On this episode, we're presenting two of our past stories: Silvia's Blood was originally released in 2014, and is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick titled, "Upon the Dull Earth." Moon Graffiti was the first episode of our show, which began in 2012. It was inspired by a speech written for Richard Nixon by William Safire titled, "In Event of Moon Disaster." We’re in the middle of a fundraising campaign to bring the show back in October. We have all new merch for sale, and for a limited time...
Jun 26, 2025•39 min
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Jun 25, 2025•2 min
*** OUR DEADLINE FOR VINYL PRE-ORDERS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JUNE 30 *** In this episode we'll hear from Neil Verma, an Associate Professor at Northwestern University, where he teaches classes in sound and audio drama. In addition to being a fan of The Truth, he's an expert in the history or audio fiction, and on this episode he talks about what he thinks makes The Truth special and worth bringing back. We’re in the middle of a fundraising campaign to bring the show back in October. We have all ne...
Jun 20, 2025•7 min
*** OUR DEADLINE FOR VINYL PRE-ORDERS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JUNE 30 *** In this episode we'll hear from Neil Verma, an Associate Professor at Northwestern University, where he teaches classes in sound and audio drama. In addition to being a fan of The Truth, he's an expert on the history of audio fiction, and on this episode he talks about what he thinks makes The Truth special and worth bringing back. We’re in the middle of a fundraising campaign to bring the show back in October. We have all ne...
Jun 20, 2025•7 min
We’re in the middle of a fundraising campaign to bring the show back in October. We’ve been working hard on some new scripts we're hoping to make, and in this episode we'll hear from Hunter Nelson about the story he’s working on. We have all new merch for sale, and for a limited time, we're taking pre-orders for a vinyl pressing of Silvia's Blood and Moon Graffiti. To see what we have to offer, go to: https://certifiedcrucial.com/truthshop We’re taking pre-orders through June 22. The album cost ...
Jun 16, 2025•6 min
We’re in the middle of a fundraising campaign to bring the show back in October. We’ve been working hard on some new scripts we're hoping to make, and in this episode we'll hear from Mary McDonnell about the story she’s working on. We have all new merch for sale, and for a limited time, we're taking pre-orders for a vinyl pressing of Silvia's Blood and Moon Graffiti. To see what we have to offer, go to: https://certifiedcrucial.com/truthshop We’re taking pre-orders through June 22. The album cos...
Jun 12, 2025•4 min
We’re having a fundraising campaign to bring the show back in October. We’ve been working hard on some new scripts we're hoping to make, and in this episode we'll hear from Davy Gardner about the story he’s working on. We have all new merch for sale, and for a limited time, we're taking pre-orders for a vinyl pressing of Silvia's Blood and Moon Graffiti. To see what we have to offer, go to: https://certifiedcrucial.com/truthshop We’re taking pre-orders through June 22. The album cost is $40, and...
Jun 09, 2025•8 min
We’re having a fundraising campaign to bring the show back in October. We’ve been working hard on some new scripts we're hoping to make, and in this episode we'll hear from Louis Kornfeld about the story he’s working on. We have all new merch for sale, and for a limited time, we're taking pre-orders for a vinyl pressing of Silvia's Blood and Moon Graffiti. To see what we have to offer, go to: https://certifiedcrucial.com/truthshop We’re taking pre-orders through June 22. The album cost is $40, a...
Jun 05, 2025•8 min
Pre-order your copy of Silvia's Blood and Moon Graffiti on vinyl! https://certifiedcrucial.com/truthshop We want to bring The Truth back to your podcast feed, but in order to do that we need your help. For a limited time, we are pressing two of our most popular stories to vinyl, and we’re taking pre-orders through June 22. The album cost is $40, and all of the profits will go to making a new season of The Truth. And if you don't have $40, we're also selling buttons, stickers, and a brand new t-s...
Jun 02, 2025•5 min
Our producer Jonathan Mitchell has directed a new project. Day of Days is a six-part podcast series from Walking Cinema that recounts a meeting between Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Black mystic Howard Thurman, as King was recovering from a stabbing in Harlem in 1958. That meeting brought King face-to-face with the demons pursuing him since the Montgomery bus boycotts, and revolutionized his approach to the fledgling Civil Rights Movement. Jonathan directed, sound designed, and wrote the origi...
