Best Magnet Theater Podcasts (2024)

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ShortCuts Live! Turning Our Bodies Toward Sound with Xiaoxuan Huang 25:58

2h ago25:58

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This month, we’re back with another Shortcuts Live, talking with researchers in person and starting those conversations with a short ‘cut’ of audio. These ShortCuts Live conversations were recorded on-site at the 2023 SpokenWeb Symposium held at the University of Alberta. In this conversation, Xiaoxuan Huang talks about hybrid poetics (and more) wi…

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Creature Feature - Your Life In Our Hands 16:04

21m ago16:04

16:04

Cornucopia Radio's Peter Beeston brings us another delightful morsel. If you'll just sign here, we'll commence with the story. Press hard.By 11th Hour Productions

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Notes from the Underground: Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll at the Ultimatum Urban Poetry Festival 44:48

14d ago44:48

44:48

For most people, the “poetry reading” conjures stuffy intonation styles, cheap wine in plastic cups, and polite clapping. But for a riotous underground scene in 1980s Montreal, the poetry reading was the site for radical experimentation in artistic performance. At the Ultimatum Urban Poetry Festival, which first took place in 1985, literary all sta…

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59 Foolin' With You 1:07:18

1d ago1:07:18

1:07:18

Court jesters have been associated with positions of authority throughout time in memorial from the Pharoah Neferkere to the conquests of Atilla the Hun to the Battle of Hastings and through the Age of Discovery. These wisecracking wearers of the "cap and bells" have gone by various titles: minstrel, juggler, jolly, clown, comedian, joker, harlequi…

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Re-Listening to Improvisation in the Archives 7:02

26d ago7:02

7:02

As April is the month of poetry, we’ve taken a pause in this year’s ShortCuts Live conversations to listen back to one of the first episodes of ShortCuts, “ShortCuts 1.2 / Audio of the Month: Improvising at a Poetry Reading.” In the archival clip played in this episode, we hear Maxine Gadd pausing during a reading with Andreas Schroeder. She asks A…

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Creature Feature of the Month - Julie Hoverson's Please Ouija Please 8:56

25d ago8:56

8:56

Julie Hoverson pays us a visit with a Short SHarp Shock production that reminds you to be carefule what you wish for. Please Ouija Please Griswold – Tom Taverna Maude – Nila Hagood Edgar – Boyd Barrett Winifrid – Julie Hoverson Nurse 1 – Rhys Torres Nurse 2 – Eleiece Krawiec News 1 – Greg Allensworth News 2 – Regan Lussier…

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They Do the Police in Different Voices: Computational Analysis of Digitized Performances of T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land 41:32

2M ago41:32

41:32

T. S. Eliot’s poem The Waste Land is arguably not a poem at all. To some readers and critics, it’s more like a play: a collection of voices thrown together without quotation marks or speaker tags. That’s how Eliot himself saw it; his working title was He Do the Police in Different Voices. The work comes alive in performance, where each reader must …

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ShortCuts Live! Listening to Wide-Screen Radio with Brian Fauteux 15:02

2M ago15:02

15:02

This ShortCuts presents one of the ShortCuts Live! conversations recorded at the University of Alberta as part of the 2023 SpokenWeb Symposium. Recorded on site by SpokenWeb’s Kate Moffatt and Miranda Eastwood, the conversations often took place in spaces where the sonic environment of the symposium is audibly present. As always on ShortCuts, we be…

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“Two girls recording literature”: Re-listening to Caedmon recordings 1:02:57

3M ago1:02:57

1:02:57

In February 1952, Barbara (Cohen) Holdridge and Marianne (Roney) Mantell, two recent graduates of Hunter college, founded Caedmon records, the first label devoted to recording spoken word. In this episode, producers Michelle Levy and Maya Schwartz revisit the early history of Caedmon records. They pay tribute to Holdridge and Mantell by re-listenin…

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How to Reach Your Music Goals Faster by Closing the Gap 5:18

3M ago5:18

5:18

Watch the YouTube video version of this podcast at https://youtu.be/ZpZcgzUO24w - In this short session, Bob Baker uncovers the common pitfalls that prevent most people from reaching their goals and shares the transformative strategy that changed his life. Get ready to redefine the way you approach your goals. Written and read by Bob Baker (c) 2024…

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Ladies and Gentlmen, The Automatics 48:51

2M ago48:51

48:51

Ladies And Gentlemen, The Automatics was performed by Vince Friel as Max Engels Jefrey Wilkerson as Mr. Noise Bryan Lincoln as Jared Crespy Robert Cudmore as Catfish McLean Jill Knapp as Cindy Holzer Ted Harris as Nylarahotep A dditional voices were provided by Lindsay Harris Friel and Vincent Friel. Written by Lindsay Harris Friel, based on the st…

