Jack | December 30, 2018
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Kevin Cummings. But we remember quite fondly his contributions to early storytelling and audio drama with his series Short Comings! Here’s a link to his favourite Short Comings in which podcasters pick their favourites. Look for our Jack in the list!
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Tags: Essays, Kevin Cummings, Shortcomings
Jack | December 30, 2018
Rebranding Audio Drama as “Fiction Podcasts” seems to be all the rage. Some time ago we called these “podficts” for short. Regardless, it’s nice to see the CBC taking the medium seriously again. Check out Fiction podcasts are giving new form to the old art of the radio drama and maybe give them a nudge that […]
Category: Media, Podcast, Podficts, Radio |
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Tags: Alice Hopton, CBC, Chris Tolley, Dora Award, Gimlet, Hannah Moscovitch, Julia Roberts, Kristen Wiig, Laura Mullin, Nazanine Rafsanjani, PlayMe, Podcast Fiction, Podficts, Sandra, Stephan James, Tashauna Reid, The Horror of Dolores Roach, Trillium Book Award
Jack | December 25, 2018
MERRY CHRISTMAS from David and Jack! Tonight on this hallowed Yule, our hosts bring Part 1 of Finding his Voice from David Farquhar and Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre company! Also some other festive holiday shorts include a recap from Deck the Halls Season 2 and Sassquach Radio, a message from the Amigos and […]
Category: Holiday, Podcast, Show Notes |
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Tags: Christmas, David Ault, David Farquhar, Deck the Halls, Flavio, Is there a Santa Claus?, Jack Ward, Sassquach Radio, The Amigos, Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre, Yes Virginia
Jack | December 21, 2018
I’m always fascinated with how Audio Drama compares, contrasts and connects with other media. This fantastic piece on how silent movies sing when the original orchestral music is played in concert with the film. Music has a powerful effect on the way we take in stories. It’s fascinating that no matter whether you see your stories […]
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Tags: Electric Vicuna, Music, Sharon Bee, Silent Movies, youtube
Jack | December 20, 2018
Brother Lothar brings the Amigos “Shanghaied” from the classic OTR Box 13 starring Alan Ladd. Your Amigos are Lothar Tuppan, Jeffrey Billard and Jack Ward.
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Tags: Alan Ladd, Box 13, Jack Ward, Jeffrey Billard, Lothar Tuppan, OTR, Shanghaied
Jack | December 20, 2018
Social media is a blessing. Social media is a curse. As a teacher, I’m faced every day with the reality of cyberbullying. The definition of which includes: “Cyberbullying includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else.” For decades, these nasty rumour mongerings might have been contained strictly within childhood. That’s […]
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Tags: Audio Drama Community, Bullying, Cyberbullying, slur, Suicide Hotline, The Sonic Society
Jack | December 18, 2018
Tonight’s feature series is What’s the Frequency from James Oliva and Alexander Danner and includes a trifecta of shows including “Static”, “Took a Powder” and “Kentucky Universal Meal Gravy”.
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Tags: Alexander Danner, David Ault, Jack Ward, James Oliva, Kentucky Universal Meal Gravy, Static, Took a Powder, What's the Frequency
Jack | December 11, 2018
The Wrong Station is created by Alexander Saxton and Anthony Botelho and is our double feature tonight with “Family Photos” and “The Dead of Winter”. Join us at the world’s first modern audio drama convention July 24th-26, 2020 at mad-con.com!
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Tags: Alexander Saxton, Anthony Botelho, David Ault, Jack Ward, Mad-Con, The Wrong Station
Jack | December 6, 2018
As we gain deeper insight into the producers, writers, and sound engineers that brought us some of the powerful shows of the past, in our ongoing attempt to understand this medium we look at this little clip of the great director/producer Jack Johnstone talking about live radio drama and specifically how a flub was handled […]
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Tags: Jack Johnstone, OTR, Superman!
Jack | December 4, 2018
Tonight on the Sonic Society, Jack and David feature the pilot episode of The Dark Room and another 11th Hour Production by Faith McQuinn entitled “To the Moon and Back”. Remember to sign up to Mad-Con for 2020 goodness!
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Tags: 11th Hour, Faith McQuinn, Jack Ward. David Ault, The Dark Room, To the Moon and Back