1 00:00:01,159 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: And now Audio Theater Central. Hello, welcome to Audio Theater Central. 2 00:00:12,439 --> 00:00:15,759 This is the show that explores family friendly audio drama 3 00:00:15,839 --> 00:00:20,399 through news, reviews and interviews. I'm your host, JD. Sutter, 4 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:26,079 and this is episode two sixteen. Today I've got a 5 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:30,359 review of the Signalman from Voices in the Wind Audio Theater. 6 00:00:31,079 --> 00:00:33,840 I've got a couple of brief audio drama updates and 7 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:39,240 a short monologue about old time radio now just to 8 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,799 give you a heads up, which you may have seen 9 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,920 in your podcast player already. But this is a short episode, 10 00:00:46,359 --> 00:00:49,640 and that is because this week, the week that this 11 00:00:49,719 --> 00:00:53,560 episode releases, I will be at the Making Great Audio 12 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,840 Drama event and I'm going to be posting, well recording 13 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,119 and posting some bonus episodes from that event. So you 14 00:01:01,159 --> 00:01:04,040 will be getting more content throughout this week. Don't know 15 00:01:04,159 --> 00:01:07,120 the frequency at this point, but there will be more 16 00:01:07,159 --> 00:01:10,159 content coming. So we're going to just dial things back 17 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,000 a little bit in this episode, and I'll be bringing 18 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,959 you more content in the next couple of days as well, 19 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,879 so it should all even out in the end, and 20 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,120 I hope you'll enjoy that and hope you don't mind 21 00:01:21,159 --> 00:01:25,200 me switching things up a little bit. All right. That said, 22 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,239 let's get to the updates. Water up this program to 23 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,680 bring you a special report and in other news tonight 24 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,959 a brief look at the headlines. Now they want exciting, 25 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:39,680 fast piece news that's relevant and entertaining like this. Super 26 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,879 quick reminder. If you have any Audio Drummer related updates 27 00:01:42,879 --> 00:01:44,599 that you want to let us know, head over to 28 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,920 PFM dot link slash atc News and let us know 29 00:01:47,959 --> 00:01:52,079 about it. First up are a couple of updates from 30 00:01:52,159 --> 00:01:56,400 Dominion artists relating to the Nick Guy Private I series. 31 00:01:56,959 --> 00:01:59,719 First off, they just released a new title. It's called 32 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:04,840 Guy and the Pilgrim's Regress Affair, and it's based on, 33 00:02:05,239 --> 00:02:08,039 as you might have guessed, John Bunyan's popular classic, The 34 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:12,120 Pilgrim's Progress, but in this version, rather than it being 35 00:02:12,159 --> 00:02:15,080 a story of a man seeking to find salvation, it's 36 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:19,120 about two children, Herschel and Gretel, who are walking away 37 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,000 from the Christian faith to find fulfillment and joy in 38 00:02:22,039 --> 00:02:24,840 the things of the world. Along the way, they discover 39 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,039 the deceitful nature of sin. It promises human flourishing, but 40 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:34,120 it ultimately leads to bondage and death. Now that's a 41 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:40,039 pretty dire and a dark sounding story on the surface, 42 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:45,599 but obviously this is a combination of illusions and references 43 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:50,280 and adaptations of the Pilgrim's Progress and Hansel and Gretel 44 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,680 and if you know some of the original versions. Like 45 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,280 many fairy tales, there are many different variations on the 46 00:02:58,319 --> 00:03:01,680 Hansel and Gretel tale. Some of them have some very 47 00:03:01,879 --> 00:03:09,000 very dark endings and even themes throughout. So this is 48 00:03:09,039 --> 00:03:13,919 an interesting take and frankly, I love well ironic that 49 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,719 I said frankly not even really thinking about it, but 50 00:03:17,159 --> 00:03:21,960 the way Frank Yuli takes these inspirations from different pieces 51 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:26,919 of literature or pop culture content, it's so interesting because 52 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,639 the way he draws these different threads from different places 53 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,879 and combines them together, he always does a really really 54 00:03:33,879 --> 00:03:37,800 interesting job. And I love the Nick Guy Show for 55 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,520 that reason, and his writing is so witty. So this 56 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,800 is one I'm looking forward to listening to. I haven't 57 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,599 heard it yet, but it is out now. Link is 58 00:03:46,599 --> 00:03:48,280 in the show notes for you to go check out 59 00:03:48,599 --> 00:03:53,960 a copy of it for yourself, and also from Nick Guy. 60 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,400 Frank says, we are also finishing work on another production 61 00:03:58,759 --> 00:04:03,759 entitled Nick Guy and the Nursery Crime Affair. Again, the 62 00:04:04,039 --> 00:04:07,919 witty references and plays on words instead of nursery rhymes 63 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,599 the Nursery Crime. I just love it, Frank, if you're listening, 64 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:18,680 keep it up, man, I love these witty titles and references. 65 00:04:19,199 --> 00:04:22,120 So the summary of this one is little Red has 66 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,879 had a valuable ring stolen from her by a man 67 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,399 named the Big Bad Wolf. Nick Guy is hired to 68 00:04:28,439 --> 00:04:31,560 track down the thief and recover the ring. In the process, 69 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,720 he finds himself face to face with a host of 70 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,279 characters right out of a number of popular children's nursery rhymes. 71 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,319 This installment features a wide cast of voice actors, including 72 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,680 some very familiar names. Bethany Baldwin, Rose Beasley, John and 73 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:50,920 Rebecca Bradford, Jonathan Cook, James Green, Alicia Hanson, Elizabeth Hanson, 74 00:04:51,079 --> 00:04:56,560 Glenn Haskell, Betsy Nicholson, Austin Peachey, Yours Truly, JD. Sutter, 75 00:04:56,959 --> 00:05:00,240 Christianna Thomas and Paul and Frank YOUU Lee, and a 76 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,600 couple of other names that I'm not familiar with, including 77 00:05:03,639 --> 00:05:05,639 a couple of names that I'm not sure how to pronounce, 78 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:07,040 but we're going to give it our best shot here. 79 00:05:07,519 --> 00:05:14,560 Sarah Klein and Janna Levac or Levick and Doug Longiati 80 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:18,000 or Longiotti. I'm not sure on the pronunciation of those names. 