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The 3 Hidden Secrets of Success: Three Layers Everyone Overlooks 13:13

3M ago13:13

13:13

Watch the YouTube video version here: https://youtu.be/JXFVR12lGR0 - The Hidden Secrets of Success: Three Layers Everyone Overlooks. Written and read by Bob Baker (c) 2018 - 2024. Check out all of my books, ebooks, and audiobooks on my Amazon Author page at https://amzn.to/2wJfXij - Titles include Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook, The Five-Minute…

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ink&shadows 35:30

3M ago35:30

35:30

Delve into the mind of Jimmy Murray, a former fiction writer, famous for his Trish Hunter series. Jimmy now showcases modern audio fiction on his radio show. Despite his popularity, Jimmy harbors deep resentment towards his listeners, fellow writers, and himself. One fateful day, as Jimmy leaves the radio station, he finds himself inexplicably tran…

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How to Win Friends and Influence People: The Secret to Networking Success 10:01

3M ago10:01

10:01

Watch the YouTube video version here: https://youtu.be/v-ipKzA_0-8 - Networking Tips: What Journalism Taught Me About People Connections. The Secret to Networking Success: How to Win Friends and Influence People. Written and read by Bob Baker (c) 2018 - 2024. Check out all of my books, ebooks, and audiobooks on my Amazon Author page at https://amzn…

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LiFE MATTERS interview with Shamanatrix MIssy Galore 56:27

4M ago56:27

56:27

Life Matters host Renée Miereanu & DJ Star Light interview Shamanatrix Missy Galore ~ live radio 1/11/2024 revealing intimate details of how her life's complications turned into inspirations ~SMG shares why she is on a mission to FLUFF the World with Love ~ expanding boundaries of well being with Radical Cuteness! ~ She is pioneering Medi.tainment …

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Creature Feature of the Month - Eeler's Choice 34:52

4M ago34:52

34:52

Greetings, Minions, and welcome to 2024. For our Creature Feature this month, we’re headed out to sea. Eeler’s Choice is a maritime horror fantasy podcast set in Eskmouth, a small coastal town whose economy has lived and died on the hunting of the Great Eels for generations. As demand for product has increased, so have the catches… but even the gen…

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Cosmic Order restored with Magnetism 43:31

4M ago43:31

43:31

join Shamanatrix Missy Galore on a heart power meditainment journey restoring the COSMiC order of Peace Joy Justice + Respect. Cosmic order is restored through Magnetism the correct use of our energy field is to maintain, sustain ~ attract and repel ~creating balance all is well ~ its an evolving process ~ many layers are moving in their way enjoy …

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My Best Advice for Musical Introverts Who Lack Confidence 6:16

5M ago6:16

6:16

Turbo-Charge Your Life 2024 starts January 6 at https://BobBakerInspiration.com/2024 - Reignite your passion, gain clarity and confidence, and make major progress on your #1 goal - in just 30 days. Check out all of my books, ebooks, and audiobooks on my Amazon Author page at https://amzn.to/2wJfXij - Titles include Guerrilla Music Marketing Handboo…

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Due North 17:14

5M ago17:14

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Due North was written, produced, and performed by Owen McCuen. Unison’s Mangler plugin was instrumental in creating some of the effects in this production. You can get Mangler by using the link in the episode notes. Thank you, as always, for listening. Happy Holidays. https://unison.audio/ma-a/ref/x/ref/owen/?campaign=Mangler%20Promo…

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The Christmas Home Invasion 13:08

5M ago13:08

13:08

The Christmas Home Invasion by Tom Rory Parsons George and William thought they were having a normal Christmas till today. Karim Kronfli as George Richard Ashwell as William Fiona Thraille and Fiona Thraille as The Robots Art by Faith McQuinn Music, Editing, and Sound Design by Tom Rory Parsons Jingle Bells by James Pierpont…

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Creature Feature of the Month - December - Freak Magnet 33:48

5M ago33:48

33:48

When a dead man wakes with nothing but a battered book of Edgar Allan Poe stories, the quest for his identity sets dark forces in motion for the sideshow family that takes him in. Adapted by Vicki Speegle Adapted from the first episode of the new TV horror "The Worm and the Butterfly" from creators William D. Prystauk and Vicki Speegle Sound design…

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Getting Lit with Linda Presents: The Languages & Sounds That Are Home: Kaie Kellough's Magnetic Equator 24:51

5M ago24:51

24:51

In this crossover episode (Episode 7, Season 2), Linda begins with the sound of her father's old espresso machine, to explain how she sees -- or hears -- sound working in Magnetic Equator (published by McClelland & Stewart) by international poet, novelist, and sound performer Kaie Kellough. You can hear a sample of his sound poetry here. This episo…

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58 1986: Balki In Space 1:11:45

