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I love audio drama, these are the good ones. EOS-10 | Space Sci-fi comedy, great acting. http://www.eos10.com/ http://www.eos10.com/ Wolf 359 | Space Sci-fi c

I love audio drama, these are the good ones. EOS-10 | Space Sci-fi comedy, great acting. http://www.eos10.com/ http://www.eos10.com/ Wolf 359 | Space Sci-fi comedy with well executed high drama. http://www.wolf359.fm/ http://www.wolf359.fm/ Limetown | unusual conspiracy thriller. http://www.limetownstories.com http://www.limetownstories.com Alba Salix | Fantasy comedy. http://www.albasalix.com/ http://www.albasalix.com/ Wooden Overcoats | Competitive undertaking. http://www.woodenovercoats.com/ http://www.woodenovercoats.com/ Tanis | Conspiracy mystery thriller. http://www.tanispodcast.com/ http://www.tanispodcast.com/ The Black Tapes | Creepy ghost stories. http://theblacktapespodcast.com http://theblacktapespodcast.com Especially Noteworthy: Our Fair City | my favorite, a work of genius, the highest production values, actually better than the BBC. We're Alive | entertaining zombie drama horror, terrific use of sound. http://www.werealive.com/ http://www.werealive.com/ Genre Specific (usually short stories): Escape Pod | science fiction. http://escapepod.org/ http://escapepod.org/ Pod Castle | fantasy. http://podcastle.org/ http://podcastle.org/ Pseudo Pod | horror. http://pseudopod.org/ http://pseudopod.org/ I find the best new material from Radio Drama Revival http://www.radiodramarevival.com/ http://www.radiodramarevival.com/ These are also good leads: The Audio Drama Directory | http://theaudiodramadirectory.com/sciencefiction/ http://theaudiodramadirectory.com/sciencefiction/ The Parsec Awards | http://www.parsecawards.com/ http://www.parsecawards.com/ Non-fiction, most of the usual suspects. ABC's Future Tense 99% Invisible Hardcore History Joe Rogan (guest specific) Radiolab Robots Podcast NPR's Planet Money Green Building Advisor The Building Performance podcast The Tiny Life podcast (on Tiny Homes) NPR and the BBC are traditionally regarded as the benchmark, but in the age of the Internet they aren't close to the quality of many so-called amateurs. That is the penalty of having to appeal to a mass audience and why with a stupid democracy every meal will be pizza. I love pizza but that is not the point. I also listen to Lovecraft when I want to get to sleep (/s). Lovecratian horror is not what most people think of when they think of horror. It is more existential. Sebastian Orr does a great narration: http://www.ourfaircity.com/2011/12/the-rats-in-the-walls-pt-1/ http://www.ourfaircity.com/2011/12/the-rats-in-the-walls-pt-... http://www.ourfaircity.com/2012/01/part-two/ http://www.ourfaircity.com/2012/01/part-two/ Inspired by Lovecraft, A Colder War by Charlie Stross is also a favorite.

fitzwatermellow 10y ago
Wow, this is an excellent list! Apart from BBC Radio, I had no idea of the breadth of the revival in "radio" drama! It makes sense that an independent movement would flourish given today's ease of distribution. But I think the X-factor in radio drama's survival is just that it is such a fantastic medium for storytelling. The way the inner visual centers of the brain light up when you are fully immersed is certainly worthy of some kind of neurological fMRI analysis ;)
- internaut 10y ago
  Yeah I think it is going to get really big in a sleeper hit kind of way, much of the material is just superb, like nothing you've ever heard on the traditional radio, which is almost all overly hyped boring rubbish. Our Fair City I actually sponsor and I give money to the independent efforts that impress me. Horror in particular is exceptional with audio drama. We're Alive is better than any recent horror or action movie I've seen for the last three-five years with maybe the exception of the recent Mad Max. In the non-fiction realm History is also going to become intense I think, Dan Carlin is going to get plenty of competition.

fitzwatermellow 10y ago

Wow, this is an excellent list! Apart from BBC Radio, I had no idea of the breadth of the revival in "radio" drama! It makes sense that an independent movement would flourish given today's ease of distribution. But I think the X-factor in radio drama's survival is just that it is such a fantastic medium for storytelling. The way the inner visual centers of the brain light up when you are fully immersed is certainly worthy of some kind of neurological fMRI analysis ;)

internaut 10y ago
Yeah I think it is going to get really big in a sleeper hit kind of way, much of the material is just superb, like nothing you've ever heard on the traditional radio, which is almost all overly hyped boring rubbish. Our Fair City I actually sponsor and I give money to the independent efforts that impress me. Horror in particular is exceptional with audio drama. We're Alive is better than any recent horror or action movie I've seen for the last three-five years with maybe the exception of the recent Mad Max. In the non-fiction realm History is also going to become intense I think, Dan Carlin is going to get plenty of competition.