81 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,319 Apologies if I got those wrong. But this is a 82 00:05:21,399 --> 00:05:24,399 huge cast. And I remember when Frank reached out to 83 00:05:24,439 --> 00:05:29,120 me and asked me to audition for this production. He said, 84 00:05:29,199 --> 00:05:31,800 this is going to be another one of those big 85 00:05:31,879 --> 00:05:35,639 undertakings where he brings in a huge cast, and he 86 00:05:35,759 --> 00:05:38,160 was excited about it. But it is a lot of work, 87 00:05:38,199 --> 00:05:41,920 and so I appreciate Frank also how he reaches out 88 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,399 and brings in all these different talented actors and involves 89 00:05:45,439 --> 00:05:48,240 them in what he's doing over there at Dominion Artists, 90 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:52,240 and it's always a really fun result. And he said 91 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:57,600 regarding this Nick Guy and the nursery crime affair, the 92 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,959 somewhat whimsical nature of the mystery serve as a backdrop 93 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,720 to understanding the parable of the Lost Sheep found in 94 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,160 the Gospel of Matthew chapter eighteen, verses ten through fourteen. 95 00:06:07,759 --> 00:06:11,079 In this illustration, Jesus reveals that all those who are 96 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,319 in his church are valuable to him, even those we 97 00:06:14,439 --> 00:06:19,240 might consider to be the least of these so exciting 98 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:24,600 stuff coming from Nick Guy and again Pilgrim's Regress is 99 00:06:24,639 --> 00:06:28,600 out now and Nursery Crime Affair is coming very soon. 100 00:06:29,639 --> 00:06:31,439 It was a pleasure to be involved in this and 101 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:35,439 I can't wait to hear the final result on this one. 102 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,319 And last up, just wanted to let you know we've 103 00:06:37,319 --> 00:06:40,079 talked about this before, We've teased this in the past, 104 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:45,279 but season two of Chapel and Squeak, the exclusive show 105 00:06:45,439 --> 00:06:49,800 from Window Seat, produced by LRT Media, is out now. 106 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,160 So four brand new episodes at average about eighteen to 107 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:57,519 twenty minutes each episode, and they are the rat who 108 00:06:57,519 --> 00:07:02,199 Wouldn't read The Great Grid Imposter Parts one and two, 109 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:07,839 and The Tempest and the Tower. So I loved season 110 00:07:07,879 --> 00:07:10,680 one of this show and I'm really looking forward to 111 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,439 listening to these four new episodes. Link is in the 112 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,879 show notes. If you want to grab a Window Seat 113 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:19,839 subscription for your family, or if you just want to 114 00:07:19,959 --> 00:07:22,600 give it a try, they have a free seven day trial, 115 00:07:22,639 --> 00:07:25,199 I believe it is, And so you could go ahead 116 00:07:25,199 --> 00:07:28,639 and stream these four well actually all eight episodes of 117 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,319 the Chapelain Squeak Show if you wanted to. But you know, 118 00:07:32,759 --> 00:07:35,720 I do appreciate that they have that option available if 119 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,439 you want to just test out the surface and see 120 00:07:37,439 --> 00:07:40,160 if it works for you. But again, it is a 121 00:07:40,199 --> 00:07:43,800 subscription based service, and I know we've had some feedback 122 00:07:44,079 --> 00:07:46,879 from people saying, you know, everything is a subscription these days, 123 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,519 and I totally get that. I understand if it's not 124 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,160 for you, totally understand. But if you want to give 125 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,199 it a test, this is a perfect show to go 126 00:07:56,279 --> 00:07:59,079 listen to. And check out Timetruck Chronicles as well, another 127 00:07:59,319 --> 00:08:02,439 really really fun show that I'm privileged to get to 128 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:04,920 play one of the main characters in and I think 129 00:08:04,959 --> 00:08:09,360 you'll enjoy as well. Testing one, two three, testing That 130 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,959 was just me talking. I do that a lot. Where's 131 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,639 my speech? How long you've got to work with it? 132 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,519 That's what I want to talk about, all right. So 133 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,000 here's what I'm thinking. I've been thinking a lot about 134 00:08:22,199 --> 00:08:26,279 old time radio. In the last few weeks. I had 135 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,319 a really bad cold. You know, sometimes you get those 136 00:08:30,759 --> 00:08:33,480 summer colds that just want to hold on, and I 137 00:08:33,519 --> 00:08:36,080 had one of those a couple of weeks ago, and 138 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,320 it lasted over a week and it just wasn't feeling 139 00:08:39,399 --> 00:08:43,720 great at all, and I just wanted to listen to 140 00:08:43,799 --> 00:08:47,399 some good stories. I didn't feel like being productive or 141 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,679 doing anything, and so I binged through a bunch of 142 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:57,000 old time radio shows, because you know, there many old 143 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,519 time radio shows are ones, especially the common, are ones 144 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:02,879 where you can just sort of have on and you 145 00:09:02,919 --> 00:09:05,000 can pay attention, but you don't have to be given 146 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,600 it your full attention, and you can still follow along 147 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,600 and enjoy the story, get a few laughs, or whatever 148 00:09:13,639 --> 00:09:17,240 it might be. And it was perfect. And I listened 149 00:09:17,279 --> 00:09:20,480 to some other stuff as well during during those several days, 150 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:25,679 but I binged several old time radio and so it's 151 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,279 been a while since we've talked about old time radio 152 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,720 here on the show, and I really wish more folks 153 00:09:31,799 --> 00:09:33,960 would try out some of these classic shows. So I thought, 154 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,679 