Re-Imagined Radio

Three episodes by Wyllis Cooper and Arch Oboler from the Lights Out series. Often called "the ultimate OTR horror series." Re-Imagined Radio presents "The State Executioner," "Chicken Heart," and "The Man in the Middle." Premiere broadcast: June 15, 2026 Season 14, Episode 06 Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber 
Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose 
Graphics by Evan Leyden and Holly Slocum 
Social Media strategies by Caitlyn Kruger-L'Esperance 
YouTube strategies and Announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio File Name: rir-lights-out.mp3 Episode webpage: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/lights-out/index.html

The pilot episode, "Behind the Door," and the most famous, "The Thing on the Fourble Board," showcase the quiet, slow, suspenseful, and engaging storytelling for which the Quiet, Please series is noted. From our documentary series. Premiere broadcast: May 18, 2026 Season 14, Episode 05 Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber 
Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose 
Graphics by Holly Slocum 
Social Media strategies by Caitlyn Kruger-L'Esperance 
YouTube strategies and announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer

Hidden within Scotland Yard lies The Black Museum, a collection of macabre artifacts, established in 1875, used exclusively for police training. Each object--from hammers to hangman's ropes, gloves to gasoline cans, buttons to bayonets--has a dark story about crime or violence. Re-Imagined Radio explores these stories as they were told from four classic radio series: Secrets of Scotland Yard, The Black Museum, Whitehall 1212, and Fabian of the Yard. From our documentary series. Premiere broadcast: April 20, 2026 Season 14, Episode 04 Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber 
Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose 
Graphics by Evan Leyden and Holly Slocum 
Social Media strategies by Caitlyn Kruger-L'Esperance 
YouTube strategies and announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio File Name: rir-black-museum.mp3 Episode webpage: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/black-museum/index.html

Re-Imagined Radio presents, episode #95, "Mae West Jewel Robbery," a tribute to Womens' History Month and Mae West as an advocate for women's rights, liberation, and equality. We sample from West's early stage and screen career, a dramatized robbery, and two rare radio appearances to demonstrate West's imitable way of making scandal stylish. Premiere broadcast: March 16, 2026 Season 14, Episode 03 Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber
Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose
Graphics by Evan Leyden and Holly Slocum
Social Media strategies by Caitlyn Kruger-Lesperance
YouTube strategies and announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio File Name: rir-mae-west-jewel-robbery.mp3 Episode webpage: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/mae-west/index.html

Re-Imagined Radio presents "Radio Romances," two romantic radio comedies for Valentine's. It Happened One Night, starring Cary Grant and Claudette Colbert, follows a runaway socialite and a cynical reporter traveling by bus from Miami to New York. Coleman is a runaway socialite. Grant is a newspaper reporter interested in her story, but more so in her safe return home. The fast-paced dialogue and charm make this a foundational screwball romantic comedy. The Philadelphia Story, starring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart, is considered one of the best examples of a comedy about remarriage, in which a couple divorce, flirt with outsiders and then remarry. The genre was popular in the 1930s and 1940s when divorce was considered scandalous and the depiction of extramarital affairs was blocked entertainment morality codes. "Radio Romances" Premiere broadcast: February 16, 2026 Season 14, Episode 02 Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber
Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose
Graphics by Evan Leyden and Holly Slocum
Social Media strategies by Caitlyn Kruger-Lesperance
YouTube strategies and announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio File Name: rir-radio-romances-2026.mp3 Episode webpage: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/radio-romances/index.html

Re-Imagined Radio launches Season 14 with "Earth Abides," a story that examines Earth's resilience after a pandemic virus destroys most of the human population leaving the natural world to quietly continue. Adapted from the landmark 1949 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American author George R. Stewart. While human civilization fades away, Earth Abides. "Earth Abides" Premiere broadcast: January 19, 2026 Season 14, Episode 01 Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber
 Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose
 Graphics by Evan Leyden and Holly Slocum
 Social Media strategies by Caitlyn Kruger-Lesperance
 YouTube strategies and announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio File Name: rir-earth-abides-2026.mp3

Re-Imagined Radio presents "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens as our community holiday radio story. We've done this every holiday season since 2013. Listen and enjoy the The Campbell Playhouse performance, December 24, 1939, starring Lionel Barrymore, one of America's greatest stage and screen actors, as Ebenezer Scrooge, Orson Welles, and actors of The Mercury Theatre on the Air. This performance is considered by radio historians as the classic telling of this timeless tale. "A Christmas Carol 2025" Premiere broadcast: December 22, 2025 Season 13, Episode 13 Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Social Media strategies by Caitlyn Kruger-Lesperance YouTube strategies and announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio File Name: rir-christmas-carol-2025.mp3

