Podcast Palooza 2021

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Back to Nothing

Russ McGee

On July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong made history with one small step but what of Michael Collins? Collins, the American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon while his crewmates, made the first crewed landing on the surface. What were his thoughts as he traveled to the dark side of the Moon?

Historical Drama

Brooklyn Santa

Jordan Crafton

Set in Brooklyn, NY follow the journey of three 14-year old’s Slide, Jeremiah & Saucy, as they are determined to find Black Santa of the projects. Slide’s love for sixteen year old Gianna has him and his friends willing to risk it all for a Christmas Miracle. But first, they must receive a pardon from Frosty the Snowman to travel through Jack Frost’s Projects. This Christmas tale is like none else. It’s a holiday story with a modern twist.

WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE

Drama

Bronzeville Season 2

Kc Wayland

Season 2 of Bronzeville, which chronicles the lives of players in the lottery games while illuminating the self-sustainability of the community’s African-American residents in 1947 Chicago. Still reeling from the mysterious death of their brother Everett, the Copeland family, Curtis Randolph and Jimmy Tillman now have to deal with the fallout from a heinous crime that reaches all the way to the mayor’s office and which threatens to burn Bronzeville to the ground. With the arrival of a new mob boss who’s got his eyes set on their numbers racket, the future of the Copeland empire and Bronzeville is on the line.

WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE

Historical Drama

Choreomania

Serah Mead

Choreomania was an original radio play broadcast live, episodically, over the airwaves of KZMU Moab Community Radio. Choreomania is the true story of the “Dancing Plague” of 1518 that occurred in Strasbourg, Germany. One afternoon while baking bread, Frau Troffea went out in the middle of the village center and inexplicably began to dance. She was soon joined by hundreds of other townsfolk who danced without stopping to eat or sleep. When all was said and done, over 400 were dead! This radio show explores possible explanations for this pandemic of dance and draws comparison to current events.

Historical Comedy

CRAIGLOCKHART

Frank Hudec

WW1 – 1917  When David Allister, a facially disfigured war hero, writes a biting condemnation of the war, he is placed in the care of Dr. Ethan Drury at Craiglockhart Mental Hospital until he agrees to publish a retraction. While there, he meets Arthur Bridgland, a shell-shocked soldier obsessed with returning to battle after having been labeled a coward. David delights in tormenting Arthur until he meets and falls in love with Arthur’s suffragette sister, Lucy.

Historical Drama

Little Boots, Part 1

Jessica Gittins

37 CE. The Roman Empire is falling apart. As the tyrannical reign of Tiberius Caesar comes to an end, his adopted nephew, Gaius, steps into the breach. Guided by his beloved sister, Drusilla, Gaius seems poised to get Rome back on track… until his mind begins to break. Surrounded by ambitious praetorians, vicious siblings and stubborn senators, Gaius descends into a madness beyond even his own reckoning. Little Boots is an exciting new original audio drama in 4 parts written by Daniel Abbott. This was produced by Blood, Sweat and Tea Productions in collaboration with Awaken Productions.

Historical Drama

RELATIVITY

Lee Shackleford

RELATIVITY is the saga of a man trapped and alone on a giant spaceship hurtling toward a new world and the woman on Earth battling against the odds to keep him alive. The only link between them: the sound of each other’s voices.

Science Fiction

The Call of the Void, Season 2, Episode 5

Michael and Josie Herman

A year after the events of season one, Topher, Etsy, and Simone are pulled back into the mystery of a cosmic entity that longs to bring the world into perfect stillness. With mysterious allies and horrifying enemies, this new case proves to be the most difficult trial of their lives.

Science Fiction

Wendigo

Scott Davis

“Wendigo” tells the story of four lifelong friends on an annual hunting trip on a snowy mountain during the coldest winter on record, trapped in a cabin, as an ancient, evil force of nature terrorizes them, turning the hunters into the hunted. One by one, the men must face their own personal demons as they defend themselves from the very real one that has trapped them. With no help coming, surrounded by an icy and unforgiving landscape, the men must rely on themselves and each other in order to survive against the Wendigo!

Horror