Pulp-pourri Theatre Audio Drama

Reissued here as a standalone episode (originally released a year ago today as the main feature of Narada Audio Drive-In #1) in order for our listeners to hear it in advance of World Audio Drama Day 2017. Enjoy this creepy offering! WARNING: RATED R.

Posted here for Audioverse Award consideration, this is the theme for the western serial, "Jake Dimes, Range Detective". It was composed by Pete Lutz and arranged/performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt. First aired as the theme in October 2016.

Four our third annual feature created especially for Jack Ward's Sonic Society Summerstock Playhouse, the Narada Radio Company stars in a remake of the classic Old-Time Radio program, "Meridian 7-1212", which originally aired on CBS Radio in 1939.  I'm very proud of this production and I believe you'll enjoy hearing it as much as we enjoyed making it. Cast of MERIDIAN 7-1212:  ANNOUNCERS – Derek Lutz, Ashe Thurman Time service operators:  DOT DAY – Aileen Corpos MISS TANNER – Rhiannon McAfee HELEN CLEARY – Angela Young MISS WALLACE, THEIR SUPERVISOR – Geri Elliff   Other phone operators:    HOTEL OPERATOR – Rhiannon McAfee BRITISH OPERATOR – Sarah Golding BRITISH OVERSEAS OPERATOR – Alex Moore AMERICAN OPERATOR – Stephanie Jordan   Other players: WRITER FOR MANHATTANITE MAGAZINE – Jackie Ayers JIM FAWCETT – Peter M. Howard MR. BRADLEY, MANAGER OF TIME SERVICE – Pete Lutz JOHN – Joe Martinez GRACE, HIS WIFE – Nancy Gaugler JOE AND SCOTT, AMERICAN DRUNKS IN LONDON – Pete Lutz, Dana Gonsalves PERCIVAL, BRITISH

HERE'S ANOTHER "LOST" EPISODE from the vaults – a tale of the "Average Joe", the Everyman. A light-hearted look at one man's post-war journey toward making a new, better life for himself. This is "Holy Moses Murphy", originally released in March, 2014, and was Episode 5 of Season 1.   CAST: ANNOUNCER: Lisa Ayala EDDIE CROSBY: Austin Tower HOLY MOSES MURPHY: Carl Yowell MARY MONTGOMERY: Katherine Crawford MIKE HANNIGAN: Larry Hutchison BOX LUNCH GUY: Pete Lutz   SPECIAL FEATURES CAST: Derek Lutz, Pete Lutz

Originally released elsewhere on 7-10-14, "Tall, Dark & 4-F" is a romance adapted from a story by Vina Lawrence that appeared in a 1943 issue of "New Love" magazine.  CAST OF CHARACTERS: ANNOUNCER: Lisa Ayala SALLY BLAINE: Katherine Crawford NICK THOMAS: Nick Wommack EDDIE PHILLIPS: Austin Hanna JOHN PHILLIPS: Skeeter Ullman MRS. BLAINE: Lisa Espinoza DIANE: Canela Pennington MOLLY JONES: Nicole Sanchez SPECIAL FEATURES: "INSOMNIA THEATRE" with Micah Blain, Lisa Espinoza, Pete Lutz, Andres Elizondo II "STOOPNAGLE'S COFFEE" commercial with Dana Gonsalves "PHILBOYD STUDGE INTERVIEW" with Skeeter Ullman and Pete Lutz   WITH THIS RELEASE we announce our hiatus! If you heard the opening statement you know why. See you back here in a few months!  