Re-Imagined Radio presents "A Radio Christmas Sampler, Vol. 5" with samples from three interesting Christmas programs. First, a Christmas 1942 wartime message from Edward R. Murrow who encourages us to keep hope alive. Second "Christmas Party for Hubert Smith," an episode of Truth or Consequences where radio connects a wounded Navy sailor in California with his family and hometown in Tennessee. And third, "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas" by Irwin Corwin, told in rhyming verse, from Columbia Workshop. Enjoy listening. A Radio Christmas Sampler, Vol. 5 Premiere broadcast: December 15, 2025 Season 13, Episode 12 Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Social Media by Caitlyn Kruger-Lesperance YouTube and announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio File Name: rir-radio-christmas-sampler-vol-5-2025.mp3

D. B. Cooper's Last Interview Season 13, Episode 11 Release Date: November 17, 2025 Re-Imagined Radio presents "D.B. Cooper's Last Interview." A factual documentary with a fictional ending. For the factual documentary we sample research and recordings of individuals investigating and reporting the hijacking of Nortwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, November 24, 1971, by a man called "D.B. Cooper." Cooper hijacked the airplane between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington. He demanded and received $200,000 in ransom for the passengers and some of the flight crew. He escaped by parachuting from the airplane over Southwest Washington. Cooper has never been captured, or identified. The money has never been recovered. What happened to D.B. Cooper? Where is the money? These questions linger. For answers, and the fictional ending to this episode, we dramatize Tom Vandel's story "The Last Interview." With this approach, Re-Imagined Radio explores the only unsolved case of passenger air piracy in U.S. history. "D.B. Cooper's Last Interview" offers closure without diminishing the power of this true crime mystery that has remained legendary for more than 50 years. Original story, "The Last Interview," written and copyrighted by Tom Vandel (The Broken World, Tiny Road Books, 2021). Used by permission.  Episode written, produced, and hosted by John F. Barber Original story "The Last Interview" by Tom Vandel Sound Design, Music, and Post Production by Marc Rose  Promotional Graphics by Evan Leyden and Holly Slocum Social media strategy by Caitlyn Kruger-Lesperance Announcing and YouTube strategy by Rylan Eisenhauer For more information, and the transcript, see the episode page at our website, https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/cooper-2025/index.html

Frequency 43 Can dreams connect us with the Great Unknown? Re-Imagined Radio presents "Frequency 43" by Jerrel McQuen and Marc Rose. This radio science fiction story concerns a researcher who discovers a parallel universe where the morphing liquidity of dream and nightmare questions the rules of reality. Should we explore this world? This haunting and splintering reality of Frequency 43? Can dreams connect us with the Great Unknown? If so, how much connection would we truly want? From our Guest Producer and Science Fiction series. Thank you for listening. Season 13, Episode 10 Released: October 20, 2025 Written and Produced by Jerrel McQuen and Marc Rose
Sound Design, Music, and Post Production by Marc Rose
Promotional Graphics by Evan Leyden and Holly Slocum
YouTube Management and Announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer
Social Media by Caitlyn Kruger
Hosted by John Barber Audio file name: rir-frequency-43.mp3 More information at our website, https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/frequency-43/index.html This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.  All rights reserved (except those granted by the Creative Commons license)

My Hands Are Different Two fathers. Two paths. One realization. Re-Imagined Radio presents "My Hands Are Different," a memoir by Martin J. Gallagher. Imagine having two fathers. Each a different model for your life. Your adoptive father wants you to use your hands to "stand up for yourself." He gives you boxing gloves and a training schedule. Your birth father, a mystery until after his death, when you are given a box of his tape recordings, has inspired your hands for music and creative media. Gallagher, is an independent composer and sound designer based in Portland, Oregon. From our Guest Producer series. Thank you for listening. 
 Season 13, Episode 09 Released: September 15, 2025 Written and Produced by Martin J. Gallagher Sound Design, Music, and Post Production by Marc Rose Promotional Graphics by Evan Leyden and Holly Slocum YouTube Management and Announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer Social Media by Caitlyn Kruger Hosted by John Barber Audio file name: rir-my-hands-are-different.mp3 "My Hands Are Different." An original story, written and produced by Martin J. Gallagher. Story copyrighted (2025), not Creative Commons, by Martin J. Gallagher. Used by permission. No other use of Gallagher's story is allowed without permission from the author.

