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Strati. A historical-crime series
Strati. A full cast historical-crime series Interpol detective Horace Milton lands at Fiumicino as a favor to an old friend, but immediately finds himself plunged into a Roman nightmare. In the evocative setting of Porto di Traiano, the waters yield a body dressed like an ancient Vestal. Flanked by Virgilio, a fast-talking taxi driver, and Livia, an archaeologist with immense knowledge, Horace must decide whether to go home or listen to the call of a crime that seems rooted in history itself. “Strati” is a project of the Parco archeologico di Ostia Antica, produced by Machineria.
Strati. Una serie audio Crime-Storica
Strati. Una serie audio Crime-StoricaIl detective dell'Interpol Horace Milton atterra a Fiumicino per un favore a un vecchio amico, ma si ritrova subito immerso in un incubo romano. Nel suggestivo scenario del Porto di Traiano, le acque restituiscono un corpo vestito come un'antica Vestale. Affiancato da Virgilio, un tassista dalla parlantina sciolta, e Livia, un'archeologa dalla conoscenza sconfinata, Horace deve decidere se tornare a casa o ascoltare il richiamo di un crimine che sembra affondare le radici nella storia stessa.“Strati” è un progetto del Parco archeologico di Ostia Antica, realizzata da Machineria.
The Bonds of Affection
A Rock'n'Roll Murder Mystery – Full Cast Audio Drama set in 1978. Guitar superstar, Rhett Liedecker dies at 33. Murder, says L.A. County Sheriffs. Rhett's very valuable guitar is missing too. The Sheriffs say it may be the murder weapon. Was it a drug deal gone bad? Was it the dangerous cult Rhett attacked in a radio interview? His wild step-daughter and her addict boyfriend? His disco queen wife who was outgrowing him? Or his ex-wife, the record company CEO who kept Rhett on a string? Maybe his “roadie for life”, whose secret love for Rhett was no secret? Then there’s the bullet hole in the headboard. The missing Colt .45. It’s rock’n’roll. And it’s murder. Whodunit?
Pizzey - The Revolution
”Pizzey - The Revolution” is a drama about the founding of the world’s first refuge for women. The play is set in Chiswick, West London in the 1970s: Erin Pizzey is an average housewife, looking ofter small children: she has the idea of opening a drop-in centre where other young mothers can get together for a chat and a coffee - but she little knew what a can of worms she was opening! Soon, women who were victims of domestic violence began to come in looking for a safe refuge, and Erin would never turn them away, so as a result she was continually battling with the authorities because of the incredible overcrowding of the refuge. She had well over 100 women staying there, with their children, in a house certified for a maximum of 35. Attacked from all sides, Erin battled on until finally the Greater London Council agreed to establish refuges throughout London. The play is poignant, at times funny, but always engaging as one woman’s battle against the odds to do what is right.
Code noir, les marrons de Kourou
Code noir : les marrons de Kourou raconte le destin de Benjamin et de Constance, deux esclaves des Jésuites de la mission de Kourou en Guyane entre 1762 et 1764.
Doctor Love
Two true crime enthusiasts explore an old asylum case, digging up recordings, medical notes, and news clippings to discuss a patient's mystery illness and her doctor's infatuation with her. Daphne and Preston, the co-hosts of a true crime podcast, unearth the case of Doctor Love - psychiatrist Doctor Burnett - who, in the 1950s, kidnapped her patient - the previously unnamed Hazel - so they could run away together. They start by exploring the beginning of Doctor Burnett and Hazel’s time together, and Doctor Burnett trying to diagnose Hazel’s mysterious illness. As they continue meeting, Hazel and Doctor Burnett grow closer, eventually pursuing a romantic relationship in secret, with Daphne and Preston failing to interrogate the power dynamics involved. As Doctor Burnett and Hazel’s romance intensifies, their relationship is threatened by outside forces, and Daphne and Preston are forced to justify the lines Doctor Burnett is crossing to keep Hazel all to herself.
Goodbye, Gold Coast
A few hours to the emancipation of the Gold Coast, excitement and uncertainty about the future are rife. While some believe in the new Ghana, others hold reservations. Goodbye, Gold Coast explores the different emotions of a city at the edge of freedom, depicted through the lives of Rose, a young teacher and her European lover, as they face a decision as important to them as the birth of a new nation.
Day of Days
In 1958 Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed in the chest by a deranged woman at a Harlem book signing. As he recovered in Harlem Hospital, he was visited by an old family friend and Black mystic, Howard Thurman. The conversation they had changed the course of Civil Rights history. It was gripping, global, and highly personal. Day of Days is a historical fiction podcast that follows this conversation and informs our current quest for ethical leadership and equity in America.
Das kunstseidene Mädchen
Der Hörspiel-Podcast mit Jella Haase nach dem bekannten Klassiker von Irmgard Keun begleitet die 18- jährige Doris durch die Jahre 1931 und 1932. Eine Geschichte von persönlichen Ambitionen, Identität und dem Wunsch nach einem selbstbestimmten Leben. Doris ist jung, attraktiv und ehrgeizig. Ihr Job bei einem aufdringlichen Rechtsanwalt in ihrer kleinen Stadt in der Provinz erfüllt sie nicht. Sie will etwas aus ihrem Leben machen und träumt von Aufstiegsmöglichkeiten im Berlin der Roaring Twenties. In der Hauptstadt taucht Doris ein in die aufregende Welt der Tanzcafés und Bars. Doch für eine mittellose junge Frau wie sie ist es nicht leicht, sich über Wasser zu halten. Sie versucht es über Männerbekanntschaften. Manchmal sind sie Mittel zum Zweck und manchmal verliebt sie sich. Einmal lebt sie im Luxus, aber schnell ist auch alles wieder verloren - doch Doris lässt sich nicht beirren. Kann sie in der chaotischen und pulsierenden Metropole Berlin ihren Traum vom Aufstieg verwirklichen?
