Narada Radio Company Audio Drama

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Pulp-Pourri Theatre is an all-new audio drama anthology series that has its origins in vintage pulp fiction but presents its stories - a mix of original stories and adaptations - in the modern way. Produced and directed by Pete Lutz, and starring the Narada Radio Company.


Originally released 4/28/16, "The Noose" is an original play by guest playwright Alan Stolzer, produced and directed by Pete Lutz and starring The Narada Radio Company. Set in the Deep South of the United States, this is a story of vengeance and the...

  SPECIAL NOTE: This play is featured in my book, Get Me Out of Here and Other Plays, available at amazon.com and from the publisher, at these links: OR...if you'd like an autographed copy, please contact me at , and I'll tell you how to get...

(Orig. launched 3-31-16) “The D.N.A. Pit” is an original story by our producer-director, Pete Lutz. Originally written and produced as a live “radio” drama on the stage at Harbor Playhouse in 2001, Pete revised the script for Pulp-Pourri...

  Originally launched 2/17/16, "The Medici Boots" is adapted from a story of the same name by Pearl Norton Swet, which appeared in an issue of the long-running Weird Tales pulp-fiction magazine. Adapted, directed and produced by Pete Lutz. Set in...

  Originally released 10/30/15, this is the Season Three Premiere of Pulp-Pourri Theatre! "The Trunk" is an original play by Pete Lutz, the series creator/director/producer, which was named the First Prize winner of the 2015 Marion Thauer Brown...

Originally released 02/03/16, “The Time-Cutter” is an original story by our producer-director, Pete Lutz. Originally written and produced as a live “radio” drama on the stage at Harbor Playhouse in 2001, Pete revised the script for Pulp-Pourri...

An all-new production from 63audio, “Tiger Cat” is a strange tale of revenge and murder. Adapted from a pulp-fiction story by David H. Keller, first published in a 1937 issue of "Weird Tales" magazine. Adapted, produced and directed by Pete...

Orig. rel. 9/26/15, "Defense Mech", adapted from a short story by Ray Bradbury, was Episode 10, the Season 2 finale of "Pulp-Pourri Theatre". Adapted, Directed and Produced by Pete Lutz, and starring the Narada Radio Company. Music...

Originally released 8-9-15, "2-B-R-0-2-B" is adapted from the story of the same name by Kurt Vonnegut Jr, sourced from the public domain. This is Episode 8 of Season 2 of "Pulp-Pourri Theatre", an anthology series created in the style of...

S3 Finale! Two James Thurber stories, fully dramatized in the Pulp-Pourri Theatre style by the Narada Radio Company. First off is Thurber's 1942 classic, "The Catbird Seat", telling of the troubles of Mr. Martin, an office worker, who must defend...

Orig. rel. 5/23/14, "Tame Me This Beast" is based on a Jungle-Fiction short story of the same name by Robert Moore Williams, currently in the public domain.  This is Season 1, Episode 8 of "Pulp-Pourri Theatre", a continuing anthology series,...

Orig. rel. 8-10-14, "Convince Me, I Said" is based on a War-Fiction short story of the same name by Craig Ellis, currently in the public domain.  This is Season 1 Episode 12 of "Pulp-Pourri Theatre", an anthology audio drama series, each...

Orig. rel. 10-30-14, "MACBETH" is an adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy by Pete Lutz.  These are the first three acts only. Acts IV and V will follow next episode. Adapted, Directed and Produced by Pete Lutz....

Coming in October to iTunes is a new interview podcast, hosted by Pete Lutz, that showcases voice actors. Get to know your favorites from the most popular audio drama podcasts out there! Our inaugural show features the cast of Audioblivious...

  Orig. rel. 10-30-14, "MACBETH" is an adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy by Pete Lutz.  These are Acts IV and V only. Acts I-III were released earlier. Adapted, Directed and Produced by Pete Lutz.  Starring the...

With 2016 being the 15th anniversary of the Twin Towers terrorist attack on September 11th, I wanted to present the man-on-the-street interview segment that I compiled and produced back in 2001, during the week following that tragedy. These are...

Orig. rel. 4/6/14, this tale of the macabre was adapted from a "Dime Mystery Magazine" story by Henry Treat Sperry. With the voice talents of Lisa Ayala, Dana Gonsalves, Geri Elliff, Michele Cotter, Nancy Bueler, Pete Lutz and Adriana Fontanez. Music...

FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY (Implied sexual content, language, violence) Orig. rel. 7/6/15, "Nymph of Damnation" is adapted from the story of the same name by William B. Rainey, originally published in Dime Mystery Magazine, sourced from the public...

Orig. rel. 2/6/15, “12 Angry Men” is Pete Lutz’s audio adaptation of the Reginald Rose screenplay. It is intended as an homage to the film and no infringement is intended. This was episode 4 of Season 2 of Pulp-Pourri Theatre, directed and...

Orig. rel. 3/6/14, "Lights" is a tale of the supernatural adapted by Pete Lutz from the pulp-fiction story by Philip Fisher. Starring the Narada Radio Company. Music by Kevin MacLeod of incompetech dot com. Set in China in the 1920s, it involves the...

Special message from Pete Lutz with info about our new season, coming later this month! Groovy stuff is happening and you don't wanna miss it.

Orig. rel. 1/23/14, 'By Order of Buck Brady' was adapted for audio by Pete Lutz from a Western story by W. C. Tuttle, originally published in the July, 1928 issue of Adventure Magazine. Starring the Narada Radio Company. Directed and produced by Pete...

RATED G (pts. 1 & 2) and R (pt. 3) Welcome to the Narada Audio Drive-In! As a special new format for PPT Season 4, we will present a triple-feature with every installment! So park your car, prop the speaker in the window, sit back, and enjoy...

Orig. rel. 11-28-14 by 63audio, "The Pin-Up Murder Mystery" is an original play written in the Pulp Fiction style by Pete Lutz.  This is Part 1 of a 2-part episode of Season 2 of "Pulp-Pourri Theatre", an anthology series inspired...

Orig. rel. 12-08-14 by 63audio, "The Pin-Up Murder Mystery" is an original play written in the Pulp Fiction style by Pete Lutz.  This is Part 2 of a 2-part episode of Season 2 of "Pulp-Pourri Theatre", an anthology series...

A special presentation of 11th Audio Productions Southwest, for World Audio Drama Day 2016. Adapted by Pete Lutz from a 1932 Weird Tales story by R. C. Sandison. Greek legend tells of the vrykolakas, a vampiric creature somewhat different from...

Orig. rel. 5/6/14,  "The Better Man" is adapted from an Untamed Frontier-Fiction short story of the same name by Harold DePolo, currently in the public domain.  This is Season 1, Episode 7 of "Pulp-Pourri Theatre", which is adapted,...

Like the title says, this live show was performed and recorded in 1989, staged as a mock radio broadcast to entertain the ladies of "WAVES National", an organization whose members had served or were still serving in the U.S. Navy. This show marks the...

In Memory of Father Eddie Garcia

Orig. rel. 3-20-15, "A Trip to Eternity" is an all-new adventure of The Shadow, written by Scott Leslie. This was Episode 5 of Season 2 of "Pulp-Pourri Theatre". Adapted, Directed and Produced by Pete Lutz, and starring the Narada Radio...

Orig. rel. 9/11/15, "The Shadow's Legacy" is an original play by Pete Lutz, as an homage to the original Shadow radio series, based on characters appearing in those programs. This was Episode 9 of Season 2 of "Pulp-Pourri Theatre"....

Orig. rel. 12/18/14, "Karpen" was adapted from the Pulp Fiction story by Robert Neal Leath. This was Episode 3 of Season 2 of "Pulp-Pourri Theatre", an anthology series created in the style of Old-Time Radio. This is a contemporary...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Narada Audio Drive-In, the Pulp-Pourri Theatre Season Four Extra! In this special new format, we will present a triple-feature with every installment! So park your car, prop the speaker in the window, sit back, and...

