The Ugly Radio
A lo-fi, sci-fi audio theatre anthology series made for late nights and strong drinks. Welcome to the Ugly Radio, a phantom frequency broadcasting a pirate signal across time and space. Scenes, songs and frequencies from the void. A monthly audio theatre podcast featuring a rotating list of voice actors, writers, storytellers and musicians. Welcome to the Void.
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
S2E2: The Body is a Blade
Wear Headphones for this one, this episode aims to make your skin crawl. Celebrating a legacy of body-horror in fiction, we've got three segments tonight guaranteed to give your late-night listening …
Body Horror Primer / Babie (Mini-EP)
Series producer Andrew Shanks leads us through the history and cultural impact of body-horror, and what to expect from our latest episode, "The Body is a Blade". Plus, this week's music guest Michael…
S2E1: (RE)entry
Season Two Premiere!! Welcome back to the Ugly Radio, Void Dwellers. We're back with a brand new, 12 episode season full of new lo-fi late-night tales for you. On tonight's episode, (RE)entry, we tak…
All Aboard The Season Two Hype Train!
Hello everyone in the Void! Our producer stops by the radio to hype Season Two which premieres Friday, April 23rd at 7pm! This mini-episode features new music from our sound team, Max Koh, Claudio Ch…
S1E6: Origin of Frequency
It’s our season finale! Six episodes! 30+ featured artists and musicians! Not a bad opening salvo if we say so ourselves. Well, we’re sending off season one in style with three new pieces tackling th…
S1E5: Your Head Is A Haunted House
It's our first Halloween Special here in the Void! And much like the sugary confections one fills a cotton-blended pillow case with, tonight's episode is a proverbial grab bag of haunted delights. We…
S1E4: Her Symbol Is The Sickle
"Sometimes we cannot just will things to move... we have to sever something."
We're doing things a little different for tonight's episode by featuring one writer, one actor and one musical guest. So w…
S1E3: "All Watched Over By Machines (of loving grace)"
Tonight's episode is about being under the watchful eye of others. How our actions are seen and controlled by others we trust to have our best interests at heart. What happens when that trust is take…
S1E2: The Ballad of Laika
"She was in orbit for 22 days... plenty of time to leave a ghost."
On this episode, we take a look at the soviet space program. Our host, a cosmonaut named Yuri (no, not that one), contemplates his 1…
S1E1: Say Hello To The Void (PILOT)
On a clandestine mission to the outer reaches of space, a lonely astronaut passes the time broadcasting a pirate signal across time and space, hoping for contact. You'll learn more about him later. U…