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Radiotopia Presents: Red for Revolution (binaural edition)
Radiotopia Presents: Red for Revolution is an audio drama centering intergenerational stories of Black women, queer love, and liberation. We meet Jazmine, an 18-year-old grappling with her queer identity, first crush, and the delicate task of mending her relationship with her homophobic mother. As Jazmine seeks solace and guidance from her grandmother, we are transported back to 1971, to follow the passionate love affair between jazz singer Lorraine Giovanni and activist Ella Ali. Two remarkable women from vastly different backgrounds, with opposing political views and living oceans apart, embark on a romance that defies all conventions.
No Going Home
Dundalli has been instilling fear in the settlers for years as they continue to encroach ever further inland. Superstitions abound as he seemingly has the power to disappear and reappear at will, always just out of their reach. That is until they are handed a divine gift. Make-a-Light, the gigantic nephew of the frontier warrior, declares himself a warrior of God and dons the uniform of the enemy. Out of options, Dundalli decides to turn himself in, hoping to save his people and heal his nephew's spirit before he's executed and sent to sit with the Ancestors, where he plans to continue his fight from the Dreaming. But help is already on the way: a powerful Spirit is sent to the Waking world in an eternal cycle transcending time itself...
1930: el origen | radionovela en español | segunda temporada
Más que un audiocuento, una radionovela. Segunda temporada de esta radionovela que es una ficción histórica, parte de la iniciativa Desafío Profundo. Una reinterpretación de "1930: el origen"
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Meet Failyn, a middle-aged squire having a mid-life crisis in the Middle Ages. His boss - a knight like he wants to be - sucks ass. A princess he desires is all like nah bro. And worse, a young page named Arthur is surpassing him on the way to becoming legendary. Alas, Failyn is too olde for this shit. A scripted audio comedy for the rest of us who aren't destined to be kings.
Madmen Cross The Water
Madmen Cross The Water is a comedy fiction podcast following the exploits of Sons of Town Hall, an early 1900s folk duo with a mythical origin story. Hosted by superfan Elias B. Worthington, it unfolds as a music history deep dive charting the globetrotting pair’s misadventures, underpinned by witty writing, cinematic production, and a beautiful original score. Madmen Cross The Water is a must-listen for fans of indie folk music and off-kilter storytelling. Think: Dolly Parton’s America if it shared a tour bus with Welcome to Nightvale and Iron & Wine.
The Greatest Matter
A Victorian Gothic Crime Audiodrama. On a cold winter’s evening in Dublin in the 1890s, Professor Cesare Lombroso, a renowned Italian criminologist, arrives in the city to give a talk. Meanwhile, a man has been gruesomely murdered in the nearby Phoenix Park, and the authorities appear to be covering it up. As the police begin inquiries, a powerful English military commander leads a sinister parallel investigation, and two writers become increasingly intent on solving the crime, no matter the cost. The murder, it seems, may have disturbing connections with the occult. Lombroso, with his expertise in crime, is reluctantly drawn into the investigation and soon realises there may be dangerous consequences for his career. In fact, this murder may have profound implications for the very nature of life and death. And the murderer may still be out there.
Wicked Dames
When Violette and Elisabeth Fischer’s mother goes mysteriously missing in 1942 Berlin, they are presented with an unthinkable decision; kill a Nazi or risk the truth of their mother’s identity falling into enemy hands. In the wake of their mother’s mysterious disappearance and surviving their first trial, the innocent teen sisters team up with a serial killer moonlighting as a lounge singer, a Jewish girl in hiding, and the privileged daughter of a Nazi sympathizer to take down a Nazi General and save their mother. But little do they know, they’ve waded into a thick web of lies and betrayal.
Back Fires
In 1946, a crew of California convicts moves to an isolated mountain camp to fight wildfires in exchange for their freedom. Thirty years later, while conducting interviews for a book about the history of American prison labor, a British journalist uncovers evidence suggesting a wide-ranging cover-up of inmate deaths on duty.
Forever Yours
Forever Yours, a love story that transcends time... Follow the written journey of a handsome and witty soldier and an aspiring baker,in the midst of the Korean War. Set in the Jim Crow south, the two share their captivating love story across oceans with weekly love letters. Together they learn that distance cannot erase the shared prejudices they face as African-Americans. Listen to Forever Yours, a new romantic fiction podcast brought to you by Well Writers Audio.
On The Tinsel Front
1942. Washed out of flight school and Inexplicably assigned to the Army Air Forces "First Motion Picture Unit," Private Oliver Whelan tumbles down the rabbit hole of World War II Hollywood. A hilarious, fascinating and touching audio comedy based in fact.
Dupont Investigations
An original full-cast audio drama by Nocturne Hall. WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF CRIME. 1936.Torsten Somersby is a private investigator with a deep knowledge of the occult and a dubious reputation because of the strange cases his expertise attracts. When a handsome tobacco heir dies mysteriously, Torsten agrees to assist Nigel Clemmons, an out-of-town insurance investigator, in uncovering the truth behind the young man’s fate. Torsten and Nigel discover the heir’s troubled past and obsession with an ancient occult conspiracy. They must navigate a dangerous landscape to thwart the plans of those responsible.
