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Duration: 22:07

Welcome to this month's installment of the ARTC podcast.  This week we bring you Terra Tarkington, Interstellar Nurses' Corps: Switch on the Bull Run by Sharon Webb, adapted for audio by Wendy Webb and Steve Nesheim.  Performed live at TimeGate, May 25, 2008.

Featured in the cast were the voices of Clair Whitworth Kiernan, Bill Kronick, Al Przygocki, David Benedict, Daniel Whitworth Kiernan, Jack Mayfield, and Daniel Taylor.  Foley sound effects were created by Sonya with Deanna Ameri.  Recorded sound effects provided by Henry Howard and Audio Craft Studio, performed by Thomas Berry and William Alan Ritch.  Sound engineering by Bob Zimmerman, the floor manager was Lori Emerson, and music performed by Brad Weage.  This performance was produced by Nancy Skidmore and Cyd Hoskinson, directed by Ron N. Butler and William Alan Ritch.

Don't forget our upcoming live performances at Dragon*Con, Labor Day weekend, featuring "The Doom of the Mummy" by William Alan Ritch and at the Academy Theatre on October 25 and 26 where we will present "The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft, adapted for audio by Ron N. Butler.

Remember ARTC is supported by people like you through the sale of our studio productions on CD.  Visit artc.org, audible.com, or iTunes to find your favorite new old time radio or email donate@artc.org for more information about making a donation to ARTC.

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Welcome back!  The hiatus is over!  ...sort of.

After over six months of being off the air the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company is bringing its podcast back on a monthly schedule.  Why monthly?  Because we're still not done with the archiving, but we couldn't bear to be away any longer.  How long will the monthly updating last?  We'll have to see.

Thanks so much to everyone who has hung in there.  For now we're going to shoot for the second Thursday of every month by 8pm and in between I'll try to report any news that may be of note.

Remember, ARTC is supported by people like you through the sale of our studio productions.  Order by mail through www.artc.org or make it easy on yourself and us by downloading from audible.com or iTunes.

A quick note about iTunes:  For some reason you can't search for us by our name, you have to search by title or author.  So make www.artc.org your first stop to make your selection, then scoot on over to iTunes for the download.  You'll also find audio samples and trailers there, so it's well worth your visit.

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New podcast tomorrow at 8pm!  Along with news!  Can you stand it??

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Hello, everyone in podcastland!

The hiatus, unfortunately, continues unabated.  But progress is being made.  If you remember from the last post, part of the process we're going through is editing the raw tracks from the DAT to make them sound as good as possible.  We've recruited an additional editor to help us with that, so that should speed things up a little.

By the way, if anybody knows anybody else who would like to work with something like this, just let us know at podcast@artc.org.  We can send you all the information about the recordings and what we'd like done to them and we'd very much appreciate the help.

We appreciate everyone's patience while we continue this process.  I check the stats here on the podcast periodically and it's always gratifying to see the numbers still going up...even when we're not updating, we're still finding new people who enjoy New Old-Time Radio.  And don't forget that we still like to hear from you.  Let us know what you liked and didn't like in the old podcast and we'll be sure to keep those things in mind when we roll out the new one.

In the meantime, keep checking the website and don't forget about Audible.com.  Great ways to make sure that the audio drama you love keeps coming.

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Greetings, all.

First I'd like to thank you all for your patience as we continue the process of bringing the ARTC podcast back.

Second I'd like to ask you to be patient a little longer.

The archival process is complete...sort of.  We've captured all the recordings from the original DAT files that we have on hand.  There are a number of shows missing, but I'm not going to let that stand in the way of the podcast returning.  Those shows can be found and dealt with as a separate project.

What we're doing now is a two-step process.
1) We're taking the raw DAT files and editing them.  What typically happens with our live shows is that someone starts the recorder early so we don't forget and then it runs through the mic check and sometimes longer.  We're cutting all that out.  We're also removing intermissions and other dead air.  And we're trying to fix other technical glitches when possible.
2) We're filling in the blanks on all the administrative information to do with these shows.  Dates performed, times, cast and crew, scripts performed, authors, musicians, Foley artists, etc.  Luckily most of this is included with the recorded credits.

Once we have both of those things then we'll be able to bring the podcast back in full force.  Why didn't we do all that before we started?  Good question...I think the answer is that we were too eager to get started and thought we could do both at the same time.

Thanks again everybody...we promise we haven't forgotten about you.

In the meantime, keep checking the website and don't forget about Audible.com.  Great ways to make sure that the audio drama you love keeps coming.

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Hey, folks, we're now entering the third month of the hiatus and I have no idea if anybody is still reading this, but I thought I'd give you an update on how things are going.

The archival process is proceeding as quickly as possible.  This process involves taking DAT recordings and transferring them to the computer hard drive, which must be done in real time, and then those recordings can be evaluated and cleaned up a little.  We are also making careful notes about which scripts were performed, who wrote them, whose voices were featured, and who the tech crew was.  I just finished the recordings from 1993 and have started on 1994.  Which should give you some idea of the scale of this project.

We're also experimenting with a few mailing list programs so we can move the list off of YahooGroups and onto our own server.  If anybody has any suggestions for something that might be good, send them to podcast@artc.org.

We've also begun posting pictures of our live performances to our website.  This is still in beta phase, but you can check them out if you like at www.artc.org/gallery2.

We appreciate everyone's patience while we sort this out.

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Hey, everybody, just a quick note about the podcast.

First of all, it's NOT dead.  It's merely resting.  We're streamlining our archiving process, making a few tough decisions, and listening to your feedback. 

