Episodes
Browse the archive and see what's coming soon
Since 2013, Re-Imagined Radio has offered radio storytelling for audiences local to global. Each episode is based on dialogue, sound effects, and music, the fundamental components of radio storytelling. Each episode is targeted for your ears, the portals to your imagination. Here are introductions to upcoming and past episodes. Links lead to further information and listening opportunities. Learn More about Re-Imagined Radio.
Season 12, 2024
Looking Ahead
2024—a year of doubles
This year, 2024, Re-Imagined Radio offers a "doubles tribute" mini-series. Two radio stories in one episode. Double the fun.
It's a unique approach to radio storytelling. To double down. Offer a double dose. Listeners call it double fun. Move ahead with double speed, they say. Double or nothing. Well, you get the idea.
Coming this year . . .
"Double Green" (The Green Hornet and The Green Lama)
"Double Johnny Dollar"
"Double Box 13"
"Double Harry Lime"
Double Mysterious Traveler
Doubly Strange and Terrifying
15 January 2024
Season 12, Episode 01
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT, KXRW and KXRY
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates The Mysterious Traveler with "Behind the Locked Door" and "Zero Hour." Two episodes of action and suspense. Doubly strange and terrifying. A double tribute. Double the fun. LEARN more
2023 Episodes
A Radio Christmas Carol
A LIVE holiday performance!
20 December 2023
Season 11, Episode 12L
Kiggins Theatre, doors at 6:00, performance at 7:00 PM
Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop performing the classic story by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. We've presented some version of this story every holiday season since 2013. It's wonderful to offer it again at Kiggins Theatre with live voice actors and Foley artists. LEARN more
A Radio Christmas Sampler Vol. III
Stories for the holidays
18 December 2023
Season 11, Episode 12R
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT, KXRW and KXRY
It's a tradition now, our "A Radio Christmas Sampler." For 2023, we offer this third volume with samples from "Christmas Dragnet," a comedy record by Stan Freberg, and three radio programs, The Shadow, The Whistler, and Gunsmoke to celebrate radio storytelling for the seasonal holidays. LEARN more
Dimension X
Stories in time and space
20 November 2023
Season 11, Episode 11
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Dimension X, a pioneering adult science fiction radio storytelling series by reviewing earlier radio science fiction programs, and listening to "The Outer Limit," the first episode of Dimension X, and perhaps the most often broadcast radio science fiction story. LEARN more
The War of the Worlds
Live radio drama performance
16 October 2023
Season 11, Episode 10L
7:00 PM PT, Kiggins Theatre, Vancouver, WA
Re-Imagined Radio presents Willamette Radio Workshop with their live performance of The War of the Worlds. Directed by Sam A. Mowry. One night, one performance only. Kiggins Theatre. Downtown Vancouver. Learn More
Asezhia
A world of great beauty and instant death
16 October 2023
Season 11, Episode 10R
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT, KXRW and KXRY
For Halloween, Re-Imagined Radio presents Asezhia. An ancient jewel, stolen from a planet with a dark history, transforms into a predatory terror with an insatiable hunger for sensation and blood. Even Emile Song, the telepathic Special Detective from Quaymet, the capitol of a galactic civilization, may be out of his reckoning as he goes up against a skeletal fiend that can vanish into ruby mist, a hellish denizen from the distant world of Asezhia, a world of great beauty, and instant death. Learn More
9/11 Radio Stories
What happened behind the images
18 September 2023
Season 11, Episode 09
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT, KXRW and KXRY
Re-Imagined Radio remembers Sep. 11, 2001, when four passenger airplanes were hijacked and turned into weapons. Behind televised images of New York, Washington, and Shanksville, airline officials, air traffic controllers, and federal agents talked, frantically trying to learn what was happening, and determine how to stop it. Their telephone and radio communications were recorded. From those sources we share stories of what happened behind the images of 9/11. Learn More
I Have a Dream
Stories behind this famous speech
21 August 2023
Season 11, Episode 08
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT, KXRW and KXRY