I'm going to talk about old time radio for just 155 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:40,360 a few minutes and maybe entice you to dip your 156 00:09:40,399 --> 00:09:43,720 toe in the water if you haven't, and if you 157 00:09:43,799 --> 00:09:46,759 haven't it's been a while, to maybe give you a 158 00:09:46,799 --> 00:09:49,960 little nudge to go check some of these great shows 159 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:55,720 out again. I do firmly believe that old time radio 160 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:01,519 is still worthwhile, It's still relevant, it's still got some 161 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:06,240 relatable concepts and storylines. Even today, in the midst of 162 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:12,720 really really high quality modern audio drama, and modern audio 163 00:10:12,759 --> 00:10:17,080 drama has its roots there. Those early days of radio 164 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:21,000 set the stage to use a bit of a play 165 00:10:21,039 --> 00:10:25,519 on words here for what came later with some of 166 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,600 the more advanced production techniques, and then of course when 167 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,919 we get into the digital era where we're editing on 168 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,960 computers and recording with computers rather than on tape, it 169 00:10:35,159 --> 00:10:38,279 really caused this medium to be able to flourish. But 170 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:44,240 despite all of the technological limitations that those creatives were 171 00:10:44,279 --> 00:10:48,159 working with in those days, they really turned out some 172 00:10:48,279 --> 00:10:53,519 really interesting shows and some really dramatic moments, some really 173 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:58,960 great actors, with some at times moving and emotional performances 174 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,679 depending on what the role called for. But there are 175 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:07,360 some really great stuff out there, and there's a lot 176 00:11:07,399 --> 00:11:11,639 of great content to enjoy even without those deeply immersive, 177 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,799 rich soundscapes that were used to today, from things like Focus 178 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,919 on the Family Radio Theater or lamp Lader Theater or 179 00:11:19,039 --> 00:11:22,519 Adventures in Odyssey, or even some of the more high 180 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:26,919 quality independent productions that we're getting today, such as things 181 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:34,480 from LRT Media or Eternal Future Productions or you know, 182 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,559 I feel like I'm forgetting some folks now, and I 183 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:43,440 don't intend to specifically leave anybody out, but there's there 184 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,480 is some really great, high quality stuff being done on 185 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:52,559 the independent side these days, and it's really really awesome 186 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:57,279 to see. But I do think that so many people 187 00:11:57,399 --> 00:12:01,879 are forgetting about where we came from and the phenomenal 188 00:12:01,919 --> 00:12:07,039 stories that still exist out there in all different genres. 189 00:12:08,279 --> 00:12:11,159 Many of the shows, or the i should say, many 190 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,000 of the stories of classic literature that we have heard 191 00:12:14,159 --> 00:12:18,440 adapted by groups such as Focus on the Family Radio 192 00:12:18,519 --> 00:12:25,559 Theater have versions out there in the world of old 193 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,879 time radio as well. For example, Lame is a rob 194 00:12:29,519 --> 00:12:32,320 there is a version in the old time radio era 195 00:12:33,159 --> 00:12:36,080 from Orson Wells and his group the Mercury Radio Theater 196 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,840 on the Air or was it just Mercury Theater on 197 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,559 the air? Yeah, I think it was just Mercury Theater 198 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,200 on the air. But anyway, there is a really great 199 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,279 version of Lame Is and I find it really fun 200 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,600 to listen to that version and then listen to the 201 00:12:49,639 --> 00:12:51,879 BBC version, and then listen to the Focus on the 202 00:12:51,879 --> 00:12:55,080 Family Radio Theater version and just compare them because I 203 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:59,480 love that story and seeing how different writers and producers 204 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,960 approached that story and the different elements that they chose 205 00:13:03,039 --> 00:13:06,080 to focus on and to bring out. I find really 206 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:10,480 really fun. So that's just one example, but for folks 207 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:15,159 who really love the craft of audio storytelling, I think 208 00:13:15,159 --> 00:13:18,039 it's really valuable to go back and see just where 209 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:23,720 modern audio drama came from and evolved from. And there 210 00:13:23,759 --> 00:13:26,679 are things that you can learn from listening to those 211 00:13:26,799 --> 00:13:32,600 older episodes and older shows, for instance, understanding the constraints 212 00:13:32,639 --> 00:13:35,960 that I think the vast majority of those shows were 213 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:41,120 recorded live, and so if an actor messed up a line, 214 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,919 they had to just run with it, and so they 215 00:13:43,919 --> 00:13:48,159 would have to fix that, you know, in their delivery. 216 00:13:48,039 --> 00:13:51,600 They would if they stumbled on a line or they 217 00:13:51,639 --> 00:13:54,600 said the wrong word, you can hear them sometimes correct themselves, 218 00:13:55,279 --> 00:13:59,679 and just seeing how they work. I find really really 219 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:04,919 interest as a voice actor myself, and just seeing how 220 00:14:05,039 --> 00:14:11,799 the next character or next actor responds to that potential 221 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,799 mess up or whatever it might be. There are some 222 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,279 examples of where in the comedy shows they will run 223 00:14:18,279 --> 00:14:20,240 with it and just make it part of the show. 224 00:14:20,279 --> 00:14:23,159 And then there are other times where the other actor 225 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,919 completely ignores that mistake, and sometimes it can almost come 226 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:31,639 across as if the person is just talking like a 227 00:14:31,639 --> 00:14:35,519 normal person would speak, because we don't always speak flawlessly 228 00:14:35,559 --> 00:14:38,279 when we're talking with our friends, or with our family, 229 00:14:38,519 --> 00:14:41,879 or even with a colleague at work, we mess up. 230 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,919 And so that's a little bit on the nerdy analytical 231 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:50,080 side of things, and I do find myself constantly breaking 232 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,960 down stories and processes that people use to create stories. 