Originally released 12/16/15, "Murder on Santa Claus Lane" is Pulp-Pourri Theatre's holiday offering for 2015. Adapted from a pulp-fiction story by William G. Bogart which first appeared in "G-Men Detective" magazine, our story is set in 1943...

Happy Holidays! For your Seasonal entertainment, here's a nice mix of the old-and-new: Some original material and a few old-time radio remakes in the ol' Christmas spirit! We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it for you. HERE'S OUR...

Here it is, the first round of the fake commercials and special features from Season 3 of Pulp-Pourri Theatre! The little gems of comedy from the twisted mind of show creator Pete Lutz are presented here in no particular order, guaranteed to entertain...

Here it is, the second round of the fake commercials and special features from Season 3 of Pulp-Pourri Theatre! The little gems of comedy from the twisted mind of show creator Pete Lutz are presented here in no particular order, guaranteed to...

Here it is, the third round of the fake commercials and special features from Season 3 of Pulp-Pourri Theatre! The little gems of comedy from the twisted mind of show creator Pete Lutz are presented here in no particular order, guaranteed to...

Here it is, the fourth and final round of the fake commercials and special features from Season 3 of Pulp-Pourri Theatre! The little gems of comedy from the twisted mind of show creator Pete Lutz are presented here in no particular order, guaranteed...

Originally released 3/27/15, "This Guy Walks Into a Bar" is an original play written by guest playwright Mike Murphy. This is Episode 6 of Season 2 of "Pulp-Pourri Theatre", an anthology series created in the style of Old-Time Radio....

Everybody loves to hear the words, "We'll be back with more Pulp-Pourri Theatre, after this important message," because that means it's comedy time! Yes, here are the commercials for fictitious products and special features from the very first season...

  As I am still working on several projects at once, one of which is the newest episode of Narada Audio Drive-In, I almost forgot to load something for your podcast feed, dear friends! Here is part 2 of our S1 compilation of the special features...

As I continue working on the many projects I've foolishly gotten involved in (but wouldn't miss for the world), I want to keep up my practice of releasing something every Sunday, because I hope you've all come to expect it and depend on it. This...

I'm happy to report that progress has been made on the latest Narada Audio Drive-In episode, and I'll be able (if my luck holds out) to launch it NEXT SUNDAY! Meantime, please enjoy this offering of our funny bits from Season 2 (the second helping)!

We're back! At long last, the 4th installment of NADI is here and ready to enjoy! 1st & 3rd features: Rated G for General Audiences 2nd feature: Rated PG for Parental Guidance due to mild adult language 1. TURNBUCKLE TELEVISION CARTEL PRESENTS:...

A special re-release from the vaults, this one is a show I created for Mark Slade's "The Hangman's Dozen" anthology series. It's called "Four Minus One", and was originally released as a co-production of 63audio and 4077th/All Better Audio, on...

Here's the trailer for our next release, an audio drama called "8" by Dustin Lance Black, author of the "When We Rise" TV miniseries currently being aired. "8" is about California's Proposition 8, which questioned the legality and necessity of...


I can hear you cry, "WHAT!? Two new NADIs in ONE MONTH? Pete, what's the matter with you?"  Well, sometimes that's what happens, and now, with the launch of NADI #5, we're only one month behind instead of two.  With this episode we announce...

Originally released 11/20/15, "Right Number, Wrong Party", Episode 2 of Season Three of Pulp-Pourri Theatre, is an original play by Jack J. Ward, one of two guest playwrights for this season. It is the story of a hero cop with feet of clay, and a...

An entry in the Sonic Summerstock Playhouse for 2016, "Good Ghost" was reenacted from a 1948 episode of the classic radio show "Quiet, Please". We honor the passing of our friend and shipmate, Bill Hollweg, fellow audio drama producer and a very...

Recording of a live performance of the Narada Radio Company, at RealmsCon 2015 in Corpus Christi, TX. Originally released 10/30/15, on archive dot org, in honor of World Audio Drama Day. Our production has all the earmarks of a live performance:...

One of the many special features that appear between-the-acts of episodes of Pulp-Pourri Theatre is the Philboyd Studge Interview: our intrepid reporter travels the globe, chatting with interesting, yet wholly fictitious, people who might have an...

Originally released in November 2013, this is the absolute last original episode from the archives that we can post. And to be honest I didn't want to release this one because the sound quality is not up to our current standards. But I've had it...

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Just a brief promo telling you, our beloved listeners, what you can expect from us in 2018! Let the spine-tingling begin!! 

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Please listen to Pete's special announcement about the future of the Narada Audio Drive-In, Pulp-Pourri Theatre, and Jake Dimes Range Detective. 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Narada Audio Drive-In is no more but both Pulp-Pourri Theatre and Jake Dimes are, so we're re-issuing the first five chapters so you can hear them as standalone eps before we launch the all-new sixth chapter! Enjoy! "The King's...

Here are chapters 3 & 4 in the continuing saga of our Old West hero, Jake Dimes! Our chapters are entitled, "Ambush on the Trail", and "Arrested!"  I'm happy to say that we have received two fantastic reviews at iTunes, so if you get a chance...

Because I am unable to post more than one episode per month on my free account at Podcast Garden, I am posting this here and then on June 1st I'll post it there. But I couldn't let this wait any longer -- it's a wonderful interview with one of the...

AT LAST! AT LAST! The newest episode of Pulp-Pourri Theatre! Many apologies for making you wait, and I hope you find it was worth it. "The King's Prerogative" tells the story of a poor man who is released from prison by the king of Trayga, but only if...

Coming to you from the Good Quality Value Network (GQVN), this segment features presenters Buffy Mae Updike and Grady September Morning, demonstrating the wonderful and one-of-a-kind new household product, "The Cheez-Finger"!  BUFFY MAE UPDIKE:...

Here's our special re-release of Chapter 5, originally part of the Narada Audio Drive-In #5, now coupled with the ALL-NEW, never-before-released Chapter 6! Chapter 5, "Hog-Tied", and Chapter 6, "Red-Headed Stranger", were written, directed and...

Just in time for Father's Day, here's the new mini-sode, which we call "A Word from Our Sponsors". Just a few loose commercials that would have run during "The Narada Audio Drive-In", were that still running as scheduled, but too good to let sit...

Welcome back to Pulp-Pourri Theatre, this is our all-new episode, "Ghost Lanterns", adapted from a story by Alan B. LeMay, that originally appeared in the 12/20/22 issue of Adventure magazine. Our producer/director, Pete Lutz, wrote this adaptation in...

I'm honestly shocked that I hadn't posted this before now, our 2015 entry for the Sonic Society's Summerstock Playhouse: Our pretty decent remake of the Lux Radio Theater's 1951 adaptation of Carol Reed's 1949 film, "The Third Man".  In case...

Originally released elsewhere on 7-10-14, "Tall, Dark & 4-F" is a romance adapted from a story by Vina Lawrence that appeared in a 1943 issue of "New Love" magazine.  CAST OF CHARACTERS: ANNOUNCER: Lisa Ayala SALLY BLAINE: Katherine Crawford...

HERE'S ANOTHER "LOST" EPISODE from the vaults – a tale of the "Average Joe", the Everyman. A light-hearted look at one man's post-war journey toward making a new, better life for himself. This is "Holy Moses Murphy", originally released in March,...

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Friends, as you may know, Pulp-Pourri Theatre is in its fourth and final season. We're not going away entirely, but we are on hiatus while our director is working on other projects and gearing up to bring you not only our final five episodes, but also...