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates the anniversary of the famous "I Have a Dream" speech, by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and considers some stories behind its origins, context, delivery, and reception. Speaking from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. King called for equality. For civil and economic rights for all people. And, for an end to racism in the United States. Learn More
WRW Retrospective
Two decades of radio storytelling
17 July 2023
Season 11, Episode 07
Re-Imagined Radio presents WRW Retrospective, a wide-ranging visit with Sam A. Mowry, founder and director of Willamette Radio Workshop, based in Portland, Oregon, and active in the Pacific northwest since 2001. Sam reflects on two decades of radio storytelling. Learn More
Coast To Coast
Four Short Stories by Jack J. Ward
19 June 2023
Season 11, Episode 06
Re-Imagined Radio presents four short science fiction radio stories written and directed by Jack J. Ward, who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. "Coast To Coast" celebrates this radio storytelling connection between the Northwest Coast of the United States and the Northeast Coast of Canada. Learn More
The Day the Earth Stood Still
A warning and . . . an ultimatium
15 May 2023
Season 11, Episode 05
Re-Imagined Radio presents the radio adaptation of the 1951 SciFi movie, both starring Michael Rennie. Classic radio storytelling. A space alien arrives in Washington, DC, and gives humankind a warning, and an ultimatum. Live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. Learn More
Proximity Effect
Edward R. Murrow's radio storytelling.
17 April 2023
Season 11, Episode 04
Re-Imagined Radio explores "the proximity effect" achieved by Edward R. Murrow in his World War II reports from London during fifty-seven days of continuous bombing. His keen observation, vivid verbal descriptions, and attention to sound provide unmatched immediacy, a sense of what could be observed, and a new form of radio storytelling. Learn More
The Wizard of Oz
There's no place Like Home.
20 March 2023
Season 11, Episode 03
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Women's History Month and the work of Judy Garland with this radio adaptation of the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz (1939). Garland, 28, the only original cast member, recreates her starring movie role as Dorothy Gale along with a fine cast. Learn More
A Mighty Span
Opening of the Interstate Bridge.
20 February 2023
Season 11, Episode 02
Re-Imagined Radio explores early examples of dramatized news events and uses this inspiration to create its own dramatization of the opening of the Interstate Bridge linking Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, across the Columbia River, February 14, 1917. Learn More
Short Sound Stories
Student storytelling with sound(s).
30 January 2023
Season 11, Episode 01
Re-Imagined Radio presents a collection of short stories told with soundscapes, dreamscapes, deep questions, audio drama, radio drama, radio historical highlights, memories, emotional states, loss and redemption, scary stories, uplifting stories, collages, sound poems, and more. All original work created by participants of a storytelling with sounds course. Learn More
2022 Episodes
A Radio Christmas Carol
Our first LIVE performance since 2020!
21 December 2022
Season 10, Episode 12
Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop performing the classic story by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. We have presented some version of this story every holiday season since 2013. It is wonderful to offer it again at Kiggins Theatre with live voice actors and Foley artists. Carols by The Holly Jolly Singers. Learn More
A Radio Christmas Sampler Vol. II
Stories for the holidays.
19 December 2022
Season 10, Episode 11
Following the success of our "A Radio Christmas Sampler" in 2021, we offer this second volume. We sample two Christmas radio programs, each starring famous Hollywood actors. The first is "Back for Christmas" starring Peter Lorre. The second is "Britt Ponset's Christmas Story" starring Jimmy Stewart. Both welcome the holiday season. Learn More
Hearing Voices
Stories told by those who lived them.
21 November 2022
Season 10, Episode 10
Re-Imagined Radio features three stories from the Clark County Historical Musuem Oral History Collection: "Living with Chief Joseph," "Working for the SPS Railroad," and "The Russians Arrive." Hear these stories told in the voices of those who lived them. Learn More
The War of the Worlds: Possible influences
Stories behind the most (in)famous radio story ever.
