Episodes
Horror is more than just the white final girl riding off in the sunset covered in blood; it’s a genre booming with marginalized, oppressed, and colonized writers as a space to directly confront the violences they have suffered. We talk all that and more, with Motzie Dapul, right here on Radio Drama Revival. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Hi Nay at https://www.patreon.com/hinaypod. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of Radio Drama...
Published 02/16/23
Published 02/16/23
When the monsters you faced in your homeland come out of the shadows in the new city you’re living peacefully in, what can you do but face them head on? Come and meet Mari, a Filipina from a babaylan family living in Toronto, right here on Radio Drama Revival. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Hi Nay at https://www.patreon.com/hinaypod. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of Radio Drama Revival was recorded in the unceded territory of...
Published 01/04/23
Hope is not the lonely candle in the dark. Hope is the light of the candle in the dark, and you have to light the candle yourself. Hope needs sustenance, hope needs energy put into it in order for it to survive. We’re talking to Evan Tess Murray and Trace Callahan about hope in This Planet Needs a Name, right here on Radio Drama Revival. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support the crew of This Planet Needs a Name at needsanamepod.com/support-us. Learn more about how to support Radio...
Published 12/21/22
Do you believe, in your heart of hearts, that somewhere else far away there is a planet where we could sustain human life? And do you believe we could start something new there, something different from what we are experiencing now? Imagine a hopeful future with This Planet Needs a Name, right here on Radio Drama Revival. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support this crew on needsanamepod.com/support-us. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of...
Published 12/07/22
What is it about lyrical, beautiful descriptions about the horrifying that makes you both lose your breath and lose your sleep? We discuss the ocean, fear, horror, and how we need families to manage it all, with Jordan Cobb, creator of Primordial Deep. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support the creators of Primordial Deep at nosuchthingradio.com/support. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of Radio Drama Revival was recorded in the unceded...
Published 09/28/22
What creatures live down in the deep? What horrors will tread through your nightmares of water and darkness? Discover the bottom of the ocean in Primordial Deep, right here on Radio Drama Revival Like what you hear? Us too. You can support the creators of Primordial Deep at nosuchthingradio.com/support. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of Radio Drama Revival was recorded in the unceded territory of the Kalapuya people, the Clatskanie Indian...
Published 09/21/22
It’s interesting how we always return to the apocalypse, both as a concept of our inevitable future, and as an event that has already occurred. We’re obsessed with death, and endings. Let’s find out what’s involved in the apocalypses of Zero Hours. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Long Story Short Productions and Zero Hours at ZeroHoursPodcast.com. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of Radio Drama Revival was recorded in the unceded...
Published 09/14/22
It’s the end of the world as we know it — or maybe not. You can only find out by counting down with Zero Hours. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Long Story Short Productions and Zero Hours at ZeroHoursPodcast.com. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of Radio Drama Revival was recorded in the unceded territory of the Kalapuya people, the Clatskanie Indian Tribe, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, and the Atfalati tribe. Colonizers named this...
Published 09/07/22
Sometimes, when you visit a place, it is electrifying. It’s a place that digs deep into your soul, into your bones, until it shows up in your art. Join us as we talk with Madelyn Dorta about Meteor City, and its inspiration in the city of Detroit, right here on Radio Drama Revival. Content Warning: Discussions of the effects of gentrification on communities of color, racism in entertainment, and the reality of Detroit after the 2008 economic crisis. Like what you hear? Us too. You can...
Published 12/22/21
Recovery from disaster is long, arduous, and complex, especially when corporations move in to take over your home, transforming it into something you don’t recognize. Join Bianca as she returns to Meteor City, right here on Radio Drama Revival. Content Warnings: A community post-natural disaster. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Wrightwood Studios on their website. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of Radio Drama Revival was...
Published 12/08/21
The gray reality of Deck is a vehicle for discussing love, loss, and identity for writer David Orión Pena, creator of Dos: After You. Join us for our interview right here on Radio Drama Revival. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support David Orión Pena and Dos: After You on Ko-fi at https://ko-fi.com/dosafteryou. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of Radio Drama Revival was recorded in the unceded territory of the Kalapuya people, the...
Published 11/17/21
If you fell in love with a god, would you follow them down to the ends of the earth? The home is hungry, and the flesh is weak, with Dos: After You right here on Radio Drama Revival. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support David Orión Pena and Dos: After You on Ko-fi at https://ko-fi.com/dosafteryou. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of Radio Drama Revival was recorded in the unceded territory of the Kalapuya people, the Clatskanie Indian...
