Narada Radio Company Audio Drama

By Pete Lutz

Arts Performing Arts

What's Narada Radio Company Audio Drama about?

Pulp-Pourri Theatre is an all-new audio drama anthology series that has its origins in vintage pulp fiction but presents its stories in the modern way. Produced and directed by Pete Lutz, and starring the Narada Radio Company.

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ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED...

07.11.2021

We proudly present episode eight, "Night Shots", adapted by Mark Slade from Hammett's seventh published Op story, in 1924. This is the season one finale, and we hope you enjoy it and will join us for season 2, coming soon. ...

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07.11.2021 ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC #8 - Night Shots We proudly present episode eight, "Night Shots", adapted by Mark Slade from Hammett's seventh published Op story, in 1924. This is the season one finale, and we hope you enjoy it and will join us for season 2, coming soon. ...
06.27.2021 OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep. 25 - Tales of the Texas Rangers Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials concludes! It's our finale, and Pete's pick -- and he's bringing us an exciting episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers for us to enjoy and discuss. And since we're on the subject of ...
05.31.2021 ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC #7 - The Tenth Clew part 2 "Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else. We've ...
05.23.2021 OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep. 24 - Philip Marlowe Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! It's our new co-host's choice this episode -- and New Dave, for our 5th episode of 2021, and has picked a very exciting episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe for us to ...
05.13.2021 ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC #6 - The Tenth Clew part 1 "Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else. We've ...
05.08.2021 SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME E3 - Alex Moore SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME #1: Chatting with voice actor and friend Alex Moore (10/2016) Again from our archives, we present the 3rd episode of a discussion podcast that I had high hopes for, but which only went for ...
04.25.2021 OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep. 23 - Boston Blackie Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! We introduce our new co-host this episode -- and we hope you enjoy the New Dave! This installment is our fourth for 2021, and Paul gets two choices in a row for some ...
04.02.2021 SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME E2 - Lauren Shippen & Julia Morizawa SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME #1: Chatting with Lauren Shippen & Julia Morizawa of "The Bright Sessions" (9/2016) Again from our archives, we present the 2nd episode of a discussion podcast that I had high hopes for, but which ...
03.26.2021 ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC #5 Bodies Piled Up "Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else. We've ...
03.17.2021 SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME E1 - Audioblivious Productions SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME #1: Chatting with the Audioblivious Gang (8/2016) Here's a gem from the archives, the inaugural episode of a discussion podcast that I had high hopes for, but which only went for 8 episodes or ...
03.14.2021 OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep. 22 - Duffy's Tavern Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This installment is our third for 2021, and we finally come back around to Paul, whose choice for this episode is an entry in the Duffy's Tavern series, just in time for St. ...
03.12.2021 ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC #4 The Black Hat that Wasn't There "Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else. We've ...
02.27.2021 OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep. 21 - Columbia Workshop Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This installment is our second for 2021, and instead of rotating to Paul, we have brought in as our special guests, the co-hosts of THE MYSTERIOUS OLD RADIO LISTENING SOCIETY: Joshua, Tim, and ...
02.21.2021 THE CELLAR Ep. 12 - ILE by Eugene O'Neill "Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to the twelfth number in our continuing horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from pulp fiction and classic literature, but they're guaranteed all-new productions, ...
02.04.2021 CRADE'S IN THE CATTLE (Bell's in the Batfry Spoof) Fans of the Narada Radio Company -- all two of you -- will likely have noticed that Mr. John Bell has taken part in many of our productions over the course of the last two years or so. John is ...
01.31.2021 THE CELLAR Ep. 11 - The Woman at Loon Point "The Woman at Loon Point", adapted from a story by August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer "Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to the eleventh number in our continuing horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, ...
