The Ugly Radio

Our 50th Episode takes us behind the scenes for our season premiere. We sit down with "Colors" writer, Anooj Bhandari and chat about breaking theatre form norms, how LOST ended, and 90s YA television…

Welcome Back to the Void and Season Five! We're exploring the undiscovered country for our season premiere. Four stories about people in states of transition, from the known to the unknown; Two grim …

Hello Void! We're coming out of hibernation to drop a special episode of The Ugly Radio. We're hard at work on Season 5 - which debuts early 2025. From now until then though, we're dropping the occas…

It's the FINAL final episode of season four and we've got a mixtape full of bands we've featured all season long. Andrew Shanks, creator/producer of The Ugly Radio spins some tunes, gives a state-of-…

It’s our SEASON FINALE! 'PLAN 9...' features three stories based on the Ed Wood camp classic, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. Void mainstays Marcus Gorman, Kelleen Blanchard, and Maggie Lee take us to the "…

Pro-Wrestling! Action Movies! Prison Ships! Flesh-Shunting! This episodes got it all, plus a few more added surprises. In our pen-ultimate episode of the season, 'Be Kind Rewind' is going full-tilt b…

Welcome Back to the Synthetic Dystopia! We wrap up this two parter with THREE all new stories, new ensemble members, and more delicious dark-synth from ManWoMan. 

We welcome Jaime Alejandro Cruz to th…

An episode so big we split it in two! Select All Delete begins the final run of episodes in our marathon Season Four! We're looking at all things synthetic; Cybernetic health assistants, digital afte…

Some frequencies shouldn't be explored... but hey, here we are! After a little hiatus, we're back with possibly our most intense episode yet. THREE NEW SONIC HORROR TALES, two of which written by new…

PRODUCTION NOTE: Originally, this episode was marketed as/titled "Doing The Cockroach", based on one of the segments we had intended to include. Production has pulled that segment to be used in a fut…

What's the biggest risk you've ever taken? What was your endgame? Did you do it  to test yourself or maybe you were put in an unfortunate series of events? It takes a certain amount of reckless aband…

Let's get Liminal. February was about getting back on path. March is all about the secret trails the path may lead you : the spaces between worlds. Liminal spaces can be empty, unnerving, reflective …

This episode is all about the youth! The games they play, the ways the grieve, and the trauma they carry. FUN! We've got four brand new stories from returning favorites, Kelleen Conway Blanchard and …

As promised, here's part two of our first ever live show! Featuring new stories from Darien Torbert and Maggie Lee, as well as our amazing ensemble. Enjoy! We'll be back next week with brand new stor…

We're back from break! As a special treat, we're releasing our first ever LIVE show, recorded back in September 2023 at 18th and Union in Seattle, Washington. Featuring six new segments, an all-star …

Happy Halloween! We've got three new ghostly stories for you to unwind to. Up first, Monty Rozema joins the void to bring us "PostMortem,"  a tale depicting the final days of a romance long past its …

Season Four Premiere! We're back, y'all and we here in the void missed you so much! On tonight's SUPER-SIZED premiere, we're detailing the final hours of The Eternal, a class B civilian freighter ves…

We're on the eve of Season Four's Premiere! Creator and Lead Producer, Andrew Shanks, drops some exciting updates about the Season, life updates, and A VERY COOL BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! 

Season Four Premier…

The credits are rolling and Season Three is at an end. We're giving y'all a mixtape of bands we've featured this season and producer Andrew Shanks gives a state of the podcast address - including new…

It's the end of Season Three and we're chippin' in like good lil' electric sheep. In 'Requiem for The Body Mod Industry' written by UnknownCitizen, a ripperdoc in Devil's Town has a fateful encounter…