Episodes

  • Oh, Those AI Voices!
    Jan 26 2026

    I wrote a collection of 10 short stories with the help of Perplexity,ai. The collection is called Gawkers, True Believers, and Trolls.

    This episode includes one of those stories, "Spirits of the Steel Valley," sandwiched by musings on the efficacy of AI voices and how graphics have crossed the uncanny valley, but voices haven't.

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    20 mins
  • Kid Again Episode 10 Shuttle On
    May 3 2024

    This is the final installment of the audio drama Kid Again. Mike's friends are getting suspicious of his behavior, and we find out if he's managed to cover up the truth well enough.

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    12 mins
  • Kid Again Episode 9 Termination
    May 1 2024

    This is Episode 9 of the audio drama Kid Again. The episode is entitled "Termination, in which Mike helps his friend Abigail at Planned Parenthood, and finds himself at a crossroads with his girlfriend Susie.

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    13 mins
  • Kid Again Episode 8 Revelations
    Apr 23 2024

    Mike discovers—or re-discovers—some upsetting news both from his new friend Abigail and from his mother.

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    12 mins
  • Kid Again Episode 7 Exchange Student
    Dec 28 2023

    Mike finds himself back in high school in this time traveling audio series. This is Episode 7, "The Exchange Student."

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    11 mins
  • Bad Spectators
    Dec 13 2023

    Some spectator  behavior has been so bad that it has stuck with me for years and  decades. Some of the stories became cautionary tales that I told my Intro to Theatre students to suggest poor theatre etiquette in hoping they'd be better. Here are those stories.

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    13 mins
  • Kid Again Episode 6
    Oct 12 2023

    Kid Again is an audio drama about a person named Michael who suddenly realizes he is in his 9th grade classroom in Catholic school. This is a surprise because, before he went to bed, he was 39 years old and packing for a move with his pregnant wife. Is he dreaming? Did he actually travel back in time? And for how long? And…if he is going to experience those years again, knowing everything that he knew when older, how careful does he have to be to not effect great changes while at the same time having more fun than he did the first time around?

    Mike finds himself with a girlfriend who seems interested in having a very physical relationship with him.

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    11 mins
  • Kid Again Episode 5
    Oct 11 2023

    Kid Again is an audio drama about a person named Michael who suddenly realizes he is in his 9th grade classroom in Catholic school. This is a surprise because, before he went to bed, he was 39 years old and packing for a move with his pregnant wife. Is he dreaming? Did he actually travel back in time? And for how long? And…if he is going to experience those years again, knowing everything that he knew when older, how careful does he have to be to not effect great changes while at the same time having more fun than he did the first time around?

    In this episode, Mike makes a new friend: Joey, who may in fact be attracted to him.

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    9 mins