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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!
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Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 13.3A: Project Audion: Red Ryder "Roaring River Renegades"

Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 13.3A: Project Audion: Red Ryder "Roaring River Renegades"

This week in Sonic Summerstock Playhouse's first act we have a new Project Audion show from Larry Groebe. Their 32nd recreation celebrates one of the Western Heroes of childhoods gone by - Red Ryder. At one point Red Ryder, his orphaned Indian pal Little Beaver, and old companion Buckskin were more popular than the Lone Ranger. This 1949 story packs horses, cattle, rainstorms, riverboats, fires, fistfights and gunfights into just thirty minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
45:0317/07/2022
Sunday Showcase for July 17th, 2022

Sunday Showcase for July 17th, 2022

It's Sunday! Time for the Showcase! This week it's Sonic Summerstock Playhouse with the first act from Project Audio, Act 2 from Sole Twin Audio and OTR Essentials #33! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02:1617/07/2022
Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 13.2B: No Soap Radio's "The Jack Benny Show Returning From NY By Plane"

Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 13.2B: No Soap Radio's "The Jack Benny Show Returning From NY By Plane"

Playing after the intermission for the second Act, No Soap Radio takes the stage and present another Jack Benny Recreation, this time tackling the May 5th, 1940 episode where the gang returns to Hollywood by way of a TWA flight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
34:3410/07/2022
Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 13.2A:Sole Twin Audio's "The Turn of the Screw

Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 13.2A:Sole Twin Audio's "The Turn of the Screw

This week the Sonic Summerstock Playhouse begins it's first act with Rachel Pulliam and Sole Twin Audio's adaptation of "The Turn of the Screw" from their Patchwork Classics series. The cast for this epic includes Sharon Grünwald as Announcer, Ross Bernhard as The Whistler, Ted Bjorndal as Douglas, Karl Nordman as The Uncle, Tanya Rich as The Governess, Fiona Mack as Mrs. Grose, Melissa Fry as Flora, Taylor Johnson as Miles, Pete Lutz as Peter Quint, Lana O’Kell as Miss Jessel, Jerry Kokich, Anusia Battersby, Fiona Thraille, Tony Francis, and as the Patchwork Classics Voices Lillian Rachel, Adam Blanford, Alexxandra Macedo, Karl Werner, Larry Groebe, Gareth Bowley, Erin Suminsby, Theodore Perez, John Lingard, Caleb Bressler, and Nate James as the Jurors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01:24:3110/07/2022
Sunday Showcase for July 10th, 2022

Sunday Showcase for July 10th, 2022

Welcome back to your Sunday in the summertime! This week David Ault continues bringing us Sonic Summerstock Playhouse with Turn of the Screw and Jack Benny! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01:4010/07/2022
Mark Bruzee Retrospective #1: Eric Busby

Mark Bruzee Retrospective #1: Eric Busby

As we start a limited series of interviews and reflections on the incredible collection of audio work of the writer, producer, and actor extraordinaire, Mark Bruzee, Eric Busby of Eric Busby Presents and Darker Projects fame, help share some memories about Mark and his contribution to the early days of the Golden Age of the Modern Audio Drama movement. Eric's selected feature of Mark's this week- Generation One. Music by Tom Parsons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01:01:3003/07/2022
Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 13.1B: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Act II)

Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 13.1B: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Act II)

Act II 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.fm/adchoices
01:04:0503/07/2022
Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 13.1A:The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Act I)

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.fm/adchoices
01:18:3903/07/2022
Sunday Showcase for July 3rd, 2022

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
04:1103/07/2022
Mutual Presents: Sunday Showcase- Mutual Radio Theater #3.16

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
01:21:1726/06/2022
Sonic Society #738- Well it's Unwell!

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 about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01:03:2026/06/2022
Sunday Showcase for June 26th, 2022

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
03:2326/06/2022
Mutual Presents: Saturday Story Circle- Jack Armstrong~ All American Boy #3.15

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
31:0619/06/2022
Sonic Society #737- Starship Sounds

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 episode 1- "Violet Lui" by Jessica Best! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
43:3119/06/2022
Sunday Showcase for June 19th, 2022

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
03:5819/06/2022
Project Audion Episode 31: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy

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
42:4812/06/2022
Bell's in the Batfry #295

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
18:4412/06/2022
Sonic Society #736- Programmed Sound

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
47:0612/06/2022
Sunday Showcase for June 12th, 2022

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
01:5012/06/2022
Sonic Echo: 504 Audio Noir: Murder My Sweet

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
02:16:1105/06/2022
Sonic Society #735- Noises Beyond

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/adchoices
54:4405/06/2022
Sunday Showcase for June 5th, 2022

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
02:5405/06/2022
Mutual Presents: Friday Follies- The Adventures of Maisie #3.14

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
59:4029/05/2022
Old-Time Radio Essentials Ep 32

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
01:40:3829/05/2022
Sonic Society #734- Ghostly Voices

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 "Transferring Kyle". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
48:4529/05/2022
Sunday Showcase for May 29th, 2022

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
02:2529/05/2022
Mutual Presents: Thursday Thrillers- The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen #3.13

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
57:5722/05/2022
Bell's in the Batfry #294

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
16:2722/05/2022
Sonic Society #733- Sonic Cinema Reimagined

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 structure? Because of this ambiguity, we both fear and welcome the conqueror. So in with the old and mixed with the new! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01:02:2622/05/2022
Sunday Showcase for May 22nd, 2022

