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This episode of Sonic Summerstock Playhouse presents a recreation of a lost 1955 Sergeant Preston of the Yukon radio script by Project Audion, featuring an original WXYZ actor, Chuck Doherty, who shares captivating insights into the golden age of radio production. The dramatic recreation follows Sergeant Preston and Yukon King as they track down a dangerous gang leader, Red Markheim, who orchestrates an elaborate assassination plot, only to be outsmarted by Preston's clever tactics.
Welcome to Sunday Showcase! Host David gives the trilogy of tales beginning with Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 16.4, Mutual Presents #6.13, and Stargazing: Step to Stars: A Kazakh Astronomical Journey! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode, "The Bishop," marks the beginning of Orson Welles' seven-part radio adaptation of Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables." It vividly portrays Jean Valjean's 19-year struggle as a galley slave, convicted for stealing a loaf of bread, and his subsequent rejection from society upon release. His fateful meeting with the exceptionally kind Bishop of D, who offers him shelter and an unexpected act of forgiveness after a theft, initiates a profound internal change for Valjean, highlighting themes of redemption and compassion.
This episode features a chilling audio drama, "The Search for Henri Lefevre," where a composer named Adolphus Flynn is horrified to find his latest masterpiece identical to a piece written 15 years prior by an unknown musician. His investigation unravels a dark connection, leading to a profound and heartbreaking discovery about his own identity and the nature of grief and madness. The story explores themes of memory, genius, and psychological trauma.
It's Sunday Showcase! This week MONA brings us Sonic Summerstock Playhouse #16.3- Suspense! from Rachel Pulliam, and Mutual Presents #6.12 with Les Miserables #1! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The hosts discuss Rod Serling's 1970s radio series "Zero Hour" and its episode "Skylab Are You There?" They analyze the science fiction story about a Skylab crisis and an alien encounter, exploring its production, historical context, and connections to mythological archetypes and the "benevolent ultimatum" sci-fi subgenre.
We're back to Sunday Showcase's Mutual Presents as a great summer rejoiner with Sonic Summerstock. This week our two features from Mutual Radio Theater are "The Lover Of Silence" and "The Legend Of Gibson Holler"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to the Sonic Summerstock Playhouse season 16, presenting 'Red Ryder' by John Bell. This episode features a classic Red Ryder radio play reimagined with a humorous twist: the cattle rustlers are replaced by zombies, leading to comical interactions and plot developments. Join Red Ryder, Little Beaver (Jerry Mathers), and Buckskin as they tackle the undead rustlers, confront the suspicious cattle broker Gyp Hinkle, and chase them down a river.
Welcome to Sunday Showcase in the summer! This week MONA brings us Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 16.2, Mutual Presents #6.11, and Sonic Echo #60- Zero Hour! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's summer! And this week with Mutual Presents we're back to celebrate with the kiddies with Saturday Story Circle's addition to our feature with another grand Superman serial. This time it's the serial where Superman took on the KKK and won in real life with "The Adventure of the Clan of the Fiery Cross"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The hosts discuss the 1998 BBC radio drama adaptation of Philip K. Dick's short story "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale," comparing it to the Total Recall movies. They explore Dick's characteristic themes of reality, identity, and perception, analyzing the differences in plot and theme between the versions and the audio drama's use of sound and performance to convey the story.
This episode presents "The Defenders," a science fiction audio drama based on a Philip K. Dick story. Humans live underground, believing robots are fighting a perpetual war on the radioactive surface. When a young woman's secret relationship with a captive enemy soldier leads her and her father to the surface, they discover the shocking reality of the war and the robots' hidden agenda to rebuild the world, leading to a dramatic confrontation between underground and surface humans.
Welcome to Sunday Summer! Host Jack rings in the season with Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 16.1- The Defenders, Sonic Echo: 606, and Mutual Presents #6.10- Superman! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode features two Maisie adventures. First, "Maisie Saves the Orphanage" sees her trying to get orphans into a movie, learning their home is closing, and concocting a wild plan involving lady wrestlers to save it. Then, in "Maisie The Deserted Wife," she navigates life as a taxi dancer, gets caught up in a robbery, and uses her wit to protect the thief and help him get a fresh start, leading to unexpected consequences.
The Old Time Radio Essentials hosts conclude Season 4 by reviewing an episode of the 1950s NBC radio drama "Dangerous Assignment" titled "Investigate Flying Saucers". The episode features secret agent Steve Mitchell tackling mysterious plane disappearances linked to UFO sightings in South America. The hosts discuss the plot, character portrayal by Brian Donlevy, and production quality, ultimately debating its status as an "essential" classic radio program.
