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Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2024 at 11:00pm - 12:00am
Hosted by: 
Matthew Clark
Produced by: 
KBOO
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The bedtime radio show for grown-ups.

 

 

Readings and Dramatic Presentations of Action & Mystery to Challenge the Intellectual. Humorous Narratives for the Serious Minded. Journeys of Discovery for those who are Lost. Sad Stories that make Deep People Happy. And Tales of Terror & Romance for the Too Comfortable.

 A full hour on the 3rd Monday of every month as part of KBOO's 11PM Monday Radio Theatre Block.

Genre(s): 
Experimental, Radio Theatre, Arts and Culture
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Current

Katherine Dunn Reads two by James Thurber

Airs at: Mon, 03/15/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/16/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
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The Lady Eve with Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 02/16/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
No new program this week due to technical difficulties with Fortunato's computer So, will represent a recent presentation of the the radio adaptation of Preston Sturges' great romantic comedy The Lady Eve, with Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland. A woman con artist sets off t... Read more

Black Death by Zora Neal Hurston and Lena Horne starring in an episode of Suspense

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/19/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
To top off Martin Luther King Day we present a short story by one of the stars of the Harlem Renaissance, writer and anthropologist Zora Neal Hurston. A woman seeks the help of a local "hoodoo man" to get retribution on the man who refuses to take responsibility for impregn... Read more

Katherine Dunn reads excerpts from The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien

Airs at: Mon, 12/21/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/22/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Once again we present katherine Dunn reading letters from Father Christmas written by the creator of Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien. Created as replies to the letters Tolkien's children would write to Santa Claus. Fortunato is joined in the studio by Umatilla Rose to pres... Read more

I Am A Cat by Natsume Sōseki

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/17/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Observations on human society by a feline observer written by Natsume Sōseki . We are re airing one of our favorite programs featuring Ayanna Berkshire. With a special appearance by Professor Lisa Neville to discuss the work of Japan's greatest writer, Read more

Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe

Airs at: Mon, 10/19/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/20/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Fortunato returns to the air with a reading of the classic horror story that is more than relevant today. First published in 1842, and drawing on many conventions of Gothic fiction, Edgar Allen Poe tells the tale of Prince Prospero who figures to lock himself and his many c... Read more

Murder My Sweet starring Dick Powell and Claire Trevor

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/22/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight we present a radio adaptation of a classic film noir, Murder My Sweet, adapted from the hard boiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler. An ex con hires PI Philip Marlowe to find his ex girlfriend, Velma; at the same time he is hired to protect a man as he makes a p... Read more

Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/18/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
tonight we present a radio adaptation of George Stewart's great science fiction novel "Earth Abides". The story of the few survivors of a world wide plague that has wipedout practically all of mankind. What are the effects of the disappearnce of humans for both the natural ... Read more

The Lady Eve with Barbara Stanwyck

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/21/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight we present the radio adaptation of  what is considered the best romantic screwball comedy, Preston Sturges' The Lady Eve. Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland and Charles Coburn star in this Lux Radio Theater production based on Sturges' screenplay. Also, an episode of Sus... Read more

The Night has a 1,000 Eyes

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/16/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Two vintage radio dramas tonight. First an adaptation of the film version of Cornel Woolrich's suspence filled novel of doomed predestination, "The Night Has A 1,000 Eyes". Edward G. Robinson stars as a phony psychic who suddenly can predict the future. William Demerest als... Read more