17 October 2022
Season 10, Episode 09
Re-Imagined Radio explores earlier experiments with "break in" news announcements and their impact on Orson Welles's radio adaptation of the 1898 novel by H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds. Interviews with Welles provided additional insight. Our documentary radio performance style combines art production and scholarship to celebrate this (in)famous radio broadcast. Learn More
Twisted Epiphanies
Sudden, unexpected revelations or insights.
19 September 2022
Season 10, Episode 08
Epiphanies. Sudden insights. Revelations. Connections. Re-Imagined Radio offers several, each produced by local writers and voice actors. Each insightful. Sometimes uncomfortable. "Twisted" from expectations. But each an excellent, thought-provoking story about human experience. Learn More
Joe Frank Tribute
Tribute to iconic late-night radio storyteller.
15 August 2022
Season 10, Episode 07
Re-Imagined Radio pays tribute to Joe Frank, a radio storyteller with an insomniac voice telling late-night stories just at the edge of believability. We sample several of his stories to showcase his work, from early to near the end of his career. Learn More
Lone-Green-Challenge
Tribute to three connected radio dramas.
18 July 2022
Season 10, Episode 06
Re-Imagined Radio pays tribute to three radio drama series produced and broadcast by the same radio station from the 1930s-1950s, using a handful of voice actors and announcers that cycled between programs. Learn More
William Conrad
Tribute to a great radio actor.
20 June 2022
Season 10, Episode 05
Re-Imagined Radio pays tribute to William Conrad, one of the best radio voice actors we've ever heard. We sample "The Abominable Snowman" from Escape and "Bloody Hands" from Gunsmoke. Both showcase Conrad's million dollar voice. Both are great radio stories as well. Learn More
The Fall of the City
Tribute to experimental radio storytelling.
16 May 2022
Season 10, Episode 04
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates The Columbia Workshop and its experiments with radio storytelling. The Voices perform Archibald MacLeish's "The Fall of the City" with some samples from Jack J. Ward's "Great Day for a War" to provide present day context. Learn More
Lucille Fletcher Tribute
Tribute To Women's History Month and Lucille Fletcher.
18 March 2022
Season 10, Episode 03
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Women's History Month and Lucille Fletcher, one of the greatest writers of radio drama. The Voices perform two of Fletcher's superb radio dramas, "The Hitch-Hiker" and "Sorry, Wrong Number." Learn More
Destination Freedom
Tribute To Black American culture, art, and history.
21 February 2022
Season 10, Episode 02
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Black History Month and the democratic traditions and cultural contributions of Black Americans. We sample "The Father of the Blues" to consider W.C. Handy, and "The Trumpet Talks" to consider Louis Armstrong. Learn More
Figurski at Findhorn on Acid
Tribute To Richard Holeton's pioneering hypertext.
17 January 2022
Season 10, Episode 01
Re-Imagined Radio presents The Voices performing a radio adaptation of Richard Holeton's pioneering hypertext novel, Figurski at Findhorn on Acid. Based on real life characters, an intentional New Age community, and yes, THAT acid, Holeton's novel is called "electronic literature too big for a single genre." We agree and offered a radio sensorium from this unique literary work. Learn More
2021 Episodes
A Radio Christmas Sampler
Our community holiday tradition continues.
20 December 2021
Season 09, Episode 12
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates the Christmas holidays with a sampler of radio shows including The Jack Benny Program, Rocky Fortune, The Damon Runyon Theatre, Bing Crosby and The Kraft Music Hall, Metropolitan Performing Arts, Suspense, and more. Since 2013 Re-Imagined Radio has offered a holiday celebration. We continue this tradition with "A Radio Christmas Sampler." Learn More
Candy Matson Tribute
The best of the female radio detectives.