Bogart and Bacall Tribute Part 2: Bold Venture Re-Imagined Radio presents Part 2 of our Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Tribute. Part 2 samples from the first two episodes of their syndicated action-adventure radio series Bold Venture, 1951-1952. Slate Shannon (Bogart) and Gail "Sailor" Duval (Bacall), operate a hotel and charter boat in Havana, Cuba, before the revolution, and are natural magnets for adventurers and revolutionaries. Season 13, Episode 08 Released: August 18, 2025 Written, Produced, and Hosted by John F. Barber 
Sound Design, Original Music Composition, and Post Production by Marc Rose 
Promotional Graphics by Holly Slocum with Evan Leyden 
Social Media and Announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio file name: rir-bogart-bacall-tribute-pt-2.mp3 More information at our website, https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/bogart-bacall/index.html

Bogart and Bacall Tribute Part 1: To Have and Have Not Re-Imagined Radio presents Part 1 of our Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall tribute with a re-listen to their first radio collaboration, the 1946 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of their 1943 motion picture, To Have and Have Not. Bogart and Bacall reprise their starring roles as "Steve" and "Slim" and once again, bring the sizzle to their storytelling. From our Tribute Series. Enjoy listening. Season 13, Episode 07 Released: July 17, 2025 Written, Produced, and Hosted by John F. Barber 
Sound Design, Original Music Composition, and Post Production by Marc Rose 
Promotional Graphics by Holly Slocum with Evan Leyden 
Social Media and Announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio file name: rir-bogart-bacall-tribute-pt-1.mp3 More information at our website, https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/bogart-bacall/index.html

D-Day Radio Stories A documentary sound collage Re-Imagined Radio combines multiple "eye witness" radio news reports for this part documentary, part sound collage of stories about D-Day, the invasion of Europe by Allied military forces to repel German invaders and end World War II, June 6, 1944. "D-Day Radio Stories" provides a different storyline for this World War II turning point, and we hope, a worthy tribute to the Allied invading forces and those correspondents who went with them to tell the rest of us what they see and hear. Season 13, Episode 06 Released: June 16, 2025 Written, Produced, and Hosted by John F. Barber 
Sound Design, Original Music Composition, and Post Production by Marc Rose 
Promotional Graphics by Holly Slocum with Evan Leyden 
Social Media and Announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio file name: rir-d-day-radio-stories.mp3 More information at our website, https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/d-day/index.html

Frank Lovejoy Tribute A dependable, productive voice actor 
 From the 1930s to the 1950s, the golden years of radio drama, Frank Andrew Lovejoy (1912-1962) was a dependable and productive radio voice actor. But, despite his appearances on MANY radio programs in his career, Frank Lovejoy is not well know today. With this episode, Re-Imagined Radio seeks to elevate Lovejoy's status. We sample from four radio programs where Lovejoy enjoyed continuing, and/or starring roles: The Blue Beetle, This is Your FBI, Murder and Mr. Malone, and Night Beat for our "Frank Lovejoy Tribute." Thanks for listening. 
 Season 13, Episode 05 Released: May 19, 2025 Written, Produced, and Hosted by John F. Barber  Sound Design, Original Music Composition, and Post Production by Marc Rose  Promotional Graphics by Holly Slocum with Evan Leyden  Social Media and Announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio file name: rir-frank-lovejoy-tribute.mp3 More information at our website, https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/frank-lovejoy/index.html

Waters and Ruins Two sound-based stories by Martin J. Gallagher Re-Imagined Radio samples two stories by Martin J. Gallagher, an independent composer and sound designer based in Portland, Oregon. Each story is framed by music. "And the Waters" remembers William (Sam) Gregory, a Portland playwright/poet, who died in 2024. "The Ruins of Mauripol" (a response to the Russian invasion and destruction of Mariupol, Ukraine) is a three-part string quartet by Vancouver composer Daniel Truschov. From our Guest Producer series. Season 13, Episode 04 Released April 21, 2025 Produced by Martin J. Gallagher Hosted by John F. Barber  Sound Design, Music, and Post Production by Marc Rose  Promotional Graphics by Holly Slocum with Evan Leyden Social Media by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio file name: rir-ruins-and-waters.mp3 More information at our website, https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/marty-gallagher/index.html This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License. ©2025 Re-Imagined Radio. All rights reserved (except those granted by the Creative Commons license)

Retribution and Restitution Two crime fictions for radio by Cindy Brown Re-Imagined Radio presents, as our annual tribute to Women's History Month, and as part of our Guest Writer series, two radio stories, both written by Cindy Brown, an actor, director, producer, playwright, and disabilities advocate based in Portland, Oregon. Both of Brown's stories are crime fictions for radio. Season 13, Episode 03 Released March 17, 2025 Original stories written by Cindy Brown Produced and Hosted by John F. Barber  Sound Design, Music, and Post Production by Marc Rose  Promotional Graphics by Holly Slocum with Evan Leyden Social Media by Rylan Eisenhauer Audio file name: rir-retribution-and-restitution.mp3 More information at our website, https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/cindy-brown/index.html This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License. ©2025 Re-Imagined Radio. All rights reserved (except those granted by the Creative Commons license)

