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Words Are Spoken Here By Tom Ferguson
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in some cases a sound and a few words can convey a thousand unspoken feelings. And that is the whole idea behind the listening of stories, plays and poetry instead of just reading them. The art of story-telling is being practiced at local libraries, on public radio, at story-telling guilds and clubs, and at poetry slams in Dallas’ Deep Ellum and nationally. Readings of plays goes on monthly at both the Hub Theater and at the Bath House Cultural Center. Radio dramas are recreated locally and in ever expanding national venues. Imagine, for example, the difference between reading the line "Who knows what danger lurks in the hearts of men?" as opposed to hearing it spoken in a dramatic tone accompanied by a dark, evil laugh. The sound version is surely more potent, which is why audio drama and its close cousin, "spoken word," got started in the first place. No wonder it is called the theater of the mind. Ever since such popular shows as "The Shadow" drew people to radios in the 1930s and '40s, audio drama -- or plays and vignettes performed vocally with no visual aspects -- have held a place in American culture. And spoken word -- or poetry that is "performed" by speaking it dramatically -- has claimed cultural turf since Socrates or even earlier when ancient hunters sat around the fire and recounted the day’s hunt. Spoken word and audio drama continue to play a part in today's culture, but not in the same way as in their heydays. During the past few decades, the overwhelming popularity of film and television has displaced these dramatic forms. How often does your family sit and read or tell stories to each other? While you may read stories to young children, has the practice continued to adulthood? Amazingly, however, an unlikely medium -- the Web -- has reinvigorated these classic art forms and is making them increasingly more popular. Thanks to the Web, people who already love the spoken-word form can easily find hundreds of free sites dedicated to the topic and can play on-demand, download or even stream files for listening. Fans can also hear audio drama streamed, or played live, from some radio stations' Web sites. And people who may have never encountered these art forms can discover them more easily as they browse large sites where audio drama, audio books, or spoken word is sold in increasing quantities. While it takes more effort to happen across a spoken-word performance in person, it isn't at all difficult to click on a link leading to a spoken-word category on a Web site. A critical part of the phenomenon is peoples' ability to easily stream, or listen to spoken word on their computers, MP3 players, or ipods. Another reason for the popularity spurt is that the Web allows geographically far-flung segments of a small art community to connect and create a larger niche. Tom Ferguson, Founder of M Radio

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You Are There

480321 e23 Philadelphia, July 4, 1776

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FBI In Peace And War

540922 e469 Windfall

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Alien Worlds

e27 Leukocyte Maneuver

Played: 2 | Download | Duration: 00:24:18

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Sherlock Holmes

451231 e196 Case of the Iron Box

Played: 2 | Download | Duration: 00:31:06

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Womans Hour Drama

e02 - 20090421 Dramatisation of the classic Victorian thriller by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

Young lawyer Robert Audley bumps into his old school friend George Talboys, who has made his fortune in Australia. George is returning home to the wife he left behind, but there is an unexpected letter waiting for him in London.

Mary Braddon....Hattie Morahan

whd 090421_lady_audley's_secret

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Crooked House

ep 1/4. Adaptation by Joy Wilkinson of Agatha Christie's murder mystery. At the end of the Second World War, Charles Hayward hopes to marry his sweetheart Sophia Leonides, but the unexplained death of her grandfather draws her back to the suffocating environment of her family home.

Charles ...... Rory Kinnear

Sophia ...... Anna Maxwell Martin

Taverner ...... Phil Davis

Josephine ...... Grianne Dromgoole

Aunt Edith ...... Judy Parfitt

Philip/Passerby ...... Ben Crowe

Magda ...... Anna Chancellor

Roger/Consul General ...... Simon Treves

Clemency ...... Rachel Sanders

Brenda ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith

Laurence/Lamb ...... Colin Hoult

Directed by Sam Hoyle.

Crooked House - 08-02-2008 - 29-02-2008

Note: There is another Agatha Christie 90 minute play over on the special blog

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CBS Radio Workshop

561012 (37) Writer at Work

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Radio At War.Net is so much more than old war programming.
Entries are of modern and not so modern material.
You will be entertained, suprised, informed or make you reach for the tissue box.
And it's free!