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
02:3522/05/2022
Mutual Presents: Wednesday Wonders- Exploring Tomorrow #3.12

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
36:5015/05/2022
Project Audion Episode 30: Suspense- The Eavesdropper

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 recreation of this story of horror in a high-rise apartment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
33:5815/05/2022
Sonic Society #732- Crown Jewels

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
01:00:1615/05/2022
Sunday Showcase for May 15th, 2022

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
02:4115/05/2022
Mutual Presents: Monday Matinee- First Nighter #3.11

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
58:3908/05/2022
Bell's in the Batfry #293

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
18:5608/05/2022
Sonic Society #731- Clear Crowning

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
51:4908/05/2022
Sunday Showcase for May 8th, 2022

Sunday Showcase for May 8th, 2022

Happy Mother's Day on Sunday Showcase! This week we have Sonic Society #731, Bell's in the Batfry #293, Mutual Presents: Monday Matinee- First Nighter #3.11! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02:2408/05/2022
Sonic Speaks 0605: Ninth Tower Productions with Lothar Tuppan

Sonic Speaks 0605: Ninth Tower Productions with Lothar Tuppan

In this episode, Jack takes Sonic Speaks on a tour of Halifax and Sackville with the visiting Lothar Tuppan from Ninth Tower Productions, The Amigos Collective and the United Artists of Audio from The Mutual Audio Network! (Warning sound is sketchy in some places) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27:4601/05/2022
Sonic Society #730- The Sound of History II

Sonic Society #730- The Sound of History II

Tension between the two combat veterans reaches a peak during an imaginary march into the killing fields of war. The veterans share traumatizing memories and together “climb from the trenches,” forming a bond. But seeds of conflict that will upend the lives of all at the soiree have been sown. A confrontation of great emotional intensity culminates in a fiery battle between decency and evil. It is a battle that foretells what is soon to come for Germany and the world." And our historical treatise of darker times from James Isaiah Gabbe (pronounced as GABE) continues this week on the Sonic Society! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
58:4801/05/2022
Sunday Showcase for May 1st, 2022

Sunday Showcase for May 1st, 2022

A double-feature of releases on our May Day Sunday Showcase as Jack presents Sonic Society #730, and Sonic Speaks #0605- Ninth Tower Productions and Lothar Tuppan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03:3101/05/2022
Mutual Presents: Sunday Showcase- Mutual Radio Theate #3.10

Mutual Presents: Sunday Showcase- Mutual Radio Theate #3.10

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 Sunday Showcase with the Mutual Radio Theater "The Ship" and "Mutiny Against G. Washington"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01:21:4524/04/2022
Old-Time Radio Essentials Ep 31

Old-Time Radio Essentials Ep 31

Old-Time Radio Essentials season 3 continues with an episode of "Philo Vance"! In "The Cover Girl Murder Case", Pete, Paul and Dave discover and discuss just how brilliant Vance is...or isn't! And how interesting the episode is...or isn't! Will Pete discover who Philo sends his bill to? Will Dave figure out WHY Paul chose this episode in the first place? Tune in and find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01:04:4124/04/2022
Sonic Society #729- The Sound of History I

Sonic Society #729- The Sound of History I

"Berlin, 1921. Democracy teeters. Zealots battle in the streets as the Bechsteins, Europe’s famed piano makers, host an elegant soiree. A surprise guest arrives – a combat veteran – unknown and seemingly unremarkable. He unveils powers of seduction, manipulation and demagogy that will soon change the course of history." This week history takes the Sonic stage thanks to writer and director James Isaiah Gabbe (pronounced as GABE)! Part 2 next week continues! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01:12:1924/04/2022
Sunday Showcase for April 24th, 2022

Sunday Showcase for April 24th, 2022

Welcome to Sunday Showcase! Get your tickets to Sonic Society #729, Old-Time Radio Essentials #31, and Mutual Presents with Mutual Radio Theater #3.10! They're off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01:4124/04/2022
Mutual Presents: Saturday Story Circle- Jack Armstrong~ All American Boy #3.9

Mutual Presents: Saturday Story Circle- Jack Armstrong~ All American Boy #3.9

Welcome to Mutual Presents! This week we go back to the Mutual Audio Network's Youtube channel where we release classic Mutual Broadcasting Network's amazing shows. We're back with Saturday Story Circle's Jack Armstrong~ All American Boy, and The Luminous Dragon Eye Ring Episodes 6 and 7! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
31:0317/04/2022
Bell's in the Batfry #292

Bell's in the Batfry #292

We follow John Bell through yet ANOTHER eye operation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15:5617/04/2022
Sonic Society #728- Sonic Imaging

Sonic Society #728- Sonic Imaging

This week Jack and David visit their friends at Re-Imagined Radio for their Women's History Month, women in radio, and specifically Lucille Fletcher, one of our favourite writers of all time and RR picks the cream of the crop reprising a double feature of "The Hitch-Hiker" and "Sorry, Wrong Number"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01:01:5717/04/2022
Sunday Showcase for April 17th, 2022

Sunday Showcase for April 17th, 2022

Welcome to Sunday Showcase! David Ault brings the lineup beginning with Sonic Society #728, followed by The Batfry #292, and Mutual Presents #3.9! Happy Easter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
02:0817/04/2022
Mutual Presents: Friday Follies- The Adventures of Maisie #3.8

Mutual Presents: Friday Follies- The Adventures of Maisie #3.8

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 "The Phony Doctor" and "Bobby Kent". Brought to you and released weekly for Friday Follies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
58:0710/04/2022