Our 50th Episode takes us behind the scenes for our season premiere. We sit down with "Colors" writer, Anooj Bhandari and chat about breaking theatre form norms, how LOST ended, and 90s YA television. We also chat with writer Ally Lardner about her segment, "(ruby) Tuesday Night", the power of spite, and building community through the pandemic & DIY zines. Series Creator, Andrew Shanks, takes us through the viral history behind "The Darwin Detail" and, if that weren't enough, we've got an special additional anglerfish monologue from Will Stenberg as well as more music by Make Waste! 

This episode was produced by Andrew Shanks

Additional music by Sleepy Eyes of Death, CLaudio, The National, bleach.bath

Check out more of Ally and Anooj's work at:

https://newplayexchange.org/users/82145/ally-lardner

https://newplayexchange.org/users/92445/anooj-bhandari

and more music by Make Waste at:

https://makewaste.bandcamp.com/

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Welcome Back to the Void and Season Five! We're exploring the undiscovered country for our season premiere. Four stories about people in states of transition, from the known to the unknown; Two grim reapers contemplate the meaning of a beached whale on the Oregon, an much meme'd anglerfish tells all, a couple's date night at home takes a decidedly manic turn, and finally a young girl attempts to escape the trappings of growing up by literally phasing through a security fence. It's a massive episode with some of our best segments ever so naturally we asked synth goth pop outfit MAKE WASTE making their void debut. New original music by CLaudio and the best damn ensemble of actors to ever trip through the void. Welcome back, everyone. The void has missed you. 

Tonight's episode was produced by Andrew Shanks.

Featured Stories were:

•  “The Darwin Detail (A Kill Lazarus Story)”, written by Andrew Shanks, performed by Jordan-Michael Whidbey, Andrew Shanks, Shane Regan, and Mike Gilson.
• “The Angler’s Secret” written by Aaron J Shay, performed by Maddy Nibble.
• “(ruby) Tuesday Night”, written by Ally Lardner, performed by Alexandria Stevens, Monica Domena, and Shane Regan.
• “Colors”, written by Anooj Bhandari, performed by Suz Pontillo

Featured Music Guest was Make Waste with “Sloop Dogg” and “seven Waves on a Sunday” their singles are now streaming on Apple, Spotify and bandcamp.  

Title Song Provided by unknowncitizen. 

Original Music by CLaudio. 

Additional music by Mulatu Astatke and Pawel Gorniak.

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Hello Void! We're coming out of hibernation to drop a special episode of The Ugly Radio. We're hard at work on Season 5 - which debuts early 2025. From now until then though, we're dropping the occasional B-Side Special - stories we received from the multiverse that, for one reason or another, didn't make there way into our normal season. Stories so good they needed a little spotlight of their own. 

Tonight, our first B-Side is "BELOW", written and produced by T.R. Crain. Performed by Ash Winter, this haunting audio log details the findings and subsequent fate of college student, Timothy Bruck. What starts as a mineralogical discovery descends into cataclysmic horrors too terrible to fathom. Witness the end of a world, started by the smallest of seeds. 

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Tonight's episode was "Below" written and produced by T.R. Crain. Performed by Ash Winter. 

Musical Guest was Mikey Moo performing, “Echoes in the Hall”. Their debut album, 'Fresh Idiot' is available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music.

Title Song Provided by unknowncitizen. 

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It's the FINAL final episode of season four and we've got a mixtape full of bands we've featured all season long. Andrew Shanks, creator/producer of The Ugly Radio spins some tunes, gives a state-of-the-pod address and what's coming next in Season 5. Thanks for tuning in everyone! We'll see in you in the void!

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Tonight's episode was produced by Andrew Shanks.

Tonight’s Episode was: Gratuitous Post Credit Scene III

Bands featured were: small.graves, swamp wife, Linda from work, style king of the week, black ends, the nags, erica rose and the ragged school, manwoman, pink boa, and ghost fetish. 

In between music by bleach.bath and Z. 

Title Song Provided by unknowncitizen. 

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This episode is dedicated to Buttercup.   If you’d like to donate to our GoFundMe to help offset vet bills, please visit bit.ly/voidbunny

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It’s our SEASON FINALE! 'PLAN 9...' features three stories based on the Ed Wood camp classic, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. Void mainstays Marcus Gorman, Kelleen Blanchard, and Maggie Lee take us to the "Valley" where a restaurant patrons, detectives, and three friends on a road trip run a foul of aliens, zombies, and well-dwelling ghosts.

Closing us out is music guest is gothic-synth trio, GHOST FETISH. Listen to their album, ALMOST TOUCHING, now streaming on all platforms.

