125 - Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Murder of Skip Sagan

This month we bring you Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Murder of Skip Sagan by Ron N. Butler, performed live at LibertyCon, July 21, 2012.

• Size: 8.9M Duration: 18:57
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

124 - Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard

This month we bring you Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard: Taxing Our Patience by Dave Schroeder, performed live at LibertyCon, July 21, 2012.

• Size: 6.9M Duration: 14:41
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

123 - Mac McKnight, Private Investigator

This month we bring you Mac McKnight, Private Investigator: the Case of the Runaway Groom by Andrew Chiang and Dave Schroeder, performed live at Andrew and Catherine's wedding, June 9, 2012.

• Size: 9.5M Duration: 20:25
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

122 - —All You Zombies— part 3

This month we bring you —All You Zombies— by Robert A. Heinlein, adapted for audio by Victor Koman, performed live at the Heinlein Centennial Convention in Kansas City, MO, July 7, 2007.

• Size: 6.9M Duration: 14:40
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

121 - —All You Zombies— part 2

This month we bring you —All You Zombies— by Robert A. Heinlein, adapted for audio by Victor Koman, performed live at the Heinlein Centennial Convention in Kansas City, MO, July 7, 2007.

• Size: 8.2M Duration: 17:35
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

120 - —All You Zombies— part 1

This month we bring you —All You Zombies— by Robert A. Heinlein, adapted for audio by Victor Koman, performed live at the Heinlein Centennial Convention in Kansas City, MO, July 7, 2007.

• Size: 7.93M Duration: 17:20
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

A podcast index

Yes, that's what this is, a searchable keyword-enabled index to the podcast of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company. I'm still polishing and refining, but it's at least usable now. One could scroll down to the "Labels" section at the lower right and click on, say, "H P Lovecraft" to get a list of every live Lovecraft performance we have available.

But there's more. Across the top of the page you'll see three new permanent links to help you explore our podcast archive.

Adaptations is a list of, well, adaptations of works by well-known authors: H.P. Lovecraft, of course, but also Robert A. Heinlein, H.G. Wells, H. Beam Piper, Terry Pratchett, Katherine Kurtz and Sharon Webb.

Originals collects unrelated works by authors we've come to think of as our family: Our first head writer, Thomas E. Fuller, Gerald W. Page, and Kelley S. Ceccato. I'll be adding more as I rediscover them.

Series includes many of these same writers, but the theme of the collection is the menagerie of continuing characters whose adventures we've explored over the years. Ron Butler's Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Jonathan Strickland's Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment; Dave Schroeder's Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard; Sketch MacQuinor's consulting detective Grimpen Meyer; the so-far uncollected stories of Christmas that have expanded upon Thomas E. Fuller's original An Atlanta Christmas. All these and more are here.

There's a lot, and we're adding more constantly. Take a peek and I guarantee you'll find something new to you, or heard once many years ago and wanted to hear again. Have fun. We certainly do.

119 - Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard: The Wells of Time

This month we bring you Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard: The Wells of Time by Dave Schroeder, performed live at the Academy Theatre March 3 and 4, 2012.

• Size: 8M Duration: 17:01
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

118 - The Fox and the Fry Bread

This month we bring you The Fox and the Fry Bread , a traditional story adapted for audio by Daniel W. Kiernan, performed live at Frontier Days at Stone Mountain Park, May 1 and 2, 2004.

• Size: 5M Duration: 10:28
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

117 - Sarabande for a Condemned Man

This month we bring you Sarabande for a Condemned Man by Kelley S. Ceccato, performed live at Dragon*Con, Sunday, September 4, 2011.

• Size: 15.5M Duration: 34:16
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

116 - Mr. Currier, Mr. Ives, and All That Snow

This month we bring you Mr. Currier, Mr. Ives, and All That Snow by Thomas E. Fuller, performed live at the Academy Theatre, December 2008.

• Size: 5.6M Duration: 12:19
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

115 - The Game is Afoot: Game the Third, The Adventure of the Tick Tock Dick

This month we bring you The Game is Afoot: Game the Third, The Adventure of the Tick Tock Dick by Sketch MacQuinor, performed live at Dragon*Con, September 2, 2011.

