General Audio News

Back to the Future with Audio Theater

The New York Times did a piece this past weekend about all sorts of old radio theater you can listen to on the Interwebs for free. Old Time Radio, aka Vintage Radio, is, of course, one of the inspirations for Jabberwocky Audio Theater (along with Mind’s Eye productions and some others). So if you like…

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Public Domain Day, 2021

Happy New Year! Since we’re somewhat affected by it, we suppose we might want to begin celebrating the fact that New Year’s Day is also Public Domain Day, which in the U.S. means that, as of today, any copyrights from works released or otherwise published in 1925 have expired, and said works are now in…

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Ring in the New Year with a Ring Modulator (aka How to Voice a Dalek)

Rogue Tyger — and, indeed, some of our other series — take their cliffhanger inspiration from a certain series about a time-traveling alien. And how better to judge the hero than by their villains? Certainly, the Daleks have been oddly satisfying in that regard. Odd, because through much of their history, their arch nemesis wasn’t…

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One Streaming Service to Rule Them All

We don’t want to be doom and gloom, but we do want to be aware of corporate efforts to be the only place for podcasts, especially since so many podcasters like ourselves use the “anyone can get our stuff” RSS distribution model. Essentially, gatekeepers and would-be gatekeepers have not been a benefit for any indie…

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Where We’ll Be (Online): Podtales Conference 2020

We weren’t able to make it in person last year, but we’ve heard so many good things, we’re actually kind of glad that we can attend the Podtales online festival of audio drama and fiction podcasting. In part to acknowledge the fact that it’s not going to be one, concentrated, in-person weekend, the events are…

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Podcasts are Now on Big Tech’s Radar

The focus is more concerned with audio journalism than fiction podcasts, but Grace Gedye’s article in Washington Monthly nevertheless raises some concerns. Having the default, and very open, nature of RSS feeds being supplanted by monetized gatekeeping is disturbing. Yes, we know, where is the line between mindful curation and corporate gatekeeping? A good question…

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Some Classic Audio Frights for Your Halloween

Audio drama is often described as “the theater of the mind,” and some of the best horror stories leave things up to one’s imagination. So it really shouldn’t come as any surprise that there are some top-notch horror radio programs from the days of yore. When we think of rating things at PG: parental guidance…

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New Writer’s Agreement for Scripted Podcasts

In a sign that the larger entertainment industry is re-discovering audio fiction, the Writer’s Guild of America, East (WGAe) has created a new agreement specifically for scripted podcasts, which you can read all about on their website here. The folks over at Radio Drama Revival have an in-depth interview with some of the people who…

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“You definitely want to time your sneezes”: Sound Mixing for <em>Hamilton</em>

Several members of the company have watched the musical Hamilton, now available on Disney+, and are now watching and reading more behind-the-scenes work about it. Watching Adam Savage talk to Kevin McCoy about how he does the live sound mix of Hamilton every night made us long for live performances even more, but in the…

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What to Listen to Next?

We’re bummed that you all won’t get more “Prince Prigio” for a few weeks. So, assuming youre caught up with all our other shows and specials, it might be time to check out many other fine audio theater podcasts out there. If you pop over to Podchaser.com, you’ll find us on a list of many,…

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