The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley
The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley is a four part audio drama podcast, set in the 1920's and 30's, about a quack doctor/politician who first became famous for his cure for impotence: implanting goat testicles into human testicles. It uses comedy and country music to illustrate Brinkley's life as he moved from being a small town doctor to a millionaire to a candidate for governor of Kansas to a conservative talk radio star with an ear for country music. Hosted by Dan Butler, known best for playing Bulldog on Frasier, starring Tony Torn as Brinkley, and produced by Untitled Theater Company No.61, a Theater of Ideas based in New York. Written and directed by Edward Einhorn. Each episode also contains a short interview with an expert about the background of the story, including the history of country music.
Episodes
A preview of our new audio drama series, an adaptation of Iphigenia in Aulis from UTC61, by Euripides. Adapted and directed by Edward Einhorn.
A trailer for our new three-part audio drama, The Iron Heel. Adapted from Jack London's 1908 dystopian novel, with a socialist bent. Featuring the folk music of the Little Red Songbook. Available starting May 1, please search for it wherever you get your podcasts.
The final episode of The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley, by Edward Einhorn. Brinkley (Tony Torn) moves forward with his lawsuit for libel against Dr. Morris Fishbein (Joshua Wolf Coleman), which inspires some moving testimony from a man named Jimmy (Craig Anderson). After the episode, host Dan Butler interviews country music expert Dr. Tracey Laird.
Part 3 of The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley, by Edward Einhorn. Brinkley (Tony Torn) and his wife Minnie (Jenny Lee Mitchell) move down to Texas and start a new radio station coming out of Mexico, finding an even bigger audience for country music and medical themed programming down there. But an old nemesis from the American Medical Association, Dr. Morris Fishbein (Joshua Wolf Coleman), reappears. After the episode, host Da...
Part 2 of The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley, by Edward Einhorn. Dr. Brinkley's medical license is under attack from the American Medical Association, and his radio license is under attack from the Federal Radio Commission. Only one thing to do: run for governor of Kansas. After the episode, host Dan Butler interviews Dr. Seth Cotlar and the real history of Brinkley and America in the 1920's and 30's.
Part 1 of The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley. It is the 1920's, and Dr. John R. Brinkley (Tony Torn) has a dream: to cure impotence by surgically inserting goat gonads into humans. The dream will take him from being an obscure doctor in Milford, Kansas to one of the most famous physicians in the country, with his own radio station to boot. Afterwards, host Dan Butler interviews writer/director Edward Einhorn.
Preview: In the Pines, a song from The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley, our upcoming four-part audio drama podcast about a con man/politician who became famous for his cure for impotence: implanting goat testicles into human testicles.
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