Journey #55 - The Other Wise Man by Henry van Dyke (presented by Family Theater)

Artaban is seeking to behold the King of Israel and finds instead the compassion and charity within his own heart.

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Family Theater Productions, an extension of the Family Rosary Crusade founded by Father Patrick Peyton, CSC, as a way to promote family prayer. The program had no commercial sponsor, yet Father Peyton, CSC arranged for many of Hollywood's stars in film and radio at the time to appear. In its ten-year run, well-known actors and actresses, including James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Shirley Temple, and more appeared as announcers, narrators or stars.  A total of 540 episodes were produced. The program featured not only religious stories but half-hour adaptations of literary works such as A Tale of Two Cities, Moby-Dick and Don Quixote.

Other related links:
New Media Expo - January 6-8 Las Vegas
Renne Chambliss' Panel
CBC Radio As It Happens plays "The Shepherd" on Christmas Eve
"The Shepherd" on Youtube


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Journey #54 - It's A Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed (presented by Lux Radio Theater)

George Bailey is at his wits end, and only divine intervention can help him recognize that he has led a wonderful life.

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Lux Radio Theater was  a long-running classic radio anthology series. Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. It became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s.

Other related links:
New Media Expo - January 6-8 Las Vegas
Renne Chambliss' Panel
Synthetic Voices podcast


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Journey #53 - The Black Door (presented by Suspense)

An archeologist is lead to the lost City of the Fire God, but what awaits him beyond the Black Door.

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Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1942 through 1962.  One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 are still in existance.


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Journey #52 - The Last Days of the Kelly Gang by David D. Levine

Old Ike helps Austrailian outlaw Ned Kelly build a steam-powered suit of armor, but at what cost?


 


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The Last Days of the Kelly Gang by David D. Levine

"From the Baen Books anthology, ARMORED edited by John Joseph Adams "

-"Used with permission from John Joseph Adams and Baen Books. "

David D. Levine is a lifelong SF reader whose midlife crisis was to take a sabbatical from his high-tech job to attend Clarion West in 2000. It seems to have worked. He made his first professional sale in 2001, won the Writers of the Future Contest in 2002, was nominated for the John W. Campbell award in 2003, was nominated for the Hugo Award and the Campbell again in 2004, and won a Hugo in 2006 (Best Short Story, for "Tk'Tk'Tk"). A collection of his short stories, Space Magic, from Wheatland Press, won the Endeavour Award in 2009. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Kate Yule, with whom he edits the fanzine Bento and their website is at www.BentoPress.com.

Today's story was produced by Tim Hefferman.  Tim lives in Austrailia, and is the producer of The Drama Pod, which features quality audio dramas and fun fiction.  He said that it all started when he heard the Kenny Everett Radio Show and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on the radio.  While only a child at the time, his jaw dropped by listening to the fusion of an audio story coupled with his own imagination.  Several years ago, he was listening to audiobooks and inspiration struck, “Now was the time to bring back audio dramas.”  Now he has finally found the right outlet for his creative mind.

Cast of characters:
David D. Levine as the Narrator
Paul McClean as Ned Kelley
Marlon Danse Hooi as Ike, and a variety of other characters


Related Links:
 Ned Kelly, see Wikipedia and glenrowan1880.com
 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, see Wikipedia and ikbrunel.org.uk.

Other Podcasted Stories by David D. Levine:
Escape Pod: "Tk’tk’tk", "Wind From a Dying Star", "The Last McDougal’s, and "Written on the Wind"

Drabblecast:  "Babel Probe",  "Charlie the Purple Giraffe Was Acting Strange", and "Floaters"

Podcastle: "Zauberschrift"



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Journey #51 - Lieutenant Hornblower: The Landing by C.S. Forester (presented by BBC)

After being nearly defeated near the isle of San Domingo (Haiti), Horatio Hornblower has come up with a plan to make a surprise landing on the seaward side.

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The radio series "The Hornblower Story" (1968-69) was adapted from four of the Hornblower books by C.S.Forester. Dramatised into 20 half-hour parts by Val Gielgud, it was produced by Trevor Hill, and directed by Trevor Hill and Christopher Hayton Webb. Music by Johnny Pearson, special effects by David Fleming-Williams, Jack Hollinshead in conjunction with the Sea Training Association.


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Journey #50 - Ichabod Crane, Master of the Occult by D.K. Thompson

Ichabod Crane returns to Sleepy Hollow, but this time he's out for revenge.

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D.K. Thompson (Dave) hosts and co-edits PodCastle, the awesomest fantasy fiction podcast this side of Narnia. Additionally, he sometimes writes short fiction, including the Cyberpunk stories and God-Shaped Box, that have been featured at Journey Into..., and more of his work has been podcasted at Drabblecast, Escape Pod, Pseudopod, and Variant Frequencies.

Cast of characters:

Josh Roseman as the Narrator (Diedrich Knickerbocker)
Rish Outfield (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Ichabod Crane
Mat Weller as Brom Bones (Abraham van Brunt)
Anna Schwind (of Podcastle) as Katrina van Brunt
Big Anklevich (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Hans van Ripper
Renee Chambliss (author of Dreaming of Deliverance) as The Woman in White
Megan Latham as Catherine van Brunt
Parker Latham as Baltus van Brunt
Robbie Latham as Jacob van Brunt
Marshal Latham as the innkeeper, and the new schoolmaster

Realated Links:
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" audio

Music used in this production:
Spatial Harvest by Kevin MacLeod


Several sound effects were found at freesound.org.


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Edgar Allan Poe Writing Contest - 2nd Place Prize Change

Just a quick note to announce that the 2nd place winner in the contest will now also get $15 in addition to their story being produced on the podcast.  Ist place stays the same with $25 and production on the podcast.


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