233 00:14:54,519 --> 00:14:57,200 So for people who like that kind of thing, that's 234 00:14:57,279 --> 00:15:00,159 one reason why I think ultim radio is still really value. 235 00:15:00,559 --> 00:15:04,360 It's for that historical sort of context side of things, 236 00:15:04,399 --> 00:15:09,159 but also there is the value in just enjoying the stories. 237 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:13,120 And as I said, there are so many different types 238 00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:18,120 of shows out there. And Daniel Roth, if you're unfamiliar 239 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,279 with him, he is the host of the Your Fellow 240 00:15:21,279 --> 00:15:25,480 Odysseans podcast, which I was just recently a guest on, 241 00:15:25,559 --> 00:15:27,639 and if you haven't heard that yet, highly recommend you 242 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,960 go check out that episode where we did an extremely 243 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:35,440 deep dive into Adventures and Odyssey album twenty five Darkness 244 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,279 Before Dawn, a really really fun discussion. Go check it 245 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,080 out if you haven't already, I think you'll enjoy it 246 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:46,120 if you're an AIO fan. But he emailed in and 247 00:15:46,519 --> 00:15:48,639 wrote a very very nice email, by the way, and 248 00:15:48,679 --> 00:15:51,919 thank you Daniel if you're listening, really appreciate it. It was 249 00:15:52,039 --> 00:15:55,120 very encouraging to me. But he mentioned the fact that 250 00:15:55,159 --> 00:15:57,480 we've talked about OTR in the past on the show, 251 00:15:57,559 --> 00:15:59,759 and I was already planning to do this segment when 252 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:04,159 I saw this email. But he mentioned that the When 253 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:08,519 Radio was show hosted by Stan Freiberg used to air 254 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,759 on the radios where he would highlight a couple of 255 00:16:10,759 --> 00:16:16,879 different broadcasts each night, and usually it was a more 256 00:16:16,919 --> 00:16:19,279 action driven show and then a comedy. So he would 257 00:16:19,279 --> 00:16:22,519 pair up a couple of contrasting shows, give a little 258 00:16:22,559 --> 00:16:26,399 context for the episode, some history about the actors, sometimes 259 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:31,960 a fantastic a fantastic show. And that really really got 260 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,440 me into old time radio. And Daniel mentioned in his 261 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,320 email that he used to listen to that show as well, 262 00:16:36,559 --> 00:16:40,320 really really enjoyed it. And so, as I mentioned, there 263 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,679 is a vast array of different types of shows out there, 264 00:16:44,279 --> 00:16:46,840 and I can understand that if you're not really sure 265 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,279 where to start, it might seem like, oh my goodness, 266 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:53,559 there's so much I don't know what's good. Where should 267 00:16:53,559 --> 00:16:55,960 I go? And there are a lot of different places. 268 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,840 If you just google old time radio episodes, you're going 269 00:16:58,919 --> 00:17:02,159 to find all different sources online where you can listen 270 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,920 for free. And there are, you know, just a myriad 271 00:17:06,039 --> 00:17:09,839 of different podcast feeds. There's ones that are dedicated specifically 272 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:13,680 to a particular show or to a particular genre, and 273 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,960 there's all kinds of websites out there. Archive dot org 274 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 has a bunch of old time radio. There are some 275 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:22,559 old time radio researcher groups that have curated huge libraries 276 00:17:22,559 --> 00:17:24,920 of content. There's lots of places out there where you 277 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:29,039 can get it for free. But one resource that just 278 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,640 recently came on the scene was Legacy Radio Theater or 279 00:17:32,759 --> 00:17:36,960 LRT Media has launched an old time radio feed and 280 00:17:37,559 --> 00:17:41,279 it is really, really nice. It's a nice variety of 281 00:17:41,279 --> 00:17:44,599 different shows and it's not jammed full a bunch of 282 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,400 ads like some of the other ones out there now. 283 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,240 I don't know if they plan to add add ads 284 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,720 to the feed at some point, but there aren't any 285 00:17:53,759 --> 00:17:57,880 on there right now, and they release episodes daily, so 286 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,559 you can go check out a really fun ampler of 287 00:18:00,599 --> 00:18:04,559 different genres. And this is what they said about this 288 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:09,079 curated feed of old time radio shows. Legacy Radio Theater 289 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:13,000 is your destination for the greatest stories ever broadcast. Relive 290 00:18:13,039 --> 00:18:16,640 the golden age of radio with thrilling mysteries, heartwarming dramas, 291 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:21,359 hilarious comedies, and spine tingling suspense from the nineteen thirties, forties, 292 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:25,640 and fifties. Each episode is curated from the original broadcasts 293 00:18:25,759 --> 00:18:29,240 to bring timeless entertainment to modern ears. Whether you're a 294 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:33,319 longtime fan or just discovering vintage audio drama, Legacy Radio 295 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,720 Theater invites you to sit back, relax, and enjoy the 296 00:18:36,759 --> 00:18:41,359 magic of classic radio. So I am linking in the 297 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,279 show notes to this feed on Podchaser, so you can 298 00:18:44,519 --> 00:18:46,799 check out links to whatever app you use to listen 299 00:18:46,839 --> 00:18:49,640 to podcasts. But I highly recommend go check you this 300 00:18:49,759 --> 00:18:53,319 out because again it's a nice mix and so you 301 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:58,559 can just sort of see what you like. And they've got, 302 00:18:58,839 --> 00:19:02,839 you know, as summary mentioned, they've got mysteries and dramas 303 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,799 and comedies, so you can get a good mix. There's westerns. 