Radio drama

Hypothetical Presidency

Arts, Culture & Media

Tour the hypothetical Bush and Gore White Houses with Modernhumorist.com.

Drama King

Arts, Culture & Media

The Museum of Humans

Arts, Culture & Media

Medicated Holden

Arts, Culture & Media

Alpha

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Sunset Boulevard 2.0

Arts, Culture & Media

This month marks the 60th anniversary of “Sunset Boulevard,” the definitive movie about the intoxicating, deadly allure of fame. That got us thinking — what would this story look like if it took place in 2010, the age of Facebook, Twitter, and reality TV? Lucky for us, we just got our hands on an advance […]

Free is Not Enough

Arts, Culture & Media

The music industry is ailing, but an ambitious guitarist has hatched a genius new revenue model for struggling musicians. It’s not enough to give your songs away for free on the internet: you have to pay the listeners. A satire by Scott Blaszak, featuring Pace Rommel. With voiceover by Mark Price and music by John […]

Movie Marketing Goes Awry

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The biggest release of this holiday movie season is in trouble: nobody remembered to shoot it. A satire by Scott Blaszak, performed by James Babson and Jake Newton.

“Alpha”

Arts, Culture & Media

A science-fiction radio play by the author Lydia Millet imagines a future in which humans have wiped out the world’s plants.

Gerry Hughes

Gerry Hughes is one man, with 85 voices and a record-breaking radio soap opera

Media

The BBC has aired the longest-running radio soap ever and just put it to bed. The show was a near-perfect mix of old-fashioned craftsmanship and low-cost efficiency, since it was all the work of Gerry Hughes.