01.24.2021 OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep. 20 - Fibber McGee and Molly Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This installment is our first for 2021, and Pete's choice, so he's bringing us an episode of "Fibber McGee & Molly": PIONEER DAYS. Will our discussion cause Dave to apply Johnson's Glo-Coat to ...
01.17.2021 THE CELLAR Ep. 10 - The Dead Man "The Dead Man", adapted from a story by Ray Bradbury "Do you dare to go down into...THE CELLAR?" Welcome to the tenth number in our continuing horror/suspense anthology series! Our stories are either original, or inspired by, or adapted from ...
01.15.2021 ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC #3 - Slippery Fingers "Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else. We've ...
12.20.2020 OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep. 19: Christmas Special! Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This installment is our 2nd Annual Christmas Special, and Dave's choice, so he's bringing us an episode of "The Six-Shooter": BRITT PONSET'S CHRISTMAS CAROL. Will our discussion cause Paul to cry, "Fiddlesticks"? TUNE ...
12.18.2020 LIGHTS OUT: Christmas Story LIGHTS OUT: Christmas Story (12-22-37) In this story written by series creator Wyllis Cooper, three World War One soldiers from different countries share a railway car and their lives intertwine with those of the Three Wise Men. A touching story ...
12.16.2020 FRED ALLEN Santa's Sit-Down Strike TEXACO STAR THEATRE Starring Fred Allen (12-20-42) with Guest Risë Stevens of the Metropolitan Opera Fred Allen was famous in his day for his annual Christmas show that featured an unhappy Santa Claus who was striking against Christmas due to ...
12.15.2020 THE GOON SHOW Christmas Pantomime THE GOON SHOW (1956 broadcast) "Robin Hood and His Merry Men" As part of our Christmas celebration for 2020, we present this hilarious sendup of the traditional English Christmas Pantomime, from the zany Goon Show, starring Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe ...
12.13.2020 MIRACLE FOR CHRISTMAS MIRACLE FOR CHRISTMAS (DRAMA) It's the Narada Radio Company's 2nd of three very special holiday offerings for 2020, a loving remake of the classic radio drama, "Miracle for Christmas", from the Grand Central Station series, broadcast annually for several years. ...
12.06.2020 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (COMEDY) Lovingly remade by the Narada Radio Company, this is Radio City Playhouse's adaptation of Paul Gallico's short story, originally broadcast 12/25/49 on NBC Radio. A newspaperman and his photographer are shanghaied on Christmas Eve ...
12.03.2020 FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY 12-21-43 FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY: LOOKING FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, we'll be sharing a bunch of Christmas-themed shows, both old and new. We have four new shows coming your way: two OTR remakes, a Christmas story ...
12.02.2020 DUFFY'S TAVERN 12-29-48 THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, we'll be sharing a bunch of Christmas-themed shows, both old and new. We have four new shows coming your way: two OTR remakes, a Christmas story featuring Jake Dimes, Range Detective, and our 2nd Annual ...
12.01.2020 A CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA Originally launched in 2016, we are re-releasing this episode of Pulp-Pourri Theatre from Season Four without the "Narada Audio Drive-In" foofaraw, and without the Jake Dimes episode. Plus we added two holiday-themed installments of the popular "Bix Bixby Book Review". ...
11.22.2020 OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep. 18 - Life With Luigi Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! In this installment, our 2nd annual Thanksgiving Special, Pete, Paul and Dave present another of Paul's selections, this time an episode of "Life With Luigi": THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION. Will our discussion lead to overeating? ...
11.08.2020 ONE-WAY ROCKET TO PALOOKAVILLE ONE-WAY ROCKET TO PALOOKAVILLE (SCI-FI) tells the story of "Slugs" Dougherty, a 24th-Century ex-boxer who gets offered a chance to fight one more bout, but he has to make a seven-month rocket trip to a distant planet to do it. ...
10.30.2020 DO I SPECTER? I'LL SAY I DO! PRESENTING...AN ALL-NEW MUSICAL AUDIO COMEDY -- In the style of a Marx Brothers movie! It's Do I Specter? I'll Say I Do! produced especially for World Audio Drama Day 2020. Written, produced and directed by life-long Marx Brothers fan Pete ...
10.25.2020 OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep. 17 - The Fall of the House of Usher Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! In this installment, Pete, Paul and Dave present another of Pete's selections, this time an episode of "Escape": THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, adapted from Poe's classic Gothic horror tale. Will ...
10.18.2020 WHITE ZOMBIE (Transcontinental Terror 2020) As a special bonus for our listeners we present my audio adaptation of the classic horror film starring Bela Lugosi, "WHITE ZOMBIE". One of three special productions for the 2020 Transcontinental Terror series taking place on the Mutual Audio Network. ...