304 00:19:07,599 --> 00:19:10,920 It's a really good introduction to old time radio. So 305 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,319 I highly recommend you go check this out and see 306 00:19:14,519 --> 00:19:17,319 what works for you, and then you can go search 307 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:21,319 other places and maybe you want to just binge a 308 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,400 whole show. You really like gun smoke and so you 309 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,359 just want to go grab a whole bunch of gunsmoke 310 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,359 episodes and just dive into that show or you know whatever, 311 00:19:31,519 --> 00:19:35,200 whatever it might be. So I highly recommend doing that 312 00:19:35,279 --> 00:19:39,799 as a great place to check out shows. And there 313 00:19:39,839 --> 00:19:44,839 are some older shows that have problems with the audio quality, 314 00:19:44,839 --> 00:19:46,920 and I think that is one thing that turns away 315 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,039 a lot of listeners. They just don't want to deal 316 00:19:50,079 --> 00:19:53,240 with that. And so what Craigheart is doing with this 317 00:19:53,319 --> 00:19:57,799 feed is these are episodes that have good, decent, you know, 318 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,559 decent quality. It's still from the thirty four and fifties, 319 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:03,400 so it's gonna sound like that, but they're not ones 320 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,559 that are so filled with background noise that you can't 321 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,240 follow what's going on. And there are some that are 322 00:20:09,279 --> 00:20:11,799 a little bit hard to understand the dialogue. So you're 323 00:20:11,839 --> 00:20:13,759 not gonna find that here in this feed. So that's 324 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:18,799 another great thing. But if you are already well versed 325 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,480 in old time radio and you already know what you 326 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:25,680 like and what you might want to dive into deeper, 327 00:20:26,319 --> 00:20:28,799 then another resource that I really want to recommend something 328 00:20:28,839 --> 00:20:30,960 that I've talked about a little bit in the past 329 00:20:31,599 --> 00:20:36,599 but haven't really had a chance to mention in recent episodes, 330 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:40,759 and that is a website called Radio Archives Radio archives 331 00:20:40,799 --> 00:20:45,799 dot com. And this company takes these old shows and 332 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,599 they clean up that audio. So if you have a 333 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,720 problem listening to those old shows and you find the 334 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,799 audio quality distracting and you're not able to get into it, 335 00:20:54,519 --> 00:20:57,720 this is the place to go. They clean up these 336 00:20:57,759 --> 00:21:01,200 shows and so they sound really really nice. Now, of 337 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,759 course there's still not those immersive soundscapes like modern audio drama, 338 00:21:05,319 --> 00:21:08,880 but they sound really really good. So here's what they 339 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:12,680 say about their old time radio collection and their approach. 340 00:21:14,079 --> 00:21:17,200 People usually call it old time radio, but that's really 341 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,200 too quaint a title for the many vital, creative, and 342 00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:24,079 groundbreaking programs that were broadcast during the nineteen thirties, nineteen forties, 343 00:21:24,079 --> 00:21:28,319 and nineteen fifties. The best of radio's golden age remains 344 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:34,119 outstanding entertainment with engrossing dramatizations. For twenty two years, Radio 345 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,440 Archives has gained a reputation for releasing radio shows of 346 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:42,599 the highest possible quality, using first generation masters and state 347 00:21:42,599 --> 00:21:47,119 of the art technology, including Cedar, the audio processing system 348 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:51,000 used by major recording companies to restore older recordings. We 349 00:21:51,039 --> 00:21:54,920 spend countless hours restoring the programs we offer to make 350 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,160 sure that they sound just as crisp and sparkling as 351 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,599 the day when they were first aired. In fact, many 352 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,519 of our customers tell us that our radio shows sound 353 00:22:04,559 --> 00:22:07,839 as if they were recorded yesterday. When you purchase a 354 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,160 Radio Archives collection, you can be sure that you're getting 355 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,640 the best sounding versions of these shows available anywhere at 356 00:22:14,759 --> 00:22:18,880 any price, and that is absolutely true. I have listened 357 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,720 back to back to a version of a show that 358 00:22:21,839 --> 00:22:24,200 I found a copy of out there. As I mentioned, 359 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,720 there are myriad different websites where you can either download 360 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,839 or just stream episodes of old time radio shows, and 361 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,599 I've found a copy of the exact same episode on 362 00:22:36,599 --> 00:22:38,720 one of those sites. One of those sources played it 363 00:22:38,799 --> 00:22:42,440 back to back to the same episode from the Radio 364 00:22:42,599 --> 00:22:48,799 Archives collection and it was drastically different. And so they 365 00:22:48,839 --> 00:22:53,559 have a great, great selection. Now they don't have a 366 00:22:53,759 --> 00:22:57,319 massive library because this takes them time. I have had 367 00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:59,440 some conversations with the team over there, but I haven't 368 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,680 actually asked than this. But I'm assuming that there are 369 00:23:02,759 --> 00:23:05,880 some of those old shows that are just so poor 370 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:10,079 of quality that they might just not be worth the 371 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:13,680 time it will take to restore, or it's just a 372 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,559 matter of these just take a long time for them 373 00:23:16,599 --> 00:23:19,960 to process and clean up, and so that's why they're 374 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,440 slowly building their collection. But they still at this point 375 00:23:22,559 --> 00:23:28,000 have dozens and dozens and dozens of albums of various series, 376 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,279 so I'm guessing there's hundreds and hundreds of episodes that 377 00:23:31,319 --> 00:23:33,960 you can choose from. They have shows like Yours Truly, 378 00:23:34,039 --> 00:23:38,960 Johnny Dollar, Richard Diamond, The Detective Show, Box thirteen. They 379 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,759 have science fiction like X minus one. They have comedy 380 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:44,640 like Archie Andrews and Father Knows Best and Fiber McGhee 381 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,279 and The Great Guilder Sleeve. They've got westerns like gun Smoke, 382 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,640 Frontier Town, Cisco Kid have Gunweel Travel, which is one 383 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,920 of my favorites. They've got the dramas like Lux Radio 384 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,119 Theater and Mercury Theater on the air, and they've got 385 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:03,839 suspense shows like Escape and Dangerous Assignment and many many more. 386 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,440 So there's even some on there that I've never even 387 00:24:06,519 --> 00:24:11,000 heard of. So I encourage you to check out Radio Archives, 388 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,799 and again those links are in the show notes, and 389 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,160 of course if you just want somebody to curate a 390 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:21,039 fun list of stuff to check out, the LRT Old 391 00:24:21,079 --> 00:24:23,400 Time Radio feed is also linked in the show notes. 