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Hear our special feature "A Moment with Morgan Freeman" as he shares about that special thing all of us have in common.

Hear Morgan Freeman describe what we all have in common. If your down in the dumps takes you into a manhole, will reaching out to Infinity bring BROCK STILLWELL to the rescue?  What is a "Tincture of Eponymous" and what good is a good luck charm from Machu Pichu? It's The Twilight Zone meets Monty Python

Swamp Witch Studio presents

a Night Owl Theatre production

This Moment in America: Quarantine Edition

A series of 30-second to 6-minute long micro-audio dramas inspired by and featuring the sounds of everyday life of people in quarantine in the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sounds were submitted by listeners over the course of 36 hours in mid-April 2020.

This production was commissioned by Louisville Arts Network, in partnership with Lift Up Lou.

This Moment in America is a project of Night Owl Theatre to share the perspective of people who live in the nooks and crannies of a vast country that is struggling with its identity in a politically charged time.

Night Owl Theatre is an audio drama podcast that seeks to increase our capacity to understand one another through storytelling so that we may grow in empathy and compassion towards our better selves.

WANT to get rid of the dreaded dreads, the mournful bleak and the murky dumps, there’s a miracle in a bean called Bleak No Mo, and it’s free with a subscription to MentalRadio.

Can Blood Hornets bring down Dixon Ticonderoga? Can the Lord of the Dreads eat Guy Goode and Gabby with hundreds of black and broken teeth? Find out how effervescence better than wretchedness in the Forced Learning Center. It's all real. It's all true. 

Can Blood Hornets bring down Dixon Ticonderoga? Can the Lord of the Dreads eat Guy Goode and Gabby with hundreds of black and broken teeth? Find out how effervescence better than wretchedness in the Forced Learning Center. Can an evolutionary fluke result in someone who is half man, half octopus? Find out how to get rid of mournful bleak and murky dumps with a miracle bean. It's all real. It's all true. 

This is the 90 second meditation from MentalRadio Chapter 6, for easy access any time any day. 

Jay, Bonita, and Row have gathered on the rooftop to burn the sage and drink the sacred Gatorade. To pray to the goddess Nike, and the ghosts of Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe. To summon victory for their beloved champion: Serena Williams, the Greatest Of All Time. 

Directed by Whitney White (What to Send Up When It Goes Down, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord) and featuring original music by Jeremy Lloyd (Marian Hill, clear eyes), G.O.A.T. is an electric celebration of Black Girl Magic, on and off the court. Denise Manning (Daddy, PoA's Wild and Precious Life), Obie winner April Matthis (Toni Stone, PoA's Hate Baby), and playwright/performer Ngozi Anyanwu (Good Grief, The Homecoming Queen) star - and Drama Desk nominee Bobby Moreno cameos -  in the final episode of Playing on Air’s Spring 2020 season. After the episode, stay tuned for host Claudia Catania’s conversation with the artists, about ritual, their multi-hyphenate talents, and the G.O.A.T. herself, Serena Williams.

Playing on Air is a non-profit, listener-supported production. To help support our fall season, visit https://playingonair.org/donate. Thank you for listening!

What does Optimism sound like? Meet Vuja De, the one who knows something good is about to have happened. She knows how to get to the luck plane. What happens to WHYMEEZ, those victims who look for someone to blame and go mad? World updates on attacks of giant lizards, herds of goats, and blood hornets. 

What does Optimism sound like? Meet Vuja De, the one who knows something good is about to have happened. She knows how to get to the luck plane. Proof that the Art of Ricochet is real, proven by Ricochet Masters like Brownboy Love. What happens to WHYMEEZ, those victims who look for someone to blame and go mad? World updates on attacks of giant lizards, herds of goats, and blood hornets. 

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This is the 90 second meditation from MentalRadio Chapter 5, for easy access any time any day.

John Lithgow ("The Crown," "3rd Rock from the Sun," Hillary and Clinton) and Tony nominee Steven Boyer (Hand to God, PoA's An Upset) star in Emily Chadick Weiss's IF YOU WIN.

On the eve of a local election, candidate Hal Wheelwright (Lithgow) receives an unexpected offer from his opponent's son (Boyer). Is this an act of political sabotage or a blessing in disguise?

After the play, director Giovanna Sardelli (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Atlantic's Describe the Night) joins Chadick Weiss (Ensemble Studio Theatre, “The Share”) and the cast for a behind-the-scenes interview moderated by host Claudia Catania.

Playing on Air is a non-profit, listener-supported production. To help support our fall season, visit https://playingonair.org/donate. Thank you for listening!

This is the meditation from within Chapter 4, separate for your listening and quick-meditation, taking you from frazzled to mellow in just 90 seconds. Listen

Mental Radio uses TCRW - telepathic communication through radio waves technology - to communicate with reporters on this and other worlds and dimensions. We take you to our Reporter on the Other Side, Reggie Binker, for an introductory look at the afterlife.

As an "Acclaimed Prodigy," AND accredited "KnowItAll," has been offering his services for many years, answering questions and  giving advice to all those in need. 

Dixon Ticonderoga wakes up to find Dilemmas are massive bulls in an arena filled with spectators who want to bring him down. Hear the words of a six year old who is already a Black Belt in the Art of Ricochet thanks to MentalRadio training and got to Cloud Nine in the Seventh Heaven of Tickled Pink. You’ll join Guy Goode and Gabby in the darkest part of the Valley of Death, where they face a Tantrum at Devil’s Anus. And you'll hear a Dirk Blaze Adventure.

Dixon Ticonderoga wakes up to find Dilemmas are massive bulls in an arena filled with spectators who want to bring him down. Hear the words of a six year old who is already a Black Belt in the Art of Ricochet thanks to MentalRadio training and got to Cloud Nine in the Seventh Heaven of Tickled Pink. You will learn Vocal Authority Training, how to speak with conviction whether you know anything about any topic. You’ll join Guy Goode and Gabby in the darkest part of the Valley of Death, where they face a Tantrum at Devil’s Anus. And how your EGO strengthens itself by complaining, and why being an Optimystical is not only necessary but is the only option. 

One summer morning, in a cool and dusty bar, two strangers seek refuge from the past. RJ is a single father, on a break from his only son’s wedding. The mysterious Sonja is patient and sympathetic, but may have her own priorities. Two strangers meeting is an old story, but the possibility of a true connection always feels new.

Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei ("My Cousin Vinny," Broadway’s The Rose Tattoo) stars with Michael C. Hall (“Dexter,” Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and Alfredo Narciso (Broadway’s Time and the Conways, PoA’s The Blizzard) in JUNE WEDDINGS by Barbara Hammond (Terra Firma). Directed by Jenn Thompson (Abundance, Lost in Yonkers). After the play, host Claudia Catania joins the artists to talk about romance, parenting, and people-watching in New York City.

Playing on Air is a non-profit, listener-supported production. To help support our fall season, visit https://playingonair.org/donate. Thank you for listening!

In Chapter 3 of MentalRadio, you'll discover that butterflies sing "This is my lucky Day" and what Happiness is and how you might find it buried under "Yeah-Buts." Learn about how 2020 is the beginning of the Great Ascension, and the benefits of becoming a "Black Belt in the Art of Ricochet" all in 10 minutes.