The Maiden and The Dragon
Medieval drama series. Marian is a 13yr old girl who longs to have control over her own destiny, to be free. But she lives in a small village in Northumbria, England. And the year is... 1377. Freedom is nowhere to be seen. Until, one day she finds a strange creature down the village well, and everything changes...
Shakespeare's Histories in Audio
Shakespeare’s epic eight-play saga captures the cyclical nature of violence and history, while showcasing poignant domestic stories of families and their divided loyalties. In the first half, The King's Shadow, Prince Hal indulges in a reckless adolescence until he must unite his country by becoming the legendary King Henry V. In the second half, The Queen's Storm, Margaret of Anjou, a princess from lands abroad, faces threats and treachery from every direction as she rises to become England's queen.
Bayou’s Wrath
Historical fiction told from a different perspective. Two sisters on a journey to discover family find they’ve inherited more than an ancestral home. They become heirs to a supernatural legacy when they relocate from Harlem, New York, to Natchez, Mississippi — just beyond The Devil’s Punchbowl.
Kalkar 81 - Familiendrama inmitten der Anti-AKW-Proteste | WDR
Hörspiel-Serie in 8 Folgen - nach wahren Begebenheiten. Kalkar, ein kleiner Ort am Niederrhein, wird in den 80ern zum Zentrum der Anti-AKW-Bewegung. Der Bau des "Schnellen Brüters" spaltet den Ort. Aktivistin Eva kehrt in die Heimat zurück und muss mit dem Widerstand der eigenen Familie rechnen.
Clawmoor Heights
A truefolk historian risks professional ruin when drawn into the turbulent affairs of a dying Baron and his idle children as he attempts to preserve his family’s legacy. Clawmoor Heights is an Our Brilliant Ruin story.
DS Billings Mysteries
Detective Sergeant John Billings has risen swiftly through the ranks to become one of Scotland Yard's youngest detectives, but in his private life he struggles with the demons of loneliness and morphine addiction. In these full length mysteries he will lead you on a thrilling journey into the darkest recesses of Victorian society.
Dungeon Masters
Dungeon Masters takes a behind-the-curtain look into the world of Dungeons & Dragons, told through the lenses of the creator of the game, Gary Gygax, played by Wil Wheaton and of private investigator, William Dear, played by Jon Hamm, a swashbuckling tough guy in 1979. Gygax guides the audience through this incredible true story as our Dungeon Master, as we follow Dear on his quest to find Dallas Egbert, a Michigan State student, who supposedly disappeared in the steam tunnels under his University while enacting a real-life version of D&D. What Dear encounters on this journey and ultimately discovers, defies all expectations, and changes the culture as we know it.
Dämonenjäger Ewald Heine - Grusel-Hörspiel-Serie | WDR
Das Berlin der 1920er ist ein bebendes Zentrum des Okkultismus. Ominöse Bruderschaften, trügerische Schamanen und Monstren aller Art beleben seine Straßen. Mittendrin: Ewald Heine - Horror-Autor, Koks-Enthusiast und besessen von Dämonen. In jeder der 10 Folgen erzählt die Grusel-Hörspiel-Serie einen neuen mysteriösen Fall in einer Stadt der Sünde und finsteren Magie.
HINDSIGHT: THE DAY BEFORE
The impulse purchase of an antique trunk at a Harlem curio shop alters the life of Professor John Gabriel Strasser, setting into motion a tectonic shift that drives him toward a profound – and profoundly dangerous – realization of who and what he is, and the centuries-old mission he will have to take on because of his newfound understanding.
Tom Slick: Mystery Hunter
Tom Slick: Mystery Hunter chronicles the larger than life adventures of Tom Slick (Owen Wilson) and his steadfast pursuit of the unknown, culminating to one of his greatest and most mystifying expeditions: his 1958 hunt for the Yeti. Tom Slick’s epic story is told through hidden tapes found by his granddaughter Liv Slick (Schuyler Fisk) in the attic of her mother, Claire Slick (Sissy Spacek). What is a climactic tale of a legendary man and his hunt for the Yeti is, for Liv, the discovery of a grandfather whose life was largely shrouded in mystery… until now.
Eve of Independence
On the evening of July 3rd, a possible unrecorded meeting was held at the one of one Thomas Jefferson with his committee to ensure the Declaration of Independence was ready to be presented on July 4th, 1776. An unexpected visitor and relevant figure of history stops by to try and stop the birth of a dream.
Mr. Buchman Goes To Washington
Based on a true story. Sidney Buchman was nominated for four Oscars, but his career came to a screeching halt when he was accused of communist ties. In a wild true story of art imitating life, Sidney, who wrote "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington", would have his own face-off with Washington, when he was pressured to "name names" of other suspected communists to get himself off the hook. Would Sidney choose his honor, or his career? Michael B. Silver, Sidney's real-life grandson (and an accomplished actor and writer himself), plays his grandfather in this scripted audio drama podcast reminiscent of TV and movies like "The West Wing", and "The Trial Of The Chicago 7".
The Negro of The Abyss
"Set in the heart of Victorian London, The Negro of the Abyss reimagines the infamous Jack the Ripper murders from the perspective of Jane Doe, a forgotten black woman whose story unveils the harrowing truths of racial and social injustice." The Negro of The Abyss, brought to you by Sierra Echo Productions!
My Russian Clementine
A Modern Russian Fairytale, based on a true story about an American actress who adopts a little Russian girl in St. Petersburg in 1994.