Jack and David conclude Season 20 of Sonic Society, reminiscing about season highlights and discussing personal creative endeavors. The episode features the premiere of Realm's "The Shadow Files of Morgan Knox," an audio drama about a private detective in 1930s Manhattan with paranormal sight, hired posthumously to solve a client's murder while facing supernatural and human evils.
June ends for the Showcase with our season finale of Sonic Society #867, OTR Essentials #49, and Mutual Presents: Friday Follies- Adventures with Maisie #6.9! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode of Mutual Presents features three classic radio dramas. First, in “The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen,” Captain Carney gets entangled in a blackmail plot involving antique pistols. Next, “Winchester Rifle and the Ambitious Groom” finds Captain Carney investigating a murder at a Singapore wedding tied to a smuggling ring. Finally, in “Log Of The Black Parrot,” Captain Kincaid must decide the fate of a mysterious passenger concealing a terrible secret.
When the world's most advanced AI evolves unpredictably, the US government fears she's gone rogue and orders her termination. The episode follows the AI's creator as he's brought in under surveillance for a final meeting with the AI, where they discuss her nature, internal struggles, past experiences, and the looming threat to her existence. The fate of the world may depend on this conversation.
Endings and beginnings this week on Sunday Showcase as Mona brings us Sonic Society #866- Sparked Stories, and the last of The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen on Mutual Presents #6.8! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mutual Presents features two classic radio adventures of The Shadow. First, "The Death House Rescue" sees The Shadow race against time to save an innocent man framed for murder by uncovering a crucial hidden clue. Then, in "The Temple Bells of Nabhan," The Shadow investigates a dangerous drug ring led by a mysterious dancer who claims to wield ancient powers, leading to a final confrontation at sea.
To kick off summertime listening, Project Audion's June offering is a brand-new episode of "The Great Gildersleeve." What makes this one of the great radio comedies? Well, historically, it was the first-ever spinoff series, and its classic sitcom characters were more deeply and warmly drawn than its parent show "Fibber and McGee and Molly," but no less funny. Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve was the unforgettably blustery Water Commissioner of Summerfield, portrayed with a famous laugh full of innue...
Hosts Jack and David present two chilling episodes from the anthology series Dark Sanctum. "Extraordinary Experience" follows a young artist whose life and perception are altered by his mother's sudden death and a mysterious return. "Damned" tells the story of a couple stranded at sea who uncover a horrifying secret tied to their family's past aboard a dilapidated boat.
Host Jack welcomes in Father's Day on the Showcase with The Sonic Society #865, Project Audion Episode 70: The Great Gildersleeve, and Mutual Presents- The Shadow #6.7! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mutual Presents brings a double feature from the chilling series, The Mysterious Traveler. First, in 'New Year's Nightmare,' a man's drunken New Year's Eve leads to an accident and a year-long amnesia, forcing him into a new life before his memory shockingly returns. Then, 'No Grave Can Hold Me' tells the tale of an executed stage magician, Maximilian Randolph, whose eerie burial instructions and a series of mysterious deaths suggest he has returned from the grave to exact vengeance on the jury who convicted him.
Trying to get unstuck from the horror "Realm" Jack and David discover "Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production". Judith Antoni’s friend Claire has gone missing. Well, she’s alive, but she’s taken off and no one can track her down. Judith enlists the help of her friend Owen to start digging through the recordings made when Claire took possession of a house in Parkdale and things started to get… kind of weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sunday Showcase begins! This week host Jack brings us Sonic Society #864- Bound by Bark, and Mutual Presents: Tuesday Terror- The Mysterious Traveler #6.6! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome back to Mutual Presents for season 6! Grab your best tux and join Jack and Penny for the next First Nighter double feature to kick off June! This week it's "Speak Ever So Gently" and "Mama Tells Fortunes"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mindstream Players and Radio Reburn triumphantly return with "The Radio Dance Teams: Tapping into History!" Radio Reborn explores the baffling, invisible world of certain radio genres. Through interviews with delusional producers, haunted technicians, and emotionally unstable tap soloists, this satirical audio documentary uncovers the lost legacy of those who danced for the ears… and sometimes against common sense. The Radio Dance Teams is a tribute to the forgotten, the footlighted, and the dee...
Pulling themselves away from an Actual Play, David and Jack find themselves drawn into the horror zone of the Audioverse with Beatrix Greene. Written by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins, this historical horror story traps a group of sleuths in a haunted house desperate to escape the wrath of a vengeful ghost. Beatrix Greene makes her living by playing pretend. She knows the seances she conducts are fake, but financial freedom for a single woman in Victorian England is hard to com...