I'm honestly shocked that I hadn't posted this before now, our 2015 entry for the Sonic Society's Summerstock Playhouse: Our pretty decent remake of the Lux Radio Theater's 1951 adaptation of Carol Reed's 1949 film, "The Third Man".  In case you didn't know, the Summerstock Playhouse brings you, every Summer, a handful of old-time radio remakes from modern-day audio drama producers. As I indicated above, this was our first entry, and I'd already released our production from last year, "Good Ghost" from the Quiet, Please radio series. It's no coincidence that I went looking for our first production -- earlier this week I wrapped post-production on this year's entry, "Meridian 7-1212" from the 1939 Columbia Workshop series broadcast. This new one will be featured at the Sonic Summerstock in the last weekend of July.  Find the Summerstock Playhouse at http://sonicsociety.org/category/sonic-summer/ There's a special thing going on this summer to honor the memory of our dear friend Bill Hollweg: click on the link

Welcome back to Pulp-Pourri Theatre, this is our all-new episode, "Ghost Lanterns", adapted from a story by Alan B. LeMay, that originally appeared in the 12/20/22 issue of Adventure magazine. Our producer/director, Pete Lutz, wrote this adaptation in 2014. Our cast includes the creator of THE SONIC SOCIETY podcast, Mr. Jack Ward, who introduces this episode. Others in the cast include: Lisa Ayala – ANNOUNCER Nick Wommack – THE MATE Pete Lutz – CAP DORKIN Owen McCuen – BILL GRIMES Carl Yowell – JOE BATES Russ Walker – SHARKY STEVE Alan Clower – MR. HARRIS Jason D. Johnson – CAPT. GRAVES Derek Lutz – JIMMY THE COOK   Please stay with us to the end to hear a very special public service announcement. ENJOY THE SHOW!

Just in time for Father's Day, here's the new mini-sode, which we call "A Word from Our Sponsors". Just a few loose commercials that would have run during "The Narada Audio Drive-In", were that still running as scheduled, but too good to let sit around, if you want my opinion.  Anyway, here are commercials from longtime sponsors Arrowhawk Trail Mix, Stoopnagle's Coffee, and The Turnbuckle Television Cartel, featuring the voices of (in order of appearance): ASHLEY CARROLL, BOB CARO, and (Special Guest Voice) JULIA MORIZAWA of "The Bright Sessions Podcast".  Following these spots is a special announcement, so please stay with us till the end.     Spots and jingles written by Pete Lutz Music for Turnbuckle Television Cartel spot by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech dot com Other music from the Public Domain

Here's our special re-release of Chapter 5, originally part of the Narada Audio Drive-In #5, now coupled with the ALL-NEW, never-before-released Chapter 6! Chapter 5, "Hog-Tied", and Chapter 6, "Red-Headed Stranger", were written, directed and produced by Pete Lutz, and star the Narada Radio Company. JAKE DIMES: Dana Gonsalves CHRIS GREENSLATE: Kristen diMercurio FRED GREENSLATE: Joe Stofko BIRCH HICKAM: Tommy Gragg Other voices as mentioned in closing credits.

Coming to you from the Good Quality Value Network (GQVN), this segment features presenters Buffy Mae Updike and Grady September Morning, demonstrating the wonderful and one-of-a-kind new household product, "The Cheez-Finger"!  BUFFY MAE UPDIKE: Kendra Womack GRADY SEPTEMBER MORNING: John Washington Music: "Deadly Roulette" by Kevin MacLeod "Grandstand" theme from the BBC archives This mini-sode was written, produced and directed by Pete Lutz **Your comments either here or at iTunes are greatly appreciated! Thanks for listening.

AT LAST! AT LAST! The newest episode of Pulp-Pourri Theatre! Many apologies for making you wait, and I hope you find it was worth it. "The King's Prerogative" tells the story of a poor man who is released from prison by the king of Trayga, but only if he performs a special favor for the monarch. Written by Mike Murphy and adapted by Pete Lutz, it's the tale of deceit, murder and witchcraft! Stay tuned after the show to hear promos for two of my favorite podcasts! CAST: ANNOUNCER: Lisa Ayala KING: Edward Champion of Gray Area Productions GUARD 1: Omar Lopez PRAG: Micah Blain QUEEN: Lisa Michaud GUARD 2: Christian Ferris NARA: Ashley Kristeen Vega KOLCH: Jessica Matthews CAPTAIN OF THE KING'S GUARD: Owen McCuen LADIES-IN-WAITING: Fiona Thraille, Sarah Golding, Mj Cogburn, Tanja Milojevich, Ashe Thurman MUSIC COMPOSED BY TOM RORY PARSONS