10.11.2020 WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN (Transcontinental Terror 2020) Simultaneously launched today on the Mutual Audio Network for Transcontinental Terror 2020, we present our first of three for this year, entitled "What the Cat Dragged In", written by Will Anderson and Pete Lutz. CAST: Jessica Rainville as MAGGIE Austin ...
09.28.2020 SNEAK PREVIEW 2: Song Samples for "Do I Specter?" With a planned release on World Audio Drama Day, October 30th, DO I SPECTER? I'LL SAY I DO! Is bound to go down in the history books as something that somebody wrote and a few other people performed! Who can ...
09.06.2020 OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep. 16 - School On Saturday Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! In this installment, Pete, Paul and Dave welcome Essential Listener Kelly, who brings us this episode of OUR MISS BROOKS from 1950, "School on Saturday", starring Eve Arden! Will our post-show discussion cause ...
09.05.2020 SSSP 20 - #4 EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON (Part 2 of 2) Here's part 2 of our fourth and final Sonic Summerstock Playhouse offering for 2020, a beautiful Norwegian folk tale interpreted by Louis MacNiece for BBC Radio and originally broadcast in 1959. There was no recording available for us to take ...
09.04.2020 SNEAK PREVIEW: Fanfare & Overture for "Do I Specter?" COMING SOON to this feed, especially for World Audio Drama Day 2020 -- an all-new comedy tribute to those masters of comedy mayhem, the Marx Brothers! DO I SPECTER? I'LL SAY I DO! was written by Pete Lutz and inspired ...
08.30.2020 SSSP 20 - #4 EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON (Part 1 of 2) Here's part 1 of our fourth and final Sonic Summerstock Playhouse offering for 2020, a beautiful Norwegian folk tale interpreted by Louis MacNiece for BBC Radio and originally broadcast in 1959. There was no recording available for us to take ...
08.30.2020 SSSP 20 - #3 BOB & RAY: A Selection of Sketches Created especially for Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 2020, we present a loving re-creation of several sketches from my favorite radio comedy duo, Bob & Ray. These sketches were drawn from their 1980s-era radio show for NPR. Directed by Pete Lutz and ...
08.28.2020 SSSP 20 - #2 QUIET PLEASE LOST EPISODE: "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall" Created especially for Sonic Summerstock 2020, we present a lost episode of the Old-Time Radio series, QUIET, PLEASE, entitled "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall". Oliver is a man in an unhappy marriage, and under the thumb of his tyrannical boss. ...
08.23.2020 ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC #2: The Gatewood Caper "Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else. We've ...
08.19.2020 GROUCHO a song by Pete Lutz As a lifelong fan of the Marx Brothers, especially Groucho, I felt compelled during my "songwriting period" (1993-94, a time in my life where a lot of shit was hitting the fan, and all of these songs kept pushing their ...
08.14.2020 SSSP 20 - #1 NIGHT BEAT: The Death of Riley Every summer since 2015, the Narada Radio Company has produced at least one remake of an Old-Time Radio program in celebration of Sonic Summerstock Playhouse. About a month after they're initially launched at Mutual Audio Network, I generally re-launch them ...
08.02.2020 OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep. 15 - GANG DOCTOR Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! In this installment, Pete, Paul and Dave bring you this episode of THE SHADOW from 1946, "Gang Doctor", starring Bret Morrison! Will our post-show discussion have the ability to cloud men's minds? TUNE ...
07.28.2020 2007 INTERVIEW WITH MARVIN HAMLISCH Back in 2006-07 I had a gig at KCCT, a Corpus Christi radio station that was an "Air America" affiliate for about a year. I got in good with the program director and learned audio production, gaining some valuable experience, ...
06.28.2020 OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep. 14 - DONOVAN'S BRAIN It's Season Two of Old-Time Radio Essentials! And to kick off our new round of classic dramas, Pete, Paul and Dave bring you this episode of SUSPENSE from 1945, "Donovan's Brain", starring Orson Welles! Come for the radio drama, stay ...
06.12.2020 ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC #1 "ARSON PLUS" WELCOME TO THE PILOT EPISODE OF A VERY SPECIAL SERIES... "Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for ...
06.07.2020 BONUS! 2020 HORROR LIMERICK CONTEST! WELCOME, FIENDS! It's the recitation of our winning horror-based limerick contest for 2020, mainly to give our sweet Cadavera something to do during the hiatus of our Cellar run. So she and her old seafarin' pal, Cap'n Billy Bones, got ...
05.31.2020 OTR ESSENTIALS EP 13 - PANDEMIC SPECIAL! WELCOME TO SEASON TWO OF OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS! Well, friends, here we are, two or three (or four) months into this COVID-19 pandemic, so Paul, Dave and I decided to kick off our second season with something reflecting the times. ...

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