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 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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  Hi folks!  If you’re just tuning in, you’ll probably notice this episode is another late post – like last episode, the events and shows mentioned here have already passed, but we want to list the info for you anyway for future reference.  (This is a great track record to be keeping as we arrive at our 200th Episode, we know – a lot of unexpected work obligations and deadlines popped up over the last few weeks.  Thank you for your patience!) HEAR Now Audio Fiction Festival:  As mentioned last week, this festival features audio fiction in all forms, especially audiobooks and radio plays, bringing together productionRead More →

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Hi there, folks!  This episode is posted late, so while we had some announcements to make about upcoming events to check out, unfortunately the deadlines for both have since passed.  We’re sorry for dropping the ball on this, but here’s the info anyway – be sure to keep these events in mind for when they come around next year! The Marion Thauer Brown Audio Drama Scriptwriting Competition:  it’s fourth year in a row, this competition opens their door to stories of all types of genres, and once judged, awards cash prizes and honors to first and second place winners.  Their only requirements are that theRead More →

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Hi there everyone!  We’re getting back on track with our new episodes once again after our unannounced Spring Break earlier this month.  Tonight, our good friends are back from 19 Nocturne Boulevard for an evening of mystery and suspense.  We’ll be all over the map, starting out with a supernatural-western tale, and then propelled into space for a tale of the unnatural.   19 Nocturne shares with us an episode of their western series, The Deadeye Kid in a story entitled “Hostel Territory“, and a science-fiction/horror story on the surface of Venus in “Within the Walls of Eryx“, an adaptation of a story by H.P. Lovecraft and KennethRead More →

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If you’ve been enjoying both of the back-to-back series we’ve been sharing these past few weeks, then don’t miss this show!  It’s the last installment of Deck Gibson and The Cleansed in this episode, and like last week we are maxxed out on our hour – no corner-cutting here! If you have loved Deck Gibson, we’re afraid that there are no more of these stories with Decoder Ring Theatre…yet.  The series is part of Decoder Ring’s Showcase, which has been going eight years strong – so check out their site for more variety stories.  Maybe we’ll see more space adventures this year?  We’ll be waitingRead More →

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Hello and good evening (or good morning) once again!  We’re back again with our installment of double-series-delights, the fantastic stories from Decoder Ring Theatre and Final Rune Productions.  And this time the hour is filled to the brim with audio drama adventures.  But we still have to hold your attention for an extra second – regarding our announcement of our cast for the MAT Features this year. Basically it comes down to this: Central Ohio blew us away with everyone’s interest in voice acting in our stories this year.  We received so many fantastic auditions that we need an extra day to consider everyone!  Therefore,Read More →

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Hi folks!  This week I’m afraid I’ve come down with something akin to a very back cold – or a very mild flu, I’m not sure which.  So thank you in advance for listening through my weird, scratchy talking at the beginning and end of tonight’s show.  Hopefully I’ll be in better shape for you next week! Before we jump in to tonight’s tales, I’d like to say a quick thank-you to everyone who turned up for our live auditions in Central Ohio – we sat in with Actors Theatre of Columbus last weekend to hear anyone interested in trying out for parts in ourRead More →

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