This episode of Re-Imagined Radio is "Chaste Kiss & Chrysalis." Part of our Guest Producer/Writer Series, it samples two audio dramas by award-winning Canadian writer, producer, and director Jack Jamie Ward. February is the month of love, and Valentine's Day. Both of Ward's audio dramas are edgy love stories in the style of Golden Age of Radio science fiction. "A Chaste Kiss Goodbye" considers love between humans and purpose-built companion robots. Ward's "Chrysalis" is a revisioning of the classic audio drama "The War of the Worlds" as a layered love story, for aliens, humans, and machines. February 17, 2025  Season 13, Episode 02 Original stories written by Jack J. Ward  Produced and Hosted by John F. Barber  Sound Design, Music, and Post Production by Marc Rose  Promotional Graphics by Holly Slocum with Evan Leyden Social Media by Rylan Eisenhauer

The Lives of Harry Lime Imaginative crimes and misadventures Premiere broadcast: 20 January 2025 Season 13, Episode 01 Re-Imagined Radio samples the first and last episodes of The Lives of Harry Lime (syndicated United States broadcasts 1951-1952. Elsewhere titled The Adventures of Harry Lime). Both episodes star Orson Welles (of "The War of the Worlds" fame) as Harry Lime and the narrator. In "Too Many Crooks" (Episode 01, 3 August 1951) Harry gets mixed up with a bank robbery attempt in Budapest where each member of the gang tries to out-double cross the other. In "Greek Meets Greek" (Episode 52, 25 July 1952) Harry, while in Greece, contends with the measles, a dead body, and a mysterious woman with a gun claiming someone is trying to kill her. Her story, however, does not make sense. From our OTR (Old Time Radio) series. Credits Written, Produced, and Hosted by John F. Barber Sound Design, Original Music Production, and Post Production by Marc Rose Promotional Graphics by Holly Slocum and Evan Leyden Social Media by Rylan Eisenhauer More Information For more information, visit our archival website, https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/harry-lime/index.html

"A Radio Christmas Sampler, Vol. 4" Re-Imagined Radio Season 12, Episode 12 Every year since 2013, Re-Imagined Radio has offered some iteration of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens as a community holiday celebration. This year we sample a version from the "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" series, starring Richard Powell. We also sample from "This Is Your FBI" and "It's a Wonderful Life" starring Jimmy Stewart. Happy Holidays! Premier broadcast: December 16, 2024 Curated, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber Sound design, Music composition, Post-production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum File name: rir-radio-christmas-carol-4.mp3

Re-Imagined Radio premiers this two-part cinematic radio story by Jerrel McQuen and Marc Rose. In Part 2, Spencer Knightbridge, transformed by a bizarre lab accident into an "Eclipsoid Man," a negative inverse of himself with incredible telekinetic powers of destruction, discovers how completely he has been betrayed by everyone associated with his life. An episode from our Guest Producer series. Season 12, Episode 11 Written by Jerrel McQuen Sound Design, Original Music Composition, and Post Production by Marc Rose Graphics by Jerrel McQuen and Holly Slocum Social Media by Rylan Eisenhauer Produced and Hosted by John F. Barber Released November 18, 2024 Audio file name: rir-eclipsoid-man-2.mp3 More information at our website, https://www.reimaginedradio.fm This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License. ©2024 Re-Imagined Radio. All rights reserved (except those granted by the Creative Commons license)

Re-Imagined Radio premiers this two-part cinematic radio story by Jerrel McQuen and Marc Rose from our Guest Produced series. In Part 1, Spencer Knightbridge is transformed into a quixotic one-man holocaust, bent on avenging horrible wrongs done him while growing up in Quayment's Neon Bowery. In Part 2, Knightbridge discovers that the brutal ghosts of his past have robbed him of all that he hoped to be or love. Will it be Vengeance? Retribution? Or, Epiphany when an atrocity bomb from Quaymet's ancient past redefines the meaning of fallout? Written by Jerrel McQuen Sound Design Original Music Composition, and Post Production by Marc Rose Promotional Graphics by Jerrel McQuen and Holly Slocum Produced and Hosted by John F. Barber Released 21 October 2024 Audio file name: rir-eclipsoid-man-1.mp3 More information at our website, https://www.reimaginedradio.fm This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License. ©2024 Re-Imagined Radio. All rights reserved (except those granted by the Creative Commons license)