(Orig. rel. 7/25/17) For our third annual feature created especially for Jack Ward's Sonic Summerstock Playhouse, the Narada Radio Company stars in a remake of the classic Old-Time Radio program, "Meridian 7-1212", which originally aired on CBS Radio...

Posted here for Audioverse Award consideration, this is the theme for the western serial, "Jake Dimes, Range Detective". It was composed by Pete Lutz and arranged/performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt. First aired as the theme in October 2016.

SPECIAL NOTE: This play is featured in my book, Get Me Out of Here and Other Plays, available at amazon.com and from the publisher, at these links: OR...if you'd like an autographed copy, please contact me at , and I'll tell you how to get one....

Here's another "lost" episode from the vault, a baseball yarn just in time for the World Series 2017! ANYTHING TO OBLIGE was a story penned by Samuel G. Camp, published in the June 19, 1920 issue of All-Story Magazine. I adapted it and released it the...

Since 2013, World Audio Drama Day -- October 30th -- has been calling our attention to the existence, and the creation, and the preservation of audio drama. Not only the old stuff your grandparents talked about: new programs as well, that are being...

Howdy, pard'ners! Here's the first new chapter of our award-winnin' Western saga since June, and we hope you enjoy it. Jake finds himself out of the fryin' pan an' into the fire in this installment, which we call "Joining the Gang!"  CAST OF...

WELCOME BACK, PULPATEERS! It's been several months since we launched the last new episode of Pulp-Pourri Theatre, and it's good to be back! For this episode we journey to the Red Planet for a weird sci-fi adventure that takes place both under the...

It's the best time of the year! And here is our holiday gift to you, our listeners, a minisode of comedy, some in a Christmas theme, some, admittedly not. But all of it is genuine comedy, fresh and lively, and enjoyable at any time of year. What's on...

Here's one of two teasers for Episode 9 of Pulp-Pourri Theatre's fourth and final season: Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "Annabel Lee", recited by Narada Radio Company member Jackie Ayers, with music specially composed for this piece by Tom Rory...

Welcome to our 2nd of two teasers for Episode 9 of Season 4 of Pulp-Pourri Theatre's fourth and final season! The Raven is perhaps the most famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe, and one of the most famous in poetry history. It's the tale of a lost soul...

Here is our penultimate episode of Pulp-Pourri Theatre: "The Cask of Amontillado", by Edgar Allan Poe, followed by the poems "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven". Adapted, produced and directed by Pete Lutz. Today's release date, 1/29/18, is the 173rd...

Production is underway for our Pulp-Pourri Theatre series (and S4) finale, "The Bird and the Snake", a hard-hitting cop drama set in Chicago, in the late 50s. I wanted this episode to have special music to reflect the changing times and the excitement...

PRESENTING...our Pulp-Pourri Theatre S4 and Series Finale! RATED R. "The Bird and the Snake" comes from a 1959 issue of Adam Magazine, a slick "girlie-mag", so not technically a pulp story, yet Clem Hanlon's tale of a Polish-American cop in Chi-town...

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How-do, li'l Mavericks! It's yur ol' pal again, with a brand-new chapter o' yur fay-vo-right cowboy detective, Jake Dimes! Take a load off an' have a listen to "Bloody Business", chapter 8 of our 12-chapter saga. Jake's relationship with Hickam seems...

Howdy, buckaroos! Welcome back, an' here's the ninth chapter of the Jake Dimes saga, "Suspected of Murder!" After Jake is found unconscious alongside three dead payroll riders, the whole town is clamoring for justice -- but is our hero guilty of this...

You may know already that the Narada Radio Co. has participated in Jack Ward's annual "Sonic Summerstock Playhouse" festival since 2015, and has produced at least one Old-Time Radio remake per year in support of same. This year, however, we were quite...

(Orig. rel. 7/31/18) You may know already that the Narada Radio Co. has participated in Jack Ward's annual "Sonic Summerstock Playhouse" festival since 2015, and has produced at least one Old-Time Radio remake per year in support of same. This year,...

For competition consideration, here is the the theme from PPT S4E8, The Eyes of Thar, composed and performed by Tom Rory Parsons.

Welcome back! If you've been here for the two previous weeks, you know that we're re-releasing our four 2018 "Sonic Summerstock Playhouse" festival offerings. We hope you enjoyed last week's presentation "ARSENIC AND OLD LACE". And now it's time to...

Welcome back! If you've been here for the three previous weeks, you know that we're re-releasing our four 2018 "Sonic Summerstock Playhouse" festival offerings. We hope you enjoyed last week's presentation "ESCAPE: THE ADAPTIVE ULTIMATE". And now it's...

Greetings, fellow Wellesians, Wellsians, OTR-lovers, Mars-lovers (not Bruno), historians, and seekers! Today, in honor of World Audio Drama Day (observed annually, every October 30th) 2018, 63audio is proud to present a special panel discussion...

Here's a re-release from our recent 11th Hour Audio line-up for World Audio Drama Day 2018, one which the Narada Radio Company and I helped to make: "The Opportunist", written especially for 2018 11th Hour by Steve Schneider. Directed and recorded by...

Here's another re-release from our recent 11th Hour Audio line-up for World Audio Drama Day 2018: "A Little Bedtime Gory", written by yours truly. Directed by Karim Kronfli. Recorded by Christopher Jarvis at the Radio Theatre Workshop (Hinckley, UK)...

Howdy and welcome back, my li'l ol' buckaroos! It's time fer th' tenth chapter of the Jake Dimes saga, "Mystery Man!" While Jake, the Sheriff and Buck plan our hero's defense for his upcoming trial for triple-murder and payroll robbery, Hickam, Brax...

*ptoo* Waal, howdy thar, ya li'l ol' owl-hoots! I reckon yuh didn't expect another excitin' chapter of "Jake Dimes" so quick-like, did yuh? In this penultimate chapter, our hero is on trial for his life in the makeshift courthouse in Prickly Pear,...

The Narada Radio Co. proudly presents a recording of a recent live performance -- The Christmas Eve 1948 broadcast of "The Jimmy Durante Show"! We performed at the Rialto Theater in Aransas Pass, Texas, over two weekends in December 2018, to small,...

Happy Christmas Eve! As promised, the Narada Radio Co. proudly presents a recording of a recent live performance -- a remake of the 1947 broadcast of "The Lux Radio Theatre: 'It's a Wonderful Life'"! We performed at the Rialto Theater in Aransas Pass,...

A special "audio-novelette" from the archives, this is the first of four chapters of a story by Edith and Ejler Jacobson, taken from a 1938 issue of DIME MYSTERY MAGAZINE, narrated by Pete Lutz, recorded in January 2014.  Can one man stop a...

A special "audio-novelette" from the archives, this is the second of four chapters of a story by Edith and Ejler Jacobson, taken from a 1938 issue of DIME MYSTERY MAGAZINE, narrated by Pete Lutz, recorded in January 2014.  Can one man stop a...

A special "audio-novelette" from the archives, this is the third of four chapters of a story by Edith and Ejler Jacobson, taken from a 1938 issue of DIME MYSTERY MAGAZINE, narrated by Pete Lutz, recorded in January 2014.  Can one man stop a...

A special "audio-novelette" from the archives, this is the fourth and final chapter of a story by Edith and Ejler Jacobson, taken from a 1938 issue of DIME MYSTERY MAGAZINE, narrated by Pete Lutz, recorded in January 2014.  Can one man stop a...

Another special audio-novelette from the archives, this tale by G. Frederic Pelham, Jr, is taken from the pages of Adventure magazine. It concerns a raiding party of British soldiers in World War I and their commander, all killed under curious...

Another special audio-novelette from the archives, this tale by G. Frederic Pelham, Jr, is taken from the pages of Adventure magazine. It concerns a raiding party of British soldiers in World War I and their commander, all killed under curious...