Because I am unable to post more than one episode per month on my free account at Podcast Garden, I am posting this here and then on June 1st I'll post it there. But I couldn't let this wait any longer -- it's a wonderful interview with one of the most talented and sought-after voice actors I know, Tanja Milojevic. In this installment we chat about her many roles over the years, her personal accomplishments, our many mutual friends and acquaintances, and her goals for the future. We actually chatted for more than an hour, and the conversation came freely as if we were two old pals. But here are the best 53 minutes of that conversation. Enjoy!

Here are chapters 3 & 4 in the continuing saga of our Old West hero, Jake Dimes! Our chapters are entitled, "Ambush on the Trail", and "Arrested!"  I'm happy to say that we have received two fantastic reviews at iTunes, so if you get a chance to see them, please do. I agree with their sentiments wholeheartedly, of course. :-) And while you're there, why not leave a review yourself? It takes but a mere pittance of time and you'll feel so goo-ooood afterwards!  Thanks for being loyal fans, and if you're just joining us for the first time, please listen to chapters 1 & 2 before you listen to this one. Thank you!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Narada Audio Drive-In is no more but both Pulp-Pourri Theatre and Jake Dimes are, so we're re-issuing the first five chapters so you can hear them as standalone eps before we launch the all-new sixth chapter! Enjoy! "The King's Prerogative", our next Pulp-Pourri Theatre presentation, is still in production but will be released before the end of May. (I hope...) Thanks for being loyal listeners! Show your love by leaving us a short review at iTunes. We haven't had a new one in several months and could use a little cheering up. ;-)

Originally released in November 2013, this is the absolute last original episode from the archives that we can post. And to be honest I didn't want to release this one because the sound quality is not up to our current standards. But I've had it cleaned up a bit by Steve Blizin of the Drift and Ramble podcast (check his show out on iTunes, it's awesome), and I think it's ready to be heard (again). At the very least, it's here for continuity, and it has historical value (to show what we used to sound like, I guess). Here's our cast: Dana Gonsalves as Larry Halder, Micah Blain as Lieutenant Rodson, Wendy Sauer as Mildred, Pete Lutz as Tony Cintrella, Geri Elliff as Clara Lorn, and Andres Elizondo II as Nick Tanner.  Additional voices were supplied by Kevin Schuster, Larry Hutchison, and Jordan Bruster-Campo....Your announcer was Lisa Ayala. ”What Bleeds is What Leads” was originally published as the short story “Red Dawn” by Don James, and appeared in the September 1946 issue of “Dime Mystery Magazine”.  It wa

One of the many special features that appear between-the-acts of episodes of Pulp-Pourri Theatre is the Philboyd Studge Interview: our intrepid reporter travels the globe, chatting with interesting, yet wholly fictitious, people who might have an unusual occupation; or an unusual name; or own a business with an unusual name. In search of the unusual, that's our Philboyd! Here they are, in order of appearance, beginning with his first one with a crack-filler on Mount Rushmore. The final interview is a never-before-released chat with a conspiracy theorist, conducted especially for this compilation. Enjoy! All interviews written by Pete Lutz; Philboyd Studge plays himself.   ADDITIONAL CAST: 1: August Q. Crampheimer: Pete Lutz 2: Marion Wade Graveltop: Lisa Espinoza 3: ZVBXRPL Fingerman: Derek Lutz 4: Hamish Bogweiler: Larry Hutchison 5: The President of the United States: Skeeter Ullman 6: Sam Smirnoff: Nick Wommack 7: Fred & Felicity Fernandez: Derek Lutz & Jordan Bruster-Campo 8: DeVour "Maurice" Bun

