Listen to These on a Midnight Dreary
“Very well, I admit the deed! Tear up the planks! Here! Here! It is the beating of the old man’s hideous heart!” This is the climax to Edgar Allen Poe’s…
You’re Missing Out On The Best Kind Of Podcast
Illustration: Jim Cooke / Photos: Shutterstock Everyone should be listening to an audio drama podcast — the kind of podcast that plays out like theatre or movies or TV. Listening…
Iconic Radio Drama Moves From Broadcast To Podcast
When Writer-Performer Mara Purl created her radio drama, she could never have predicted it would become the first American radio serial ever broadcast on BBC Radio, nor that it would…
Turn Old Radio Shows and Audiobooks Into Podcasts With Fourble
Radio show archives are hard to find; when they’re available at all, it’s often in awkward formats. (To get my hands on the radio sitcom Cabin Pressure, I had to…
Sounds Scary: We’re Alive
Every other Sunday, we’ll be highlighting the best in scary audio storytelling, be it podcasts, audiobooks, radio plays, and more. This is Sounds Scary. This Sunday we’re listening to the…
All Things Geek — New Star Wars podcast dives deep into movie’s origins
It seems like these days everyone has a podcast. Just go to Stitcher or the Apple Podcast app and you’ll find hundreds of podcasts on every topic imaginable. From news…
Hit show ‘Orphan Black’ series returning as audio drama
LOS ANGELES, June 15 — Tatiana Maslany will return to her multi-role, five-season performance in clone conspiracy show Orphan Black with a ten-episode audio drama called Orphan Black: The Next…
“King Falls AM” podcast brings supernatural drama through short episodes lengths
Normally, I am not that into audio dramas. In fact, almost every one I’ve tried thus far has been a big miss for me. Many come off as cheesy and…
Hit US podcast ‘Serial’ back for season three
"Serial," the hit US internet radio sensation and most downloaded podcast in history, is back for season three. This time, focused on explaining to listeners how ordinary American criminal justice…
From Night Vale to Homecoming, scripted podcasts are the new radio drama
Scripted podcasts are filling the storytelling gap once provided by radio dramas – an all but forgotten art on traditional radio stations. The first scripted podcast to break out as…