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Aqua Net & Funyuns
Aqua Net & Funyuns is a podcast of five different operas connected by dozens of hidden Easter Eggs. Each episode highlights the cliff-hanger nature of serial narratives by alternating between all five operas in “round-robin” style. The serial episodes tell compelling stories with vocals, instruments and immersive sound design.
Another One Bites
A high school student ditches an anti-drug assembly to smoke pot and hides from a cop in a porta-potty—which becomes a portal to a parallel universe.
Arkana Aquarium
A widowed janitor at an aquarium becomes convinced his wife has been reincarnated. As the newly acquired fish.
Beauty Shot
What starts out as a simple trim turns into a murderous trial of infidelity at a quiet hair salon in Kansas.
Ships That Pass
When Alden discovers that his deceased mother authored queer fanfiction, he reexamines his high school memories and his reluctance to tell her about his own queer identity.
The Understudy
An opera company hires a private eye to go undercover as an understudy to a soprano.
Brought to you by Experiments in Opera.
The Adventures of Sam Spade
“The Adventures of Sam Spade” was a highly popular and critically acclaimed radio series based loosely on Dashiell Hammett’s iconic private detective character, Sam Spade, from “The Maltese Falcon.”Run and Networks: The show had several runs on different networks:
- ABC: 13 episodes in 1946.
- CBS: 157 episodes from 1946–1949.
- NBC: 75 episodes from 1949–1951 (with some sources listing 51 or 24 for the final runs).
Cast: The most famous portrayal of Sam Spade in the series was by Howard Duff, who brought a sardonic and often humorous take to the character, contrasting with Humphrey Bogart’s film portrayal. Later, Steve Dunne took over the role for the final season on NBC.Lurene Tuttle was a crucial part of the show’s success, playing Spade’s devoted and often flustered secretary, Effie Perrine. Other notable actors who appeared in supporting roles included John McIntire and William Conrad (who later famously played Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke”).Plot and Style: Unlike the darker tone of “The Maltese Falcon” novel and film, “The Adventures of Sam Spade” radio series took a more “tongue-in-cheek” approach. While still a hard-boiled detective show with action, drama, and tough characters, it was infused with a good deal of wit, wisecracks, and humor. Each episode typically involved Sam Spade taking on a new “caper,” with titles often following the “Sam and the [Caper Name]” format (e.g., “Sam and the Guiana Sovereign,” “The Dead Duck Caper,” “The Dry Martini Caper”). Sam Spade would often dictate his case reports to Effie, a running gag in the series.The series’ writing was highly regarded. Scriptwriters Jason James and Bob Tallman even received an Edgar Award for Best Radio Drama from the Mystery Writers of America in 1947. Producer/director William Spier, known for his work on “Suspense,” oversaw the series.Critical Reception and Legacy: “The Adventures of Sam Spade” was a significant hit during the Golden Age of Radio, enjoying widespread popularity and positive reviews. Howard Duff’s portrayal of Spade became iconic, defining the character for many radio listeners. Critics and audiences appreciated the show’s unique blend of mystery, action, and humor. Its success led to comic strips and other tie-ins. The show is still fondly remembered today as a prime example of top-tier old-time radio detective drama, despite the change in lead actor and the eventual cancellation of the series, partly due to the McCarthy-era blacklisting affecting Howard Duff.
Split Valley
What would you do if you received a postcard saying only “We are here. Come find us?” No signature. Just a postmark: SPLIT VALLEY, NY. Adam Kleinhoffer, journalist and podcaster for Columbia Public Radio, and production assistant Melanie Lavin follow this breadcrumb to the second-smallest town in New York State.
SPLIT VALLEY is an immersive experience. Using only “found audio,” Split Valley takes the listener on a journey into the woods upstate, to a small town diner, a local motel, searching for clues to the mystery of the cryptic postcard. Pull up a chair, dim the lights, and tune in to Split Valley.
Split Valley is an original immersive radio mystery
Part of the Broadway Podcast Network.