Re-Imagined Radio presents WRW Retrospective Redux as a memoriam to Sam A. Mowry, who died July 20, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. Mowry, founder and director of Willamette Radio Workshop (WRW), was a leader of the theatrical, voice acting, and audio storytelling communities. We revisit our earlier WRW Retrospective and sample from Mowry's appearances in several Re-Imagined Radio episodes. Mentor. Friend. Sam had a big voice. And a big heart. He is greatly missed. More information at our website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/wrw-retro.html Season 12, Episode 09 Written, produced, hosted by John Barber Sound design, music composition, post-production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum with Sydney Nguyen

"All we want are the facts, ma'am." Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Dragnet, the real-life police procedural, and Jack Webb, as Detective Sgt. Joe Friday, who defined and was defined by this radio series. We sample from One Out of Seven, The Jack Webb Show, Pat Novak, For Hire, Johnny Madero, Pier 23, and Jeff Regan, Investigator, all pre-Dragnet radio shows where Webb honed his character and acting style. We end with "The City Hall Bombing," an early episode of Dragnet to showcase Webb as a great radio storyteller. Season 12, Episode 08 Written, produced, hosted by John F. Barber Sound design, music composition, post-production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum with Sidney Nguyen

Re-Imagined Radio presents a radio episode and a radio series with the same name. "Nightfall." The radio episode, "Nightfall," is from Dimension X. The Canadian radio anthology series, Nightfall, offered primarily supernatural and/or horror stories. We sample "The Porch Light." Two stories of psychological terror and darkness. Written, produced, hosted by John Barber Sound design, music composition, post-production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Design

Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Johnny Dollar, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator, the man with the action-packed expense account, by sampling from "The McCormick Matter" episode starring Bob Bailey, considered the best of the eight Johnny Dollar actors during the series' fourteen-year run on CBS. "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar," and especially Bailey's portrayal, are considered one of the best detective series heard on radio. Season 12, Episode 06 Credits Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber Sound Design, Music Composition, Post Production by Marc Rose

Re-Imagined Radio samples two episodes of Escape, "Present Tense" and "Three Skeleton Key," both starring Vincent Price, to celebrate radio's greatest series of high adventure storytelling and an unforgettable voice actor. Credits Written by John F. Barber Sound Design, Music Composition, Post Production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum with Sydney Nguyen

Re-Imagined Radio samples from Box 13 and The Damon Runyon Theater, both offered by Paramount movie star Alan Ladd's Mayfair Productions, as syndicated radio programs. Both are significant examples of compelling, immersive radio storytelling. Each episode of Box 13 stars Ladd as Dan Holiday, a newspaper reporter turned mystery/adventure novel writer who gets ideas for his writing by advertising in the newspaper. "Adventure wanted. Will go any place, do anything." We sample from the first episode, the one where Holiday (Ladd) responds to a letter from a woman needing help confronting her blackmailer of five years. The Damon Runyon Theater adapts American newspaper and short story writer Damon Runyon's stories to radio. Each episode is set along Broadway, the famous street in New York. We sample from the first episode, "Tobias the Terrible," the one about a meek little man who wants to meet some underworld characters and winds up as one of them! Season 12, Episode 04 Written, produced, hosted by John Barber Sound Design, Music Composition, Post-Production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum File name: rir-syndication.mp3

Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Women's History Month with a tribute to eight women that made significant and pioneering contributions to radio storytelling. We sample radio storytelling by Lucille Fletcher, Edith Meiser, Ruth Woodman, Mary MacBride, Jean King, Cathy Lewis, Margaret Lynch, and Gracie Allen. Season 12, Episode 3 Written, Produced, and Hosted by John F. Barber Sound Design, Music, and Post Production by Marc Rose Promotional Graphics by Holly Slocum with Sydney Nguyen 

Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Gunsmoke, a defining radio drama in the Western genre, with a compilation of two episodes, "Billy The Kid" and "Young Man with a Gun." Two different young men aspire to be gunslingers. Both meet US Marshall Matt Dillon (William Conrad) in Dodge City, Kansas, late 1870s. One changes his dream. The other lives it, and dies by it as "Billy The Kid." Two gunslingers. Two classic stories. One new adventure. 19 February 2024 Season 12, Episode 02 Curated, Produced, and Hosted by John F. Barber Sound Design and Music Composition by Marc Rose Promotional Graphics by Holly Slocum with Sydney Nguyen  

