What with it being Halloween today, we’re thinking about all things spooky, so we wanted to to share some of the things we’ve been watching and listening to this season in the Tulgey Wood. Given how many stories by the O.G. (original ghoulish) writer Edgar Allan Poe we’ve done for our series Through a Glass, Darkly,…
Read MoreWith our home radio station, WERA, making sure that producers keep their programs at least 26 minutes long, we’re going back to some of our older episodes and making sure they measure up. That means all sorts of bonus segments — and in the case of our intense version of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale…
Read MoreTake a break from Poe and give a listen to a lesser known work by H.G. Wells: “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,” first published in the Pall Mall Budget, August 2, 1894. LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Powered by RedCircle Length: 28:18 Rated AD-G for general audiencesContains bloodsucking, botany, and an idle British gentleman. Cast (in…
Read MoreWe continue our versions of Poe short stories, with “The Black Cat,” first published in the Saturday Evening Post, August 19th, 1843. Tal Aviezer appears courtesy of Red Monkey Theater Group. LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Powered by RedCircle Length: 24:03 Rated AD-PG, so parental guidance is suggestedContains the torture and killing of an animal as well as a…
Read MoreWe continue our series with more Edgar Allan Poe and a short story perfect for audio, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” first published in James Russel Lowell’s The Pioneer, January 1843. Tegan Ashton Cohan appears courtesy of Howl at the Moon Audio. LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Powered by RedCircle Length: 20:25 Rated AD-PG, so parental guidance is suggestedContains murder, dismemberment,…
Read MoreWe manage to eke out an entry in 2020 for this series right around Halloween with two classics from Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven” and “The Masque of the Red Death.” LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Powered by RedCircle Length: 28:18 Rated AD-PG, so parental guidance is suggested“The Raven” is essentially typical Poe existential dread which, unless…
Read MoreJoin us on WERA-LP 96.7 FM just about now (4:00pm ET) for a special Halloween week episode of Through a Glass, Darkly. We manage to eke out an entry in 2020 for this series right around Halloween with two classics from Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven” and “The Masque of the Red Death.” LISTEN TO…
Read MoreTune in to WERA-LP 96.7 FM right about now (4:00pm ET) for the next installment of Through a Glass, Darkly, our anthology of spookier tales. Enjoy William R. Coughlan’s award-winning narration of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “The Rats in the Walls” amid an immersive soundscape. LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE LIVE ON WERA-LP Length: 28:00 Rated AD-PG,…
Read MoreTune in to WERA-LP 96.7 FM right about now (4:00pm ET) for the next installment of Through a Glass, Darkly, our anthology of spookier tales. Enjoy William R. Coughlan’s award-winning narration of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “The Rats in the Walls” amid an immersive soundscape. LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE LIVE ON WERA-LP Length: 28:00 Rated AD-PG,…
Read MoreTune in to WERA-LP 96.7 FM right about now (4:00pm ET) for our final installment of this season’s Through a Glass, Darkly, our anthology of spookier tales. We conclude the very Victorian ghost story from very Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell in a way that will make you want to have a fainting couch nearby. LISTEN…
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