Visit our website: Split Valley
Clues to the mystery of Split Valley can be found on Instagram
Written by Caroline V. McGraw
Directed by Eddie Prunoske
Sound designed and engineered by James Hansen
Original music by Luke Santy
Cover art by Matthew Cohn
Produced by Five on a Match: Matthew Cohn, Amir Darvish, and Meg MacCary
Cast
Paul Guyet as Soothing Male Voice
Amir Darvish as Gus Finch
Matthew Cohn as Adam Kleinhoffer
Keilly McQuail as Melanie Lavin
Inés del Castillo as Female News Anchor and Female Voice Two
James Weber as Red
Meg MacCary as Laura
Michelle Beck as Steph
Christine Campbell as Mrs. Delphin
Susannah Jones as Female Voice One and Soothing Female Voice
Alice Jokela as Female Voice Three
Owen Smith as Trevor
Emily Batsford, Monica Lerch, Sara Jane Munford as Women’s Chorus
Anthony Cohn as Older Man
The Ghosts on This Road
Using her own eerie prose as a foundation, writer Linda Wojtowick collaborated with fellow author Soren Narnia on this experimental lo-fi blend of conversation and fiction. In the first volume (2020-2022, 25 episodes), they play paranormal researchers calling back and forth from the road to report on mysterious phenomena. In the second volume (2023, 15 episodes), they play strangers attempting to piece together hazy shared memories of a faraway used bookstore that may never have existed. In the third volume (2025, 15 episodes), they are film journalists drawn to a curious series of horror film screenings in a town full of legends. In all three volumes, short and subtle tales of terror link hours of observations on fear, memory, obsession, and the wonder of things that cannot be explained.
Copyright 2020, 2023, 2025 by Linda Wojtowick. The podcast’s companion book, featuring dozens of Linda Wojtowick’s stories as heard in the episodes, is available on Amazon.
Christmas Steve
When young doctor, Izzy Casey, returns home to snowy Wisconsin for the Holidays, she falls head over heels for a hunky local shopkeeper. In the tone of Hallmark Christmas movies, this limited series scripted podcast is a stocking stuffed to the brim with romance, comedy, and embarrassing family members. It’s comfort food for your ears this Holiday season. New Episodes each Tuesday in December.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – BBC Radio Four
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy radio series written by Douglas Adams. It was originally broadcast in the UK by BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
The series follows the adventures of hapless Englishman Arthur Dent and his friend Ford Prefect, an alien who writes for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a pan-galactic encyclopaedia and travel guide. After Earth is destroyed in the first episode, Arthur and Ford find themselves aboard a stolen spaceship piloted by Zaphod Beeblebrox, depressed robot Marvin, and Trillian, the only other human survivor of Earth’s destruction.
In Strange Woods: A Musical Podcast
A new podcast musical from the producer of The Bright Sessions and creators Jeff Luppino-Esposito, Brett Ryback, and Matt Sav. After a tragedy in the Whitetail National Forest, 18-year-old Peregrine Wells seeks out survivalist skills from an enigmatic old recluse. In this fictional documentary musical with an original folk-pop score, listeners will follow producer Brett Ryback as he explores themes of grief, adolescence, and our precarious relationship to the wilderness – all set against a sleepy northern Minnesota town reeling from a loss of innocence it will never get back. In Strange Woods is a production of Atypical Artists. It is created and executive produced by Jeff Luppino-Esposito, Brett Ryback, and Matt Sav.
How to Fall in Love the Hard Way
A raunchy, saucy audio romantic comedy series about three women who seem to have everything figured out… except love.
If you think feelings are scary, friendship makes everything better, and ambitious women shouldn’t have to choose between love and their dreams, this show is for you.
Oh, and if you like dirty jokes, it’s DEFINITELY for you.
Written & Directed (and produced and edited) by Paige Feldman – @pfeld on Twitter
Starring:
Emily Hooks as Mona – @emilyahooks on Instagram
Rebecca Hausman as Claire – @rebecca_hausman on Instagram
Jennifer Cheung as Harper
Josh Odsess-Rubin as Gross Gene – @joshangeles1 on Instagram
Andrew Brown as Andrew – @The_Andrew_Brown on Instagram
Aeric Azana as Reid – @thatdaringyoungman on Instagram and @thatdaringman on Twitter
Sean Burns as Trey, Jeff, Calvin, and Todd – @sean_michael_burns on Instagram
Music by John Drabecki
Cover Art by Alejandra Fernandez
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