PART 3 OF 4. Another special audio-novelette from the archives, this tale by G. Frederic Pelham, Jr, is taken from the pages of Adventure magazine. It concerns a raiding party of British soldiers in World War I and their commander, all...

PART 4 OF 4. Another special audio-novelette from the archives, this tale by G. Frederic Pelham, Jr, is taken from the pages of Adventure magazine. It concerns a raiding party of British soldiers in World War I and their commander, all...

Here it is, at long last: the 12th and final chapter of our original Western serial, entitled "Rescue!" I find it hard to believe that I wrote this in early 2016 and started producing it late that same year, and am only now finishing it. But I hope...

"Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to Episode One of our all-new horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp fiction and classic literature. Season One of THE CELLAR already...

Episode 1 -- "Treasure Island", The Mercury Theatre On the Air Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane St. John and...

Episode 2 -- "Jack Tries to Get Rose Bowl Tickets", The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny  Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by...

"Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to Episode Two of our all-new horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp fiction and classic literature. Season One of THE CELLAR already...

Episode 3 -- "The Little People", Lights Out Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane St. John and Paul Arbisi;...

"Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to Episode Three of our all-new horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp fiction and classic literature. Season One of THE CELLAR...

Episode 4 -- "Rommel's Treasure", The Goon Show Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane St. John and Paul...

"Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to Episode Four of our all-new horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp fiction and classic literature. Season One of THE CELLAR already...

Episode 5 -- "A Connecticut Yankee", The Ford Radio Theatre Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane St. John and...

"Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to Episode Five of our all-new horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp fiction and classic literature. PLUS we have a very special...

You may know already that the Narada Radio Co. has participated in Jack Ward's annual "Sonic Summerstock Playhouse" festival since 2015, and has produced at least one Old-Time Radio remake per year in support of same. We're proud to tell you, though,...

Episode 6 -- "The Cable Car Case", Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8209 Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane St. John...

"Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to Episode six of our continuing horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp fiction and classic literature, but they're guaranteed all-new...

You may know already that the Narada Radio Co. has participated in Jack Ward's annual "Sonic Summerstock Playhouse" festival since 2015, and has produced at least one Old-Time Radio remake per year in support of same. We're proud to tell you, though,...

Episode 7 -- "A Corpse for Halloween", Inner Sanctum Mysteries Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane St. John...

"Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to the seventh number in our continuing horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp fiction and classic literature, but they're...

In March 2019, the Narada Radio Company was invited to perform at the Rockport Little Theatre, Rockport, Texas. The choice of show was mine, and I had to hold auditions from local actors, rather than choose my own regular Narada players. As a result...

SPECIAL NOTE: This play is featured in my book, Get Me Out of Here and Other Plays, available at amazon.com and from the publisher, at these links: OR...if you'd like an autographed copy, please contact me at , and I'll tell you how to get one....

Here's a re-release of a play that was originally launched 10/30/19, just 18 days ago, for World Audio Drama Day, on the Mutual Audio Network. It's called Undead Man With a Horn, written, directed and produced by Pete Lutz in October 2019, especially...

Episode 8 -- "Gracie Buys a Live Turkey", The Burns & Allen Show Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane St. John...

Episode 9 -- "Christmas Show 1950", The Bing Crosby Chesterfield Show Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane St....

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Welcome, friends, to the Narada Radio Company's second year of performing -- LIVE, in front of an audience -- our adaptation of the 1947 broadcast of "The Lux Radio Theatre: 'It's a Wonderful Life'"! Once again, we performed at the...

Episode 10 -- "Opening a Gas Station", The Abbott & Costello Program Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane...

Episode 11 -- "C-Chute", X Minus One Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Paul Arbisi, and newcomer David Feldmann;...

"Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to the eighth number in our continuing horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp fiction and classic literature, but they're guaranteed...

Episode 12 -- "Tanglefoot", Quiet, Please (Season 1 Finale) Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Paul Arbisi, and...

"Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to the ninth number in our continuing horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp fiction and classic literature, but they're guaranteed...

In this audio reenactment of the hilarious scene from the original film of "The Producers", by Mel Brooks, Max Bialystock, a down-and-out theatrical producer, meets Leo Bloom, a young accountant, sent to do his books. Just a few moments before this...

WELCOME TO SEASON TWO OF OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS! Well, friends, here we are, two or three (or four) months into this COVID-19 pandemic, so Paul, Dave and I decided to kick off our second season with something reflecting the times. And so we present...

WELCOME, FIENDS! It's the recitation of our winning horror-based limerick contest for 2020, mainly to give our sweet Cadavera something to do during the hiatus of our Cellar run. So she and her old seafarin' pal, Cap'n Billy Bones, got together and...

WELCOME TO THE PILOT EPISODE OF A VERY SPECIAL SERIES... "Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for...

It's Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials! And to kick off our new round of classic dramas, Pete, Paul and Dave bring you this episode of SUSPENSE from 1945, "Donovan's Brain", starring Orson Welles! Come for the radio drama, stay for the...

Back in 2006-07 I had a gig at KCCT, a Corpus Christi radio station that was an "Air America" affiliate for about a year. I got in good with the program director and learned audio production, gaining some valuable experience, etc., and eventually...

Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! In this installment, Pete, Paul and Dave bring you this episode of THE SHADOW from 1946, "Gang Doctor", starring Bret Morrison! Will our post-show discussion have the ability to cloud men's minds?...

Every summer since 2015, the Narada Radio Company has produced at least one remake of an Old-Time Radio program in celebration of Sonic Summerstock Playhouse. About a month after they're initially launched at Mutual Audio Network, I generally...

As a lifelong fan of the Marx Brothers, especially Groucho, I felt compelled during my "songwriting period" (1993-94, a time in my life where a lot of shit was hitting the fan, and all of these songs kept pushing their way out as a way to cope) to pen...

"Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else....

Created especially for Sonic Summerstock 2020, we present a lost episode of the Old-Time Radio series, QUIET, PLEASE, entitled "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall". Oliver is a man in an unhappy marriage, and under the thumb of his tyrannical boss. It seems...

Created especially for Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 2020, we present a loving re-creation of several sketches from my favorite radio comedy duo, Bob & Ray. These sketches were drawn from their 1980s-era radio show for NPR. Directed by Pete Lutz and...

Here's part 1 of our fourth and final Sonic Summerstock Playhouse offering for 2020, a beautiful Norwegian folk tale interpreted by Louis MacNiece for BBC Radio and originally broadcast in 1959. There was no recording available for us to take...

COMING SOON to this feed, especially for World Audio Drama Day 2020 -- an all-new comedy tribute to those masters of comedy mayhem, the Marx Brothers!  DO I SPECTER? I'LL SAY I DO! was written by Pete Lutz and inspired by his life-long love of...

Here's part 2 of our fourth and final Sonic Summerstock Playhouse offering for 2020, a beautiful Norwegian folk tale interpreted by Louis MacNiece for BBC Radio and originally broadcast in 1959. There was no recording available for us to take...

Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! In this installment, Pete, Paul and Dave welcome Essential Listener Kelly, who brings us this episode of OUR MISS BROOKS from 1950, "School on Saturday", starring Eve Arden! Will our post-show...

With a planned release on World Audio Drama Day, October 30th, DO I SPECTER? I'LL SAY I DO! Is bound to go down in the history books as something that somebody wrote and a few other people performed! Who can ask for better than that, I ask you?...

Simultaneously launched today on the Mutual Audio Network for Transcontinental Terror 2020, we present our first of three for this year, entitled "What the Cat Dragged In", written by Will Anderson and Pete Lutz.  CAST: Jessica Rainville as...

As a special bonus for our listeners we present my audio adaptation of the classic horror film starring Bela Lugosi, "WHITE ZOMBIE". One of three special productions for the 2020 Transcontinental Terror series taking place on the Mutual Audio Network....

Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! In this installment, Pete, Paul and Dave present another of Pete's selections, this time an episode of "Escape": THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, adapted from Poe's classic Gothic horror tale. Will our...

  SPECIAL NOTE: This play is featured in my book, Get Me Out of Here and Other Plays, available at amazon.com and from the publisher, at these links: OR...if you'd like an autographed copy, please contact me at , and I'll tell you how to get...

SPECIAL NOTE: This play is featured in my book, Get Me Out of Here and Other Plays, available at amazon.com and from the publisher, at these links: OR...if you'd like an autographed copy, please contact me at , and I'll tell you how to get one....

Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! In this installment, our 2nd annual Thanksgiving Special, Pete, Paul and Dave present another of Paul's selections, this time an episode of "Life With Luigi": THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION. Will our...

Originally launched in 2016, we are re-releasing this episode of Pulp-Pourri Theatre from Season Four without the "Narada Audio Drive-In" foofaraw, and without the Jake Dimes episode. Plus we added two holiday-themed installments of the popular "Bix...

THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, we'll be sharing a bunch of Christmas-themed shows, both old and new. We have four new shows coming your way: two OTR remakes, a Christmas story featuring Jake Dimes, Range Detective, and our 2nd Annual Old-Time Radio...

FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY: LOOKING FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, we'll be sharing a bunch of Christmas-themed shows, both old and new. We have four new shows coming your way: two OTR remakes, a Christmas story featuring Jake...

'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (COMEDY) Lovingly remade by the Narada Radio Company, this is Radio City Playhouse's adaptation of Paul Gallico's short story, originally broadcast 12/25/49 on NBC Radio. A newspaperman and his photographer are...

MIRACLE FOR CHRISTMAS (DRAMA) It's the Narada Radio Company's 2nd of three very special holiday offerings for 2020, a loving remake of the classic radio drama, "Miracle for Christmas", from the Grand Central Station series, broadcast annually for...

THE GOON SHOW (1956 broadcast) "Robin Hood and His Merry Men" As part of our Christmas celebration for 2020, we present this hilarious sendup of the traditional English Christmas Pantomime, from the zany Goon Show, starring Peter Sellers, Harry...

TEXACO STAR THEATRE Starring Fred Allen (12-20-42) with Guest Risë Stevens of the Metropolitan Opera Fred Allen was famous in his day for his annual Christmas show that featured an unhappy Santa Claus who was striking against Christmas due to unfair...

LIGHTS OUT: Christmas Story (12-22-37) In this story written by series creator Wyllis Cooper, three World War One soldiers from different countries share a railway car and their lives intertwine with those of the Three Wise Men. A touching story that...

Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This installment is our 2nd Annual Christmas Special, and Dave's choice, so he's bringing us an episode of "The Six-Shooter": BRITT PONSET'S CHRISTMAS CAROL. Will our discussion cause Paul to cry,...

"Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else....

"The Dead Man", adapted from a story by Ray Bradbury "Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to the tenth number in our continuing horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp...

Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This installment is our first for 2021, and Pete's choice, so he's bringing us an episode of "Fibber McGee & Molly": PIONEER DAYS. Will our discussion cause Dave to apply Johnson's Glo-Coat to his...

"The Woman at Loon Point", adapted from a story by August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer "Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to the eleventh number in our continuing horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or...

Fans of the Narada Radio Company -- all two of you -- will likely have noticed that Mr. John Bell has taken part in many of our productions over the course of the last two years or so. John is a man of many voices, and a fantastic sense of humor, and...

"Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to the twelfth number in our continuing horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp fiction and classic literature, but they're guaranteed...

Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This installment is our second for 2021, and instead of rotating to Paul, we have brought in as our special guests, the co-hosts of THE MYSTERIOUS OLD RADIO LISTENING SOCIETY: Joshua, Tim, and Eric!...

"Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else....

Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This installment is our third for 2021, and we finally come back around to Paul, whose choice for this episode is an entry in the Duffy's Tavern series, just in time for St. Patrick's Day, with...

SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME #1: Chatting with the Audioblivious Gang (8/2016) Here's a gem from the archives, the inaugural episode of a discussion podcast that I had high hopes for, but which only went for 8 episodes or so. But the discussions are fun...

"Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else....

SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME #2: Chatting with Lauren Shippen & Julia Morizawa of "The Bright Sessions" (9/2016) Again from our archives, we present the 2nd episode of a discussion podcast that I had high hopes for, but which only went for 9 episodes...

Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! We introduce our new co-host this episode -- and we hope you enjoy the New Dave! This installment is our fourth for 2021, and Paul gets two choices in a row for some reason, so he selected an episode...

SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME #3: Chatting with voice actor and friend Alex Moore (10/2016) Again from our archives, we present the 3rd episode of a discussion podcast that I had high hopes for, but which only went for 9 episodes or so. But the...

"Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else....

Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! It's our new co-host's choice this episode -- and New Dave, for our 5th episode of 2021, and has picked a very exciting episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe for us to discuss. And since...

"Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else....

Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials concludes! It's our finale, and Pete's pick -- and he's bringing us an exciting episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers for us to enjoy and discuss. And since we're on the subject of discussion, we hope to...

We proudly present episode eight, "Night Shots", adapted by Mark Slade from Hammett's seventh published Op story, in 1924. This is the season one finale, and we hope you enjoy it and will join us for season 2, coming soon.  Join us for mystery...

In this "lost episode" of Pulp-Pourri Theatre from Season 1, first released in July 2014, we explore the espionage genre of pulp-fiction. This story by John Bard, adapted by Pete Lutz, came from an issue of Spicy Adventure Stories, and it's definitely...

In this special re-release, originally launched in December 2016 as part of the short-lived "Narada Audio Drive-In" series, guest playwright Mark Slade returns with a creepy, bloodthirsty tale of the supernatural.  CAST: ANNOUNCER: Lisa Ayala...

In this special re-release, originally launched in March 2017 as part of the short-lived Narada Audio Drive-In series, we present "Hands of the High Priest". Adapted from a WEIRD TALES story by M. G. Moretti, we learn what happens to the members of an...

IN THIS SPECIAL RE-RELEASE, originally launched in March 2017 as part of the short-lived Narada Audio Drive-in series, we present Dashiell Hammett's first story featuring The Continental Op, from 1923! A rollicking jaunt through arson, murder and some...

Transcontinental Terror is a month-long horror-audio festival held every October on the Mutual Audio Network! This year we'll have four or more entries each Sunday from a number of creators -- including a special 5-episode mini-series of THE...

COMING THIS MONTH ON MUTUAL: "Santa's Inbox"! Here's a promo from a new weekly podcast that will showcase special emails from kids and kids-at-heart. Send Santa Claus your Wish List or your special holiday dedication message, and he'll read it aloud...

Season Three of Old-Time Radio Essentials is here! It's our premiere, and Pete's pick -- and he's bringing us a thrilling episode of The Columbia Shakespeare Cycle for us to enjoy and discuss. And since we're on the subject of discussion, we hope to...

TRANSCONTINENTAL TERROR Presents:  The Cellar Mini-Series, episode 1: PHOBIAS UNLIMITED Originally released on the Mutual Audio Network in October 2021, this is the first of five new episodes produced by 63audio for the...

TRANSCONTINENTAL TERROR Presents:  The Cellar Mini-Series, episode 2: How to Shed 180 Pounds Originally released on the Mutual Audio Network in October 2021, this is the 2nd of five new episodes produced by 63audio for the...

WELCOME TO THE NORTH POLE! Here's "Santa's Inbox", a new podcast wherein good ol' St. Nick reads e-mails and letters from boys and girls all over the world -- and you get to see a little bit behind the scenes of Santa's North Pole organization. With...