Re-Imagined Radio shares two episodes of The Mysterious Traveler, "The Man the Insects Hated" and "Behind the Locked Door." A double feature. Double the fun. Double the action and suspense. Doubly strange and terrifying. So now we double down. Risk double indemnity. With our first double feature. Season 12, Episode 01 Premier broadcast: January 22, 2024 File specs: Audio, MP3, stereo, 48.1Hz, 256kbps Recording name: rir-mysterious-traveler.mp3 Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/mysterious-traveler/index.html

For the past decade, Re-Imagined Radio has offered "A Radio Christmas Carol," either as live or radio performances, to celebrate the seasonal holidays. For 2023, or 10th Anniversary, we are pleased to welcome the Willamette Radio Workshop, directed by Sam A. Mowry, and The Holly Jolly Singers, directed by Bennett Bailey, for a live performance in Vancouver's historic Kiggins Theatre. A live holiday performance!  20 December 2023  Season 11, Episode 12L Graphics: Holly Slocum and Sydney Nguyen Producer: John F. Barber Sound design and production: Martin J. Gallagher Recording specs: Audio, MP3, stereo, 44.1Hz, 256kbps  Recording name: rir-radio-christmas-carol-2023.mp3 Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/christmas/index.html#2023L

Re-Imagined Radio samples from "Christmas Dragnet," a comedy record by Stan Freberg, and three radio programs, "The Stockings Were Hung," from The Shadow, December 24, 1939; "Christmas Gift," from The Whistler, December 23, 1951; and "Christmas Story," from Gunsmoke, December 20, 1952, to welcome the holidays and share some cheer. Season 11, Episode 12R Premier broadcast: 18 November 2023 Audio file: MP3, stereo, 44.1Hz, 256kbps File name: rir-radio-christmas-sampler-vol-III.mp3 Website:   https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/christmas/index.html#2023Sampler3  

Stories in time and space . . . told in future tense Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Dimension X, a pioneering radio science fiction series heard on NBC from April 1950 through September 1951. Neither the earliest nor the most famous of the many science fiction series heard on radio from the 1930s to the 1950s, the legacy of Dimension X looms large. Re-Imagined Radio explores that legacy. First by reviewing radio science fiction programs leading up to Dimension X, and second by listening to "The Outer Limit," the first episode of Dimension X, and perhaps the most often broadcast radio science fiction story. Premier broadcast: 20 November 2023 File name: rir-dimension-x.mp3 Audio file: MP3, stereo, 44.1Hz, 320kbps Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/dimension-x/index.html    

Willamette Radio Performs Live October 20, 2023 Season 11, Episode 11L Re-Imagined Radio celebrates the 85th anniversary of the most (in)famous radio drama broadcast ever, AND World Audio Drama Day, with a live performance of The War of the Worlds, by Willamette Radio Workshop. Directed by Sam A. Mowry. Following closely the script Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air used, October 30, 1938, they destroy the world before your ears. File name: rir-wow-live-2023.mp3 Audio file: stereo, 44.1Hz, 256kbps Website:  https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/wow/index.html#2323  

The demon is loose. The legend is real. 16 October, 2023 Season 11, Episode 10 For Halloween, Re-Imagined Radio presents "Asezhia," by Marc Rose and Jerrel McQuen. An ancient jewel, stolen from a planet of great beauty and dark history, transforms into a hellish denizen with an insatiable hunger for death and blood. Even Emile Song, the telepathic Special Detective from Quaymet, the capitol of a galactic civilization, may be out of his reckoning as he goes up against a skeletal fiend that can vanish in a ruby mist. File name: rir-asezhia.mp3 Audio file: stereo, 44.1Hz, 256kbps Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/asezhia/index.html  

9/11 Radio Stories Stories behind the images Re-Imagined Radio remembers September 11, 2001, when four passenger airplanes were hijacked and turned into weapons. Behind televised images of New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, airline officials, air traffic controllers, and federal agents talked, frantically trying to learn what was happening, and determine how to stop it. Their telephone and radio communications were recorded. We sample them to share stories behind the images of 9/11. Season 11, Episode 09 Premier broadcast: 18 September 2023 Written, Produced, and Hosted by John F. Barber Sound Design, Music, and Post Production by Marc Rose, Fuse Audio Design Promotional Graphics by Holly Slocum Design File name: rir-9-11-radio-stories.mp3 Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/9-11/index.html  

Re-Imagined Radio celebrates the anniversary of the famous "I Have a Dream" speech, by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and considers some stories behind its origins, context, delivery, and reception. Dr. King delivered this speech August 28, 1963, at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Speaking from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. King called for equality. For civil and economic rights for all people. And, for an end to racism in the United States. Season 11, Episode 08 Premier broadcast: 21 August 2023 Written, Produced, Hosted by John Barber Music, Sound Design, Post Production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Design File name: rir-i-have-a-dream.mp3 Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/dream/index.html    

