You’re probably looking at this and wondering, “Where’s Episode 226?”  Well, we’re holding off on posting it for now.  We aired a few more of our MAT Features along with a listen to one of our newest productions from our 2016 collection – but we’re planning on premiering the 2016 MAT Features as a whole in two weeks, so for now we’re keeping Ep 226 under wraps.  Thanks for understanding! Well folks, it’s official!  The MAT Scriptwriting Competition is now closed! A big thank you to everyone who sent in a submission – we got the highest number of applications this year than we ever,Read More →

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Happy 2017, everyone!  Welcome to another new year as we drift through the audio cosmos.  As we prepare for the coming months and our newest MAT Features, we decided to revisit the Decoder Ring Theatre Showcase series.  Back in 2014, Decoder Ring teamed up with Great Northern Audio Theatre to produce “Mark Time Show Time” – a collection of stories that were originally written for live performance at the awards ceremony of the annual Mark Time Awards.  These scripts have been collected and produced with the Decoder Ring cast, and available for your listening enjoyment on their website.  This show we decided to take a listen toRead More →

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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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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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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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Who’s ready for space adventures with Ray Gunn and Starburst?  This week we’re going for a more light-hearted show as we jet across the universe with our reluctant hero Raymond Gunn and his friend-on-the-run, Starburst.  Along with a cranky A.I. and a quarrelsome narrator, our heroes must stop the evil Castelan Lar, head of the Darkley’s Empire, who is determined to taking over the galaxy with pastries in hand. What started out as a six-episode adventure funded via Kickstarter campaign in 2015 has turned into an ongoing series with Season 2, which is wrapping up production and will be available soon through iTunes, Stitcher, and their website raygunnandstarburst.wordpress.com .Read More →

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