Welcome back to more of our “Fantastic” summer – this week we’re moving away from the fantasy portion and into more of the strange and unusual.  This time we introduce to you the production group Fancy Pants Gangsters and their anthology series, Redshift.  Redshift is part of the Fancy Pants Gangsters’ podcast collective, which has about 8 different shows to its name.  Redshift came about from a desire to create content that was more than a roundtable discussion of pop culture. Producer Evan Pedersen had been an audio theater fan for several years and has tapped the creative potential of the Minneapolis community, where the production group is based, to do these audio dramas.Read More →

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Back for more fantastic tales?  We just kicked off our Summer of the Fantastic last week, and we’re bringing you some fresh new audio dramas that are “out of the ordinary” in one way or another.  On our show tonight, we spend some time on Earth and in the far reaches of space with ‘The Behemoth’ and ‘Universe Journey’. First up is ‘The Behemoth‘, written and produced by Rick Coste, who has also produced an audio drama anthology series, two educational podcasts and is currently working on two new audio drama series – ‘Scotch’, being released now at scotchseries.com, and ‘Bryar Lane’ which is scheduled for release inRead More →

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Hi folks!  It’s true – we’re back again with new episodes for the summer!  The past few weeks we’ve been revisiting some shows from our archives that we thought lost forever.  Not so anymore!  Our past episodes are 99.9% complete, so you can go and hear nearly every single show we’ve had in the past.  But enough of the past – on to the future! And what better way to go back to the future (har har), then by heading out into the middle of space.  This show, we’re excited to share with you some of the reported tales of Wolf 359 – more specifically,Read More →

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Hello everyone!  We’ve had a bit of a horror marathon happening the past few weeks, so it’s about time we switched gears and jumped into a different genre – science fiction!  Of course, that isn’t to say these stories won’t have a bit of mystery and suspense to them.  Tonight we’re featuring two stories from the same production group, Earbud Theater. Earbud has been creating tales of the strange since it’s beginnings in 2012, and has won several Audio Verse Awards for their stories in 2013-2015.  Earbud is headed up by a core group of Hollywood TV and film veterans, who wanted to show that storytelling could be effectiveRead 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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Hello folks!  You’ll notice we haven’t updated for a little while on our website – we took a Spring Break at the beginning of May.  If you tuned in on-air, we hope you enjoyed the blasts-from-the-pasts with Decoder Ring Theatre and Final Rune Productions.  But this time, no reruns!  It’s back to new episodes, starting with a variety of story genres as we welcome new and old friends back to our show. New to our show this episode is Earbud Theater, which has come together through a desire to escape the typical confines of TV and film storytelling.  They have been producing audio dramas sinceRead More →

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Hi folks!  This episode we decided to do something we haven’t done in a while – in addition to our regular storytelling treats, we’ve put some in-production audio dramas in the spotlight as well.  Specifically, we wanted to take a look at some crowdfunding campaigns.  We know that audio drama production is a labor-of-love for most groups, with folks getting paid in thanks and appreciation.  But unfortunately it doesn’t always pay for recording equipment or acting talent or production costs.  Online donation and crowdfunding has helped fans play a direct role in bringing their favorite stories to life. This has already proven true for EverybodyelseRead More →

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Welcome back folks!  This show we jump from the engagement of the live radio drama performance to using the radio as part of the storytelling itself.  Normally we can’t treat ourselves to these kinds of stories on MAT, because of a certain radio drama that was broadcast on radio way-back-when, which caused enough panic that it tied up the ability of police and first-responders to react to crises.  A little thing called “War of the Worlds” — I guess you’ve heard of it? But while the FCC frowns on any broadcast that could induce that kind of panic, we think the story you hear tonightRead 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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