Our special theme continues: this is installment #3 presenting stories with a Midwest feel – incorporating slice-of-life tales alongside weird and wonderful discoveries.  Last episode, we heard all of that and more with two series – The Cryptonaturalist, produced in our home region of Central Ohio, and Unwell, which is produced in Chicago but takes place in Mt. Absalom, Ohio.  This episode, we return to that fictional small town where Lillian Harper has begun to take up residence, juggling her old ways of life with all the strange goings-on in two more chapters of Unwell – “The Pageant” and “Rifled.” Unwell is the latest seriesRead More →

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The obnoxious songs on repeat.  The overly-cheery decorations.  The glitz and glamour of an overdone holiday season.  Is this what goes through your mind during December?  Does everything you see make you want to mutter, “Bah!  Humbug”?  Then never fear – this show is for you! For this episode, we’ve found a handful of grinchy stories from new and old characters alike. Starting things off we welcome the folks at Public Domain Universe with their story, “GhostCo“. The PDU podcast series focuses on Candide, Tom Sawyer, and Cinderella and their misadventures – but for the Christmas holiday, they’ve pulled out an exclusive behind-the-scenes look atRead More →

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Happy Spring, everyone!  We are back tonight with a new episode…but first, a heads-up about the developments of our show. Over the next few months we are revamping our website and kicking off some new ideas for the programming and format of our show. So, we’ll keep you updated on our changes as they occur – you can find announcements on our facebook page and on our website, which will we will start revamping very soon. Also, we still have our programming survey open for a little while longer, so this is the time to give us your feedback! You can find it here. OnRead More →

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Hey MAT Fans! Tonight is another evening of 19 Nocturne and Our Fair City, but first we start things off with an announcement. MAT is breaking out of its sheltered studio world – from June 11-14th, we will be attending the HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival in Kansas City. One of our past MAT Features, “The Hostage“, has been accepted into HEAR Now’s “Podcastpalozza” and we’ll have the chance to talk about the production at the Podcaster’s Round Table. If you happen to be in the Kansas City area or are already planning on attending, definitely stop by and take a ganderRead More →

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Tonight’s a night for some listener requests! We had a listener mention their love for 19 Nocturne Boulevard‘s stories, so for the next two weeks we’re bringing them back for you! This evening we have their spooky tale of “A Stitch in Time“. But before that, it’s another visit to Hartlife with Episodes 9 and 10 from Season 3 of Our Fair City – “A Break For Coffee” and “In The Cage”. With all these great stories we’re running to the very end of the hour, so hang on to your ears! And since we won’t have a chance to remind you at the end,Read More →

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Tonight, our good friends at Great Northern Audio Theatre and Hartlife are back once again, though it is the last night you’ll be hearing this duo back-to-back.  It’s the last Great Northern audio story that we have to share with you on MAT for now.  If you’ve been enjoying their tales, you should definitely check out their website at greatnorthernaudio.com for more entertainment.  We’ll have another production group to take their place next week, but you’ll have to tune in to find out who! This episode, we start off with the Great Northern Audio’s “Space Girl: Downloading the Legacy“, the story of a superhero’s challenges in life 40 yearsRead More →

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Hello, listeners!  It’s another lovely midnight for some audio theatre.  I’m happy to report that our friends at Great Northern Audio Theatre and HartLife are back once again.  We start things off with “The Learning Curve, or The Rise of Francis” – when politicians try to jump-start the economy through some unusual means and create a host of new bizarre problems.  After that, we catch up with Nathan Rourke and Neal Henderson in two more installments as they travel through Our Fair City, Season 3, in “The Incidence of Accidents” and “Stormhawks at the Diner”.  There are a lot of twists and turns tonight, and we hope you’ll join us as we navigateRead More →

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Well hello again, audio drama fans!  If you tuned in last week, we were in a rush to bring you two stories from Great Northern Audio Theatre and HartLife.  Well, they’re back again tonight with more fantastic stories to share with you all.  Once again we start things off with our new friends at Great Northern Audio and their topsy-turvy dreaming tale, “Thwack That Dirigible, or Do You Want Fries With That?”  After that, we continue to follow the trail of Neal Henderson and Loamy as they return to Sector Alpha of Our Fair City, along with a certain undead investigator and her cohort – that’s all in Episodes 3 andRead More →

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Hello again, audio drama fans!  This show, we have some new and old friends sharing their stories with us.  First, we welcome Great Northern Audio Theatre as we kick off the evening with a tale of supervillany with a comedic twist in “Villains on Parade“.  After that, we return to the enigmatic world of Hartlife as they entertain us with Episodes 1 and 2 of “Our Fair City” Season 3 – “Neal Henderson in the Wilderness” and “Fealty Frailty”.  And this show is so full of audio drama that you barely have to hear me talk! It’s a win-win!  I know, I know, I love you too.  Read More →

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Hello hello!  We hope you enjoyed last week’s MAT feature – if you missed it or just want to catch it again, you can still find it here on our webpage, under the “MAT Features 2014” heading. We’ll have many more to add to this year’s collection in the fall, after which we’ll be kicking off our annual Scriptwriting Competition, so be sure to stay tuned in the coming months! Tonight, however, find our attention on Hart Life‘s “Our Fair City” as we air the last two episode of their second season, after which we have one more story from 19 Nocturne Bouelvard to share withRead More →

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