15 November 2021
Season 09, Episode 11
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates the popular female detective series Candy Matson by sampling the first and last episodes to provide a sense of the trajectory and characteristics that made the program so popular. Learn More
The War of the Worlds
Our best take on this most (in)famous radio drama.
18 October 2021
Season 09, Episode 10
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates World Audio Drama Day and the most (in)famous radio drama of all time, "The War of the Worlds," with a re-imagined storyline, perspectives, and sound effects. Learn More
Dracula
Our third take on the original man in black.
20 September 2021
Season 09, Episode 09
Re-Imagined Radio presents an adaptation of Bram Stoker's legendary novel performed by Metropolitan Performing Arts. We explore how Dracula, the vampire, infects society with discord and misfortune with his evil abnormality. Learn More
Nirvana & Gehenna
Three Worlds. Three Dimensions. One Future.
16 August 2021
Season 09, Episode 08
Re-Imagined Radio presents Nirvana & Gehenna, an interdimensional documentary by Jerrel McQuen and Marc Rose, both of Portland, Oregon. Learn More
Hiro & Liling / The Martian Death March
Lyrical love story. Insight to inhumanity.
19 July 2021
Season 09, Episode 07
Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop performing two short radio dramas, Hiro and Liling by Kristina Armetta, an original story, and The Martian Death March, by Ernest Kinoy, an episode from X Minus One. Learn More
X Minus One Tribute
Tales from the far horizons of the unknown.
21 June 2021
Season 09, Episode 06
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates X Minus One, the anthology program known for high quality radio adaptations of original science fiction stories, with samples from "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury and "The Cave of Night" by James E. Gunn. Learn More
Exuberance Is Beauty
A story of love and loss in 1940s Oregon.
17 May 2021
Season 09, Episode 05
Re-Imagined Radio presents Exuberance Is Beauty, a sample from the podcast by Illuminus Audio Productions, of Portland, Oregon. Created and produced by Donna Barrow-Green, this is a contemporary interpretation of Adam and Eve's biblical allegory and Eve's fall into desolation. Learn More
The Immortal Sherlock Holmes
The most famous detective who never lived.
10 May 2021
Season 09, Episode 04
Re-Imagined Radio presents our adaptation of "The Immortal Sherlock Holmes" performed by Metropolitan Performing Arts. Sherlock Holmes, the most famous of all fictional detectives, uses his amazing powers of deduction to solve mysteries, murders, and other crimes. We give a tip of the deerstalker hat to the man who never lived, but whose enduring legend will never die. Learn More
Storytelling with Sounds
Sounds spark imaginations, create engaging stories.
15 March 2021
Season 09, Episode 03
Re-Imagined Radio explores how sounds have contributed to storytelling throughout human history and samples some interesting examples. Learn More
Affairs of the Heart with Lonesome Gal
The heart, redux.
11 February 2021
Season 09, Episode 02
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates love, in many forms, just in time for Valentine's Day. Performed by Metropolitan Performing Arts with special appearances by Lonesome Gal whose singing breaks many hearts, with happiness. Learn More
New Year
Looking back. Looking ahead.
14 January 2021
Season 09, Episode 01
Re-Imagined Radio samples two radio programs directly related to New Year's Eve—The Whistler and Guy Lombardo's New Year's Eve Party—to celebrate the start of 2021. Learn More
2020 Episodes
A Radio Christmas Carol
Our community holiday tradition continues.
December 24, 2020
Season 08, Episode 03
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates the holiday season as it has done since 2013. A special 2-hour performance by Metropolitan Performing Arts includes this holiday classic PLUS a fun selection of carols and holiday music AND a guest appearance by Lonesome Gal. Learn More
The Skyjacker
The D.B. Cooper Saga Part 3
25 November 2020
Season 08, Episode 02
Re-Imagined Radio presents its third foray into the enduring legend of D.B. Cooper with an original script by Dan Wyatt, Jr. performed by Metropolitan Performing Arts. On Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, Cooper jumped from a hijacked passenger airplane into a stormy night over Southwest Washington. Neither Cooper, nor the ransom money, has ever been found. His hijacking of a Northwest Orient jet airplane remains the only unsolved case of U.S. air piracy. To some, he is a hero. To others, a criminal. Learn More
The Maltese Falcon
Hard-boiled noir with a side of attitude.