Goodbye Girl
Radio drama serials written, performed, recorded, mixed and edited by students on the Making Radio Drama module in the Drama Department at Royal Holloway University of London.
Pale Columbia
Doctor Aloysius Freeman and Professor Allela Freeman present hidden figures in the American story. As the initial sparks of the American Revolution catch flame, Jupiter Nameless is a man between worlds. On the one hand, he has access to all the wealth, wisdom, and privilege of Monticello, home to Thomas Jefferson, who is something of a mentor and patron for Jupiter. On the other hand, Jupiter is Jefferson’s slave. When a common errand suddenly goes awry, Jupiter finds himself facing something he’s never seen before: some new sort of blight that turns men rabid. Faced with slave catchers on one side and murderous, blighted hordes on the other, Jupiter and Jefferson must work together to save themselves and whoever hasn’t yet been turned.
Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later
Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later takes place two years after Julius Caesar failed to beware the Ides of March and got stabbed to death by a band of well-wishers. Now the assassins have been rounded up and slaughtered in battle, so we can all breathe a sigh of relief. But who’s in charge now? With things on the verge of absolute collapse, the cool and calculating Cleopatra, the Queen of the Nile, has swung by for an extended visit. She’s eager to renew an alliance with Rome by any means necessary – including marriage and/or murder. A dramatic comedy of power politics, whirlwind romances, and running fast to get nowhere.
GRIM: A Haunted Mansion Fable
Inspired by the many myths and legends surrounding Disney's classic Haunted Mansion attraction, GRIM follows Jason Holloway, a historian obsessed and perhaps even haunted by the stories of the old Gracey estate in New Orleans. His search for answers takes us on a journey through history as we see the tale of the Gracey family unfold throughout several ill-fated generations. It is a tale of lovers, pirates, tycoons, mystics, and murderers, all part of a puzzle that leads to a truth laying in wait, hiding just below the surface. But be warned, friends. The truth can be quite GRIM.
ENKI: Tales of the Past
I am Ea, prince-heir of Anu... I hail from Nibiru and journeyed to planet Ki over 13,000 years ago. Today you call it Earth. As I set foot on this unknown world, I was filled with a mix of excitement and trepidation, unsure of what to expect. What mysteries awaited me on this strange planet? What adventures would I encounter?
The Hitler File
Peter Stormare (Fargo, Constantine) and Denis O'Hare (American Horror Story, True Blood, Michael Clayton) star in this dramatic thriller audio drama, which imagines (based on real history) a relationship between Adolf Hitler and his reluctant personal psychotherapist, which turns deadly, as the two men meet when Hitler is just an unknown corporal and are surprisingly bound together during Hitler's rise to power... and his downfall.... Hippocratic Oath be damned. Adapted to podcast by Desmond Fosbery. Based on the novel "The Dromyrk File" by Brandon Rolfe
Prestige
A multi-protagonist period drama set in a post-revolutionary Haiti that asks the central question: How far will people go for power?
The Mortal Temples
The Mortal Temples is an audio drama set in a medeival universe surrounding the Royal Kingdom of Marlowe. Ruled by the tyrant King Ferdinand, Marlowe is a hive for would be rulers making their political movements to seize the throne. Each episode is based on a work by William Shakespeare.
This House Will Devour You
Kilphaun Hall sits high on a ridge overlooking the Blackwater river in County Waterford. Abandoned and silent for so long, it echoes now to the cheerful sounds of renovation and preparations for the coming social season of winter 1925. But Kilphaun Hall has its secrets and some places are best left to rot, forgotten. For lovers of creepy, slow-burn historical fiction, THWDY is an epistolary audio drama set between England and the uneasy peace of post-Civil War Ireland. Newly arrived Captain Jon Ross must survive both local hostility and the increasingly sinister happenings at the house as his fiancé Elizabeth Sanderson risks London’s occultist demi-monde in a race to save him. This is a twelve part story of love, madness, mysteries and dead gods, as told by Jon and Elizabeth to each other in their letters.
The Kingmaker Histories
On the 19th of February, 1911, in Champignon, the Valorian Socialist Republic, an assistant tailor named Colette Geise experienced a migraine that ruined her life. This podcast is a historical account of what happened next. KINGMAKER is a steampunk weird fiction podcast from the freaks who brought you Less Is Morgue.
Fawx & Stallion
London, 1889. When the residents of 221B Baker Street leave town for the weekend to solve one of their most famous cases, no one is left to clear a poor housekeeper’s name of a crime she didn’t commit. Well, no one except for their neighbors at 224B…
In The President's Service
The world at war, thousands of miles away...but is the home front really safe? Follow the adventures of Helen Meeker, a special agent working for President Franklin Roosevelt to fight against Nazi espionage on American soil during World War II. Helen and her team must face an enemy that seems to lurk in every corner of the United States -- armed with diabolical technology, ruthless schemes, and a determination to overthrow all that is good. Armed with the support of a president and the dedication of her friends and family, Helen must stem the tide of evil before time runs out... or be swept away in its dark undercurrent.
