Do you like bugmen? Do you like science? Do you like bugmen doing science? Do you like the science of bugmen? Well you’re in luck, because we have both this episode! We’re back this show with more of the investigation into the Blackwood Bugman, along with featuring a local radio favorite that’s recently gone missing from the airwaves. If you’re a central Ohio listener, you may be familiar with the Amazing Science Emporium – a short daily science show that brings fun and entertaining audio to supplement bits of knowledge and discovery. We’re not happy to see ASE disappear, but instead of disappearing into theRead More →

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Hello audio drama enthusiasts, and welcome to 2019 – already defunct with website problems. This episode and several of our entries in the Archive are slow-going, as we’re navigating the new system update that has thrown some of our old coding into disarray. Apologies for the slow progress! This show, we’re kicking off our January tradition of bringing you a collection of Black Jack Justice stories from our good friends at Decoder Ring Theatre – a comforting start to whatever your new year holds. It’s back-to-back Justice and Dixon, who are stopping by the local precinct quite a bit to get the info they needRead More →

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Happy Holidays radio listeners!   This is a special MAT Holiday episode we aired on Christmas Day this year.  Not every episode of MAT is appropriate for all audiences – it is a midnight show, after all – but on a holiday such as Christmas where storytelling is such a core element of the season, we wanted to share a set of family-friendly stories that everyone could enjoy after the presents have been opened.  And now you can hear it here! We welcomed back two production groups from last year – Uncanny County and Aural Traditions.  We start with the former as we venture out toRead More →

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Time to jump into some holiday detective stories!  Are you prepared for some holiday whodunits?And we bet you can guess one of the stories on our list – yep, Black Jack Justice is here again.  But first, an introduction to a new flatfoot in town!   It’s time to hear a story from John Henry Holiday: Christmas Crimes Detective. The story is produced by Boojum Radio Theater, which began in the mountains of Western North Carolina, and is now making original comedy from Chicago, Illinois. “Christmas Crimes Detective” is Boojum Radio’s first full production, which they production group hopes to turn into an annual series. Things areRead More →

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Is the DeLorean gone?  Can we start the show now? We know our intro clip isn’t the normal one – but since our parent station (WCBE 90.5) had their fall fund drive in-between the normal MAT airing days, we decided to add a little extra something of our own, post-drive.  If you love audio drama and want to encourage having it on the radio, consider supporting WCBE 90.5 FM Columbus with a donation! Now, how about some new audio drama stories?  We’ve survived our night in the woods last week with Lake Clarity, now it’s time to go both ways – into the city withRead More →

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It’s happened!  If you’ve ever heard one of our weekly episodes and wanted to be in the studio with us, or listened to our MAT Features and have wondered what a live show would be like, this is the show for you!  On Saturday, May 12th we had our first-ever MAT Live show, featuring two MAT Features written by Evan Waters, a past winner of our annual Scriptwriting Competition.  And what an evening it was!  Listeners blew us away with the turn-out, showed us nothing but encouragement, and made for some pretty awesome impromptu foley artists later in the show.  If you made it outRead More →

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We’re back with more from Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre!  Last show we shared the first half of “The Geminus Conspiracy” with you all – and now we present to you the stunning conclusion.  To recap, Cliff Weller seemed to have a change in fortune when a potential client asked for his help to find her sister.  But the investigation has lead to the investigation of a secretive corporation and strange goings-on in town.  When we last left Weller, he was learning about the rumors around the building’s history – and we’ll be recapping it again tonight before moving on into Part 2 of this newRead More →

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This show, we’re back with a new story from an old friend.  Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre has just released their newest full-length story and we have the first half of it to share with you!  It’s a supernatural noir tale that lands Cliff Weller in the middle of a mystery surrounding missing persons, an abandoned building on the far side of town, and drinking his blues away at Nicky Congo’s Bar.  Directed by Laura Van Veen and David Farquhar, the story is called “The Geminus Conspiracy“, and can be found in full through Blackstone Publishing or through Voices in the Wind’s website, http://www.voicesinthewind.ca/ Also –Read More →

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This is a very late episode posting – the spring fund drive has passed, but we fell very short of our goal and will be having a station 24-hour fund drive event the week of May 24th.  Please help WCBE out by donating online at wcbe.org! Thank you to all of you who supported us during latest Spring Fund Drive for WCBE and supporting audio drama on the radio in the process. We love our parent station and we hope you love them too. In fact, we love them so much we thought a public radio-themed story would be a fun treat for tonight – Decoder RingRead More →

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If you’re feeling dreary, not to worry!  We have some audio dramas to catch your attention, including another premiere from our MAT Features collection of 2017. This week we’re bringing you a story by Evan Waters, entitled “They Slipped the Bonds of Earth” – a story of science fiction, with a project gone horribly wrong. It is voiced by a fantastic group of actors – and a special thanks goes out to the evening staff at WCBE, for providing some of the background cafe goers you might hear if you listen close enough.  After that, it’s a story from the Decoder Ring Theatre Showcase series, penned byRead More →

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