Re-Imagined Radio presents a retrospective listen to Willamette Radio Workshop (WRW). Sam A. Mowry and Marc Rose share some stories about this radio theater/audio drama group based in Portland, Oregon. Mowry founded WRW in 2001 and continues to direct its efforts. Rose has contributed extraordinary sound designs to many WRW performances and productions. From origins to podcasts, with early performances, writing, music, sound design, sound effects, guitars, drama, comedy, experiments, collaborations, and more in between, Sam and Marc reflect on two decades of WRW radio storytelling. See our website for more information. Season 11, Episode 07 Premier broadcast: 17 July 2023 Written, Produced, Hosted by John Barber Music, Sound Design, Post Production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Design File name: rir-wrw-retrospective.mp3 Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/wrw-retro/index.html  

Re-Imagined Radio presents four short science fiction radio stories by writer, producer, director, actor Jack J. Ward, of Nova Scotia, Canada. "Galaxy Master vs. The Varn," "Reservations," "Alien Invasion Cancelled," and "Trans-Humanity." The title, "Coast to Coast," refers to the fact that Ward, makes his home on the eastern coast of Canada. We're broadcasting and streaming from Vancouver, Washington, on the western coast of the United States. Wherever you are listening, coast to coast, we hope you enjoy this episode. Season 11, Episode 06 Premier broadcast: 19 June 2023 Written, Produced, Hosted by John Barber Music, Sound Design, Post Production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Design File name: rir-coast-to-coast.mp3 Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/coast/index.html  

Re-Imagined Radio considers the 1954 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the 1951 SciFi movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still, both starring Michael Rennie. A space alien arrives in Washington, DC, and delivers a warning . . . an ultimatum. Live peacefully or be destroyed by robots of unimaginable power. Beyond science fiction literature themes like space aliens, flying saucers, and robots, this radio story overlays Cold War fear of rockets and nuclear war. The result is powerful, insightful, thought provoking, a fine example of radio storytelling. Season 11, Episode 05 Premier Broadcast: 15 May 2023 Written, Produced, Hosted by John Barber Music, Sound Design, Post Production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Design File name: rir-earth-stood-still.mp3 aNJPV4flK7Tktc3mOtlGaNJPV4flK7Tktc3mOtlG aNJPV4flK7Tktc3mOtlG Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/earth-still/index.html  

Re-Imagined Radio considers Edward R. Murrow's radio reporting of "The Blitz," fifty-seven consecutive days of German air force bombing of London during World War II. His keen observation, vivid verbal descriptions, and attention to sounds provided a sense of what was happening. What could be observed. Radio historian Jeff Porter calls the unmatched immediacy Murrow provided listeners, "the proximity effect" (Porter Lost Sound 90) and says it prompted a new form of radio storytelling. We sample several examples of Murrow's radio storytelling, and its "proximity effect," in this episode. Season 11, Episode 04 Premier Broadcast: 17 Apr. 2023 Written, Produced, Hosted by John Barber Music, Sound Design, Post Production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Design Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/proximity/index.html    

Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Women's History Month and the work of Judy Garland with this little known radio adaptation of the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz (1939). Garland, 28, the only original cast member, recreates her starring movie role as Dorothy Gale along with a fine cast. Season 11, Episode 03 Premier Broadcast: 20 Mar. 2023 Written, Produced, Hosted by John Barber Music, Sound Design, Post Production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Design Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/wizard/index.html    

Re-Imagined Radio celebrates the opening the Interstate Bridge linking Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, across the Columbia River, 106 years ago, February 14, 1917, with a dramatized radio broadcast based on historical newspaper accounts. Season 11, Episode 02 Premier broadcast: 20 Feb. 2023 Written, Produced, Hosted by John Barber Music, Sound Design, Post Production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Design Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/mighty-span/index.html  

Re-Imagined Radio presents "Short Sound Stories," an anthology of eighteen short stories. Soundscapes, dreamscapes, deep questions, audio drama, radio drama, radio historical highlights, memories, emotional states, loss and redemption, scary stories, uplifting stories, collages, sound poems, and more. Each a unique experience told with vocals, sound effects, field recordings, and music. All created by local, emerging artists. Season 11, Episode 01 Premier Broadcast: 30 Jan. 2023 Written, Produced, Hosted by John Barber Music, Sound Design, Post Production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Design Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/short-stories/index.html  