392 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:28,440 But check out some old time or radio shows this month. Now, 393 00:24:28,759 --> 00:24:31,960 just a quick heads up. Some of the detective or 394 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,599 adventure shows we're intended for adults, so keep that in mind. 395 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,839 Not every show is meant for all ages, you know, 396 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,680 just be forewarned. Though, given the era in which they 397 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:46,119 were produced, the vast majority of them never go too 398 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,599 far into territory where I feel like it's not a 399 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,240 great idea to listen to them. I just do want 400 00:24:53,279 --> 00:24:57,160 you to be aware that sometimes that some shows are 401 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:03,519 not necessarily great for really small ears. Occasionally, in you know, 402 00:25:03,559 --> 00:25:07,200 those detective shows, there might be a very very light 403 00:25:07,519 --> 00:25:14,599 or subtle innuendo, or there might be some slightly gruesome 404 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,640 thing that happens in one of the adventure or suspense 405 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,720 or horror genre shows. So you know, just keep that 406 00:25:22,799 --> 00:25:25,680 in mind. But for adults, I think there are some 407 00:25:25,759 --> 00:25:29,359 really really great entertainment out there that's right at your fingertips, 408 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,799 really easy to get to. So check out that feed 409 00:25:32,839 --> 00:25:35,799 from LRT and check out radio archives. And here's the 410 00:25:35,799 --> 00:25:39,680 other thing about radio archives, they are very very affordable. 411 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,279 You can get these collections, some of them for ten, fifteen, 412 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:48,440 twenty dollars for a full album of great, great episodes, 413 00:25:49,079 --> 00:25:53,240 and again they are restored versions. The audio sounds amazing. 414 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,559 So go check out those two resources. I think you'll 415 00:25:57,559 --> 00:26:00,039 find something that you can enjoy. And if you do, 416 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,680 let me know what you find and what ones you 417 00:26:03,799 --> 00:26:05,839 end up liking a lot. And if you're already an 418 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,839 old time radio fan, let me know what's your favorite 419 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:12,319 old time radio show or shows. I have a hard 420 00:26:12,319 --> 00:26:15,279 time narrowing it down to just one or two. I 421 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:20,079 tend to go the genre route, so from Western genres. 422 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,880 I love have gun We'll Travel. I quite enjoy Gun Smoke. 423 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,640 There are some really really great episodes of gun Smoke. 424 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:32,559 In terms of comedy, I really love Father Knows Best. 425 00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:35,519 It's one of my favorites. There are many that I 426 00:26:35,599 --> 00:26:41,440 really enjoy, but that's probably my favorite. For the detective ones, yours, truly, 427 00:26:41,519 --> 00:26:45,119 Johnny Dollar is probably my top favorite, even all these 428 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,559 years later. I know I've mentioned that before on the show, 429 00:26:48,279 --> 00:26:50,920 but there are some really great stuff. So again, let 430 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,680 me know what your favorite is. And if you haven't 431 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,519 checked out old time Radio, dive in. I think you'll 432 00:26:56,519 --> 00:26:59,559 find something really fun. I remember her from that radio 433 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,559 what was it? A Western musical melodrama? You helped out 434 00:27:04,599 --> 00:27:07,359 with the kids radio program and you were great another 435 00:27:07,599 --> 00:27:12,359 important tool of acting, the art of becoming. Should we 436 00:27:12,599 --> 00:27:18,359 alow or or something? For what? All right? So, as 437 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,400 I said at the top of the episode, this is 438 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,119 a shorter episode, but I still wanted to bring you 439 00:27:23,319 --> 00:27:28,240 a review. And this audio drama released at the perfect 440 00:27:28,319 --> 00:27:31,319 time for me to grab it, give it a listen, 441 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,039 and be able to get it into this episode. So 442 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,359 I wanted to share my review of The Signalman from 443 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:43,000 Voices in the Wind audio theater just released last month 444 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,519 July twenty twenty five, and it has a run time 445 00:27:46,759 --> 00:27:52,000 of thirty three minutes. If you are an ATC Backstage member, 446 00:27:52,279 --> 00:27:56,519 you will have heard me reacting to the trailer, and 447 00:27:56,839 --> 00:27:59,519 that is just one of the perks of being a 448 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,240 member of ATC Backstage. You get early access to what 449 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:09,200 I'm listening to and extra other bonus content. But let's 450 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,400 talk about this adaptation of a piece of classic literature. 451 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:17,680 Here is the summary for The Signalman. It is eighteen 452 00:28:17,839 --> 00:28:22,160 sixty A female reporter is drawn into a railroad Signalman's haunted. 