Divorce Ranch
June 1949. Heiress Mitzi Ballantyne has gone missing during her "Reno-vation" at the Sidewinder Resort. Detective Francis O'Connell, a Bible-toting bloodhound, would rather be at his Ma's sickbed. Instead, he steps off the train and into a den of liberated ex-wives who test his every nerve. Crooked cops, runaways, and divorcees collide in a female-forward, "west-of-center" take on the classic noir.
Code noir
Code Noir, les révoltés du Gaoulet, est une fiction inspirée de faits réels, qui raconte une révolte d'esclaves en Martinique au XVIIIe siècle.
Someone Is Killing The Wolfhounds
Based on a true story. A group of soldiers in Vietnam decide they need to murder their rogue lieutenant, if they're going to make it home alive. TRAINING DAY meets PLATOON.
Hobo Code
Hop a freight train with two hobos, a little girl, and her best friend who lives in a coffee can. Hobo Code is an epic journey spanning from the Roaring Twenties to the Great Depression, all the way to the Great Recession of 2008.
The Morning After Potion
The year is 1813, and a young alchemist, Wynifred Martin (Sarah Taqvi), develops the first contraceptive for women: The Morning After Potion. Naive to business, she partners with ruffian, Jackson Haaksmore (Jonah Robinson), in developing this new brew into a revolution by way of women’s health. Soon, the ramifications of her alchemy take noble society by storm, and the resulting whirlwind of romance and politics threatens to ruin Wynifred’s life. Will the mob see her imprisoned? Will she forever be trapped in a loveless marriage? Or perhaps there’s a worse fate awaiting our young alchemist.
Jaume I, rei dels valencians
Ficció radiofònica de 10 capítols de recreació dramàtica de la vida de Jaume I. Una producció de Ràdio 9 per a l’Any Jaume I, huité centenari del naixement del Rei Conqueridor.
King of the Egg Cream
Based on the incredible true story of Harry Dolowich, who grew up poor in the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the Great Depression and found riches hatching a scheme to take over the one industry that wasn't already controlled by the Mob -- the chocolate syrup industry. Harry's charm, ambition and gift of gab can only take him so far and it turns out being a syrup racketeer ain't as sweet as it sounds. With a killer cast, including Justin Bartha, Lewis Black, Ari Graynor, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bobby Cannavale, Melanie Lynskey, Jason Ritter and narrated by Richard Kind, King Of The Egg Cream is a crime story, love story and distinctly American story, all packed into ten funny, fizzy and delicious episodes. Created by Justin Bartha, Emil Stern and Sigmund Stern.
The Dinner Party Podcast
Chiyo Matsutani is a young college student in San Francisco and Hiro Fujimoto has nearly paid off the loan on his Sacramento farm. Both are American citizens when they’re rounded up in 1942 and sent to an incarceration camp where they meet, fall in love, and marry. But when they’re released three years later, Hiro’s farm - like the property of so many Japanese Americans - has been seized. They take the only jobs available to them, as housekeeper and gardener for a wealthy family in Oakland where they face casual racism, harassment, and an unending future of dreary servitude. Based on a true story, this tale of love and resistance is a look behind the curtain at the resilience, humor, and community it took to survive at a time when ”American” didn’t apply to all citizens.
Camino Equivocado
Camino Equivocado es una novela histórica, basada en los tiempos post-guerra mundial, donde conocemos la historia de Regina y Saturnino, una pareja en desacuerdo. Ella es una interesada que solo le importa el dinero, las apariencias y la alta sociedad, mientras que él se la vive trabajando para poder darle gusto a su esposa. Conforme pasa el tiempo ella cada vez exige más y la pareja se va alejando hasta llegar a un punto de no retorno. ¿Podrán alcanzar sus sueños los dos cuando por fin cada quien tome su camino?
Supreme: The Battle for Roe
At 26 years old, Sarah Weddington stands in a courtroom for the first time in her life and argues the defining case of her era: Roe V. Wade. Supreme tells her unlikely story, as well as that of Justice Harry Blackmun, who’s appointed by Nixon to the High Court at the same time. Sarah and Harry – both new, untested, and scared out of their minds – are on a collision course. She struggles to overcome the many obstacles placed in her path, while he must find the courage to step out of his lifelong best friend’s shadow and take a stand. Together, they create one of the defining moments of the century.
La traversée du siècle
Victoire, Albertine et Thérèse : ces prénoms vous semblent-ils familiers? Suivez l’odyssée de ces trois femmes fascinantes et incroyablement résilientes dans l’œuvre de l’un des plus grands écrivains québécois : Michel Tremblay. Portée par 18 interprètes, cette saga familiale nous fait vivre les grands bouleversements qu’a connus la société québécoise au cours du XXe siècle. Plongez dans l’univers de trois générations, où la place des femmes se fortifie au fil du temps. La traversée du siècle est un projet monumental, la plus grande fiction sonore originale jamais réalisée au Québec, avec six saisons et plus de neuf heures de contenu original. Tout le texte est de Michel Tremblay, dans une adaptation et une dramaturgie d'Alice Ronfard, à partir d'une idée d'André Brassard. Ce projet hors-norme est une production du Théâtre Espace Libre, en production déléguée par Zoé Gagnon-Paquin.
Icaro, Texas: A Radio Play
When rising rodeo star Chris Joseph loses everything, he must return to his home town which has been decimated by the '86 Oil Bust. Icaro, Texas is an original audio drama written by playwright Straton Rushing and produced with the help of Arizona State University. The play was directed by Victor Arevalo and features original music by Kelly Damann.