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(my shameless plugs for the week)

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BBC Archives

Close Up Of Agatha Christie

Played: 69 | Download | Duration: 00:26:25

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Candy Matson

500102 Insurance Crash

Played: 44 | Download | Duration: 00:29:20

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Pat Novak For Hire

490625 Little Jake Siege Muffled Sound

Played: 41 | Download | Duration: 00:28:32

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Whistler

431003 Mirage

Played: 46 | Download | Duration: 00:29:22

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Womans Hour Drama

Lady Audley's Secret

e01 - 20090420 Dramatisation of the classic Victorian thriller by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

Lucy Graham gains all the wealth she desires when she marries rich older widower Sir Michael Audley, and her maid, Phoebe, watches with envy as Lucy delights in the luxury of her new life.

Mary Braddon....Hattie Morahan

whd 090419_lady_audley's_secret

Played: 62 | Download | Duration: 00:13:06

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Lights Out

361216 Poltergeist

Played: 57 | Download | Duration: 00:26:07

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Gunsmoke

560520 e215 Buffalo Man

Played: 35 | Download | Duration: 00:24:44

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Screen Directors Playhouse

490729 - e027 Saigon

Played: 42 | Download | Duration: 00:27:41

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I Was A Communist For The FBI

521112 e30 Red Gate

Played: 38 | Download | Duration: 00:26:00

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Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie - 1999-08-28 - After The Funeral (Poirot)

Played: 136 | Download | Duration: 01:27:19

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Afternoon Play

Bad Faith 2 Vengence Is Mine

Series of plays by Peter Jukes about Jake Thorne, a Methodist minister and police chaplain who is battling with his own demons at the same time as trying to resolve the problems of his parishioners.

Jake gets involved in a restorative justice programme which tries to reconcile a bereaved mother and the woman responsible for killing her daughter.

Jake Thorne ...... Lenny Henry

Michael ...... Danny Sapani

Isaac Thorne ...... Oscar James

Suzanne Bloomberg ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman

Barry ....... Edward Clayton

Estelle ...... Lolita Chakrabarti

Stacey ...... Kerri Mclean

Tricia ...... Tessa Nicholson

Other parts by Kate Layden and Melissa Advani.

Played: 87 | Download | Duration: 00:44:15

Posted by Ralph at 3/7/2010 12:38 AM | Add Comment

Making Book

Written by Julie Hoverson

Retired safecracker Fay James has to do one last job, to save her brother
Rusty from leg-breakers - but what they steal turns out to be dynamite!

[warning - mature language and violence]

Cast List

Fay James - Julie Hoverson
Rusty James - Reynaud LeBoeuf
Mr. Broadstreet - Cole Hornaday
Jimmy - Jake Stratton
Jordan - Greg Porter
Gertie - Jody Montague
Automated bank voice - Beverly Poole

Music: Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com)
Recorded with the assistance of Ryan Hirst of Neohoodoo Studio
Editing and Sound: Julie Hoverson
Cover Photo: Front - Konrado Fedorczyko
Back - Sam Hatch
(courtesy of Stock Xchange.com)

"What kind of a place is it? Why it's a rich man's study - where else would you find...burglars?"

Played: 110 | Download | Duration: 00:30:05

Posted by Ralph at 3/6/2010 12:06 AM | Add Comment

Afterlives

5 - Memento Mori

Memento MoriThe group is scattered - Dave has been locked up by Barry, Kyra, Sal and Tor are left to fend for themselves in purgatory and Matthew has gone after Eve alone. While the rest of the crew are caught up in a plan to destroy the angels, Matthew is forced to relive his missing memories with Eve, finally discovering the shocking truth of how he died ...

