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December 5, 2014 By Dramatic Listening 1 Comment

DL037: This Calls for Drastic Measures

~ You Died Last Night — Part 5 || Whatever Happened to the Human Race? Joe continues his story of his encounter with the alien, Tony. In this part of the story, the two of them continue on with the tour of inspection — over New York, and then across the ocean to Europe and Russia. They […]

November 21, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL036: Space Travel, Time Travel

You Died Last Night ~ Part 4 || Under Inspection In today’s episode, Tony begins his tour of inspection. He takes Joe along, so Joe is able to explain what is happening. Joe is hoping against hope that Tony likes what he sees. Knowledge is Power The episode starts off with Joe trying to […]

November 7, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL035: Population Control

You Died Last Night, Part 3: Population Control What kind of measures are needed? Tony tries to calm Joe’s fears. He tells Joe that it may not be so bad. He may not need to take drastic action. He needs to survey Earth and mankind first, and from this data, decide on whether mild, severe, […]

October 25, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL034: We Know You Have the Bomb

You Died Last Night, Part 2 | First Impressions: Inside the flying saucer, Tony doesn’t need his red teddy bear spacesuit. Now he looks like a rather short old man in flowing green robes. Joe’s impression of him is that he seems friendly. Bomb Threat: Tony pressed Joe to confirm some information he had. The Thonians knew […]

October 10, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL033: You Died Last Night ~ Part 1

Crazy Narrator “You Died Last Night” is another one of those sci-fi stories that takes place here on planet Earth. In today’s episode, we meet Joe. He’s our narrator, the guy telling the story. You’ll have to decide for yourself whether Joe is a believable, trustworthy narrator or a crazy, unreliable narrator you can ignore. Joe […]

August 15, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL032: The Gambler ~ Racial discrimination: ‘Just’ an Indian

Gunsmoke, The Gambler, Part 3 Racial Discrimination: At the climax of the story, we come to the confrontation between Ascombe and Cass. We find out about a situation in the past that Cass had dismissed from his mind. He considered it unimportant and of no consequence. It had to do with how he had treated […]

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DL031: The Gambler ~ Missing Motive

Gunsmoke, The Gambler, Part 2: Pro-Active Marshall Goes in Search of Missing Motive Matt Dillon is very perceptive. He can see that Ascombe hates Cass and probably wants to kill him. In Part 2, Matt tries to prevent a murder. Ascombe won’t tell Matt why he wants to kill Cass, so Matt goes in search […]

July 18, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL030: The Gambler ~ Guilty Remorse

Gunsmoke – The Gambler (Aired on CBS Radio, Oct 7, 1956): Gunsmoke, best loved Western of all time: In this episode of Dramatic Listening, we’re starting a new story — and a new genre once again. It’s an episode from the best-loved Western of all time, ‘Gunsmoke’. Gunsmoke was aired on the radio for 10 years from 1952-1961 […]

July 4, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL029: The Rocket ~ Living the Dream

Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Rocket’, Scenes 9 and 10: Photo by Bigstock Photo: Blend ImagesFIORELLO: Listen, keep your ears clean. Smell the smells of a rocket. Feel. Remember. So when you return, you will talk of it all the rest of your lives. Being ‘In The Moment’: Fiorello Bodoni is taking his kids on a weeklong […]

June 20, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL028: The Rocket ~ A Dream Revisited

Photo by Bigstock Photo: jezcHe bolted nine ancient automobile motors into the rocket’s empty engine room. Then he welded the engine room shut, so that none could see his hidden labor. Clever Innovation and Elbow Grease In today’s episode, Fiorello Bodoni dares to dream again. And not only to dream, but to see his dream […]