5Ep. 5

Sonic Society #767- Re-Span Radio

Welcome back as Jack and David present another phenomenal feature from the fertile imaginations of John Barber, Marc Rose and Reimagined Radio with "A Mighty Span". Re-Imagined Radio explores early examples of dramatized news events and uses this inspiration to create its own dramatization of the opening of the Interstate Bridge linking Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, across the Columbia River, 106 years ago, February 14, 1917. It's Audio Drama Time! Learn more about your ad choices...

Mar 19, 20231 hr 5 minSeason 5Ep. 4

Sunday Showcase for March 19th, 2023

It's an exciting Sunday and the showcase gleams with Sonic Society #767, OTR Essentials #37, and the inaugural release of Mutual Stage with Charade! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 19, 20234 min

Project Audion Episode 38: I Was a Communist for an FBI

Larry Groebe is back with Project Audion's“I was a Communist for the FBI” was an exciting 1952-1953 Cold-War era radio thriller series that purported to tell the real-life story of Matt Cvetic, who posed as a member of the Communist Party while actually spying for the FBI. Whether mostly true or mostly fantastic, these half hour “radio noir” dramas really illustrate the fears which the Red Menace held for mid-century America. Many episodes of this taut melodrama can be heard today, but a handful...

Mar 12, 202342 minSeason 5Ep. 3

Bell's in the Batfry #309

The Batfry seeks a temp replacement for Miss Schmacklehiemer. Are YOU available? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 12, 202312 minSeason 5Ep. 2

Sonic Society #766- Rapscallion Radio

We're back with the latest from the Leviathan Chronicles. Lisette and Cluracan arrive in Paris! The young pair move into a borrowed maisonette in the 9th arrondissement to launch their fledgling cybersecurity firm. Together, with his computer skills and her abilities as a trained cat burglar, they are excited to start a new, and hopefully profitable, venture on their own terms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 12, 202345 minSeason 5Ep. 1

Sunday Showcase for March 12th, 2023

It's the 5th season for the Showcase! Jack testifies in the committee for Sonic Society #766, Bell's in the Batfry #309, and Project Audion Episode #38! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 12, 20234 min

Mutual Presents: Saturday Story Circle- Jack Armstrong #4.14

We return to Mutual Presents! This week we're back with another Jack Armstrong- The All American Boy and The Luminous Dragon Eye Ring Episodes 14 and 15! (We can't find 12 and 13 for some reason so apologies for the jump!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 05, 202332 minSeason 4Ep. 155

Sonic Society #765- After Audio

Aftershock is a fast-paced thriller about a massive earthquake that destroys the West Coast, causing a mysterious island to rise up from the Pacific - with Sarah Wayne Callies (The Walking Dead), David Harbour (Stranger Things), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead), and Tati Gabrielle (The 100). This week our immense double-feature is Chapter 1: “This has nothing to do with McKayla?” and Chapter 2: “I think we have a live one.” It's Audio Drama time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Mar 05, 20231 hr 8 minSeason 4Ep. 154

Sunday Showcase for March 5th, 2023

It's the last Sunday of Season 4! Join host Jack as he launders the last shows with Sonic Society #765, and Mutual Presents: Jack Armstrong #4.14! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 05, 20233 min

Sonic Echo: 506 Audio Noir: Your Truly, Johnny Dollar!

Join Jack, Jeff and Lothar as they welcome in Sharon Grunwald and have a great time listening to and discussing the classic OTR series “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, The Plantagenet Matter.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 26, 20232 hr 15 minSeason 4Ep. 153

Mutual Presents: Friday Follies- Adventures with Maisie #4.13

We return to Mutual Presents! This week for lucky #13 episode in our fourth season, we're back with another Adventures with Maisie double-feature with "The Room Clerk" and "Outmoded Laws" from the Mutual Broadcasting System... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 26, 202359 minSeason 4Ep. 152

Sonic Society #764- Wireless Within

From an alternate universe the cassette recordings of "Within the Wires" written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Our double-feature with Season 1:, Cassette #1: Stress, Shoulders and Cassette #2: Anxiety, Stomach. It's Audio Drama time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 26, 202350 minSeason 4Ep. 151

Sunday Showcase for February 26th, 2023

Expect your Sunday drop! Host Jack brings you Sonic Society #764-Adventures with Maisie #4.13, Mutual Presents: Maisie! #4.13, and Sonic Echo #506 with special guest Sharon Grunwald! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 26, 20233 min

Mutual Presents:Thursday Thrillers- The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen #4.12

We return to Mutual Presents! This week we're back with "The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen" and more classic old time radio from the Mutual Broadcasting System with the double feature of adventure with "The Courtship of Anna May Lamour" and "Shore Leave and the Unhappy Wife". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 19, 202359 minSeason 4Ep. 149

Old-Time Radio Essentials Ep 36

Pete, Paul and Dave return with episode 36 of Old-Time Radio Essentials! Season 3 is almost over, and Dave brings us an episode of "Let George Do It" to discuss. Stay tuned after the regular discussion for an interview with the novelist Mark Miller, regarding his new novel, "The Two-Headed Lady at the End of the World." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 19, 20231 hr 22 minSeason 4Ep. 148

Bell's in the Batfry #308

The humans fight back against the Robot rulers!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 19, 202322 minSeason 4Ep. 147

Sonic Society #763- Sonic Slumbers

This audio drama invites your ears to visit Slumberland, a small island town in the US. Come along with Thomas Edward M, the freelance soundman. He's been hired to meet the locals and record their oral histories for the town's time capsule. The unfolding history of the town mixes folklore, paranormal, mystery and humor. It's Audio Drama Time and it's time for Slumberland! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 19, 202357 minSeason 4Ep. 146

Sunday Showcase for February 19th, 2023

Welcome to your massive Sunday Showcase! This week we have Sonic Society #763, Bell's in the Batfry #398, OTR-Essentials #36, Mutual Presents #4.12, and Sonic Speaks #6.6! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 19, 20233 min

Mutual Presents:Wednesday Wonders- Exploring Tomorow #4.11

We return to Mutual Presents! This week we're back with "Exploring Tomorrow" and more classic old time radio from the Mutual Broadcasting System with the double feature of grand sci-fi tales "Telepathic" and "Time Heals". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 12, 202346 minSeason 4Ep. 145

Project Audion Episode 37: Little Ham from Harlem

Larry Groebe is back with Project Audion's look into African American Month. Black poet Langston Hughes, who did write a few special radio programs, also tried to sell a full-fledged Black soap opera. Times being what they were, there were no takers. But his two pilot scripts got stashed away in an archive, and over Christmas I requested and received copies. And so, for the first time, we can hear his proposed show "Little Ham from Harlem" - a comedic soap opera set at a shoe shine stand. Yes, a...

Feb 12, 202346 minSeason 4Ep. 144

Sonic Society #762- Back to Byron

It's the End of the World and Eric Busby's Byron feels fine! David Ault reprises his classic titular role as we check in with the dark immortal with the new series "Crucible" and episodes one and two. It's Audio Drama Time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 12, 202352 minSeason 4Ep. 143

Sunday Showcase for February 12th, 2023

It's Sunday Showcase! And host Jack is running about solo this week bringing us Sonic Society #762, Project Audion #37, and Mutual Presents: Exploring Tomorrow #4.11! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 12, 20233 min