Memento MoriCast / Crew

Matthew - Mark McKinley
Kyra - Laura Gordon
Sal - Katrina Harrison
Dave - Alan McDonald
Tor / Barry - Daniel Cumming
Eve - Natalie Connell

Composed by Michael McCue
Written and Directed by Alan H McDonald

Played: 79 | Download | Duration: 00:36:23

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The Return of the Bog Man Mummy (part 1)

http://gaietyschoolofacting.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/the-return-of-the-bogman-mummy-part-11.mp3

Winner of the Mark Time Silver Award for excellence in Sci fi Audio drama in 2009, RBMM showcases the talents of the graduating class of 2008 of The Gaiety School of Acting, including Andrea Crowe, Aoife Coghlan, Brian Hutton, Charlotte Murphy, Ciaran Foulds, Cris Sutton, David Farrell, Eimear Morrissey, Esther DiMaggio, Harley Holmdahl, Jill Harding, Keith Ward, Lola Kingerlee, Melanie Valanzuolo, Michael Wallace, Patrick Ruetschlin, Rebecca Grimes, Shannon Ryan, Steve Cash, Tristan McConnell. Written, directed, and produced by Roger Gregg, course tutor for the Radio Module at the Gaiety School of Acting. Part 1 of 2

Also watch the recording session trailer on Youtube ! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIIN6XQVHQY]

http://gaietyschoolofacting.wordpress.com/2009/07/

Played: 135 | Download | Duration: 00:31:21

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The Three Stooges: Movie Maniacs

5:30 am Thursday, 4th December, BBC Radio 4 - 2008

Comedy writer and historian Glenn Mitchell tells the story of American vaudeville and comedy act The Three Stooges, from their stage debut in the 1920s, through their Hollywood films and shorts to their later TV appearances and numerous personnel changes. He discovers the Stooges' popularity in Britain and their influence on British comic acts.

Played: 124 | Download | Duration: 00:28:15

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Russia House

Russia House 1994-08-31 e7 of 7

BTW Agatha Christie is playing over at http://special.radiomensa.net

Played: 147 | Download | Duration: 00:29:48

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Candy Matson

Candy Matson 491226 e27 Valley Of The Moon

Played: 66 | Download | Duration: 00:31:02

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Russia House

Russia House 1994-08-24 e6 of 7

Agatha Christie will be here Monday through Friday of next week!

Played: 134 | Download | Duration: 00:29:08

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Womens Hour Drama

Lady Susan 19990122 With Jenni Murray and guests. Drama: `Lady Susan' by Jane Austen. Adapted by Lavinia Murray. With Harriet Walter and Maggie Steed (10/10).

Played: 139 | Download | Duration: 00:14:21

Posted by Ralph at 3/5/2010 1:54 AM | Add Comment

I was a Communist for the FBI

521105 e29 No Second Chance

Played: 55 | Download | Duration: 00:26:31

Posted by Ralph at 3/5/2010 1:23 AM | Add Comment

Lights Out

361209_Nobody Died

Played: 57 | Download | Duration: 00:27:51

Posted by Ralph at 3/5/2010 1:18 AM | Add Comment

Screen Directors Playhouse

490722 e026 Casbah

Played: 56 | Download | Duration: 00:28:20

Posted by Ralph at 3/5/2010 1:13 AM | Add Comment

Gunsmoke

560513 e214 Cows And Cribs

Played: 55 | Download | Duration: 00:24:44

Posted by Ralph at 3/5/2010 12:27 AM | Add Comment

Russia House

Russia House 1994-08-17 e5 of 7

Played: 126 | Download | Duration: 00:29:39

Posted by Ralph at 3/4/2010 6:54 AM | Add Comment

Womens Hour Drama

Lady Susan 19990121 With Jenni Murray and guests. Drama: `Lady Susan' by Jane Austen, adapted by Lavinia Murray. With Harriet Walter and Maggie Steed (9/10). / Drama: `Lady Susan' by Jane Austen, adapted by Lavinia Murray. With Harriet Walter and Maggie Steed (9/10).