The Land Whale Murders
A Gilded Age Comedy about Birders, Murders, and a Missing Whale.
Icons/Idols: Irene
The unlikely story of a child bride who ascends to the heart of Byzantine power. Harboring a treasonous secret that marks her as the enemy of her husband and son, Irene must finally choose her side in the iconoclastic wars. With a haunting score inspired by Byzantine Chant, and featuring the voices of ten women and non-binary performers, ICONS/IDOLS: IRENE is a sweeping story of ambition, sacrifice, and the struggle to make something new out of a shattered world. A twelve-episode musical audio narrative by the Byzantine Choral Project.
The Adventures of the Forget Me Nots
Zinkus McGee, second mate of the Forget Me Nots, didn’t mean to kidnap a kid. She definitely didn’t mean to entangle her crew in the latest schemes of a powerful family. To stop their enemies, The Forget Me Nots will take on old rivals, new allies, eldritch sea horrors, and a sentient ship with an attitude. Join the Forget-Me-Nots on the adventure of a lifetime and make a little chaos on the way!
Blackbirds: Volume 1
Directed by Keena Ferguson. One family deals with racism in the Jim Crow South months before the Civil Rights Movement begins.
Blood on Gold Mountain
1871 Los Angeles was a dangerous place, especially for the refugees, migrants and troublemakers who lived on Calle De Los Negros, at the heart of Chinatown. Yut Ho, a beautiful young refugee, came to LA and fell in love, only to be drawn into a showdown between two of Chinatown's most notorious gangsters. Before long, the entire city was caught up in a life or death struggle where old-world values of kinship, honor and loyalty clashed with new-world issues of race, sex, and identity. The ensuing conflict would threaten the lives of Yut Ho and all the denizens of Chinatown– and would change the face of Los Angeles forever. This true but largely forgotten event from California's past is brought to you by the Holmes Performing Arts Fund of the Claremont Colleges, the Music Department of Scripps College, the Pacific Basin Institute of Pomona College, the Entrepreneurial Musicianship Department at The New England Conservatory, and the Public Events Office at Scripps College. Blood on Gold Mountain was written and produced by Yan-Jie Micah Huang, narrated by Hao Huang, introduced by Emma Gies, and features music composed by Micah Huang and performed by Micah Huang and Emma Gies.
Deep Woods Radio
Archives of the long lost AM talk show Deep Woods Radio, which was on the cutting edge of super-natural and unexplained topics for nearly two decades until the host, Trey Toskin vanished in 2008. If you have any information regarding Trey's disappearance please feel free to contact us! Also completely fictional. All voices, writing, and production by Nicholas M Shaw.
The Magic Sash
The Magic Sash is a journey back in time hosted by gold-medal gymnast and advocate Aly Raisman. Join Lotty and Isaiah, two very modern fifth graders as they meet iconic heroes of the movement for women’s right to vote and experience big moments in women’s suffrage first-hand. They’ll learn that what women (and men) fought for — women’s full political equality — isn’t dusty history at all.
The Vanishing Act
The Vanishing Act is globetrotting farce about a German magic enthusiast, an American conman in Paris, an unfortunately-named engineer, a disappearing French magician, and a duck. A Rambling Absurdity in 12(ish) Parts.
True Tales of the Illuminati
True Tales of the Illuminati is about conspiracies. Ah, yes, conspiracies--where the strings of history are carefully pulled from behind the scenes to dance for the powerful like a puppet. In True Tales, the powerful are less puppet-masters and more... finger puppet-masters. At best. Promoted from the Department of Cover-Ups to Direct Action, Deputy Head Underboss Rebecca and her crew of hapless idiots intrigue, scheme, and stab their way into ruining every Illuminati conspiracy. Supervisors hastily deploy staff to cover mishaps, suddenly and inexplicably lose interest in the projects they proposed, and hand down endlessly diverse and contradictory demands. The result is an absurdist, farcical office comedy where going to work involves collecting thousands of birds and creating an elaborate snake-based series of traps. Why? Well, if you want to know the Illuminati's Secret Occult Knowledge, you'll just have to listen. Illuminati, Ollominoto!
Harlem Queen
Harlem Queen tells the story of Madame Stephanie St. Clair, top gangster in Harlem during the 1920s. 1920s Harlem was the era of prohibition, the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance.
The Mysterious Secrets Of Uncle Bertie's Botanarium
A new scripted and lavishly sound-designed fantasy adventure from Stitcher, starring Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords). In 1768, the Fortitude, helmed by Lord Joseph Banks (Clement) sets sail to find a plant known to be the very source of pleasure in the world: Heaven’s Clover. Written and directed by Duncan Sarkies. Music by Lawrence Arabia. Original artwork by Stephen Templer.