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Radio Drama Revival

Showcasing the diversity and vitality of modern audio drama

Chris Dueker

Some common traits of contemporary German audio drama, or Why don’t Germans like German heroes?

March 30, 2008 By Chris Dueker

Last week Malleus traced a rough history of German supernatural horror serials and considered their defining impact on the contemporary H?rspiel-Boom (audio drama explosion). What are some general characteristics of these new horror serial audios? I?ve made a list below of several trends I?ve noticed over the past 9 years, many of which differ from British and American tendencies. Read on to learn about casting practices, pricing, and for an answer to the strange riddle: Why do German audio … [Read more...] about Some common traits of contemporary German audio drama, or Why don’t Germans like German heroes?

REVENGE OF THE GRUSEL-KRIMIS! A primer on supernatural horror in the German H?rspiel-Boom

March 22, 2008 By Chris Dueker

The inaugural column of Malleus kicks off a three part investigation of the seminal role of supernatural horror in the contemporary German audio drama explosion. Discover the first German radio drama, learn about German pulp novels, and experience the terror of Konga the Man-Frog. … [Read more...] about REVENGE OF THE GRUSEL-KRIMIS! A primer on supernatural horror in the German H?rspiel-Boom

Malleus: Vibrations from the Middle Ear (a new review column of English and German spoken arts)

March 16, 2008 By Chris Dueker

Introduction to Malleus with Chris Dueker Welcome to Malleus: Vibrations from the Middle Ear, a weekly review column of English and German language audio drama, audio books, and other spoken word recordings. Malleus came about for two reasons: 1) to provide critical reviews of spoken arts recordings that rarely receive them and 2) to introduce English-speakers to the remarkable German phenomenon colloquially termed the ?H?rspiel-Boom?. To that end this English language column will cover … [Read more...] about Malleus: Vibrations from the Middle Ear (a new review column of English and German spoken arts)

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Radio Drama Revival is one of the internet’s longest-running anthology modern audio drama shows (dedicated mostly to programming created after the “Golden Age” of US Radio Drama). We also occasionally dabble in exploring earlier audio works from a cultural/historical perspective.

Broadcasting since 2007, we have over 500 hours of original, contemporary audio fiction here for your listening pleasure.

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