The Foxes of Hydesville
Inspired by the true story of the Fox Sisters. This 9-episode swirling family epic (starring Carey Mulligan) follows the infamous mediums as they rise to fame in the 19th century when they begin conjuring up the dead... and inadvertently spawn a new religion: Spiritualism.
L'Affaire Louis Gaufridy
Un jeune homme se réveille dans une pièce sombre. Il est seul et attaché à une chaise. Une voix maquillée lui pose de nombreuses questions au sujet de l’Affaire Louis Gaufridy. Une célèbre histoire de possession qui s’est terminée par un terrible procès en 1611 à Aix en Provence. Au travers de cet interrogatoire musclé, nous apprendrons tous les tenants et les aboutissants de cette affaire qui a enflammée la Provence dans une hystérie collective. Un sorcier, des démons, une possédée et un exorciste tels furent les protagonistes de cette sombre affaire.
No Holmes Barred!
From Daniel Ciarrocchi - the mind that brought you Jeopardy! Season 39, Episode 156 - comes a hilarious new radio-drama podcast: the unusual tale of H.H. Holmes— America’s first serial killer. Chicago, 1893: While the world is waiting for the Fair, a different kind of architect is building his own exhibition… a MURDER CASTLE! The SPECTACULAR, SENSATIONAL, TRAGICALLY ACCURATE dramedy recounting the TURMOIL, TERROR, & TURBULENCE of H.H. HOLMES’s maniacal KILLING SPREE over Chicago’s 1893 WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION!
Le Feuilleton
30 minutes d'espace de création radiophonique, de grandes adaptations d'oeuvres du patrimoine classique et contemporain pour mêler tous les métiers et les talents de la radio. Rendez-vous sur l'application Radio France pour découvrir tous les autres épisodes.
Cuba 58: El último gran premio
1958 en La Habana, Cuba: La ciudad se prepara para recibir el Havana Grand Prix. Sin embargo, un día antes de la esperada carrera, dos jóvenes subversivos secuestran al piloto campeón de la F1, Juan Manuel Fangio. La vida de Fangio se ve envuelta entre las crecientes tensiones políticas entre el gobierno del dictador Fulgencio Batista y el “Movimiento 26 de julio” liderado por Fidel Castro. Cuba 58: El último gran premio es un thriller basado en el día en el que se encontraron la Fórmula 1 y la Revolución Cubana, dejando en las manos de una carrera el futuro de un país entero. Una producción de Sonoro, protagonizada por Manolo Cardona, Maclovia González, Carlos Ballarta y Axel de la Rosa.
FADE IN: Quentin Tarantino & Pulp Fiction
FADE IN is an audio movie about legendary films and TV series and the crazy and talented dreamers who made them. The risks and stakes, the battles, the behind-the-scenes stories nobody knows. Against all odds and usually teetering on failure, these filmmakers and show-runners made something great, something lasting. From the makers of INSIDE PSYCHO, INSIDE THE EXORCIST, and INSIDE JAWS comes FADE IN: QUENTIN TARANTINO AND PULP FICTION. Inspired by the true story.
96 Candles the story of Australia's worst mine disaster
The story of the 96 lives lost to Australia’s worst mining disaster. Inspired by the words of those who were there. Act 1, opens on the morning of the 31st July 1902, as the tiny South Coast town of Mt Kembla awakens unaware their lives are about to change for ever.
Stern 111
Hörspielserie nach Lutz Seilers Wende-Roman. Herbst ’89 – die Mauer ist gefallen. Carl verlässt seine Thüringer Heimat und geht nach Ost-Berlin. Den Ort, der das wahre Leben verspricht. Hier werden Häuser besetzt, Kneipen gegründet, freie Kunst gemacht. Alles scheint möglich. Genau der richtige Ort für Carl, der Dichter werden will. Doch so einfach ist es nicht mit dem neuen Leben. Carl kennt niemanden und schläft im alten Shiguli seines Vaters. Erst als er auf das „Rudel“ trifft, fasst er Fuß und ist plötzlich mittendrin.
Nazis: The Road to Power
The story of how in just 13 years, Hitler led a fringe sect with less than a hundred members and outlandish ideas to be the dominant force in German politics.
Tobias and Syd
In this time travel romance, Syd is at once seduced by and suspicious of the shape shifting Tobias, as he launches his new product. Hot and Smoking drama about why we still use tobacco.
The Key of Love
It’s New Year’s Eve,1942, WWII is raging, and Liberty Johannsen, a young chambermaid in Boston’s tony Back Bay, is kicked out of the only job – and home – she’s ever known after fighting off unwanted advances from the Governor’s son. Nicknamed Songbird thanks to her beautiful voice, Libby takes a new position at the grand Fairmont Copley hotel in Boston, where she makes the acquaintance of blue-blooded composer Francis Key, unexpectedly becoming his muse…and soon, something much more. Until Libby’s fiancé, Boston Globe photographer Clancy Armstrong, returns from the front. Libby faces a devastating choice, one that will affect not only these three lives but the course of American history forever. A sweeping historical romance from New York Times and international bestseller Jenna Blum, author of Those Who Save Us and The Lost Family, THE KEY OF LOVE showcases one woman’s fierce love and burning ambition as she makes an impossible decision while the fate of the world is up for grabs.
LA DERNIÈRE NUIT D'ANNE BONNY
Depuis le 18e siècle, Anne Bonny fascine. Femme de mauvaise vie pour le capitaine Johnson, femme puissante dans l’imaginaire contemporain, son histoire a donné lieu à de nombreuses interprétations. La dernière nuit d’Anne Bonny joue avec les archives et les registres pour explorer la fascination qu’elle suscite, l’écart qui peut se creuser entre une figure historique et ses réinterprétations contemporaines. Sans jamais oublier de faire battre le cœur, et de raconter une grande histoire d’amour et de liberté.