22 January 2020
Season 08, Episode 01
Re-Imagined Radio presents Metropolitan Performing Arts performing THE classic hard-boiled private eye drama with just enough noir by Dashiell Hammett. We re-imagine his iconic story for radio with good success. Learn More
2019 Episodes
A Christmas Carol
Our community holiday tradition continues.
18 December 2019
Season 07, Episode 05
Re-Imagined Radio presents Metropolitan Performing Arts performing our re-imagined telling of this tale of redemption and its powerful message—humanity outweighs riches. Learn More
In Flight with D. B. Cooper
The D.B. Cooper Saga Part 2
27 November 2019
Season 07, Episode 04
Re-Imagined Radio and Metropolitan Performing Arts explore the intriguing question of "What D.B. Cooper and flight attendant Tina Mucklow talked about before Cooper parachuted from the hijacked passenger jet over southwest Washington." We share some ideas. Learn More
Halloween Fright Night
Feel the shivers up your spine.
30 October 2019
Season 07, Episode 03
Re-Imagined Radio presents Metropolitan Performing Arts performing a re-mix of horror and fright episodes from Lights Out, Quiet, Please!, and Suspense. The result? A delightful shiver of fear up your spine.
Learn More
SciFi, SciFacts
Alien intelligences and climate change.
17 April 2019
Season 07, Episode 02
Re-Imagined Radio and Metropolitan Performing Arts sample The Junkyard by Clifford D. Simak as a frame for presentations by two Washington State University Vancouver scientists, one about alien intelligences, the other about climate change. Learn More
Affairs of the Heart, Lonesome Gal
The things we do for love.
14 February 2019
Season 07, Episode 01
Re-Imagined Radio presents five short radio dramas about love for Valentines Day. Performances by Metropolitan Perfroming Arts highlight the travails we endure. The stories we tell ourselves. The results we never expect. Learn More
2018 Episodes
A Radio Christmas Carol
Our community holiday tradition continues.
20 December 2018
Season 06, Episode 05
Re-Imagined Radio once again, ends our season with a performance of this holiday classic by Metropolitan Performing Arts. We continue our community storytelling tradition. Learn More
Skyjacker '71: The D.B. Cooper Transmissions
The D.B. Cooper Saga Part 1
21 November 2018
Season 06, Episode 04
Re-Imagined Radio considers the legend of D.B. Cooper in Southwest Washington. A performance by Metropolitan Performing Arts examines his exploit with research, creativity, and historical imagination. Learn More
The War of the Worlds
Our third take on this most (in)famous radio drama.
30 October 2018
Season 06, Episode 03
Re-Imagined Radio presents Metropolitan Performing Arts celebrating World Audio Drama Day and the 80th anniversary of the original broadcast of "The War of the Worlds." Learn More
Dracula
Our second take on the original man in black.
26 September 2018
Season 06, Episode 02
Re-Imagined Radio presents Metropolitan Performing Arts performing this story about fear of the unnatural, and how abnormality infects society with discord, misfortunes, and evil. Oh! The blood! Learn More
The Lone Ranger
Re-imagined origin stories for this classic radio hero.
4 April 2018
Season 06, Episode 01
Re-Imagined Radio presents Metropolitan Performing Arts performing re-imagined origin stories for The Lone Ranger, the white horse, Silver, and empowerment of women on an Oregon Territory wagon train. Learn More
2017 Episodes
A Radio Christmas Carol
Our community holiday tradition continues.
