Radio Drama Revival Folgen

Line producer Matthew Boudreau takes over while David Rheinstrom is away in France. This week's story is A Dread Light Shine in the Serpent's Sky, a collaborative audio fiction piece created for 11th Hour Productions by the folks at Audioblivious Productiobs, Jim Robbie and the Wanderers and Koach Studios.11th Hour Audio - http://www.11thhouraudio.comAudioblivious Productions - https://www.audioblivious.com/Jim Robbie and the Wanderers - http://jimrobbieandthewanderers.com/Koach Studios - http://thefallaudiodrama.wixsite.com/koachstudios

Professor Neil Verma joins me to discuss his essay series, “The Case for Audio Drama”. He’s a professor of Sound Studies at Northwestern University, and a longtime scholar of audio drama. We discuss the history of the form, and areas of his particular interest: radio drama from the 30s through the 50s. But we don’t just talk about old stuff! Professor Verma is as excited as I am about the audio fiction being produced today.Join us as we connect the styles and conventions of the vibrant old stuff to the vibrant new stuff!Prof. Verma’s writing:Arts of Amnesia: The Case for Audio Drama, Part One:http://ro.uow.edu.au/rdr/vol3/iss1/5/Arts of Amnesia: The Case for Audio Drama, Part Two:http://ro.uow.edu.au/rdr/vol3/iss1/6/https://www.amazon.com/Theater-Mind-Imagination-Aesthetics-American/dp/0226853519/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496896536&sr=8-1&keywords=neil+verma

As a note, Alexander Charles Adams now uses they/them pronouns. This week, Alexander Charles Adams of SMASH/CUT joins me to discuss their piece, “Hi, I’m Mattie (HIM)”. Matthew Cavan is an actor and drag queen in Belfast, Northern Ireland; they came out about their HIV-positive status in 2010, and has since faced a torrent of criticism, shaming, and even death threats. The piece we’re playing today, “Hi, I’m Mattie”, is a verbatim piece -- that is, the script is taken word-for-word from interactions that Mattie had on the gay dating app Grindr, where they disclose their HIV-positive status up-front.Afterwards, Alexander (the producer of the piece) joins me to talk about the origins of SMASH/CUT, and many other things besides!Check out their new kickstarter, here:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adamsintheatre/847488277?token=3b1a1021Take the Wondery Survey here:http://www.wondery.com/surveyIf you feel moved to donate to HIV/AIDS-related causes, check out the GMHC: http://www.gmhc.org/