Hatstand Productions - Award Winning Production Company
Bringing you our latest piece "A Mother's Voice" (ep2) and a guided pack (ep3) to support reflection, processing and discussion around the Climate Crisis, Motherhood and Hope.
Circus Folk
A Newfoundland sea captain has made devilish deals. To settle his debts he captured Celtic creatures on his journeys, using them as sideshows under a raggedy big top tent. But, these beasts comes with consequences - bringing moral corruption to a small town, and forcing his last sailor to struggle with faith, lust, and loyalty.
Almelem
ALMELEM is a biblical backstager, set in the first century C.E., about a small group of con artists and true disciples fumbling toward the greatest story ever told.
The Lost Son
In 1899, a medical doctor summoned to the ancestral home of her old flame uncovers his family’s dark history and the devastating consequences of truths kept secret for generations. The Lost Son is a limited event audio drama series inspired by gothic horror stories and classic monster novels, and stars Bonnie Bogovich, Carter Calahan, Ethan Goff, and Josiah Robinson. The series is written and directed by Cole Burgett.
Rainbow Girl
It’s 1979, the lead guitarist of The Wide Eyed Boys, Eddie Allbright, and his supergroupie model wife, Lissy Ellery are one of the most famous and glamorous rock couples in the world. From the outside, their life looks like a dream, but behind closed doors too many drugs, too many affairs and too much black magic is creating a recipe that will either save them, or destroy them. An intimate look into the hedonistic life of a seventies rock band and their groupies, Rainbow Girl is for everyone who has ever wondered what it was really like to be with the band. A stand alone, set in the world of Jane Green's newest novel, Sister Stardust, Rainbow Girl mixes the glamor of The Rolling Stones with the partying of Studio 54, but can anything stop this marriage ending in a bloody, final mess.
Hollow Medium
An investigation into the 1926 haunting of Lenora Bowen, a speakeasy bartender in St. Augustine, Florida who recorded her personal account onto a series of wax cylinders. Recently discovered in an antique steamer trunk, archival audio from these recordings will be released every Sunday throughout the month of October.
Bird Woman
Bird Woman, a magical realism, multi-episode audio drama series, is set in the early West. Bird Woman, Sacajawea, discovers her shape-shifting powers as; part Woman & part Eagle. She fights alongside the Expeditioners making heart-wrenching choices between the Native world & Clark’s world, discovering her full powers & true destiny on our Expedition, as Bird Woman. https://bit.ly/BirdWomanPodcast
And Then I Sing
The new podcast musical about the life of Frank Sinatra, the most popular entertainer of the 20th Century — created and written by Fred Travalena with John Dayton.
On the Night Train
It’s 1879! Edith and Paul Mallard climb aboard the Night Train as it races the Midnight Express across America! But as accidents delay their journey, a mysterious plot of sabotage begins to emerge. Will Edith and Paul Mallard solve the mystery of the Night Train? Or is their journey doomed to disaster?
Johnnie's Song: A 1920s Style Radio Hour Drama
At nearly 17, Johnnie knows love: love for his family and for his biggest passion, playing the piano. But when alcohol is outlawed, making work harder on his police officer father, life in 1920s Atlantic City isn't as simple as it used to be. With the help of some friends, both new and old, Johnnie must find his place and his voice in the sometimes dangerous world of jazz and prohibition. "Johnnie's Song" was written by award-winning playwright DC Cathro and produced by ERALôR NFT. ERALôR is a registered business dedicated to creating nostalgic experiences, while promoting positive, human connection through vintage art, performance based storytelling, and immersive events and travel.
Sisters of the Underground
Sisters of the Underground is an 8-episode scripted series by Executive Producers Eva Longoria and Dania Ramirez. It follows the true story of three courageous women, known as the Mirabal sisters, who changed the world. Their lifelong activism in the Dominican Republic and state-orchestrated assassination ignited outrage that led to the downfall of one of the most brutal and enduring dictators of the 20th Century, Rafael Trujillo (aka El Jefe). This series takes us back to a period when the Mirabal Sisters inspired an entire nation to emancipate themselves from a tyrannical regime that lasted for more than 30 years. While the martyrdom of the Mirabal Sisters is the stuff of legend in the DR, Sisters of the Underground brings these hidden figures to life for a global audience in a vivid, immersive, audio drama.
Lina's Song
In 1980s East Berlin, Lina, a trans femme nightclub performer, spends her days preparing for her sets at a local nightclub, Das Neue Reich. During a drug-induced dream, Lina envisions an opulent club in West Berlin. She must perform there, even if it means crossing the Berlin Wall.
Trice Forgotten
Alestes likes to keep her head down while she works as a merchant, couriering deliveries and carrying travelers to destinations across the seas. Only as her travelers gradually become permanent crewmates, she realises her ship has become a floating museum, laboratory, vault of repatriated ‘treasures’, and a chef’s kitchen. After spending most of her life with the understanding that nothing changes, no matter how hard you fight, Alestes is faced with a choice: Will she use her new network of allies to build safe harbour and potentially a future for her new community, or will she once again put her head down and drown in her sea of excuses…
BOOM
It's 1999 and Enron finance manager Jim Yang has received an email from the future. As Enron try to take control of the internet, Jim is thrust into the greed, chaos and dazzling debauchery of the late '90s. But that email changes everything. BOOM is a brand new audio drama from Stak and the makers of The Offensive and Jackie the Ripper. Stars Akie Kotabe, Omari Douglas, Sharon D. Clarke MBE, Meg Cavanaugh and Mike Capozzola.
