Re-Imagined Radio

Re-Imagined Radio adapts and shares stories via the radio medium that engage your ears. Play out for your mind's eye. And spark your imagination. Our radio storytelling draws from dramas, comedies, oral and aural histories, documentaries, fictions, soundscapes and sonic journeys, radio and sound art. Each story utilizes the fundamental components of radio storytelling: dialogue, sounds for context and/or effect, and music.

Re-Imagined Radio is a arts podcast hosted by John F. Barber, with 89 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

John F. Barber hosts Re-Imagined Radio, a arts show with 89 episodes published.

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  Episode #8

  RiR 100

  Aug 17, 202658 minS14

  Celebrating 100 episodes! Premiere broadcast: August 17, 2026 Season 14, Episode 08 John F. Barber, writer, producer, and host Marc Rose, post-production, original music, and sound design Holly Slocum, creative management Caitlyn Kruger-L'Esperance, projects management Claire Leyden, motion graphics designer Rylan Eisenhauer, YouTube channel production and management, and announcing Audio File Name: rir-100.mp3 Episode webpage: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/rir-100/index.html Tags: radio, sample, episode, story, stories, storytelling, hundred, 100, listening, broadcast, drama, tribute Image Credit: Claire Leyden and Holly Slocum

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  Episode #6

  Lights Out

  Jun 15, 202658 minS14

  <p>Three episodes by Wyllis Cooper and Arch Oboler from the Lights Out series. Often called "the ultimate OTR horror series." Re-Imagined Radio presents "The State Executioner," "Chicken Heart," and "The Man in the Middle."</p> <p>Premiere broadcast: June 15, 2026<br /> Season 14, Episode 06</p> <p>Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber<br /> 
Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose<br /> 
Graphics by Evan Leyden and Holly Slocum<br /> 
Social Media strategies by Caitlyn Kruger-L'Esperance<br /> 
YouTube strategies and Announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer</p> <p>Audio File Name: rir-lights-out.mp3</p> <p>Episode webpage: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes...

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  Episode #5

  Quiet, Please

  May 18, 202658 minS14

  <p>The pilot episode, "Behind the Door," and the most famous, "The Thing on the Fourble Board," showcase the quiet, slow, suspenseful, and engaging storytelling for which the Quiet, Please series is noted. From our documentary series.</p> <p>Premiere broadcast: May 18, 2026<br /> Season 14, Episode 05</p> <p>Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber<br /> 
Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose<br /> 
Graphics by Holly Slocum<br /> 
Social Media strategies by Caitlyn Kruger-L'Esperance<br /> 
YouTube strategies and announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer</p>

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  Episode #4

  The Black Museum

  Apr 20, 202658 minS14

  <p>Hidden within Scotland Yard lies The Black Museum, a collection of macabre artifacts, established in 1875, used exclusively for police training. Each object--from hammers to hangman's ropes, gloves to gasoline cans, buttons to bayonets--has a dark story about crime or violence. Re-Imagined Radio explores these stories as they were told from four classic radio series: Secrets of Scotland Yard, The Black Museum, Whitehall 1212, and Fabian of the Yard. From our documentary series.</p> <p>Premiere broadcast: April 20, 2026<br /> Season 14, Episode 04</p> <p>Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber<br /> 
Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose<br /> 
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  Episode #3

  Mae West Jewel Robbery

  Mar 16, 202658 minS14

  <p>Re-Imagined Radio presents, episode #95, "Mae West Jewel Robbery," a tribute to Womens' History Month and Mae West as an advocate for women's rights, liberation, and equality. We sample from West's early stage and screen career, a dramatized robbery, and two rare radio appearances to demonstrate West's imitable way of making scandal stylish.</p> <p>Premiere broadcast: March 16, 2026<br /> Season 14, Episode 03</p> <p>Written, Produced, Hosted by John F. Barber
Post production, original music, sound design by Marc Rose
Graphics by Evan Leyden and Holly Slocum
Social Media strategies by Caitlyn Kruger-Lesperance
YouTube strategies and announcing by Rylan Eisenhauer</p> <p>Audio...

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