WELCOME TO THE NORTH POLE! Here's "Santa's Inbox", a new podcast wherein good ol' St. Nick reads e-mails and letters from boys and girls all over the world -- and you get to see a little bit behind the scenes of Santa's North Pole organization. This...

WELCOME TO THE NORTH POLE! Here's "Santa's Inbox", a new podcast wherein good ol' St. Nick reads e-mails and letters from boys and girls all over the world -- and you get to see a little bit behind the scenes of Santa's North Pole organization. This...

WELCOME TO THE NORTH POLE! Here's "Santa's Inbox", a new podcast wherein good ol' St. Nick reads e-mails and letters from boys and girls all over the world -- and you get to see a little bit behind the scenes of Santa's North Pole organization. In...

THE NARADA RADIO COMPANY presents our third live performance of the great Lux Radio Theatre broadcast of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, performed on the stage of Port Aransas Community Theatre, Port Aransas Texas, between December 4th and 12th, 2021. Ten...

Season Three of Old-Time Radio Essentials is here! It's our Christmas Special, and Dave's pick -- and he's bringing us a thrilling episode of Rocky Fortune for us to enjoy and discuss. And since we're on the subject of discussion, we hope to...

TRANSCONTINENTAL TERROR Presents:  The Cellar Mini-Series, episode 3: The Second Helping Originally released on the Mutual Audio Network in October 2021, this is the 3rd of five new episodes produced by 63audio for the...

Originally released 01/01/21, Project Audion presents a recreation of the classic OTR Quiet Please episode titled "Rain on New Year's Eve." It's a small, spooky story about movies, monsters, and midnight, written by Wyllis Cooper, master of radio...

TRANSCONTINENTAL TERROR Presents:  The Cellar Mini-Series, episode 4: The Uncooperative Corpse Originally released on the Mutual Audio Network in October 2021, this is the 4th of five new episodes produced by 63audio for the...

SPECIAL NOTE: This play is featured in my book, Get Me Out of Here and Other Plays, available at amazon.com and from the publisher, at these links: OR...if you'd like an autographed copy, please contact me at , and I'll tell you how to get one....

It's episode one of a new, limited anthology series from 63audio and the Narada Radio Company! Adventure Trail brings back to the Narada microphone The Old-Timer, a character first heard way back in the first season of Pulp-Pourri Theatre. He's back...

Season Three of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This time it's Paul's pick -- and he's bringing us an (ahem) unusual episode of Gangbusters for us to (ahem) enjoy and discuss. And since we're on the subject of discussion, we hope to determine...

NOW AVAILABLE from 63audio and The Narada Radio Company! QUEEN OF BLOOD is an audio adaptation of the 1966 sci-fi/horror film of the same name. It tells the story of space explorers from Earth whose mission to rescue some extraterrestrials who have...

63audio Presents: QUEEN OF BLOOD! Adapted/Produced/Directed by Pete Lutz from the 1966 film, this tale of science fiction and horror takes us from Earth to Mars and back again. The Earth is eagerly awaiting the arrival of emissaries from a distant...

Season Three of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This time it's Pete's pick -- but he's invited Essential Listener Rick to choose something for us to enjoy and discuss. And since we're on the subject of discussion, we hope to determine whether...

In honor of Saint Paddy's day (March 17th), we've sent our intrepid reporter, Philboyd Studge, to New York City, home of the world's largest St. Patrick's Day parade, to interview someone who claims to be a leprechaun. You'll be "Wearin' o' the Grin"...

Season Three of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This time it's Dave's pick -- but he's invited Essential Listener Marshal to choose something for us to enjoy and discuss. And since we're on the subject of discussion, we hope to determine whether...

It's episode two of a new, limited anthology series from 63audio and the Narada Radio Company! Adventure Trail brings back to the Narada microphone The Old-Timer, a character first heard way back in the first season of Pulp-Pourri Theatre....

This latest Project Audion vintage radio recreation (orig. rel. 4/8/22) is an hour-long dramatization of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four...which was originally produced in August 1949, just months after the book, to great acclaim, was released....

(Orig. launch date 5/7/21) Project Audion's 2nd season begins like our first season, with an episode of the classic radio drama Suspense. "Pearls are a Nuisance", aired on CBS 4/20/50, is a satirical detective drama based on a story by...

(Orig. launch date 7/24/20) Project Audion presents our recreation of an episode of Screen Guild Theatre, AKA Hollywood Soundstage. "The Ox-Bow Incident" was a best-selling book in 1940, a blockbuster Western movie in 1943, and adapted for the Screen...

Originally released 5/29/20. Transcribed live from California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennesee, and Texas... Project Audion presents a recreation of the 1937 Columbia Workshop broadcast of "R.U.R: Rossum's Universal Robots." Pete...

Season Three of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This time it's Paul's pick -- and he's rooted around until he found a real "gem" for us to enjoy and discuss. And since we're on the subject of discussion, we hope to determine whether this entry...

SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME #4 and 5: Chatting with voice actor and audio dramatist Jon Grilz (01/2017) Again from our archives, we present the 4th and 5th episodes of a discussion podcast that I had high hopes for, but which only went for 9 episodes or...

SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME #6: Chatting with podcaster, audio dramatist, collaborator, voice actor and friend Jack Ward (03/2017) Again from our archives, we present the 6th episode of a discussion podcast that I had high hopes for, but which only went...

SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME #7: Chatting with voice actors and audio drama creators Rhiannon and Greg McAfee (5/2017) Again from our archives, we present the 7th episode of a discussion podcast that I had high hopes for, but which only went for 9...

Old-time Radio Essentials continues its 3rd season with an episode of the Lux Radio Theatre – their adaptation of the Western film "Red River", starring John Wayne! This one's Pete's pick, and there's action a-plenty in the selection, followed by...

SONIC SUMMERSTOCK PLAYHOUSE 2021: Algiers, from Lux Radio Theatre Director Pete Lutz presents an extended adaptation of Lux Radio Theatre’s ALGIERS - the story of French jewel thief Pepe Le Moko, who evades capture by hiding in plain sight, in the...

ESCAPE: The Derelict Recently released on the Mutual Audio Network's Sonic Summerstock Playhouse, the Narada Radio Company presents their re-imagining of "The Derelict", an episode of the OTR series ESCAPE, first aired in 1953. Originally set in...

OLIVIA (HORROR) (Originally launched elsewhere in 2020) Teenage Drea is having a terrible life, but she's found a doll named Olivia -- and Olivia promises she can make Drea's life better, just so long as the girl delivers others to be sacrificed. ...

Old-time Radio Essentials continues its 3rd season with an episode of Dimension-X – their adaptation of a story by H. Beam Piper, "Time and Time Again"! This one's Dave's pick, and there's taut sci-fi a-plenty in the selection, followed by...

(Orig. rel. date 7/3/22) Sonic Summerstock Playhouse returns with part one of this very special remake of a BBC Sunday Night Theatre episode from 1958. We hope you enjoy it! It was recorded over Zoom using actors in California, Illinois, Texas,...

(Orig. rel. date 7/3/22) Sonic Summerstock Playhouse returns with part two of this very special remake of a BBC Sunday Night Theatre episode from 1958. We hope you enjoy it! It was recorded over Zoom using actors in California, Illinois, Texas,...

(Orig. rel. 7/24/22) Please enjoy part one of this special re-enactment of a classic radio play (adapted from a famous film and stage play). Twentieth Century is a screwball comedy, with laughs and situations that come at you as rapidly as the...

(Orig. rel. 7/24/22) Please enjoy part two of this special re-enactment of a classic radio play (adapted from a famous film and stage play). Twentieth Century is a screwball comedy, with laughs and situations that come at you as rapidly as the...

Today is a good day to listen to Bad Day at Black Rock, Project Audion's latest radio drama recreation. We're going far afield with this 1959 show, because by this time in America, television had killed off the great radio movie adaptation series...

