Dramatic Listening Podcast

Dramatic listening podcasts are based on Old-Time Radio plays. They are a great source of extensive listening material and a bridge to listening to authentic materials on your own.

September 18, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL047: Archie – Bankrupt 3: Don’t Tell

Rumor has it… Bankrupt Rumor, Part 3: Don’t tell another soul! BETTY: Now, don’t tell another soul! Photo: © Bigstock Photo | Anetlanda Rumor of the Andrews’ bankruptcy ignites and spreads like wildfire （大肆流傳；沸沸揚揚）. It seems to take on a life of its own…there’s no stopping it! When scandalous news （醜聞） is leaked […]

September 4, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL046: Archie, Bankrupt 2 – Eavesdropping

Talkin’ ’bout money, money Eavesdropping: In today’s episode, Archie and Jughead want to see a movie. Archie comes home to ask his dad for money, but he and Jughead overhear Archie’s parents discussing a serious situation. They’re talking about money…and they don’t seem to have any! Archie can’t believe what he’s hearing. They eavesdrop for a […]

August 21, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL045: Archie, Bankrupt 1 – Scrabble

Bankrupt Rumor: Archie Comics: Archie Andrews is an old time radio show that ran from 1943-1953. It was based on the popular Archie comic strip by Bob Montana, which was published in newspapers from 1941-1975. The comic strip was based on Montana’s hometown, his own high school life, and the friends he’d made there. Jughead […]

April 17, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL044: Unravel the Mystery

Philip Marlowe and “The Feminine Touch” — Part 6: The unraveling: This is where the detective explains what happened and how he figured it out, so if you couldn’t keep up with Marlowe in scene 5, Eureka, then you can at least find out all about it after the fact. When you unravel something, like […]

April 3, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL043: Eureka!

Philip Marlowe and “The Feminine Touch” — Part 5 || Photo by Bigstock Photo: LijphotoMarlowe: I saw something else — something that didn’t sink in right away. It was a tiny iron skull on an iron chain hanging from the gold charm bracelet she wore on her right wrist. Discovery: When you figure something out, […]

March 20, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL042: Micky’s Lead

Philip Marlowe and The Feminine Touch, Part 4 || Photo by Bigstock Photo: GeorgeColePhotoMarlowe: I ran for the drome on the off chance that I could find Micky North and a lead on Moon. I found her alone and on a bench in an almost dark out-of-the-way corner of an amusement pier half watching a […]

March 6, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL041: Tough Break

Philip Marlowe: The Feminine Touch — Part 3 || Trust No One! So far in our story, Marlowe has heard several points of view. He got Pepper Riggs talking by pretending to be a journalist writing up Pepper’s act on the Wall of Death for Spot magazine. It seems that Pepper would like to bring Adrienne […]

February 20, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL040: Interview with a stuntman

Philip Marlowe: The Feminine Touch — Part 2 || Photo by Bigstock Photo: NikkoliaPepper Riggs: It’s my trademark, Buddy. I’ve been knocked off the wall seven times in the last three years and beat old skull face every time. Not much to go on Marlowe is on a mission. He has agreed to protect Adrienne Granville […]

February 6, 2015 By Dramatic Listening 2 Comments

DL039: Marlowe, don’t let me down

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: The Feminine Touch, Part 1 Who is Philip Marlowe? I really enjoy the Philip Marlowe character. Marlowe was created by Raymond Chandler, a hard-boiled detective story writer who followed in the footsteps of Dashiell Hammett. Hammett is the father of the hardboiled sub-genre of detective fiction. He’s the one who took the […]

December 19, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL038: Second Chance

~ You died last night — Part 6 || A Heroic Move: We are going to wrap up this story, You Died Last Night, in this episode. We’ll find out what Joe did exactly to save the day, or more literally, to save planet Earth — and all of us. Perhaps you can make a pretty […]

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