1972 - The Chisholm Campaign Trail and the Davis Trial
Upon the 50th anniversary of the trial of legendary civil rights activist Angela Davis, and Shirley Chisholm’s historical presidential campaign, comes 1972. A seven-part historical audio drama series detailing the powerful story of Shirley Chisholm and Angela Davis, two highly respected Black women who dared to hold a mirror to the systemic racism and sexism within the United States. The show portrays the true story of two women refusing to be ignored and silenced by a society comfortable with the status quo.
Sonic Leap
Have you ever felt like you were born in the wrong time? For HERO THE BAND, a musical group of four blood brothers from Atlanta, 2020 just isn't their year. Poised on the verge of their debut album and a summer festival tour, a global pandemic leaves them wondering if they've simply missed their era. That's when a mysterious music mentor - played by Anthony Anderson - teleports them back in time to 1985, where they have a chance to meet their musical destiny as 80s rock gods...and their teenage parents. One song could change it all for this unlikely band of heroes, in a first of its kind musical podcast, with an original score featuring co-stars Trippie Redd and Blanco Brown. It's SONIC LEAP, baby!
5 Women Now & Then
This brand-new, female-led, three-part audio is a beautifully told series of interwoven stories. A tapestry of rich narrative is juxtaposed with piano-driven bar songs, spoken word, cello composition, and evocative sound design. 5 Women Now & Then gives flesh to the lives of women buried by the history books, but is framed against a contemporary lockdown.
The Fire Waltz
The Fire Waltz is a narrative, miniseries podcast about Eva, a potato farmer's daughter. Created by Little Miss Higgins, Kris Demeanor, Eric Rose & Matt Foster, as well as an amazing team of musicians, The Fire Waltz is an exciting new audio experience with original music, captivating characters and a riveting story to carry listeners along.
Wolfwhistle
In 1934 New York City, two idealistic radio hosts battle shadowy forces for the soul of America.
With You In The Distance
A one hour audio play set in Glasgow of the 1800s. It is the story of two men who met and fell in love in the second city of the empire.
A Simple Herstory
A Simple Herstory is a theatrical and high concept podcast series about the women who have run for President of the United States. From outsiders to insiders, and outsiders again, these are the women who ran.
Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story
Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story is a six-episode audio drama podcast starring Lisa Kudrow. The story is about love in Al Capone’s Chicago. It is inspired by the true story of Louise Rolfe, aka The Blonde Alibi, (Lisa Kudrow) and Jack McGurn, aka Machine Gun Jack McGurn, (Leigh Joel Scott). The two were involved in the famous trial after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929.
Edith!
Rosamund Pike stars as Edith Wilson in "Edith!" a scripted comedy podcast exploring the untold true-ish story of America's secret First Female President. After President Woodrow Wilson suffered a massive, paralyzing stroke in the White House, Edith Wilson did the unthinkable: she told no one. And for almost a year following the end of World War I, Edith Wilson acted as the de facto unelected President. She would sign issue orders as him. She would fire people as him. She would even cause international incidents as him. And all along the way, enemies both internal and external, inched closer to finding out her secret.
Atlantic: A Scottish Story
St Kilda now lies deserted, but it was once home to one of the hardiest and most remarkable communities anywhere in the world. For hundreds of years, islanders endured extraordinary conditions and built a unique society. That was until the 29th August 1930, when the entire island boarded a ship and left. Forever. This series tells that story, through the eyes of two young islanders and the paths they both choose. It's a story about home, heritage and belonging, all stretched across the shores of the Atlantic.
The Ballad of Anne & Mary
It's 1721, and London is abuzz with news of notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, currently languishing in Newgate Prison. It’s the perfect time for debt-ridden journalist Nathaniel Mist to exploit the public appetite and ghost-write a sensational (and hopefully best-selling) history of pirates. But as the balladeers and gossips on the streets of London build myths around the blood-thirsty, perverse lady pirates, Mist is forced to reckon with the real Bonny & Read...
Nobody is Above The law -- an Audio drama
NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW is an audio drama set in the early 1980’s (before cell phones had caught on in America.) Billionaire Mayor Bart, a corrupt and somewhat ludicrous politician, is up for reelection. He hopes to win reelection by a huge margin as a stepping stone to a presidential run. The protagonist is a feminist psychotherapist named Camille Collins. A surprising series of events turns Camille Collins into a major obstacle to Bart’s plan for winning reelection by a landslide.
Little Boots - A four part audio drama
The Roman Empire is falling apart. As the tyrannical reign of Tiberius Caesar comes to an end, his adopted nephew, Gaius, steps into the breach. Guided by his beloved sister, Drusilla, Gaius seems poised to get Rome back on track... until his mind begins to break. Surrounded by ambitious praetorians, vicious siblings and stubborn senators, Gaius descends into a madness beyond even his own reckoning.
The 'A Monkey With Cymbals' Podcast
Theatre company A Monkey With Cymbals are proud to announce their first ever audio play, 'The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith' by Arthur Wing Pinero, adapted by Claire Louise Amias and directed by Pradeep Jeyaratnam-Joyner. The project is sponsored by the brilliant Aspire Leadership, will help to raise funds for the charity Refuge which you can donate to here: http://bit.ly/Ebbsmith The year is 1895. Agnes Ebbsmith, a socialist and proto-feminist, and Lucas Cleeve, a defecting young Tory whom she has nursed back to health after a breakdown, are staying in Venice, planning a new kind of partnership. But how long will their relationship last when Lucas' uncle tries to tempt him back to his wife and his old life of luxury? CAST: AGNES - Claire Louise Amias DUKE OF ST. OLPHERTS - Dan March LUCAS and ANTONIO - Joseph Clowser GERTRUDE THORPE - Faye Maughan REV. AMOS WINTERFIELD - David Morley Hale SIR SANDFORD CLEEVE and SIR GEORGE BRODRICK - Jonathan Rigby DR. KIRKE - Pradeep Jey FORTUNE, SYBIL, NELLA and HEPHZIBAH - Rachel Fletcher-Hudson Sound Producer - David Morley Hale To find out more about A Monkey With Cymals past award winning productions, please visit: www.amonkeywithcymbals.co.uk.