Played: 98 | Download | Duration: 00:13:49

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Whistler

440910_Local-Storm

Played: 68 | Download | Duration: 00:29:22

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Richard Diamond

491203_033 Leland L Leeds

Played: 74 | Download | Duration: 00:30:18

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CBS Radio Workshop

561005 (36) Roughing It

Played: 65 | Download | Duration: 00:31:13

Posted by Ralph at 3/4/2010 12:50 AM | Add Comment

Pat Novak, for Hire

490803 Corpse In The Closet

Played: 73 | Download | Duration: 00:28:53

Posted by Ralph at 3/4/2010 12:01 AM | Add Comment

Russia House

Russia House 1994-08-10 e4 of 7

Played: 141 | Download | Duration: 00:29:40

Posted by Ralph at 3/3/2010 6:30 AM | Add Comment

Womens Hour Drama

Lady Susan 19990120 Drama: `Lady Susan' by Jane Austen, adapted by Lavinia Murray. With Harriet Walter and Maggie Steed (8/10). / With Jenni Murray and guests. Drama: `Lady Susan' by Jane Austen. Adapted by Lavinia Murray. With Harriet Walter and Maggie Steed. Director Jocelyn Boxall (8/10).

Played: 106 | Download | Duration: 00:13:57

Posted by Ralph at 3/3/2010 1:46 AM | Add Comment

Sherlock Holmes

451224_195 Night Before Christmas

Played: 79 | Download | Duration: 00:28:41

Posted by Ralph at 3/3/2010 1:26 AM | Add Comment

Alien Worlds

e26 Himalayan Parallel

Played: 97 | Download | Duration: 00:28:11

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You Are There

480314 e22 Death of Socrates

Played: 61 | Download | Duration: 00:29:15

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FBI in Peace and War

550810 e515 Target

Played: 54 | Download | Duration: 00:25:08

Posted by Ralph at 3/3/2010 12:32 AM | Add Comment

Russia House

Russia House 1994-08-03 e3 of 7

Played: 145 | Download | Duration: 00:29:38

Posted by Ralph at 3/2/2010 6:41 AM | Add Comment

Sherlock Holmes

451210 e193 A Scandal in Bohemia

Played: 73 | Download | Duration: 00:28:48

Posted by Ralph at 3/2/2010 1:57 AM | Add Comment

FBI in Peace and War

541020 e473 Smoke Ring

Played: 56 | Download | Duration: 00:23:57

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You Are There

480307 e21 Okalahoma Land Run

Played: 55 | Download | Duration: 00:29:28

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Alien Worlds

e23 Seeds Of Time (09-08-79)

Played: 109 | Download | Duration: 00:27:48

Posted by Ralph at 3/2/2010 1:44 AM | Add Comment

Womens Hour Drama

Lady Susan 19990119 Drama: `Lady Susan' by Jane Austen. Adapted by Lavinia Murray. With Harriet Walter and Maggie Steed. Director Jocelyn Boxall (7/10). / With Martha Kearney and guests. Drama: `Lady Susan' by Jane Austen. Adapted by Lavinia Murray. With Harriet Walter and Maggie Steed. Director Jocelyn Boxall (7/10)

Played: 115 | Download | Duration: 00:14:02

Posted by Ralph at 3/2/2010 12:42 AM | Add Comment

Russia House

Russia House 1994-07-27 e2 of 7

Played: 172 | Download | Duration: 00:29:39

Posted by Ralph at 3/1/2010 6:37 AM | Add Comment

Womens Hour Drama

Lady Susan 19990118 By Jane Austen, adapted in ten parts by Lavinia Murray. Lady Susan plans to marry her daughter of a wealthy bachelor. But Frederica is determined to ask for Mrs Vernon's help to resist the match. With Harriet Walter and Maggie Steed. Director Jocelyn Boxall (6/10). / With Martha Kearney and guests. Drama: `Lady Susan' by Jane Austen, adapted by Lavinia Murray. With Harriet Walter and Maggie Steed. Director Jocelyn Boxall (6/10).

Played: 100 | Download | Duration: 00:13:32

Posted by Ralph at 3/1/2010 1:37 AM | Add Comment

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