Published 11/03/21
How do you tell entertaining stories for kids about difficult topics? How do you do that by being kind to your audience and to yourself? We're talking about monsters and men, the wicked and the weasels, fables, fae, and fiends. And friends! It's a wide-ranging and wonderful conversation with the incomparable Fred Greenhalgh. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Of Fae & Fiends and Final Rune Productions on their website. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our...
Published 10/06/21
Monsters may not always have fangs and sometimes they eat children, but in the land of Faerie the courageous can fight back. Join Lizzie on her adventure down the rabbit hole with Of Fae & Fiends. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Of Fae & Fiends and Final Rune Productions on their website. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of Radio Drama Revival was recorded in the unceded territory of the Kalapuya people, the Clatskanie...
Published 09/29/21
Why are we afraid of the novel, the new--and how do we handle that fear? What can we learn about Afrofuturism through a non-Western lens? Who are we as parents, and what does being a parent mean? Host Elena Fernandez Collins discusses these questions and more with Safiyah Cheatam & Adetola Abdulkadir of OBSIDIAN. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support OBSIDIAN on their website. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode was recorded in the...
Published 09/22/21
What kinds of futures sit at the intersections of Blackness, science, technology and storytelling? Explore and discover those imaginings with OBSIDIAN, a speculative fiction anthology based in Afrofuturism. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support OBSIDIAN on their website. Mentioned in the Episode: Safiyah Cheatam's article "Making a Case for W.E.B. Du Bois as a Proto-Afrofuturist". Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of Radio Drama...
Published 09/15/21
As we come to the close of the first half of our season, here’s an episode that we’ve been champing at the bit to get to: a going deep episode, getting down to the nitty and gritty about digital privacy and responsibility with Serena Rahhal, one of the creators of Signed, Venus. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Serena Rahhal and her podcast Signed, Venus at ko-fi.com/signedvenus. The Radio Drama Revival team wants to indicate our unwavering support for the colonized and...
Published 06/30/21
When you work on a large team, every person has their job to do... but what happens when you trust your audio editors and line producers with your audio files? Bloopers, of course! This audio was originally released for supporters of our Patreon account. If you'd like access to more bonus content like this and support the show, you can support Radio Drama Revival at Patreon.com/RadioDramaRevival. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode was recorded...
Published 06/23/21
This week's interview is chock full of content, and we wouldn't have it any other way! Join Ely and our guest Cole Burkhardt, creator of Null/Void, as they talk about the evil of legalese and corporations, supporting indie creators, data privacy, and making Explicitly Black Queer Art Like what you hear? Us too. You can learn more about Null/Void on Cole's website. Content Warnings: Discussions about capitalism and all that it touches, climate change and pollution, racism, and...
Published 06/16/21
Join us this week with a podcast about capitalism and corporate overreach, and how it insidiously makes its way into our lives and takes over -- it's Null/Void by Cole Burkhardt. Like what you hear? Us too. You can learn more about Null/Void on Cole's website. Content Warnings: Detailed inner thoughts of depression and self-hate, mentions of death and suicide, and a brief deadly traffic incident and descriptions of its aftermath. Null/Void and Radio Drama Revival would like you to donate...
Published 06/09/21
Fandom and romance and werewolves in Canada can all go together, as you’ll learn in this interview Andrea Klassen of Me & AU. Join us as Andrea and Ely discuss juggling roles, the power of narrators, the Americanization of media, and that Tumblr account you made in 2011 and forgot about. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Me & AU on Patreon. Content Warnings: -Discussion of Indigenous child death from 1:56 to 3:19. Press Release from the Office of the Chief of the...
Published 06/02/21
Beware of sleepy little Canadian towns, because you might just find a werewolf -- or fall in love. Find out if you belong in Selkirk, or Kamloops, with this showcase of Me & AU. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Me & AU on Patreon. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. The Radio Drama Revival team wants to indicate our unwavering support for the colonized and imprisoned people of Palestine. We want to ask you to learn more about the reality...
Published 05/26/21
Following our showcase of Moonbase Theta, Out, host Elena Fernández Collins chats with creator D.J. Sylvis about their inspiration for the show, outing yourself for #OwnVoices, capitalism and colonization, and the morality of space exploration. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Monkeyman Productions at https://patreon.com/monkeymanproductions. Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. In this episode, Ely mentioned When Rivers Were Trails, which you can...
Published 05/19/21
Moonbase Theta, Out is a serialized micofiction exploration of love, loneliness, and, y'know, the moon. Join us for this showcase before our interview with the creator next week. Like what you hear? Us too. You can support Monkeyman Productions on their website: https://monkeymanproductions.com/ Learn more about how to support Radio Drama Revival on our website. This episode of Radio Drama Revival was recorded in the unceded territory of the Kalapuya people, the Clatskanie Indian Tribe,...
Published 05/12/21