King Kirby
Heroes aren’t born, they’re made. This is the epic tale of Jack Kirby, the most famous cartoonist you never heard of: Born in the Lower East Side slums, veteran of the battlefields of France, co-creator of CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE AVENGERS, THE X-MEN, Kirby had his biggest fight after his comic books became an international sensation: He had to fight for his name, and the recognition he was denied.
Black Tom Island
Art House Productions presents a radio play of Martin Casella’s Black Tom Island. Based on an actual incident that took place in Jersey City in 1916, Black Tom Island explores the first documented terrorist attack on American soil through the lens of a fictionalized Slovak immigrant and his wife who may or may not be involved in the attack. www.arthouseproductions.org
The Tsar And Tsaritsa
The Milburn Stone Theatre presents a new audio series, produced, edited and directed by William Bryant based on the personal letters between Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, and Princess Alix of Hesse & Rhine. From the beginnings of their relationship to their tragic ending, Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, and Princess Alix of Hesse and Rhine, a granddaughter of Britain’s Queen Victoria shared a passionate correspondence and filled diaries with their feelings and thoughts. Though frequently separated from their true loves, as many are nowadays, Nicky and Alix managed to connect with each other on a human level that reveals them in their mortal forms even as the events leading to their demise have secured their place in legend.
With Love, Victoria
With Love, Victoria is a musical podcast that brings to life the diaries of Queen Victoria and explores what was erased by her daughter, Princess Beatrice. Of 141 volumes the Queen wrote in her lifetime, Princess Beatrice left only 111 after she had edited her late mother’s diaries. This serialized podcast dramatizes what once was and what may have been erased from history.
The Agitators: The Story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
The Agitators tells of the enduring but tempestuous friendship of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Great allies? Yes. And at times, great adversaries. Young abolitionists when they met in Rochester, New York in the 1840s, they were full of hope and a common purpose. As they grew to become the cultural icons we know today, their movements collided and their friendship was severely tested. Follow these brilliant, flawed, and rebellious activists with host Ashley C. Ford. Their message still matters. This six-part podcast is based on the play The Agitators; playwright Mat Smart used historical documents to imagine Susan and Frederick’s conversations. The Agitators is brought to listeners by the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, the National Park Service, and PRX.
From Sad Shires
A Podcast Audio Drama to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey. Harry Harmes and Maisie Merman fall in love in the East End of London in 1914 and marry. Then Harry takes the King's shilling to go off to war. Written by Clive Stubbings and produced by theatre company Little Pixie productions.
The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley
The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley is a four part audio drama podcast, set in the 1920's and 30's, about a quack doctor/politician who first became famous for his cure for impotence: implanting goat testicles into human testicles. It uses comedy and country music to illustrate Brinkley's life as he moved from being a small town doctor to a millionaire to a candidate for governor of Kansas to a conservative talk radio star with an ear for country music. Hosted by Dan Butler, known best for playing Bulldog on Frasier, starring Tony Torn as Brinkley, and produced by Untitled Theater Company No.61, a Theater of Ideas based in New York. Written and directed by Edward Einhorn. Each episode also contains a short interview with an expert about the background of the story, including the history of country music.
The Web of Truth
The year is 2002. Steven Bradbury has just won Australia’s first Winter Olympic gold medal, George Bush Junior and John Howard are still international leaders, and five young men head to Victoria’s Mt Buller ski resort for a 21st birthday. Part black comedy, part low-stakes thriller, and partly an ode to early 2000’s pop culture, The Web of Truth is a three-part audio mini-series streaming now.
Day Dream: A Radio Drama
Day Dream is an audio drama inspired by the life of jazz artist and composer Billy Strayhorn. It contrasts Billy’s journey, looking back on his life during a radio interview, with the journey of Andre, an aspiring jazz vocalist struggling to find his voice in today’s world. Day Dream is set in two time periods: Billy in 1965, and Andre in modern day. The 1965 time period looks at the musical genius, whom world renowned artist Duke Ellington called his “writing and arranging companion”, and the struggle to receive credit for many of his works. The modern day period explores a young man discovering his connection and understanding to music through the legacy of Billy Strayhorn.
Tess and the Pest
Tess and the Pest is a three-act comedic play based on the true story of Esther Simpson’s friendship with Nobel prize-winning physicist Leo Szilard. Tess - as her friends call her - arrives in London in the mid-1930s to join the Academic Assistance Council, which is in dire need of a competent hand. As the Nazis are purging Germany for dissenters and Jews, Tess also has to deal with the resistance of pre-war Britain to welcome the refugees - personified in the play by the proprietor of The Daily Mail Viscount Rothermere through his personal private secretary William Outhwaite.
Seeds
Seeds, by No Stone Theatre, is a bold new podcast series inspired by the incredible true story of the world’s first seed bank and how the men and women who worked there protected the future of biodiversity through the worst siege of World War II.
Beyond the Story
"Wonderful" - The Battle Behind The Classic Holiday Movie: "It's A Wonderful Life". A historical fiction, anthology podcast series.
