Monday Matinee

It is our immense pleasure and with infinite gratitude to Cindy McGean and Marc Rose, and in praise of the immortal Sam Mowry, we're proud to present for Monday Matinee "The Willamette Radio Workshop" beginning with "A Minotaur in the Whitehouse" by Jodi Lorimer. Tonight's opener is a short monologue, that speaks of “an agent of chaos, the bull in the China shop of democracy, on a smash-and-grab m...

This week the masters of audio re-imaginings, John Barber and Marc Rose and The Voices perform Archibald MacLeish's "The Fall of the City" with some samples from Jack J. Ward's "Great Day for a War" to provide present day context. "The Fall of the City" follows the collapse of a city under an unnamed dictator and the ambiguous relationship humans have with freedom. We want freedom but we also like...

It's middle of September! Federal Stonecipher opens the Matinee this week for Sonic Society #733, A Minotaur in the White House and OTR Essentials Ep 45! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Old-Time Radio Essentials returns with episode 44, the 7th installment of Season 4! Pete, Paul and Patte present Pete's pick, an episode of the syndicated series Hall of Fantasy, called "Black Figurine of Death"! Come for the old-time radio, stay for the scintillating (that's one way of putting it) discussion afterwards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to the charming little world of Budley; a place so small that our town square is a triangle! Also while visiting, make sure you visit the ‘Leaning Statue of Susan Boyle’ it’s our most popular tourist attraction! Anyway, in today’s episode we learn more about the seedy underground world of “Sticky Sheets” (mainly from Sarge), take a visit to the ‘Budley NHS’, start building the ‘Titani...

Robert Isenberg returns with our fourth installment in his Elizabeth Crowne series and not to be ignored Ed Cho returns with another taste of "Ignore City"! This time it's episode #6 with the entire series soon to be heard on Wednesday Wonders! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sneak inside to the Matinee! Federal Stonecipher brings you Sonic Society #732- Crown Jewels, Welcome to Budley Episode 7 and OTR Essentials Ep. 44! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Old-Time Radio Essentials' fourth season opens September with Paul's pick, an episode of "Bold Venture", a weekly adventure series that starred Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and ran in syndication in the early 50s. Will co-hosts Pete and Patte come away from their discussion feeling refreshed from a Cuban vacation? TUNE IN AND FIND OUT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

Welcome back to Budley; a local village so small we don’t even have enough room to change our minds. We start with some unfortunate news this week; mainly that the local performance of “Wee Wee Jimmy Krankie: The Musical on Ice” has had to be cancelled because of the pending lawsuit by Barbara Windsor against her co-star. But in more positive news; the ‘Tom Daley’ fountain has finally been repaire...

"Still reeling from the Battle of Ruritania, Sándor reluctantly travels to the remotest corner of Australia—to help with a daring rescue mission" and Robert Isenberg brings us a new hero or heroine in Elizabeth Crowne episodes 1-3! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Stonecipher opens up the Fall with Sonic Society #731, Welcome to Budley: Episode 6, and Old-Time Radio Essentials Ep. 43, all on the Monday Matinee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Old-Time Radio Essentials' fourth season continues with Patte's pick, an episode of "The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show", a weekly comedy series that ran on NBC radio in the late 40s/early 50s. Will co-hosts Paul and Pete come away from the after-show discussion knowing every sordid detail about the lives of the cast-members? TUNE IN AND FIND OUT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

You’ve made the right decision to stay with us here in the devastated dwelling of Budley. A place so small; that last week during a local amateur boxing match, both men had to sit in the same corner! In this episode, we religiously follow the exciting football developments in the Nunndes league and we’ll also tell you about the top noodle in Thailand, known only as ‘Chop Stick Chiwa’. We mourn the...

Tension between the two combat veterans reaches a peak during an imaginary march into the killing fields of war. The veterans share traumatizing memories and together “climb from the trenches,” forming a bond. But seeds of conflict that will upend the lives of all at the soiree have been sown. A confrontation of great emotional intensity culminates in a fiery battle between decency and evil. It is...

The last week of summer is bittersweet but the Matinee is just sweet as Federal Stonecipher brings Sonic Society #730, Welcome to Budley: Episode 5, and OTR Essentials Ep 42! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Old-Time Radio Essentials' fourth season returns to Monday Matinee finally! And this week we continue with Pete's pick, an episode of "The Henry Morgan Show", a weekly comedy series that ran on ABC radio in the late 40s. Will co-hosts Paul and Patte come away from their discussion with fresher breath and less-dingy skin? TUNE IN AND FIND OUT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

We’re glad to see you return back to the vacuous village of Budley. A place so small that it doesn’t matter if you don’t know what you’re doing, because somebody else surely does! In this episode we’re going be outlining our plan to finally destroy the gnome menace and also introducing a new extreme exercise regime. We’ll tell you about our awarding-losing education system, plus the unfortunate ro...

"Berlin, 1921. Democracy teeters. Zealots battle in the streets as the Bechsteins, Europe’s famed piano makers, host an elegant soiree. A surprise guest arrives – a combat veteran – unknown and seemingly unremarkable. He unveils powers of seduction, manipulation and demagogy that will soon change the course of history." This week history takes the Sonic stage thanks to writer and director James Is...

Federal Stonecipher opens another Matinee in August with Sonic Society #729, Welcome to Budley: Episode 4, and OTR Essentials Ep. 41! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with the short sketch series from Dream Realm Enterprises. Sketches written by Jonithan Patrick Russell and this week it's "Storytime With Count Boris"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to the lovely little town of Budley. A place so small, a ‘night on the town’ takes only 11 minutes. We’re also proud to hold the record for the highest percentage of ‘village idiots’ anywhere in the entire world. Infact, most of our villagers have to put their names on a waiting list and take turns! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jack and David visit their friends at Re-Imagined Radio for their Women's History Month, women in radio, and specifically Lucille Fletcher, one of our favourite writers of all time and RR picks the cream of the crop reprising a double feature of "The Hitch-Hiker" and "Sorry, Wrong Number"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Stonecipher opens the Matinee for another stellar week with Sonic Society #728, Welcome to Budley: Episode 3, and Roast Squib #106- Storytime with Count Boris! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with the short sketch series from Dream Realm Enterprises. Sketches written by Jonithan Patrick Russell and this week it's "What Scares a Polyglom?"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Budley; although due to our confusing one way system, we suspect you never actually left. We’d also like to sincerely apologise about the recent wave of gnome-based attacks. Rest assured, the town of Budley will not be seen as a ‘soft touch’ when it comes to the recent increased number of gnomes on our streets. We will also continue our ‘zero tolerance’ policy on Bill Oddie hiding...