Jan 20, 2025•16 min
Listen to the full story on BBC Sounds: PART 1: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yxg8 PART 2: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yxkx ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL JUNE 8th, 2024 On this episode, we're previewing the first three minutes of a brand new story from the director of The Truth. Jonathan Mitchell directed, sound designed, and composed the original score for a brand new audio drama on BBC Radio 4 called “The Missed Lives of Max and Judy." It's in two parts, each part is 44 minutes long, an...
May 08, 2024•5 min
The grandson of a world-renowned art gallery owner falls in love with a performance artist. But when her performance piece becomes a crime scene, he has to team up with an art critic to investigate. Part 3 of 3. Written by Davy Gardner. Performed by Federico Rodriguez, Liz Leimkuhler, Ann Carr, Dmitry Shein, Amy Warren, Margaret Burrus, Woody Fu, and Hunter Nelson. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagram ....
Jul 13, 2023•35 min
The grandson of a world-renowned art gallery owner falls in love with a performance artist. But when her performance piece becomes a crime scene, he has to team up with an art critic to investigate. Part 2 of 3. Written by Davy Gardner. Performed by Federico Rodriguez, Liz Leimkuhler, Ann Carr, Amy Warren, Margaret Burrus, Dmitry Shein, Marisa Brau, Brian Morabito, Davy Gardner, Woody Fu, Zuri Washington, Mary McDonnell, and Louis Kornfeld. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfict...
Jun 29, 2023•27 min
The grandson of a world-renowned art gallery owner falls in love with a performance artist. But when her performance piece becomes a crime scene, he has to team up with an art critic to investigate. Written by Davy Gardner. Performed by Federico Rodriguez, Liz Leimkuhler, Ann Carr, Amy Warren, Margaret Burrus, Dmitry Shein, Marisa Brau, Brian Morabito, Davy Gardner, Hunter Nelson, and Woody Fu. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagram ....
Jun 15, 2023•30 min
When Jen gets an instruction manual specifically written for her boyfriend, she uses it to help both him … and herself. Written by Mary McDonnell. Performed by James Dwyer, Erin Bartley, John Trowbridge, Makena Miller, Cherie McMaster, and Sadie Mitchell. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagram ....
Jun 01, 2023•26 min
A mechanic with a gambling problem has a chance to get out of debt by restoring his bookie’s vintage car. But first he has to deal with Ro. Written by Louis Kornfeld Performed by Jamie Rivera, Phoebe Tyers, Michael Cullen, Louis Kornfeld, and Hunter Nelson. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagram ....
May 18, 2023•29 min
Welcome to the 18th Annual Heat Meet, where hot sauce enthusiasts from all over the world gather to talk shop, sample new sauces, and—maybe, just maybe—see the face of God. Written by Hunter Nelson Performed by James Coker, Brandon Zelman, James Urbaniak, Dan Chamberlain, Marina Gasparyan, Geoff Ross, Abby Royle, Tallie Medel, Lida Darmian, Sharon Spell, Bill Rohlfing, Hunter Nelson, Mary McDonnell, Davy Gardner, and Louis Kornfeld. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on T...
May 04, 2023•33 min
We’re taking a break right now, and we’ll be back in May with all new stories. But in the meantime, we’re featuring stories from the past that you may not have heard. For this episode, we’re re-releasing a story from 2013 called The Talk by Louis Kornfeld. A father comes to the rescue when three teenagers take things a little too far. Performed by Christian Paluck, Dmitry Shein, Willy Appelman, and Elana Fishbein. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagra...
Apr 06, 2023•15 min
We’re taking a break right now, and we’ll be back in May with all new stories. But in the meantime, we’re featuring stories from the past that you may not have heard. For this episode, we’re re-releasing a story from 2013 called Keep Running, based an interview with listener Brian Foy. Brian donated money to our show (thank you so much Brian!), and in return, we took details from his life, and changed them to make a fictional story. It’s about a man running from Wisconsin to Indiana, and where h...
Mar 02, 2023•13 min
For this episode, we’re re-releasing a story from 2013 called Tough Crowd, about a stand-up comic competing with a speed-date event—based on a true story! Performed by Alejandro Kolleeny, Annemarie Cullen, Devin O'Neill, Megan Gray, Noel Dineen, Maddy Mako, Matt Shafeek, Shacottha Fields, Louis Kornfeld, and Elana Fishbein. Written by Louis Kornfeld, inspired by storyteller Adam Wade. We’re taking a break right now, and we’ll be back in May with all new stories. But in the meantime, we’re featur...