In sadder news, we recently lost a member of our family here in the void. Buttercup was queen of the bunnies here at Ugly Radio, a wonderful support companion during long nights of audio editing. We took a financial hit trying to save her life, but unfortunately, it was not meant to be. We love you Buttercup. This episode is dedicated to you. If you'd like to help us offset the vet costs, please visit our GoFundMe, read Buttercup's story, and donate. All donations, big or small, help out in a big way. visit the GoFundMe page at bit.ly/voidbunny 

Thanks again everyone. Be good people and hug your fur babies extra hard tonight. 

The Ugly Radio is a production of ugly radio presents and is a part of the podmoth network.Tonight's episode is Plan 9.... Stories Inspired by the Film, Plan 9 From Outer Space. Episode produced by Andrew Shanks.

Featured Stories were:

• “A Restaurant In The Valley” written by Marcus Gorman.
• “A Graveyard in The Valley” written by Kelleen Conway Blanchard. 
• “Yonder” written by Maggie Lee. 

Ensemble performances by Sarah Rose Nottingham, Cody Smith, Lisa Viertel, Maddy Nibble, MaryKate Moran, and Jordan-Michael Whidbey.

Musical Guest tonight was: Ghost Fetish performing, “Taste Of Heaven”, “Lipstick”, and “In The Water”. Their music is available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music.

Original music by Claudio and Zara. 

Title Song Provided by unknowncitizen. 

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Pro-Wrestling! Action Movies! Prison Ships! Flesh-Shunting! This episodes got it all, plus a few more added surprises. In our pen-ultimate episode of the season, 'Be Kind Rewind' is going full-tilt boogie with the video rental store vibes. Whether its from our FOUR new stories or tunes from Seattle-shred kings, PINK BOA, you're bound to get a nostalgic contact high. Wait... did we type flesh-shunting earlier? What the hell is flesh-shunting? This fells like a risky google search...

Featured Stories are: 

• “ACTION MAN” written by Martin Murray. Performed by Andrew Shanks, Darien Torbert, Amanda Rae and Alexandria Stevens.
• “Sex Tent” and “Back Inside” written by Kris Hall. Performed by Chad Sommerville and Lauren Freman.
• “Deal Master Video” written by Jeremiah Paulsen. Performed by Cody Smith, Chad Sommerville and Lauren Freman.

Musical Guest tonight is: Pink Boa performing, “Bang Bang”, “Cut the Snake” and “Oil Witch”. You can stream there full length album, ‘Dreamcrusher’, Spotify and Apple Music.

Additional music by Sleepy Eyes of Death, John Murphy, and A.M. Beef. 

Original music by Claudio.

Title Song Provided by unknowncitizen. 

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Take care, and we’ll see you in the Void.     

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Welcome Back to the Synthetic Dystopia! We wrap up this two parter with THREE all new stories, new ensemble members, and more delicious dark-synth from ManWoMan. 

We welcome Jaime Alejandro Cruz to the void with his story, 'Aiden', a synthetic health care assistant who longs for better clientele. We also have the returns of Anthony Bain and Darien Torbert. Bain delivers more surveillance state blues with 'The Archivist', and Torbert takes us to the digital afterlife in "Run Ferryman.Exe". 

Featuring the performances of Alexandria Stevens, Lisa Viertel, Maddy Nibble, Jordan-Michael Whidbey, Mike Gilson, Kevin Bordi, MaryKate Moran, Amanda Rae, and Andrew Shanks. Music guest ManWoMan, music by CLaudio and Sleepy Eyes of Death. Welcome to synthetic hell! 

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Tonight's episode, "Select All Delete Part Two", is produced by Andrew Shanks. 

Featured Stories are:

• ‘AIDEN: YOUR HOME HEALTH SOLUTION’ written by Jaime (Hi-May) Alejandro Cruz. Prerformed by Alexandria Stevens, Mike Gilson, Jordan-Michael Whidbey, and Andrew Shanks
• ‘The Archivist’, written by Anthony Bain. Performed by Lisa Viertel, Alexandria Stevens, and Andrew Shanks.
• ‘Run Ferryman.Exe’, written by Darien Torbert. Performed by Maddy Nibble, Jordan-Michael Whidbey, Kevin Bordi, MaryKate Moran, Amanda Rae, and Andrew Shanks. 

Musical Guest tonight was: ManWoMan, performing “Killing Light”, “Been a Long Time”, and “It’s You”. Their music can be found on Bandcamp. 

Original music by CLaudio, Zara, Bodhi Beats. Additional music by Sleepy Eyes of Death. Title Song Provided by unknowncitizen. 

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Tonight's Featured Podmoth podcast is 'Thick Thighs & Creepy Vibes'. Check them out.

Listen to the Railroad Community Casters podcast too!