S2E1: Zigzags of Treachery, part 1 In our Season 2 premiere, a man comes face-to-face with his past, and his wife gets blamed for the mess he leaves behind! Adapted from the Continental Op story of the same name by Dashiell Hammett, originally...

(Orig. rel. 8/14/22) The United Artists of Mutual present: More Bob & Ray! Recorded especially for Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 2022, it features Jeff Billard in the roles of Bob Elliott, and Pete Lutz as the many voices of Ray Goulding, in a...

(Orig. rel. 8/14/22) The United Artists of Mutual present: Danse Macabre, a segment from a 1938 broadcast of The Royal Desserts Hour. Written by Arch (Lights Out) Oboler, this short piece describes how composer Camille Saint-Saëns...

The Saint - "the Robin Hood of modern crime" and star of scores of books, TV shows, movies, and also a well-remembered radio series - is Project Audion's latest radio recreation. Vincent Price was urbanely brilliant as Simon Templar on the radio, but...

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - Originally released 10/2/20 Project Audion's live-transcribed cross-continental Zoom-based production for October [2020] is an episode from Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre On the Air from 1938. No, not the "War of...

In their final appearance for the 2022 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse, the Narada Radio Company proudly presents a remake of Lux Radio Theatre's LES MISERABLES, from the 1952 film starring Michael Rennie, Robert Newton and Debra Paget.  ANNOUNCER:...

I had some bandwidth left over at the end of the month, that I didn't want to see go to waste, so I decided to post this fun musical program that I had on cassette and converted to digital. Enjoy!

S2E2: Zigzags of Treachery, part 2 In the conclusion of our Season 2 premiere,  the life of an innocent woman hangs in the balance, and only a letter can save her – if the Tec can find it in time! Adapted from the...

Old-time Radio Essentials continues its 3rd season with an episode of Broadway is My Beat – "The Lars Nielson Murder Case"! This one's Paul's pick, and there's lots of police procedural-goodness in the selection, followed by fast-paced...

THE CELLAR Miniseries 2, Episode 1: Terror on Edge Island, by Adrian Cory In this new production, "Terror on Edge Island" by Adrian Cory, the First Place winner in The Cellar's scriptwriting contest in 2019, made especially for World Audio Drama Day...

THE CELLAR Miniseries 2, Episode 2: The Game, by John Bell & Becky Beach In this specially curated collection for Halloween 2022, we will be presenting a wide selection of new, old-time radio (and other) horror programs. For our ninth, we are...

Old-time Radio Essentials continues its 3rd season with an episode of Birds Eye Open House – "Groucho Brings a Turkey for Thanksgiving Dinner"! This one's Pete's pick, or rather, that of his special guest, Essential Listener Noah Diamond*....

We proudly present the Narada Radio Company and their solitary holiday offering -- but it's a lulu, kiddies! Based on the hit stage play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and adapted for radio several times in the 1940s (and from two of which...

S2E3: One Hour The Tec is called in when a print shop owner is run down in the street by a stolen car. He goes looking for the perps, and when he finds them, the secret they're keeping may cost our hero his life! Adapted by Pete Lutz from the story by...

PROJECT AUDION #38 -- The Jack Benny Program, "Mutiny on the Bounty" Premiered Jan 13, 2023 Think you've heard almost every Jack Benny radio show? Try one that was just written! Project Audion presents a recreation newly penned by Robert L. Mills,...

Old-time Radio Essentials continues its 3rd season with an episode of Let George Do It – "There Ain't No Justice"! This one's Dave's pick, and it sparks quite an animated discussion. Who will like it? Will anybody hate it? Why wonder? Tune in...

THE MUTUAL STAGE: Charade Hearkening back to such classic series as Lux Radio Theatre and Mercury Theatre On the Air, The Mutual Stage presents all-new adaptations of films and stage plays, sourced from the public domain. In our...

Old-Time Radio Essentials is back with episode 37, the Season 3 finale! Pete, Paul and Dave present an installment of the long-running series "Counterspy". The usual free-wheeling discussion follows, with Paul, Dave and Pete weighing the merits of...

"Burn" was adapted for audio and directed by Pete Lutz, from a story in Eerie Tales #1, a one-shot comic book publication from 1959. First released in April 2020 on Mutual. (SUSPENSE) Our cast consisted of the following players: Rich Frolich...

PROJECT AUDION #41: Life With Luigi - "Luigi's Toothache" This month Project Audion recreates a classic radio comedy based on a timeless premise. As a nation of immigrants, the clash of old and new cultures in America has offered authors an unending...

THE MAN WITH NO FACE, originally released in April 2020 on the Mutual Audio Network, is an adaptation by Pete Lutz of a short story by G. M. Benson, originally published in the 1920s. This tale of psychic phenomenon has been brought into the present...

Project Audion recreates an extraordinarily rare and early lost episode of the classic audio drama Suspense. When CBS premiered the the show in June 1942, it wasn't immediately evident that it would become one of the all-time great radio dramas,...

S2E4: The House in Turk Street While on the search for a missing boy, the Tec inadvertently runs afoul of some crooks, who think he's after them. Full of crosses and double-crosses! Starring The Narada Radio Company. Adapted by Pete Lutz from the...

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, a new production of Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre, is set to launch on Tuesday, May 30th, 2023, to all the online retail sites, including Amazon, Audible, Apple Store, Ratuken Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Downpour, and...

Old-Time Radio Essentials is back with episode 38, the Season 4 Premiere! Pete, Paul and Dave present an installment of the long-running series "The Fred Allen Show". This time it's Pete's pick, a double-feature of Fred and the gang, with both...

Old-Time Radio Essentials is back with episode 39, the 2nd installment of Season 4! Pete, Paul and Patte present an episode of the syndicated series Diary of Fate. This time it's newcomer Patte's pick, suggested by Essential Listener Ted, called "The...

S2 E5 - The Girl With the Silver Eyes - Part One Our nameless sleuth is called in by a lovesick young poet to find his runaway fiancee -- but soon finds that his client is in too deep. Is it love, or...something else? Starring The Narada Radio...

S2 E6 - The Girl With the Silver Eyes - Part Two In this thrilling conclusion to the latest two-part adventure, our nameless sleuth finally meets the "girl" in question -- only to find out that she's left a trail of dead men behind her, and she...

SONIC SUMMERSTOCK PLAYHOUSE '23: BBC Radio 1966 production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, remade by the Narada Radio Company. ANNOUNCER: Julia Eve GEORGE was played by Dana Gonsalves LENNIE by Les Marsden with Pete Lutz as CANDY Chuck Wilson as...

SONIC SUMMERSTOCK PLAYHOUSE '23: Lux Radio Theatre's production of Kaufman & Hart's You Can't Take it With You, remade by the Narada Radio Company. Tom Konkle as YOUR ANNOUNCER Les Marsden as GRANDPA Laura Mirsky as PENNY Noah Diamond as...

We present Bone in the Blue, by Fiona Thraille, set in the world of 19th-century English paleontology, and based on actual events. With the voices of Julia Eve, Gareth Severn, Alisha Strand-Mueller and Pete Lutz. Originally...

NBC BEST PLAYS: The Petrified Forest, originally aired 9-20-1953; remade for Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 2023 by the Narada Radio Company In the midst of the Great Depression, Alan Squier, a failed writer, now a disillusioned, penniless...

BIG STAGE AUDIO THEATRE: Laura Adapted, produced and directed by Pete Lutz, from the screenplay by Jay Dratler, et al., this full-length presentation brings the story to life in your imagination.  With the voice talents of: Carole Krohn as LAURA...

THE CELLAR MINISERIES 3.1 - Get Me Out of Here

THE CELLAR Miniseries 3.2: Four Bros in a Deer Camp In this quirky tale by Will Anderson and Pete Lutz, four friends drive out to the country on what's intended to be a deer-hunting weekend, but some vandalism and hijinks result in some supernaturally...