20 December 2017
Season 05, Episode 03
Re-Imagined Radio presents Metropolitan Performing Arts performing our holiday tradition. This episode is sold out! Learn More
Laugh Your Dial Off
Classic Old Time Radio comedy sketches!
27 September 2017
Season 05, Episode 02
Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop performing skits from Old Time Radio comedians Jack Benny, Fibber McGee and Molly, Abbot and Costello, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, and W.C. Fields. Learn More
City of Weird
Short (weird) stories about Portland, OR.
26 April 2017
Season 05, Episode 01
Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop performing five short, otherworldly dramas, each adapted from City of Weird, and anthology about "Keep It Weird" Portland, OR. Learn More
2016 Episodes
A Radio Christmas Carol
Our community holiday tradition continues.
21 December 2016
Season 04, Episode 04
Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop performing this classic holiday story in return for donations of non-perishable items for The Clark County Food Bank. Learn More
Dracula
Our first take on the original man in black.
27 October 2016
Season 04, Episode 03
Re-Imnagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop performing Dracula, a novel about fear of abnormality in Victorian England. Just in time for Halloween! Learn More
Bloody Hands and The Silent Avenger
Radio dramas about PTSD before it was a thing.
4 May 2016
Season 04, Episode 02
Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop performing episodes from two radio dramas dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) before it was named or understood. Learn More
Sorry, Wrong Number and The Hitch-Hiker
Two classics by Lucille Fletcher.
23 March 2016
Season 04, Episode 01
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Lucille Fletcher and National Women's History Month with two radio dramas by Fletcher, called by some the best ever. The Willamette Radio Workshop performs "The Hitch-Hiker" and "Sorry, Wrong Number." Learn More
2015 Episodes
A Radio Christmas Carol
Our community holiday tradition continues.
16 December 2015
Season 03, Episode 04
Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop and their performance of this classic tale of Christmas. Free admission with donation of non-perishable food items. Learn More
The Fall of the City and R.U.R.
Relationships with robots and freedom.
7 October 2015
Season 03, Episode 03
Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop performing two experimental radio dramas from The Columbia Workshop. "R.U.R" explores human tensions with robots. "The Fall of the City" considers our ambiguous relationship with freedom. Learn More
The Golden Age of Superman
Comic hero, contemporary civic leaders.
18 June 2015
Season 03, Episode 02
Re-Imagined Radio presents a performance by local civic leaders based on Superman of the 1930s-1940s, but with a satirical eye on current issues facing Vancouver, WA. Learn More
The Case Files of Dr. Moreau
Human interference with nature.
22 April 2015
Season 03, Episode 01
Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop performing this story about human interference with nature inspired by the H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau. Learn More
2014 Episodes
A Radio Christmas Carol
Our community holiday tradition continues.
18 December 2014
Season 02, Episode 03
Re-Imagined reprises this holiday favorite performed by The Willamette Radio Workshop. This could become a community storytelling tradition. Learn More
The War of the Worlds
Our second take on this most (in)famous radio drama.
30 October 2014
Season 02, Episode 02
Re-Imagined Radio again destroys the world before your, and celebrates the anniversary of this famous radio drama! Performance by The Willamette Radio Workshop. Learn More
Around the World in Eighty Days
An adventure travel story.
6 August 2014
Season 02, Episode 01
Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop and their adaptation of Phileas Fogg's journey around the world in eighty days or less on a bet. It is quite the adventure! Learn More
2013 Episodes
A Radio Christmas Carol
Our community holiday tradition begins.
19 December 2013
Season 01, Episode 02
Re-Imagined Radio offers this holiday classic. Performance by The Willamette Radio Workshop. Learn More
The War of the Worlds
Our first take on this most (in)famous radio drama.
30 October 2013
Season 01, Episode 01
Re-Imagined Radio presents it first episode, a performance by The Willamette Radio Workshop of the most famous radio broadcast of all time on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. Learn More