• Size: 11.7M Duration: 25:41
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

114 - Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard: You've Got Mail Demons

This month we bring you Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard: You've Got Mail Demons by Dave Schroeder, performed live at Dragon*Con, September 4, 2011.

• Size: 8.73M Duration: 19.04
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

113 - Rory Rammer: Murder at the Purge

This month we bring you Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Murder at the Purge by Ron N. Butler, performed live at Dragon*Con, September 2, 2011.

• Size: 11.1M Duration: 24:17
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

112 - He Walked Around the Horses

This month we bring you He Walked Around the Horses by H. Beam Piper, adapted for audio by Ron N. Butler, performed live at LibertyCon, July 16, 2011.

• Size: 11M Duration: 24:03
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

Reviewed at Gravedigger's Local 16

The blog at Gravedigger's Local 16 has given a favorable review to Special Order / A Case of Abuse (buy it from ARTC or Audible), and of course we're extremely grateful.

Correction of a factual error:
The physical disc release of Special Order / A Case of Abuse is not a CD-R. It's a "real" glass-mastered factory-pressed CD, as is most of our catalog. We do market some of our releases on CD-R, but they are labeled, since we're aware some older disc players don't like to play them. We frankly hope most of our listeners will purchase a download from Audible (or iTunes or Amazon), just because storing the physical media and fulfilling mail orders are almost more troublesome and time consuming than actually producing the program.

The reviewer is certainly correct that “ultimate evil implies ultimate good” doesn't exactly fit H. P. Lovecraft's literary point of view, which is that the universe is greater than humans can understand and attaches no particular importance to human life. The intended point was that one view is really no easier to believe or disbelieve than the other, and blending the two had not, to our knowledge, been tried. We were amused at the thought that some of our listeners might be more upset by the suggestion that the religious concepts might be valid than by the implications of the nightmarish Lovecraftian world. That that battle might be going on over our metaphysical heads and (generally) taking no notice of us might be the most horrifying idea of all.

111 - Cautionary Tales for Grownups: The Museum Patrons Who Disrupted the Cinema and Lost Their Souls

This month we bring you Cautionary Tales for Grownups: The Museum Patrons who Disrupted the Cinema and Lost Their Souls by Tracy V. Wilson. It was performed live at Stone Mountain Park's Tomato Festival on July 31, 2004.

This particular performance came to mind due to the major theatrical release this week.  Be good to each other, everybody!

• Size: 10M Duration: 22:05
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

110 - Rafe Rathbone, Constable of the Ether: The Adventure of Sir Isaac's Monocle

This month we bring you Rafe Rathbone, Constable of the Ether: The Adventure of Sir Isaac's Monocle by Ron N. Butler. It was performed live at the Academy Theatre's STEAM Fest, April 9, 2011.

• Size: 10M Duration: 22:05
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

109 - The Game is Afoot! Episode One: The Phantom Chippendale

This month we bring you episode one of Sketch MacQuinor's versatile series The Game is Afoot!: The Phantom Chippendale. It was performed live at the Academy Theatre's STEAM Fest, April 9, 2011. Versatile because it started as a puppet show, changed cast, then morphed into an audio drama, and may transform back at a moment's notice. Or less! You can also get a visual on this performance at our YouTube site so you can see what everybody is laughing about 10 or 11 minutes into the piece. (That is to say, about two minutes into part two below.)

• Size: 11M Duration: 24:03
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

108 - An interview with CORE Performance Company and an episode of Bumpers Crossroads: The Stray Dog

This month we bring you an episode of Bumpers Crossroads entitled The Stray Dog by Linda Young, series created by Daniel Taylor. It was performed live in October 2010 at the Academy Theatre. Before we get to the main event, however, we are proud to bring you our first ever interview to the ARTC Podcast, this time with Claire Horne of CORE Performance Company.

CORE Performance Company is our Partner in Imagination for our upcoming performance of The Dancer in the Dark. Partners in Imagination is ARTC's initiative to spread awareness of what is possible in a collaborative community. By channeling the energies of non-profits into common goals, ARTC hopes to raise awareness of various causes through the magic of radio.

• Size: 11M Duration: 24:03
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download