453 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:26,359 Frenzied hallucinations are the terrors he experiences, a form of 454 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,119 insanity or a frightening shade of reality. Are his blood 455 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:34,279 curdling nightmares simply coincidence or omens of horror to come? 456 00:28:35,279 --> 00:28:40,160 This full cast dramatization recreates Charles Dickens' Victorian industrial world 457 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:45,160 of steam trains, ephemeral music, sunsets over desolate landscapes, and 458 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:50,359 figures glimpsed just beyond the embankments descend into the darker 459 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:55,079 side of the supernatural in the signalman So, as you 460 00:28:55,119 --> 00:28:58,960 can probably tell from this summary, this is also as 461 00:28:59,039 --> 00:29:01,119 I mentioned about some of the old time radio shows 462 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,599 in the last segment, this is also one that's probably 463 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,799 not for all ages, simply due to the fact that 464 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:13,400 this is essentially a ghost story from the great storyteller, 465 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,000 Charles Dickens. Now his stuff has been adapted into audio 466 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,039 innumerable times. I don't know we've talked about this before. 467 00:29:21,119 --> 00:29:24,200 We did an entire episode about this and a post 468 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:28,279 on the website. There are so many different audio drama 469 00:29:28,319 --> 00:29:32,359 adaptations of a Christmas Carol, and a Christmas Carol has 470 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:38,000 become a permanent part of culture across the world, not 471 00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:41,960 just in Britain where it originated. There are lines and 472 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:46,200 ideas and characters that have become just part of the 473 00:29:46,319 --> 00:29:51,079 English language. If you call somebody a scrooge, people know 474 00:29:51,119 --> 00:29:55,160 what that means. But it originated from that story and 475 00:29:55,519 --> 00:30:04,880 this brilliant writer and his novels Oliver Twist and David Copperfield, 476 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:09,640 and there are other adaptations into audio of his work. 477 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,519 And this is actually not the first version of the 478 00:30:12,519 --> 00:30:16,400 Signamon that I've heard. Another audio drama company did it 479 00:30:16,559 --> 00:30:20,640 several years ago, and that one was really interesting as well. 480 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:25,119 But this is a bit of a different story from 481 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:29,720 what Dickens is sort of known for. He's kind of 482 00:30:29,799 --> 00:30:36,200 known for having that theme of the down trodden, the poor, 483 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:43,559 or the young children who are in desperate need and 484 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,839 there is somebody who comes along and helps them out, 485 00:30:47,519 --> 00:30:51,039 or whatever it might be that happens in many of 486 00:30:51,039 --> 00:30:55,680 his tales. This is different. It doesn't have a happy ending, 487 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,839 and I hope that doesn't come across as too spoilery, 488 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:00,319 but I just want to give you a head up. 489 00:31:00,839 --> 00:31:03,920 This story is not going to be for everyone, but 490 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,400 it is an interesting piece of classic literature, and I 491 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:10,000 think it's great that Voices in the Wind has decided 492 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:14,000 to produce it. So this was adapted and directed by 493 00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:17,359 George Zar with music by George zar and the producer 494 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,960 on this piece is David Farquhar. And we've talked about 495 00:31:21,079 --> 00:31:23,519 Voices in the Wind in the past. They've done some 496 00:31:23,599 --> 00:31:28,720 really fun adaptations of other classic literature or fairy tales. 497 00:31:29,119 --> 00:31:33,640 I particularly like their Cinderella. It's really really well done. 498 00:31:34,039 --> 00:31:38,000 But this is a smaller project. Obviously, it's a smaller 499 00:31:38,079 --> 00:31:41,960 in length, as I mentioned at the top, it's only 500 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,200 about a half an hour long. But it's also smaller 501 00:31:45,359 --> 00:31:50,119 in scale in terms of the cast. So we have 502 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,200 the signalman who is played by John Bell, and the 503 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:57,079 reporter who is played by Laura van Veen, and there 504 00:31:57,119 --> 00:32:00,319 are a couple of other smaller incidental characters, and those 505 00:32:00,319 --> 00:32:05,119 other roles are filled out by other members of the 506 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,480 Voices in the Wind, a stable of talent that they 507 00:32:07,519 --> 00:32:11,960 have used in other productions. So it is a full 508 00:32:12,039 --> 00:32:17,640 cast audio dramatization. Now it is heavy on narration, but 509 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,319 that kind of makes sense for this sort of piece. 510 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:25,359 I read the original story quite some time ago, so 511 00:32:25,519 --> 00:32:27,680 as I was preparing for this review, I did go 512 00:32:27,799 --> 00:32:31,680 back and sort of browse over it. I didn't read 513 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,720 it in its entirety. It is a very short story, 514 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,400 but I did browse through it just to kind of 515 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,160 get a feel for the piece, and it sort of 516 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:45,599 makes sense for this to be narrator heavy, and it 517 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:49,799 is coming at the listener in the first person point 518 00:32:49,799 --> 00:32:55,359 of view from this female reporter, a newspaper reporter who 519 00:32:55,359 --> 00:33:00,799 goes to interview the signalman. And one reason I liked 520 00:33:00,839 --> 00:33:04,519 that for this piece is because it helped to keep 521 00:33:04,599 --> 00:33:08,640 intact some of the really interesting descriptions for the environment 522 00:33:08,759 --> 00:33:14,039 and the titular character that is also described by the 523 00:33:14,319 --> 00:33:20,200 POV character, and it helps us understand things. And also, 524 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:23,799 much of the dialogue is taken verbatim from the Dickens text, 525 00:33:24,559 --> 00:33:27,960 and I thought that was a really interesting decision as well. 526 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:33,480 But it still maintains that feel of a Dickens piece, 527 00:33:33,759 --> 00:33:38,640 and it helps to orient the listener in this older 528 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,640 era from the eighteen hundreds, And because much of that 529 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:47,359 dialogue is word for word from the original story, it 530 00:33:47,519 --> 00:33:52,559 helps to orient you in that timeframe. Now, one thing 531 00:33:52,599 --> 00:33:57,319 that is interesting the director chose to let the actors 532 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,000 use their North American accents. And I say North America 533 00:34:00,279 --> 00:34:05,279 because Voices in the Wind is a Canadian production company 534 00:34:05,799 --> 00:34:10,840 and I think much of their regular stable of talent 535 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:16,320 are also Canadians, and including Laura van Veen. You can 536 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,039 hear that a little bit of Canadian accent come through. 