Re-Imagined Radio

A program about radio storytelling

Re-Imagined Radio adapts and shares stories via the radio medium that engage your ears. Listen to a sample of the production "9/11 Radio Stories" below.

Hiro & Liling by Kristina Jones and The Martian Death March by Ernest Kinoy X Minus One tribute featuring The Veldt by Ray Bradbury and The Cave of Night by James E Gunn Lone-Green-Challenge: The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, The Challenge of the Yukon A Mighty Span William Conrad: A Tribute to a Great Radio Voice
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WRW Retrospective, Redux

In memoriam for Sam A. Mowry

September 2024
Season 12, Episode 09
Re-Imagined Radio presents WRW Retrospective, Redux, in memoriam for Sam A. Mowry, who died July 20, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. Mowry, founder and director of Willamette Radio Workshop (WRW), was a leader of the theatrical, voice acting, and audio storytelling communities. We revisit our earlier WRW Retrospective and feature recordings of Mowry's appearances in several Re-Imagined Radio episodes. Mentor. Friend. Sam had a big voice. And a big heart. He is greatly missed.

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Who, What, How, Why

Who We Are

Re-Imagined Radio is a monthly radio program and podcast about radio storytelling. We're a community-facing creative research and performance project led by John Barber.

What We Do

Re-imagined Radio uses sound-based storytelling to encourage narrative potentials and community listening experiences. With each episode we explore how dialogue, sound effects, and music can combine to promote storytelling and engage your listening imagination. We also like to include the stories behind the story. The history. The connections. Trivia. And we always strive to answer the questions "So what?" and "Why is this important?"

How We Do It

Re-Imagined Radio begins with the fundamental components of radio storytelling. Sounds of dialogue. Sounds for context and/or effect. And, sounds of music. We draw these sounds from a spectrum of genres: dramas, comedies, oral and aural histories, documentaries, fictions, soundscapes and sonic journeys, radio and sound art. Sound(s) as the storyteller engage the mind's eye. Spark the imagination.

Why We Do It

Re-Imagined Radio has a mission: To promote community engagement through radio storytelling. Desired results include radio art, transmission art, community art. Radio as never before seen, or heard. Radio, an old medium, providing new opportunities for 21st century storytelling, inside your mind.

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Re-Imagined Radio appreciates the diversity of listeners and does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity of their ears. As best possible we provide transcripts with each episode so that listeners with different hearing abilities can follow along. We acknowledge the debt we owe to previous and contemporary radio artists and hope our curation and stewardship of their artifacts and efforts will bring positive ratings.