Feb 02, 2023•16 min
We’re taking a break right now, and we’ll be back in May with all new stories. But in the meantime, we’re featuring stories from the past that you may not have heard. For this episode, we’re re-releasing a story that we made back in 2013 called The Mutiny, about the power dynamics between two children and their mother, and what happens when the tables get turned. Performed by Melanie Hoopes. Asher Herbstman, and Bea Herbstman. With Blanche Ames, Ed Herbstman, Shacottha Fields, and Noel Dinneen. ...
Jan 05, 2023•10 min
A disenchanted mall Santa gets a surprise gift from SantaCon. This story was originally released in 2017. It was written by Louis Kornfeld, and performed by Tom Ligon, Chris Dwane, Anna Neu, Bianca Casusol, Jimmy O’Connell, Kevin Cobbs, Louis Kornfeld, Kerry Kastin, and Becca Schall. Casper Kelly’s Adult Swim Yule Log: https://www.adultswim.com/videos/specials/adult-swim-yule-log Radiotopia’s fall fundraiser is here! Donate today to support The Truth and help us reach our goal of 1,000 supporter...
Dec 20, 2022•21 min
Long-running late-night talk show “Still On” just got a new host. He’s young, innovative… and cursed. Written by Hunter Nelson Performed by Molly Thomas, Ed Herbstman, Jamie Newell, Louis Kornfeld, Kelsey Bailey, Hunter Nelson, Brandon Zelman, Michael Cullen, Bill Rohlfing, Thomas Whittington, and Mary McDonnell. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagram ....
Oct 27, 2022•33 min
You know the story: back in high school, a jock and a nerd switched bodies. Except now it's ten years later... and they still haven't switched back. Written by Matthew Brian Cohen Performed by Seth Lind, Jeremy Bent, Betsy Kenney, Randy McKay, Drew Reilly, Joel Bernstein, Zuri Washington, Amy Warren, Matthew Brian Cohen, and Bill Rohlfing. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagram ....
Oct 13, 2022•28 min
Mark thinks he's unworthy of his wife's affection. At least, that's what the voices in his head keep saying.... Written by Louis Kornfeld Performed by Andy Bustillos, Julia Meinwald, Lila Newman, Tessa Hersh, and Tony Chen Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagram .
Sep 29, 2022•24 min
On a theme park ride dedicated to a sci-fi mega-franchise, a man meets a superfan whose love of fantasy is about to put them both in real danger. Written by Hunter Nelson. Performed by Peter Grosz, Alex Dickson, Billy Bob Thompson, Erica Schroeder, Zuri Washington, Jake Hart, Nathan Crisci, Erik Ghalib, Liz Leimkuhler, Anthony Franqui, Erin Bartley, and Hunter Nelson. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagram ....
Sep 15, 2022•26 min
There are a million things rock star Melanie Miles would like to have done differently. And a visit to a mysterious bar trapped in the '90s finally gives her the chance. Written by Lana Schwartz Performed by Erin Harland, Jon Cook, Anna Suzuki, Maya Deshmukh, Alex Song-Xia, Ryan Leach, Evan Barden, and Stefan Schuette. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagram ....
Jul 21, 2022•28 min
While housesitting for her crush, Sienna finds his journal. But reading it uncovers a little more than she—or her best friend Monica—was expecting. Written by Mary McDonnell Performed by Kimberly Chatterjee, Julia Kelly, and Yoni Lotan. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagram ....
Jul 07, 2022•22 min
Jonah’s been swallowed by the whale, and he isn’t sure why. But as he prays to God for answers, a different voice responds. Written by Brielle DeMirjian Performed by David Deblinger, Russell G. Jones, and Tom Ligon. Find The Truth at thetruthpodcast.com and @thetruthfiction on Twitter and Instagram .
Jun 23, 2022•25 min
From PRX Productions and The Truth, Newts! is a surf rock audio drama about the end of the world. The six-part series is inspired by the pioneering science fiction of Czech author and playwright Karel Čapek, who is best known for coining the term “robot.” The first episode is premiering exclusively on The Truth. To hear the rest of the series, subscribe to Newts! wherever you listen to podcasts, or visit newtspod.com to stay in the loop. Created by Sam Jay Gold & Ian Coss Directed by Sam Jay...
Jun 02, 2022•26 min
