Paula Blair speaks to John Badger about making Mercury Theatre Podcast. Topics include:
- audio drama – directing, writing, producing and casting
- sound design, sound editing, sound effects, foley
- creative writing, storytelling, characters, anthologies
- working with voice actors, remote recording, studio recording
- genre – mystery, comedy, thrillers, crime, historical drama
- the Audioverse Awards
- audio drama recommendations
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Automated transcript: https://audiovisualcultures.wordpress.com/2022/02/23/audiovisual-cultures-episode-112-mercury-theatre-podcast-with-john-badger-automated-transcript/
Recorded using Zencastr on 15 January 2022.
Edited by Paula Blair with Audacity.
Music: commonGround by airtone (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703
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