6M ago1:11:45

1:11:45

1986 (a 365-day time frame fraught with discharge of toxic material, skyjackings, and espionage) was dubbed the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. And why not? The U.K. and Netherlands officially ended the 335-Years War, Hands Across America was raising funds for hunger and homelessness, the late Martin Luther King Jr. was honored w…

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Turkey Day 4:40

6M ago4:40

4:40

Amidst the comforting scent of roasting turkey and the warmth of family gatherings lies a hidden darkness waiting to be unveiled. Join Us! as your host, Owen McCuen, guides you through a gripping narrative, where the idyllic Thanksgiving feast gives way to an unsettling ritual shrouded in mystery and terror. Check out some of Owen's other work!…

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ShortCuts Live! A Magical Audio Tour with Jennifer Waits 18:20

6M ago18:20

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This ShortCuts presents the first of many conversations recorded at the University of Alberta as part of the 2023 SpokenWeb Symposium. Recorded on site by SpokenWeb’s Kate Moffatt and Miranda Eastwood, the conversations often took place in spaces where the sonic environment of the symposium is audibly present. As always on ShortCuts, we begin with …

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11th Hour Audio - Creature Feature of the Month - Vanishment - Don't Let Your Mind Wander 54:08

6M ago54:08

54:08

Greetings, Minions, and welcome to November! We want to extend a most sincere thank you to everyone who participated in… and tuned in to listen to… the 11th Hour Audio Challenge 2023. As a way to celebrate the talented folks who participate, we added awards to this year’s challenge. Shamble on over to our website at www.11thHourAudio.com/2023-award…

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Listening in Uncertainty 45:22

7M ago45:22

45:22

This episode navigates this question using an associative method which links stories and sounds, forming a non-linear audio collage. Listeners are invited to tune in to their affective and embodied responses to end time stories including Lulu Miller’s podcast and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s horror film, and stories of endurance, with Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner’s …

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Ghost Stories 2023! (w/ Special Guest, Heather Zajkowski!)

7M ago

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Ghost Stories 2023! (w/ Special Guest, Heather Zajkowski!) Enjoy! https://ia800505.us.archive.org/31/items/mutation-326/Mutation326.mp3By Austin Rich

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Dimestore Radio Theater Halloween Spook-tacular 2023! (Part 5)

7M ago

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Dimestore Radio Theater Halloween Spook-tacular 2023! (Part 5) Enjoy! https://ia600508.us.archive.org/18/items/dimestore-halloween-2023-part-five/DimestoreHalloween2023PartFive.mp3By Austin Rich

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Thanks for Listening! 6:38

7M ago6:38

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Thank you for joining us on this extraordinary audio-storytelling journey. The 11th Hour Audio Challenge has brought together a diverse group of talented producers and artists from around the world to create a mesmerizing collection of audio dramas. These captivating shows have offered a unique blend of suspense, mystery, and sheer creativity, tran…

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The Vacant Sea -- A Widow's Walk 24:41

7M ago24:41

24:41

Some say places are cursed. Some say people are. In The Vacant Sea, the Curse flows with the tide. It recedes the beach, weathers the wood, and erodes the soul. For Elizabeth, it infects everything and everyone around her. Written and Produced by: Glenn Mercer Music by: James Ieraci Starring: Erika Sanderson as Elizabeth Owen McCuen as Edward Kirst…

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Visit the Revenants Reliquary 1:05

7M ago1:05

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Visit Revenants Reliquary for all of your esoteric needs. Written and Sound Designed by Matthew Boudreau Performed by Lou SutcliffBy 11th Hour Productions

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Alas, Poor Stuart 13:09

7M ago13:09

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Pittsburgh in '68; Kentucky in '85. Now it's happening again. Two friends seek a means to look into the future, but what they find is that history repeats itself. Written by Owen McCuen With: Glenn Mercer as Burke Erika Sanderson as Hare Owen McCuen as The Figure Stuart Chatterly as Himself. Sound Design by Owen McCuen Additional Sound Design and S…

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Monsters with Mortimer Presents Stitched Together 15:28

7M ago15:28

15:28

Join your host, Mortimer Blackwood, as he delves into the minds of Doctor Victor Frankenstein and his Creation as they share their views on life, love, and the pursuit of vengeance. Written by Monique Boudreau Directed by Matthew Boudreau Featuring Owen McCuen as Mortimer Blackwood Karim Kronfli as The Creature Matt Fearnley as Dr. Victor Frankenst…

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Red Wine for Red Meat 19:05

7M ago19:05

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"I am in the ascendant! I am death!” From her grand country house, the Lady Elizabeth commands devotion. She has the power, the land, and the secrets. Even Edgar Lockwood, historian and archaeologist, is in her thrall. But now she has a challenger - Miss Selina Temple, who has secrets of her own. Tonight, there will be a reckoning. And blood will b…

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