September 6, 2026
A Canticle For Leibowitz, Part 12
Newspaper headlines read “Lucifer Is Fallen!” Acid rain from nuclear fallout foreshadows another catastrophe as a scientist turned monk named Joshua is summoned for a dangerous mission.
A Canticle For Leibowitz, Part 13
As war ravages the planet, Brother Joshua of the Order of Leibowitz struggles with his conscience.
September 13, 2026
A Canticle For Leibowitz, Part 14
Sickness and darkness descend as the Abbot Zerchi clashes with a physician.
A Canticle For Leibowitz, Part 15
Brother Joshua’s spaceship stands ready to lead a small remnant of civilization to a new community among the stars. And a two-headed woman may hold the key to humankind’s survival.
Conclusion of the 15-part series from Wisconsin Public Radio and NPR. The complete series can be found at Archive.org, at RadioEchoes, Old Time Radio Downloads, and on YouTube. September 20, 2026
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Scourge of the Desert
ZPPR Productions presents an exciting story of the desert, told at night when the girls are supposed to be asleep.
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Big Fun Radio Funtime sends us these performed live at CONvergence, back in July.
S.L.O.A.
A soon-to-be mega-villain is visited by the local Owners’ Association with some complaints, and a few demands… I mean, guidelines. (By Jerry Stearns and Brian Price.)
Everyday Mysteries Revealed
Every wonder about all those strange things that seem to occur around the house? Well I bet you didn’t know this is how that happens. And you still won’t. (By Chris Jones.)
Pongversations
A convention of obscure 1970s video game characters goes off with a hitch or two… or a few. (By Tim Wick.)
September 27, 2026
Holy Moses Murphy
A tale of the "Average Joe", the Everyman. A light-hearted look at one man's post-war journey toward making a new, better life for himself.
An episode of the Narada Radio Company’s Pulp Pourri Theater, taken from the old Pulp magazines. Story by James Lynch.
Noch Kolatski, Interplanetary Adventurer
A very silly and overblown science fiction tale, produced by someone entirely too involved with public radio style. From The Chicago Language Tape, and directed by El Fiendo (aka Yuri Rasovsky) on Shuga Records in 1972.
The Exciting of Trains
The introduction to a video about the wonderful world of trains, that has gone severely off the tracks. Made by someone called Obvious Plant Moving Pictures. This and the complete video are available on YouTube. October 4, 2026
Larry Snow - The Old Man In the Forest
Detective Larry Snow is hired to find a man who went off into the forest and didn’t come back. What he finds is not what he expected. But then finding what one expects in life is not all that common.
New work by Jeffrey Adams and the Icebox Radio Theater in International Falls, MN.
The Refertilization of the Weed Planet 313
They have been going from planet to planet remaking the surface suitable for themselves. They are instructed not to do anything if there is intelligent life already there. On the Weed Planet they might have been wrong.
An entry in the 2013 75th Anniversary of the War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast contest. Produced by Ron Jon. October 11, 2026
Netherdrome: That They May Face the Winds
In the future people live in huge underground cities, with few able to survive on the surface. One Native American wants to go back to the surface to die, which upsets a lot of other people.
Netherdrome is a series of original science fiction stories by Barry Anderson produced by the Nebraska Broadcast Theater and Whizbang Productions. First aired on Nebraska Public Radio in 1989.
Dead London
A British production of a segment of the H. G. Wells original story, by the Wireless Theater. Recorded on the actual Horsell Common where the tale takes place. Produced for the 75th Anniversary of the H.G. Wells Broadcast contest. They won it, too.
The Jester’s Slippers
When mysterious shooting stars fall over the Valenhigh mountains the residents of the nearby village of Fallhaven pay no attention to the wild eyed preacher who tells them that great demons are coming to punish them for their sins. Step forward two heroic warriors, Sir Reginald and Boris the Destroyer, who must cast aside their differences and lead the struggle against the alien tripods that threaten to destroy the realm and leave nothing but fire and ash in their path.
From Yap Audio Theater in Scotland. Another entry in the contest mentioned above.
October 18, 2026
War of the Worlds - Hilton Head
We all know that the radio War of the Worlds took place in New Jersey. Well, maybe you didn’t know that. But that’s where Orson Welles set it in 1938. In this 88th Anniversary of that broadcast we hear from the Hilton Head Repertory Company’s adaptation of the original story, reset in South Carolina. Produced by Steve Ziplow, of Ziplow Productions.
War of the Worlds Parody
There are also dozens of take offs and parodies of the War of the Worlds. Even the Simpsons has done it. This version is performed by The Borgus Collective. They’ve also done a 2-hour radio version of an alien invasion called Not From Space, which was first released in 2003, when it won a Mark Time Award for Best Audio Science Fiction. It’s all performed by professional radio and TV people from all over the world. They did an updated version in 2023, too. And now they have done a film version which is making the rounds of film festivals across the country. October 25. 2026
Remembering the Martians
Most War of the Worlds tales look at the invasion. This documentary-style program looks back at the years after the invasion was completed and at the lasting legacy the Martians left behind when they expired.
Written by Jim Prasil for his Marvelous Boxes series, performed by the Decoder Ring Theatre in Canada, as part of their Summer Showcase programs in 2012.
They Came For the Candy
This bit of silliness sees the Martians from a very different point of view - or at least presents a variation on the reason for an invasion.
Written by Jay Rath and directed by Scott Dikkers (of The Onion news service), and performed by The Radio Pirates out of Madison Wisconsin. November 1, 2026
Space 1889 - Red Devils, Acts 1-2
Space 1889 is a table-top role playing game in a steampunk setting, released in 1988. It features space exploration using steam powered machines and 19th century politics. It was created by Frank Chadwick and released by Game Designers Workshop.
In 2005-06 Noise Monster Productions did four audio dramas based on the game’s setting. The first three are called the Mars Trilogy, and the fourth is about the colonizing the Moon.
We are bringing you the first of the Mars Trilogy - Red Devils - with the first two acts on this day, and the final act next week. It was written by Jonathan Clements.
I have found the audio versions of all these tales on Archive.org, and on a UK podcast called Fourble.