537 00:34:19,079 --> 00:34:21,760 So they don't use British accents in this. And John Bell, 538 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:25,239 I believe is American. I'm not one hundred percent sure 539 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:29,159 of that, but I believe he is. And so they 540 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:33,199 don't use British accents in this, which is totally fine 541 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:38,920 because the story doesn't ever say exactly where it's set, 542 00:34:39,599 --> 00:34:42,440 so it works. It's totally fine. It doesn't pull you 543 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,800 out you're like, oh my goodness, here's a British story 544 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,800 and they're not even doing British accents, so you don't 545 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:50,559 get that feel at all. But it was just something 546 00:34:50,639 --> 00:34:53,199 that stood out to me that they chose to do that. 547 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,440 But overall, because this is such a short piece and 548 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,719 I don't want to spoil it, there isn't a whole 549 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:04,360 lot for me to say about this production other than overall, 550 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,800 the sound design is fairly good. There is a really 551 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,679 nice sound design touch with At this one point, there's 552 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,719 a voice that's being a sort of a tad bit 553 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:18,280 muffled when the character is demonstrating how someone held their 554 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:22,000 arms in front of their face. So you hear the 555 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,679 effect on the voice where it gets altered, where you 556 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,440 just you can picture in your mind that this character 557 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:32,840 as he's describing this thing, he's actually doing that covering 558 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,719 up his mouth a little bit. And so it was 559 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,519 a really really nice touch, a very small detail, and 560 00:35:38,559 --> 00:35:40,639 some people might not even pick up on it, but 561 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:42,320 I heard it and I was like, oh, that's a 562 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:46,360 really nice touch. So I liked that attention to detail. 563 00:35:47,199 --> 00:35:50,159 So again, sound design is fairly good. There were a 564 00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:54,159 couple of moments where I thought the mix was a 565 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:59,239 tad bit hot for in relation to the dialogue, but 566 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,719 that just happened to couple of times, and I know 567 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,639 it was a conscious decision because you hear how the 568 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,159 character is sort of trying to shout over the noise, 569 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,840 So that was an intentional thing. So I wouldn't necessarily 570 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:13,800 say it's a negative. It was just a thing that 571 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:18,000 they did with the sound design. But again, overall, really 572 00:36:18,079 --> 00:36:20,719 liked the approach to the sound design and building this 573 00:36:22,519 --> 00:36:27,400 sort of ominous world that this story takes place in. 574 00:36:28,599 --> 00:36:31,639 And as far as the acting, John Bell and Laura 575 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:36,360 Vanvin's performances are really solid. Again, it's essentially a ghost 576 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,679 story so there are some creepy elements, and I totally 577 00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,320 get if that's not your thing, give this one a pass. 578 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,760 But these two actors really did a great job with 579 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:50,400 their characters and approached them with a really believable performances 580 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,079 that I quite enjoyed. So this is a very faithful 581 00:36:54,079 --> 00:36:57,599 adaptation of the original story. Again, I didn't go back 582 00:36:57,639 --> 00:36:59,519 and read it all word for word, but I did 583 00:36:59,559 --> 00:37:03,760 skim through through it, and this is very, very true 584 00:37:04,039 --> 00:37:08,559 to Dickens's original story. Now, I will say this is 585 00:37:08,679 --> 00:37:11,360 just my opinion, but I don't think this is Dickens's 586 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:15,360 strongest work, but it is still an interesting story to me. 587 00:37:16,119 --> 00:37:19,719 That is not any reflection on voices in the Wind 588 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:23,599 Audio Theater. You know, they told the story the way 589 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:29,159 Dickens wrote it, and I think they really did it justice. So, 590 00:37:30,119 --> 00:37:32,719 just to repeat, reiterate, it is a darker story, not 591 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,480 going to be everyone's cup of tea, but I really 592 00:37:35,559 --> 00:37:38,159 enjoyed it. And if you are looking for something that's 593 00:37:38,159 --> 00:37:41,960 a little bit on the darker or mysterious side, I 594 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,320 think this is a really quite well done audio drama 595 00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:49,840 that's only thirty minutes, and it's very affordable. You can 596 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,679 get it for just a few dollars. If this sounds 597 00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,639 like it piques your interest, link is in the show 598 00:37:55,679 --> 00:37:58,760 notes to grab your copy. Kudos to Voices in the 599 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:02,519 Wind for putting out some more more classic literature adaptations. 600 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:07,199 I always love hearing classic literature brought to life in 601 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:10,199 the audio drama medium. So again, link is in the 602 00:38:10,199 --> 00:38:12,639 show notes. Check it out. If that sounds like something 603 00:38:12,639 --> 00:38:17,039 you're interested in, well that's gonna do it for this episode. 604 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:21,159 Show notes are at Audiotheatercentral dot com slash two sixteen. 605 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,880 I will talk to you very soon with some content 606 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:30,840 from the Making Great Audio Drama camp. 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