Happy Holidays, everyone!  This week we have some new and old friends visiting our show lineup.  Kicking things off is Earbud Theater with a spoof off of a well-loved NPR program in the story, “This Monsterous Life“.   We’re excited to have Earbud Theater back for another story after having them on our show in May and June.  And speaking of old friends, we also have Decoder Ring Theatre.  It’s an evening holiday story with everyone’s favorite flat-foot, Black Jack Justice in Episode 58: Home for the Holidays.  Don’t forget to support both groups through iTunes and their Facebook pages!  And don’t forget about our scriptwriting competition, goingRead More →

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Happy December, everyone!  With this month comes a collection of holiday stories – some traditional, some not – as we close in on the end of another year.  This show, we’re tuning in for the holiday works of Icebox Radio Theater. Founded in 2004 and based in International Falls, Minnesota, the IBRT focuses on new audio theater and have won several awards for their production and storytelling work over the years.  Icebox Radio Theater shares with us Mike Murphy’s, I’m Dreaming of a Tropical Christmas, followed by “Yens and Dougie’s Christmas on Main Street”. Before you tune in, a quick note!  Our annual scriptwriting competition is now openRead More →

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Hi folks!  This show is a bit short on the introduction side, as we bring you Voice in the Wind Audio Theatre and their newest release, Snow White.  It’s a charming take on the classic fairy tale that, while not typically considered a holiday story, showcases that kind of innocence and wonder we had as children, something we think of more often during the holidays.  Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre have many more full-length stories at their website, including some especially for Christmas, so be sure to check them out! Also, a quick note – last week we announced the start of our annualRead More →

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Welcome back everyone!  If you’re in the U.S. and reading this, you must have survived Black Friday.  Congratulations!  As your reward, we have two audio dramas this show that echo that now-past theme of family and togetherness for Thanksgiving, with enough of a dark twist to remind you that even the best intentions can be wicked.  It’s all in the two episodes we’re playing from Uncanny County this evening – “The Eleventh Hour” and “Mother Loves You”. Also, a happy announcement for all you scriptwriters and storytellers! It’s that time of year again, as this show marks the official kick-off of MAT’s annual Scriptwriting Competition.Read More →

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Holiday time is coming up quick!  We’ve already seen Halloween through, now winter is nearly here – the perfect time to curl up with a good audio drama.  We’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving in the U.S. next week, so for this show and next we’ve picked some strange and supernatural tales that also relate to community and relationships.  One of the production groups you’ll recognize in It’s All Been Done Radio Hour, a local radio play troupe we’ve had on MAT several times.  In addition, we’re happy to introduce your ears to the fantastic works of Uncanny County. If you’ve not heard Uncanny County yet, you’re inRead More →

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Hi folks!  If you’ve been visiting the website recently you likely noticed we’ve been a little quiet on the episode updates – we had a guest show for Halloween and a re-run for Veterans’ Day.  So in case you missed either, look no further for your  audio catch-up list! Halloween 2016 – Every year, MAT bows out for Halloween to bring you a special show featuring the talents of the Craft: The Show crew – with original works to fit the spooky holiday, performed and produced by local Columbus talent.  Check out their newest Halloween show here: http://www.crafttheshow.com/?p=1612 Veteran’s Day – Since Veterans’ Day landed exactlyRead More →

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Hello and welcome back everyone!  As you’re aware, we are finally into the cooler weather of Fall and getting ever-so-closer to the end of October.  Which means two exciting dates are coming up – Halloween, and World Audio Drama Day.  When is World Audio Drama Day, you ask? Well it’s conveniently placed the day before the candy-giving holiday.  Not only does it coincide with the anniversary of the original “War of the Worlds” broadcast in 1938, but it’s also the perfect time to track down some really spooky and horror-ific tales to put your ears on edge just before Halloween.  What do we have inRead More →

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Hello audio drama listeners, and welcome!  This show you’re tuning in as we help kick off the start of WCBE‘s annual Fall Fund Drive.  If you’re exclusively an online listener, you may not know that this show broadcasts every Friday night at midnight (hence the name) on WCBE 90.5 FM/HD Columbus and 106.3 FM Newark.  This NPR station is home away from home, and we couldn’t have gotten MAT off the ground without their help, love and support.  If you like MAT and want to tell WCBE how much you appreciate having audio drama on the radio airwaves where it all began, consider making aRead More →

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It’s October!  Time for fall, time for Halloween and  for World Audio Drama Day – making this an extra special month for audio storytelling, especially of the spooky, strange and unusual type.  While in past years we’ve made October shows particularly horror-full, this month we’ve decided to go the more bizarre and unnatural route and keep things a little lighter around here.  This show will be a nice transition to this, as we move from the unknown suspense of The Orphans into the eclectic characters from King Falls AM and It’s All Been Done Radio Hour. You’ve been hearing episodes of The Orphans for theRead More →

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Hey folks!  Thanks for joining us for more “lost in an unknown world” stories, featuring the second installments of two shows we featured last week: Second Shift and The Orphans.  Last time we took a closer look at Second Shift and had every intention and focusing on The Orphans this show, but we grossly underestimated how much time was left in the show.  We’ll talk about them next show with a look at Episode 3 of their series; in the meantime, enjoy a full 59-minutes’ worth on non-stop audio drama excitement with “Above the Trees” and “Everything to Everyone, Part 2“.   Don’t Forget to Check Out: –Read More →

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