Slow down. Take your shoes off. Listen to a story. Maybe have tea? We could have pie. And talk about the old days a million miles away.
We don’t have nearly enough conversations any more. It’s not our fault. It’s the way the world has changed. We used to find out about everything and everyone from the local gossip or the local paper. The small ones printed lots of great stories. Still do. Then, radio came along. We’ve moved well beyond what radio back then could offer.
Yet, there is still something special about being able to sit back, close your eyes, and let the voices and sounds you hear take you to another world. Not too far away but not too close either. Just a little bit different to make the stories interesting and enough of the same that you almost know what happens before it does – but you don’t. Human stories, the ones that make you smile and cry and smile again. Stories you want to listen to one more time.
The stories follow the adventures of Ambassador Micha Lawrence, her team, and her friends. They aren’t about space battles with weird aliens or nifty spaceships (although the Magellan and Kell’s cruiser and even the Ambassador’s shuttle are quite nice). They are about what happens before the encounters, the preparations, what the characters do and how they learn to count on each other. They are about the friends who show up for each other, the ones who always answer when you call. The stories are about the heroes, not the villains. The heroes are brilliant and humble, honest and kind. They are the best of the best. They aren’t broken. They aren’t relics. They are exceptionally good at everything they do. They aren’t perfect, but they try. They are outwardly ordinary, quietly extraordinary people.
They are the heroes who could be us.
The characters, scenes, dialog, and settings remind us of a past that never existed in a future we can only hope for. The contrast between old and new, familiar and strange, past and future tugs at who the characters are and what they do. It’s part of our show, too.
Old-time Radio Drama for a New Era
We hope you like our shows.
Tell me a story
of princesses and kings
with swords and jewels
and magical things
where the heroes could be me
and the tales they tell
of worlds far away
carry me home.