Stories and songs by Mark David Stewart and sound collages by Mark Hines explore birth and death and the stuff that happens in between. This episode was recorded in Calgary, Halifax, Stuttgart, and Berlin.Mark David Stewart's stories were reco

Advice

Oct 4th, 2021 57m 9s

Here is some advice about a variety of subjects: fruit flies, transformation, computer viruses, Roombas, and how to deal with Big Milk. We are trying to be helpful.Written and performed by Mark Hines, Raf MacDonald, Mauve Mulroy, and David Cla

Beecham's Pill

Jan 4th, 2021 59m 30s

Exploiting the twisted logic of Cockney Rhyming slang, this monologue daisy-chains an eclectic array of topics that prove that sometimes it's best to say something by saying something else. Listen as we explore Hillbillies, Hedy Lemarr, The S

Lucky Numbers

Dec 3rd, 2020 43m 39s

Numbers can be lucky or they can be random. This audio collage channels the spirit of e.e. cummings to travel inside the secret life of numbers to a place where we can all live like the light that kills.Written and Performed by David ClarkSou

A Can Of Worms

Oct 31st, 2020 59m 30s

Part Nihilistic metafiction and part elevator pitch for a world where anything is possible, this program channels a beatnik vibe in the Post-Trump age of HyperNormalisation. This can of worms contains, among other things, a meditation on David

Architectures of Smell

Oct 31st, 2020 59m 30s

Something mysterious happens at the laundromat and the robots want to know why. A quotidian litany is read, the smell architecture of dogs is compared with Occult Chemistry practices before the revolution comes and goes. Then the proposition o

Topsy's Revenge

Oct 7th, 2020 59m 30s

This episode revolves around the story of Topsy the Elephant who was electrocuted by Thomas Edison at Dreamland at Coney Island and drifts into philosophical ideas about sleep, dreams, and death.Voices: David Clark, Mark Hines, Raf MacDonald,

Meantime in Greenwich

Oct 7th, 2020 59m 24s

This program was adapted from the audio from a Public Art Piece called ‘Meantime in Greenwich’ produced by David Clark in 2012. The installation consisted of twenty-four sundials installed throughout Sir Sandford Fleming Park in Halifax, accom

The Smile Without the Cat

Sep 27th, 2020 58m 21s

Part Art History and part Conspiracy Theory, this hour-long monologue explores the aesthetics of smiling. It takes you on an associative journey touching on popular culture, science, and the visual arts. This lecture was first performed at the

We Have Eaten the Forests in Our Sleep

Sep 27th, 2020 59m 30s

This exploration of the world of dreams, both human and animal, takes us into some dark places in the forests of our minds. Animal dream researchers are challenged by revolutionaries and things have not turned out well at the annual CKDU potlu

The Thought That Counts

Sep 11th, 2020 59m 30s

Characters' lives become entangled: an angry radio DJ vents his frustrations, Humpty Dumpty talks about life after the fall, experts discuss the spore people and their plight, Major Tom makes an appearance, and an actor channels the poetry of R

Not Much To Look At

Sep 11th, 2020 59m 30s

Through interviews, jokes, spells, and dramatizations we explore the life of the Invisible Man and his Invisible Family. After his wife leaves him, we discover that his life is not as great as we might imagine it to be. Performers: Mark Hines

Wake Up and Smell the Music

Aug 31st, 2020 45m 15s

A band prepares for the upcoming release of their new album and talks about the group dynamics, their innovative approaches to songwriting, and a new collaboration with a pharmaceutical company. We go backstage at the after party, and then aft

Blue Sky

Aug 23rd, 2020 56m 20s

Through interviews, found audio, and dramatizations we hear about a mysterious institute and the influence of ‘The Master’. Events take a dramatic turn when Mavis steals a strange energy source from one of the other devotees and gets caught up

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