Citizen Paine
Revolutionary, author, pirate, drinker and sometime maker of ladies corsets, Tom Paine was a 37 year old bankrupt when he sailed the ocean and lit the fuse of the American Revolution. From the alehouses of England to the battlefields of America and the blood soaked streets of Paris, Paine tells his own amazing story with the help of an original score and a cast of thousands. "We have it in our power to begin the World over again!" A production of The Audio Ballads.
At The End Of The World
At The End of The World is a new radio play by Zoe Senese-Grossberg out for streaming soon. Spanning from 1938-1942 it asks the question: what does it mean to live at the end of the world?
The Electronic Lover
The Electronic Lover is a serial podcast opera created by San Francisco Bay Area composer Lisa Mezzacappa and Brooklyn-based writer Beth Lisick. The story is set in chatrooms at the dawn of the Internet, in the moment when we first invited computers into the most intimate aspects of our lives. Season 1 follows a tech-curious cabal of young women, isolated and constrained in their own lives, who connect across vast distances to create a thrilling new virtual community.
Voyage of the August
A tale of queer love and mutiny on the high seas! The Voyage of the August chronicles the final voyage of a merchant ship bound for England in 1717, whose crew takes their fate into their own hands. This work of historical fiction is presented as a serial radio drama, to be released in nine weekly installments.
Moonlite
Before Ned Kelly came along and stole everyone's thunder, there was Captain Moonlite. He was a pastor and a soldier, a bank robber and a frontier farmer, a lecturer and a mental patient, an innocent man and a bushranger, a womaniser and a homosexual. He was an Australian legend who barely anyone has ever heard of and one half of the greatest love story never told. With a hilarious script and catchy original tunes, Moonlite tells the tale of the man's last stand, and in it the story of the different lives he lived, all revolving around his enduring dedication to the love of his life, James Nesbit, a dedication that endured beyond the grave.
Free Shakespeare on the Radio: Richard II
FROM OPEN AIR TO ON THE AIR! Join WNYC and The Public Theater as we bring Free Shakespeare in the Park to the airwaves with William Shakespeare’s RICHARD II. Brought to you in a serialized radio broadcast over four nights, listen as the last of the divinely anointed monarchs descends and loses it all. When King Richard banishes his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and deprives him of his inheritance, he unwittingly creates an enemy who will ultimately force him from the throne. One of the Bard’s only dramas entirely in verse, this epic and intimate play presents the rise of the house of Lancaster through a riveting tale of lost sovereignty, political intrigue, and psychological complexity. Directed by Saheem Ali, experience this beautiful and cutting play in an exciting serialized radio format from wherever you are.
Craiglockhart
WW1 - 1917. When DAVID ALLISTER, a facially disfigured war hero, writes a biting condemnation of the war, he is placed in the care of DR ETHAN DRURY at Craiglockhart mental hospital until he agrees to publish a retraction. While there, he meets ARTHUR BRIDGELAND, a shell-shocked soldier obsessed with returning to battle after having been labeled a coward. David delights in tormenting Arthur until he meets and falls in love with Arthur’s suffragette sister, LUCY. Steam Punk meets James Whale by way of MASTERPIECE THEATRE.
Filthy '47
England. 1947. Former Land Girls Joyce and Kay stumble onto a sinister plot to plunge the world back into war...
Red House Rising
Red House Rising is a romantic action-drama set in the South Pacific just before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. An ace female transport pilot is forced to deliver kidnapped sex slaves to an island stronghold of the Japanese Navy. Infuriated, and shaken by the arrival of an old flame, she enlists the help of local islanders in a desperate race to rescue the enslaved “comfort women.”
Little Did I Know
The Broadway-scale musical comes to the world of podcasts. Featuring twenty-two original songs backed by a full band and sung by a stellar team of vocalists, Little Did I Know is the story of a group of friends - recent college graduates - who bring a broken-down summer theater back to life in 1976. The summer will be different from anything they expected, and what they experience will resonate throughout their lives. At turns funny, romantic, stirring, and poignant, this is an unforgettable coming-of-age story.
Lady Lucy
Lady Lucy is an audio drama inspired by Shakespeare's 'Dark Lady' Sonnets, 127-154. Between running her brothel, fighting the Church, murdering her friends' abusive husbands, and pretending to be a poet, the last thing Lucy needed back in 1586 was a surprise visit from her former flame...
Tumanbay
A vast empire threatened by rebellion. A fiction podcast on an epic scale set in the most powerful city on earth...
Temujin
Fallen aristocrat Jamukha is surrendered to the camp of his sworn brother and rival, Genghis Khan. Told from Jamukha's perspective on what might be the last night of his life, TEMUJIN: AN AUDIO DRAMA tells the story of two young warlords caught between empire-building and tender brotherhood. TEMUJIN: AN AUDIO DRAMA is an audio-only historical drama, and an adaptation of the Central Asian epic The Secret History of the Mongols.
Piercing Time Podcast
10-part historical drama about England after the Norman Conquest and the clash of Saxon and Norman cultures. A political thriller and love story, Piercing Time follows the fortunes of Cynewyn of Drayton, Saxon princess, who is disenfranchised by the conquering Normans. Tied to her journey is the creation of the Bayeux Tapestry, a remarkable artifact of crowning genius that may have been a tool of Saxon propaganda.
Audio Drama by ToldbyJo
Original drama and stories created for the world of audio by Josephine Halbert, an artist and filmmaker. Brought to you by Told In Pictures. Imagination is free.
Home Front
Drama serial tracking the fortunes of a group of characters on the home front as they try to maintain normality while Britain is involved in the First World War.
Love Letters from the Front
Drama series exploring World War I and the tragedies of war through the love letters of two young lovers.