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An episode so big we split it in two! Select All Delete begins the final run of episodes in our marathon Season Four! We're looking at all things synthetic; Cybernetic health assistants, digital afterlives, surveillance states in a fascist dystopia AND tonight's segment - the gig-economy hellscape that is cyberpunk Seattle.

Seattle 2059: And None of Us Saints, features the return of writer A.V. Eichenbaum to the void as they weave a tale of Leo Price, a gig-worker just eeking by on the margins of cyberpunk society. When an old acquaintance offers them a lucrative courier mission, Leo finds themselves embroiled in a high stakes game of moral intrigue, AI sentience, and a fascist police force with itchy trigger fingers. 

Featuring the voices of Chad Sommerville, Monica Domena, Matthew Rush, Mike Gilson, and Andrew Shanks + music by Zara and CLaudio.

We also got our music guest, ManWoMan, offering up a deliciously dark synth pop that perfectly matches our dystopia of choice.

We'll be back Monday, July 15th with more tales of sythetica at large. Until then, see you in the void!
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Tonight's episode was produced by Andrew Shanks.

Tonight’s Episode was:  Select All Delete Part One.

Featured Story was:

• 'Seattle 2059: And None of Us Saints’, written by A.V. Eichenbaum. Performed by Chad Sommerville, Monica Domena, Matthew Rush, Mike Gilson, and Andrew Shanks. Featuring music by Zara and CLaudio. 

Musical Guest tonight is: ManWoMan with "It's Me". You can download their singles now on Bandcamp. 

Title Song Provided by unknowncitizen. 

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Take care, and we’ll see you in the Void.     

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Some frequencies shouldn't be explored... but hey, here we are! After a little hiatus, we're back with possibly our most intense episode yet. THREE NEW SONIC HORROR TALES, two of which written by new denizens of the void, Dana Hall and John Busser - as well as the return of Maggie Lee! Plus we welcome Amanda Rae to the ensemble!

PLUS! We're taking classes from our music guest, Erica Rose & The Ragged School!

These three stories are going to make your skin quite literally crawl so, hide the cutlery, ignore the muffled drone coming from your neighbor's abode, and tune in to THE UGLY RADIO! 

The Ugly Radio is a production of ugly radio presents and is a part of the podmoth network.

Tonight's episode was produced by Andrew Shanks.

Tonight’s Episode was:  An Awful Sound

Featured Stories were:

• ‘Under The Floorboards’, written by Dana Hall. Based on ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ by Edgar Allen Poe. Performed by Sarah Rose Nottingham, Amanda Rae, and Dana Winter. 
• ‘They’re In There’, written by John Busser. Performed by Jordan-Michael Whidbey and Lisa Viertel.
• ’The Music of Erika Zann’, written by Maggie Lee. Based on “The Music of Erich Zann’ by H.P. Lovecraft. Performed by Maddy Nibble, Lauren Freman, and Mike Gilson. Original Music by CLaudio and unknowncitizen. Additional music by Treha Sektori. 

Musical Guest tonight was: Erica Rose and the Ragged School. Their EP is available to stream on all music platforms. 

Original music by CLaudio.

Title Song Provided by unknowncitizen. 

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Tonight's featured podcasts are Haunted Tales and The Moustachioed Podcastio

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PRODUCTION NOTE: Originally, this episode was marketed as/titled "Doing The Cockroach", based on one of the segments we had intended to include. Production has pulled that segment to be used in a future episode. The name has been changed, but the theme remains the same. 

Live. Die. Repeat. Not only is it the better title to Tom Cruise action vehicle, "Edge of Tomorrow," it's also a perfect encapsulation of the endless iterations and resets that our episode tonight entails. Three new stories from three new friends of the void. Join us as we cycle through this mortal coil again and again. Just watch out for falling debris / planet-killing asteroids. 

• 'The Re-Set Room’, written by Maria Viera Beatty. Performed by Lyam White and MaryKate Moran. 
• ‘Black Balloon’, written by Barry Wallace. Performed by Shane Regan, Steven Sterne, Alexandria Stevens, and Andrew Shanks. 
• ’To Stop The End of the World’, written by Morgan L Ventura. Performed by Monica Domena, A.V. Eichenbaum, Maddy Nibble, Sarah Rose Nottingham, Shane Regan,  Cody Smith, Alexandria Stevens, and Jordan-Michael Whidbey.

Musical Guest tonight was: The Nags. Their self-titled debut albym is now available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.

Original music by CLaudio.
Title Song Provided by unknowncitizen.
Additional music provided by Artist.I/O.

The Ugly Radio is a proud member of the PodMoth Network. Podmoth is a tirelessly curated collection of weird, odd and macabre podcasts. Give them a listen today. Tonight's Featured Partner Pod : Haunted Moonlight

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