October 28, 2018
Wars of Worlds
On this 80th Anniversary of the most famous radio broadcast of all time, we bring you take-offs inspired by the Orson Welles event.
Warp of the Worlds
A Shockwave version taking the language of the Howard Koch script and twisting it all up into the surreal and the silly. Written by Kate Worley and Jerry Stearns, performed live in 1982.
War of the Cotswolds
Action Science Theater brings us the story as the aliens land in an English schoolyard.
Herbert West vs the Martians
From Chicago’s Our Fair City podcast, HartLife Corp. is in charge when a tripod descends on the future icy wasteland that is New England, and the famous reanimator is there to meet it. November 4, 2018
The ShadowMan, Part 1
Emille Song, telepath, outcast, special detective. Song and his partner, Henchard, meet The Shadow Man. Is he a nemesis or an ally as he leads them through a network of subterranean portals beneath the city of Quaymet on a quest for their lives.
The first of the ShadowMan Saga stories, from Dry Smoke and Whispers. November 11, 2018
The ShadowMan, Part 2
Winner of a Mark Time Award for Best Science Fiction Audio Theater of the Year, for Marc Rose at Dry Smoke and Whispers.
November 18, 2018
Murder on the Huddleston Ferry, Part 1
A tourist voyage to the outer provinces - what could be more relaxing - unless you have exiled Troids, gangster kingpins, a power-mad cult, and Emille Song and Prof. Henchard on board.
The second story in the Shadow Man Saga from Dry Smoke and Whispers. November 25, 2018
Murder on the Huddleston Ferry, Part 2
Written by Jerel McQuen, sound and music by Marc Rose.
And an episode from X Minus One, the 1950s science fiction series on NBC Radio. December 2, 2018
Allies of the Overseers, Part 1
The jungle world of KeAmbudahnah. An unlikely place to decide the future course of the entire galaxy. But here, Song & Henchard, and an ancient enclave of Mystic Warriors, must somehow hold at bay world-shattering evil.
The final story in the Shadow Man Saga from Dry Smoke and Whispers. Conclusion next week.
December 9, 2018
Allies of the Overseers, Episode 3
Conclusion of the Shadow Man Saga, from Dry Smoke and Whispers.
The Bureau of Disillusionments vs. the Great Garbonzo, or Come Back Duke of Earl.
A new alien recruit in the Bureau of Disillusionments is assigned the sole task of moving an atrophied civilization, the Earth, through its ‘50s period so it can move into phase 2 Evolution, and is assigned the code name Duke of Earl. Unbeknownst to our courageous bureaucrat, the shadowy villain, The Great Garbonzo, plots to thwart the Bureau of Disillusionment’s plans.
From Stars and Stuff, the excellent audio collection from ZBS. December 16, 2018
Cyber Bob and the Silicon Kid
Cyber Bob is the ultimate old-style computer pro. There isn't a system out there that he can't hack with just a couple of punch cards. So he's ideally suited to answer the question the Silicon Kid and Nadia, the most super of all super-models, want answered - is the Kid a boy or just another corporate android?
A Mark Time Radio Show from the Great Northern Audio Theatre. Featuring David Ossman as Bob, and Orson Ossman as the Kid, with Jane Yolen as Sal, the computer. December 23, 2018
Cyber Bob and the Digital Nymph
David Ossman of the Firesign Theatre returns one last time to the live raucous stage to play Cyber Bob, who leaves his position as cart-wrangler at the Mart to lead a digital expedition into the digital glade in search of the beautiful yet elusive Digital Nymph. There's a history between the two, and they are not playing...well, they are playing games...and when the Nymph asks, "Do you want to take the leap?" There's only one answer for an old campaigner like Cyber Bob.
The Last of the Mark Time Radio Show series.