Recording of a live performance of the Narada Radio Company, at RealmsCon 2015 in Corpus Christi, TX. Originally released 10/30/15, on archive dot org, in honor of World Audio Drama Day. Our production has all the earmarks of a live performance: people coughing, folks walking in and out of the room, etc. Try not to let that distract you too much.  "Inner Sanctum Mysteries: Death of a Doll" was originally broadcast on NBC radio in October 1948.  CAST OF CHARACTERS: ANNOUNCER: Lisa Espinoza HOST/BEAU COUSINS: Jason D. Johnson WILL HARPER: Pete Lutz MR. JACKSON/KARA NANA/INSP. SHEA: Dana Gonsalves THE DOLL/THE CLERK: Kristy Glick McGRUNDY: George Hatfield   ORGANIST: Ross Bernhardt

An entry in the Sonic Summerstock Playhouse for 2016, "Good Ghost" was reenacted from a 1948 episode of the classic radio show "Quiet, Please". We honor the passing of our friend and shipmate, Bill Hollweg, fellow audio drama producer and a very sweet, very generous man.  CAST: ANNOUNCER: Dana Gonsalves ERNEST CHAPPELL/GUS: Pete Lutz THE VOICE: Merilee Robinson SCHUSTER: Carl Yowell ADA: Debby Leal ROLLO: Skeeter Ullman  

Originally released 11/20/15, "Right Number, Wrong Party", Episode 2 of Season Three of Pulp-Pourri Theatre, is an original play by Jack J. Ward, one of two guest playwrights for this season. It is the story of a hero cop with feet of clay, and a phone call that never should have been answered. Music by Kevin MacLeod of incompetech dot com. Starring the Narada Radio Company. Pulp-Pourri Theatre theme composed and performed by Rich Wentworth. Special features between-the-acts were written by Pete Lutz. CAST OF RIGHT NUMBER, WRONG PARTY: HOST: Pete Lutz ANNOUNCER: Lisa Ayala BENNETT HADLEY: Julio Herrera KITTERSTEIN: Maurice Curran TELEPHONE OPERATOR/911 OPERATOR: Kristy Glick SHARON HADLEY: Ophelia McBride WAITER: Jim Baldridge Garst COLIN PARRISH: George Hatfield LOUDSPEAKER VOICE: Nancy Gaugler SPECIAL FEATURES CAST: "Extreme Laundry Folding Competition" Segments: ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold PHILBOYD STUDGE: Pete Lutz POLLY COTTEN: Aileen Corpos SGT MAJOR TIM PLAIT WHISTLE: HMCM Mark Hacala, USN (Ret) PPT

I can hear you cry, "WHAT!? Two new NADIs in ONE MONTH? Pete, what's the matter with you?"  Well, sometimes that's what happens, and now, with the launch of NADI #5, we're only one month behind instead of two.  With this episode we announce our membership in the new "Fatecrafters" Network of shows. Listen for the special trailer between 1 and 2 for a new show by our friends and co-members at Audioblivious Productions! THIS PRODUCTION IS RATED PG for mild adult language. Parental Guidance is suggested. 1. "MR. HANDY-DANDY, THE D.I.Y. GUY", with Bralynn Bell as the host and Chuck Wilson as Rock Virgo, the world-famous Mr. H-D, it's a spoof on Home Improvement shows. 2. "JAKE DIMES, RANGE DETECTIVE". In chapter 5, "Hog-Tied", our hero unwittingly finds himself face-to-face with the leader of the payroll robbing ring, and the lovely Chris Greenslate receives a puzzling note from Jake. CAST: ANNOUNCERS: Glenn Higbee and Darren Rockhold JAKE DIMES: Dana Gonsalves BIRCH HICKAM: Tommy Gragg BRAX: Bill Hollweg CHRIS