THE CELLAR Miniseries 3.3: Gear Jammin' The Cellar Miniseries continues with this exciting horror tale by Mark Slade, with characters taken from a 1970s TV series, Movin' On, but with a supernatural element the creators of that series never...

THE CELLAR Miniseries 3.4: The Renegotiation The Cellar Miniseries continues with this thrilling retelling, by Kevin Kordis, of an old folktale. In order to save the people of his village from marauders, a blacksmith must enter into an agreement...

THE CELLAR Miniseries 3.5: Far Below The Cellar's third miniseries concludes with this adaptation by Pete Lutz of one of the most famous pulp-horror tales to appear in Weird Tales magazine! Robert Barbour Johnson's story of a special squad of the...

SANTA'S STOLEN TOY SACK, A Jake Dimes Christmas Number In this special Christmas Western adventure, originally released in 2020, Range Detective Jake Dimes returns to tell a heartwarming tale of the Old West, so have a seat and lend us yore ears,...

Old-Time Radio Essentials is back with episode 40, the 3rd installment of Season 4, and our fourth Holiday Special! Pete, Paul and Patte present an episode of the long-running Mutual series Nick Carter, Master Detective. This time it's Paul's pick,...

Mindstream Players Christmas Special. Written, edited, mixed and directed by Tom Konkle Starring Kurtis Bedford as Dr. John Watson Tom Konkle as Sherlock Holmes Stephanie Stearns Dulli as Mrs. Hudson, Lady Arabella, Penelope Chutney-Featherstone Pete...

Western hero Jake Dimes, Range Detective, is back for another very special holiday tale, "Santa Claus of Bitter Creek". Jake and his sidekick Briar Buck spin a Christmas yarn for their wives and in-laws when they all gather for the holidays: A cowboy...

S2 E7 - Women, Politics & Murder Our hero is hired by the widow of a wealthy building contractor to find out who murdered her husband. The Tec soon finds out, however, that he has more suspects than he knows what to do with. Starring The Narada...

COMING SOON from The Mutual Stage and 63audio:  A COLD NIGHT'S DEATH Based on the 1973 ABC Movie of the Week -- screenplay by Christopher Knopf Adapted, directed and produced by Pete Lutz With voice talents of: Darren Rockhold - Tom Konkle - Joe...

Peter Lorre is an actor with such a distinctive voice and presence that even now, 60 years after his death, he's still instantly identifiable. It's surprising he didn't do more radio dramas, but he did host and star in "Mystery In The Air" in 1947. As...

Just premiered for the International Jack Benny Society annual convention, and now available to all: a "new" episode of the classic Jack Benny radio show newly penned exclusively for Project Audion by Bob Hope comedy writer Robert L. Mills. Here, Jack...

The Mutual Stage: A Cold Night's Death The Mutual Stage returns with another exciting play, hosted by Jack Ward and starring the Narada Radio Company. This time, we present "A Cold Night's Death", adapted from a 1973 ABC-TV Movie of the Week and...

Old-Time Radio Essentials is back after a months-long hiatus, with episode 41, the 4th installment of Season 4! Pete, Paul and Patte present an episode of the ABC Radio series The Henry Morgan Show. This time it's Pete's pick, called "Morgan's Around...

SUSPENSE, Episode 55 Premiered May 10, 2024 Suspense is one of classic radio's most highly-regarded dramas -- with good reason. It sustained a remarkably high quality level of dramatic tension for 20 years, as the many surviving recordings attest. But...

Old-Time Radio Essentials returns with episode 42, the 5th installment of Season 4! Pete, Paul and Patte present Patte's pick, an episode of the NBC Radio series The Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show, called "Improvement is Necessary"!  Come for...

PROJECT AUDION EPISODE 56 - The Jack Benny Program w/guest star James Stewart (orig. rel. 6/14/24) Project Audion once again brings you laughs, with an all-new original episode of the Jack Benny Program sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes. This...

Project Audion invites you to some light summer fare. This Audion Original -- "Matinee with Bob & Ray" -- is Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding like you've never heard before, because it's made from fresh sketches in tribute to "The Two and Only." If...

S2 E8 - The Golden Horseshoe, part 1 In this two-part adventure, the Tec is sent by a worried wife down to Tijuana, Mexico, to find her husband. Our hero has a swell time south of the border, but when he returns, he finds a house full of murder! Story...

In terms of sheer fun and laughter during radio's classic mid-century era, it's hard to beat the Phil Harris/Alice Faye show. A spinoff from Jack Benny, bandleader Phil Harris and his family found themselves in classic sitcom predicaments week after...

Old-Time Radio Essentials returns with episode 43, the 6th installment of Season 4! Pete, Paul and Patte present Paul's pick, an episode of the syndicated series Bold Venture, called "Black Tie Affair"!  Come for the old-time radio,...

People, I can't believe I never posted this one three years ago! And we're coming up on the anniversary of the original launch date, too, September 3rd, 2021. I'm sorry to unintentionally hold back on ya, gang! This is actual Bob & Ray material,...

SONIC SUMMERSTOCK PLAYHOUSE 2024: QUIET, PLEASE: How Are You, Pal? Originally released in August 2024 on the Mutual Audio Network as part of the annual Summerstock podcast series, we proudly present this remake of an episode of Wyllis Cooper's classic...

THE CELLAR MS4 EP1: INCIDENT IN THE LIGHTHOUSE WARNING: RATED NC-17 For adult language, sexual situations, violence. LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED. Welcome to the fourth miniseries of The Cellar! This is the first of five planned episodes of this...

THE CELLAR MS4 EP2: THE HANGING OF ALFRED WADHAM RATED PG For depictions of murder and execution. LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED. Welcome to the fourth miniseries of The Cellar! This is the second of five planned episodes of this long-running...

THE CELLAR MS4 EP3: DEATH HOLDS THE POST RATED PG For depictions of war and murder. LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED. Welcome to the fourth miniseries of The Cellar! This is the third of five planned episodes of this long-running series, and in our...

THE CELLAR MS4 EP4: RETURN TO THE SABBATH RATED PG For adult language and depictions of violence. LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED. Welcome to the fourth miniseries of The Cellar! This is the fourth of five planned episodes of this long-running...

Here's a tribute to my late friend Viktor Aurelius, a fellow audio dramatist and friend, who collaborated with me on several projects, some being his, and some being mine. A number of health problems shortened his life, and the audio drama community...

THE CELLAR MS4 EP5: TWIN PEEKS RATED PG For adult language. LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED. Welcome to the fourth miniseries of The Cellar! This is the fifth of five planned episodes of this long-running series, and in this, our finale, we bring you...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Old-Time Radio Essentials returns with episode 44, the 7th installment of Season 4! Pete, Paul and Patte present Pete's pick, an episode of the syndicated series Hall of Fantasy, called "Black Figurine of Death"!  Come for the...

S2 E9 - The Golden Horseshoe, part 2 In the conclusion of this two-part adventure, the Tec returns to Tijuana, Mexico, to discover just who murdered his client. Once he arrives, however, there's any number of possible suspects. Story by Dashiell...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Old-Time Radio Essentials returns with episode 45, the 8th installment of Season 4! Pete, Paul and Patte present Patte's pick (which is our annual Thanksgiving Special), an episode of Cincinnati, Ohio's station W-L-W comedy-variety...

The Jack Benny Program returns with a delightful all-new radio episode penned by former Bob Hope staff writer Robert L. Mills just for Project Audion. Jack and his regular gang - Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, and Rochester - send up the...

Adventures of the Federated Tec, Season 2, Episode 10: Who Killed Bob Teal? In this exciting second-season finale, our hero gets an assignment that hits too close to home: Find the person who murdered another Federated operative, young Bob Teal. The...

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