Our first live performance since 2020!  Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop, Portland, OR, performing their radio adaptation of the classic story by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. Re-Imagined Radio first offered "A Radio Christmas Carol" in 2013. Every year since we've offered some iteration of this classic story. We like to think it has become a community tradition, bringing joy and festivities to the seasonal holidays. This year, we were pleased to welcome back The Willamette Radio Workshop, directed by Sam A. Mowry, and The Holly Jolly Singers, directed by Bennett Bailey, for a live performance in Vancouver's historic Kiggins Theatre. Yes, the holiday magic returns. Season 10, Episode 12 Premier broadcast: 21 Dec. 2022 Produced, Hosted by John Barber Music, Sound Design, Post Production by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Design Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/christmas/index.html#2022L    

Re-Imagined Radio samples radio holiday programs, including "Red Ryder Nails The Cleveland Kid" from the Jean Shepherd Show, 24 Dec. 1970, "Back for Christmas" from Suspense, 23 Dec. 1943, starring Peter Lorre and "Britt Ponset's Christmas Story" from The Six Shooter, 20 Dec. 1953, starring Jimmy Stewart. The latter is a fine retelling of the classic story by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. Season 10, Episode 11 Premier broadcast: 19 Dec. 2022 Written, Produced, Hosted by John Barber Music, Sound Design by Marc Rose Graphics by Holly Slocum Design Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/christmas/index.html#2022Sampler2  

Re-Imagined Radio partners with the Clark County Historical Museum and samples from their Oral History Collection to share stories about living and working in Southwest Washington. Museum director Bradley Richardson says, "This collection is deep and rich with stories, each told in the voices of those who lived the experiences their stories describe. They are true stories. The dialogue is unscripted, unpolished, and absolutely compelling." We present three stories. The first, "Living with Chief Joseph," is told by Erskin Wood. In 1893, at the age of 13, he lived with Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce people in the Nespelem Valley, just north of present day Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state. Wood recounts his interesting connection to Chief Joseph, everyday life in his teepee, and his job wrangling the Chief's herd of horses. He tells about the games the young people played, and about the community singing and dancing in which he participated. The second, "Working the SPS Railroad," is an account by Harry W. Hendricks of his experiences working for the Seattle-Portland-Spokane Railroad, 1950s-1994, during the transition from steam to diesel technologies. Hendricks, a retired conductor, recounts working on the railroad for more than fourty years. He talks about the pleasure of traveling through the Columbia River Gorge several times a week. From his enthusiastic storytelling it's obvious that Hendricks enjoyed every minute of his career with the SPS railroad. In our third story, "The Russians Arrive," Leverett Richards, a reporter for the Clark County Sun newspaper recalls the surprise landing of a single-engine airplane at Vancouver's Pearson Airfield piloted by three Russian airmen, 20 June 1937. Two days earlier, June 18, the plane took off from an airport outside Moscow, Russia, headed for Oakland, California. The Soviet airplane and its crew, Valery Chkalov, pilot, Georgi Baidukov, relief pilot, and Alexander Belyakov, navigator and radio operator flew non-stop from Moscow, over the North Pole. After 63 hours of flying, and nearly 6,000 miles, low fuel forced them to land in Vancouver, Washington. Their landing marked the first non-stop flight from Moscow, Russia, to the United States by a single engine plane over the North Pole. Season 10, Episode 10 Premier broadcast: 21 Nov. 2022 Written, Produced, and Hosted by John Barber Post Production, Sound Design, Music by Marc Rose Social Media by Regina Carol Social Media Management Graphics by Kathy Klaus Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/hearing-voices/index.html  

For the 84th anniversary of the most (in)famous radio story ever Re-Imagined Radio explores earlier experiments with "break in" news announcements as possible influences on Orson Welles's radio adaptation of the 1898 novel by H. G. Wells. Interviews with Welles provide additional insight. Our documentary radio performance style combines art production and scholarship to celebrate The War of the Worlds radio broadcast. Season 10, Episode 09 Premier broadcast: 17 Oct. 2022 Written, Produced, and Hosted by John Barber Post Production, Music, Sound Design by Marc Rose Social Media by Regina Carol Social Media Management Graphics by Kathy Klaus Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/wow/index.html#2022    

Re-Imagined Radio presents twenty short radio stories written and voiced by folks living in America's Pacific Northwest. Each story features an "epiphany," a sudden, unexpected revelation or insight. Especially with regard to four questions we often ask ourselves: "Who Am I?", "Where Am I Going?", "So What?", and "Why?" The responses are entertaining and insightful. Sometimes uncomfortable. "Twisted" from expectations. Each is an excellent, thought-provoking story about human experience. Season 10, Episode 08 Premier broadcast: 19 Sep. 2022 Written, Produced, and Hosted by John F. Barber Post Production, Music, Sound Design by Marc Rose Social Media by Regina Carol Social Media Management Graphics by Kathy Klaus Website: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/epiphanies/index.html