When will it be back?  That's tough to say.  ARTC is an all-volunteer organization, and so when paying work calls we must all answer and that pushes back timelines like woah.  Ballpark estimate is within six months.  Sooner if we can manage it, later if we can't.  Don't delete your bookmarks or your RSS feed, keep checking back.

You can also keep current on all things ARTC by subscribing to our public email list.  You can do that at www.artc.org.  Currently it's powered by Yahoo Groups, although we're working on having that hosted on our own site, too.  Feel free to go ahead and subscribe to the email list, though, and we'll let you know when the new system is ready.  It's low-volume, but packed with cool stuff about audio drama.

I also want to thank those of you who wrote in with your feedback regarding the reasons why we went on hiatus in the first place.  Those comments are at the forefront of why I'm stepping up the schedule to come back and they're also influencing our production schedule for new studio releases as well as our podcast programming.  If anybody else wishes to sound off you can leave your comment here or you can write to us at podcast@artc.org.

So fear not.  Things change, we grow, audio drama isn't going anywhere, and it'll be back before you know it.

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Folks, just a very quick word to let you know where we've been lately.

The ARTC podcast is on an indefinite hiatus.  The reasons for this are as follows:

1) The time.  The ARTC podcast has been taking time away from other projects.  After much deliberation, it has been decided to give that time back to those projects for the time being.
2) The cost.  The ARTC podcast had two purposes when we envisioned it.  The first was to expose a wider audience to audio drama, letting people know that it was still going on and letting people who had never heard of it know it existed in the first place.  The second reason was to try to encourage sales of our studio recordings on CD or by download at Audible.com.  A recent survey of our sales records has indicated that this second purpose is not being met.  As much as we'd love to be able to give away our stuff for free all the time, it's just not possible right now.
3) The audience.  You folks are great, but...well, I hate to say it, but there's not enough of you.  If our weekly hits were triple what they are now I'd probably keep it going despite the time and expense, but they aren't.

Now the good news.
1) We do have plans to come back.  Expect artcpodcast.org to disappear in the coming months and expect podcast.artc.org to redirect to our main website.  This blog page will go away to be replaced by something completely different.
2) We are selecting a variety of our best recordings to allow folks to continue to find them on artc.org.  Look for that soon.
3) We do have plans for new podcast content.  We want to include the live performances, which we are very proud of since we're one of the only radio theatre groups in America who perform live at all, but we also want to have some podcast-only material.  We have some serialized adventures we'd love to bring you and we also have another idea that I'm going to keep under wraps so someone else doesn't steal it...but it's really cool if I do say so myself.  ;)

You can write to us at podcast AT artc DOT org if you have any comments about the hiatus, our previous work, or audio drama in general.

So anyway, thanks everybody for listening for this last year-plus.  Remember, ARTC isn't going away.  You can still buy our CDs at www.artc.org or download our material from Audible.com.  You can also come see us live...our next show will be at the Stage Door Players in Dunwoody and we'll be bringing you The Man Who Traveled in Elephants by Robert A. Heinlein.  That's going to be on Saturday, April 26 at 8:00pm and we'll have our special musical guest Juliana Finch!

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Duration: 32 Minutes Size: 14.9 M

Hey, folks, another rerun this week, but fear not...plans are afoot to bring you new material in a more timely fashion.  Plus, possible new podcast-only material!  Stay tuned!

To Dine with the Devil

by Ivan Turgenev
Adapted for Audio by Joyce Leigh
Performed Live at Sci Fi Summer 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia

The old Russian proverb states:
"Those who dine with the devil may end up on the menu."

If you like H.P. Lovecraft, you'll love this....Not for the squeamish.

If you enjoy New Old-Time Radio and audio horror, then pick up one of our adaptations at www.artc.org! Also, remember that you can email podcast@artc.org with your comments, or you can include them here.  We'd love to hear from you with questions, comments, concerns, or even complaints.

Remember, ARTC is supported by people like you through the sale of our studio productions.  Don't just take the podcast for free, the studio quality is much higher!  www.artc.org for a physical CD or by download at Audible.com!

Credits:

Voice Talent (in alphabetical order): David Benedict, Phil Carter, Doug Kaye, Clair Kiernan, Daniel Kiernan, Joyce Leigh, Trudy Leonard
Original Music by Alton Leonard and Brad Weage
Directed by Doug Kaye
Sound Engineering by David Carter and William Alan Ritch assisted by Ray Spitz
Sound Effects by Henry Howard
Live Foley by Lili and Sonya and assisted by Anthony Fuller


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Welcome everyone to the last Christmas podcast of the year.  We conclude the season with another very recent show, Sunday, December 23 to be exact.  And we are proud to bring you a segment of An Atlanta Christmas that has never been presented before.  "Civil War Triptych", written by Thomas E. Fuller, follows the Christmas stories of three characters, each with an entirely different situation and take on the season.

Again, technical reasons prevented me from including the performer's names in the audio, but they are Clair W. Kiernan, Veronica Byrd, and Jeff Montgomery.  Assisting with the song at the end are Dawn Marie and Sarah Taylor.  Special thanks to our performance coach, Doug Kaye.

We hope you've enjoyed our annual presentation of An Atlanta Christmas.  We look forward to doing it again next year.

You can help make next year possible with your purchase of one of our CDs through www.artc.org or by download at Audible.com!

Let us know what you think at podcast@artc.org.

And, as we close the show, allow us to wish you Merry Christmas to all, and to y'all a good night.

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