There comes a time in the life of every little wooden boy when he must leave the confines of his fathers house and go into the world to make something of himself. We’ve been over that with Samuel Spruce. Sadly, making something of himself is a little more complex than it once was and becoming a real boy is seeming farther and farther away. This isn’t going to dampen the spirits of an optimist like Sam though. So, he’s taken a job as a sanitation engineer; a job which is bound to teach him a great deal about society and economy.
Written and directed by Jared McDaris.
Kat Evans as Samuel Spruce.
Jared McDaris as Three-Fingered Joe and Morgan.
Ansel Burch as Freddy.
Kim Fukawa as Eru and Doll.
Audio edited by Jared McDaris.
The SRD Theme was written and directed by Arne Parrott.
If you’re an astute watcher of the sky, maybe you think you already know what the stars say about your love life and choices but allow us to disabuse you because you’re in the house of slightly curved line now and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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Written and Directed by Jared McDaris..
Jared McDaris as One.
Kat Evans as Two and Alarm.
Ansel Burch as Tim Taggley
Audio Edited by Jared McDaris
The SRD Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
Eyes open, culture junkies. We’re joining court Roman affiliate for a report from the senate of Julius Caesar. Stay up to date on real events of the world, we dare you.
Written and directed by Jared McDaris.
Kim Fukawa as Obsequius Toad.
Alex B. Reynolds as Pobodys Nerfect and Obvius Fassad.
Lisa Burton as Ma’am, Julius Caesar & Marc Antony.
Kat Evans as Vestigial Arm.
Ansel Burch as Gregarius Pompus and Tom Johnson.
Jared McDaris as Servilius Casca, Caius Cassius.
Audio edited by Jared McDaris.
The SRD theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
Tammy knows all there is to know about potatoes. It’s preternatural, really. How does she know so much? Well, that would be spoiling it. Join Tammy as she interviews a new guest about his meteoric rise to the top of the potato world and the way he crushed his competition in the starchy battlefield of the national ‘Tate Off.
Written and Directed by Jared McDaris.
Kat Evans as Tammy Taters
Ansel Burch as Joseph Addlepast
Audio editing by Jared McDaris.
The Starlight Radio Dreams Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
When it comes time to do a disgusting job, attitude is essential. Luckily, what Sam Spruce lacks in worldly experience, knowledge of labor laws and a circulatory system is certainly made up for by his plucky attitude. Will this sunny little puppet-come-to-life make it through a day on the job? Will he be able to advocate for himself and his fellows? Find out in this new episode!
Written and directed by Jared McDaris.
Kat Evans as Sam Spruce.
Julia Kessler as Alex.
Kim Fukawa as Jaime Tamsen.
Ansel Burch as Chris Noble.
Jared McDaris as Mitch McCrow.
Samuel Spruce is a little wooden boy in the fine tradition of being a toy given life and a quest beyond one’s grasp to fully comprehend. The trouble, sadly, is that things have gotten significantly more banal and loveless since the old fairy tale days. Will Sam’s plucky attitude and optimism be enough to help him create human capital and become a real boy? Head on over to your favorite podcatcher and ask for Starlight Radio Dreams to find out.
Written and Directed by Jared McDaris.
Kat Evans as Samuel Spruce and Matilda Feeney.
Jared McDaris as Johanson and Officer.
Ansel Burch as Stoner and Dude .
Kim Fukawa and Julia Kessler as Rats.
Audio edited by Jared McDaris.
The SRD Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
Have you ever sat at your workstation pressing buttons and pulling coffee from the tube only to think, “there’s a lot of stuff I’d do differently if I were in charge around here? The people in charge don’t know how to press buttons as well as I do. Heck, I bet they don’t even know how hard it is to press buttons all day or how often the coffee tube runs out.” Well you’re right. They probably don’t. It’s even true in space. In this episode, the heroic space fighter pilots of Lionstar continue trying to get their spaceships flying. Before they do, they’re going to have to organize a feudal civilization and there’s only one manager available.
Written and directed by Jared McDaris.
Kat Evans as Captain Sierra Leone
Julia Williams as Angler
Ansel Burch as Quigley
Kim Fukawa as the Priestess
Jared McDaris as The Lord
Sound editing by Jared McDaris.
The SRD Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott
It’s a contentious world out there and no doubt about it. This time of year, the capacity for nonsense to distract from hard earned shananiganry and pastimestance is high. The Sparkle Funtime Network has partnered with the Showtime Podcast Nwetwork to bring this insightful discussion based program to your banal world in hopes that the sprit of the season can be appreciated by all right thinking elves and other less magical persons.
Written and directed by Jared McDaris.
Ansel Burch as Simon Sillypants.
Kat Evans as Twinkle Sprinkle-McBinkle.
Jared McDaris as Crumble Bumbletum.
Audio editing by Jared McDaris.
The SRD theme song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
On Snowstice Eve, a miracle has occurred. The full audio from our last live stream is available just in time to give you an idea of what to expect in tomorrow’s live stream. What could be more appropriate as the spirit of Snowstice fills our livers than a show which was chock full of spirits as well. The Starlight Radio Dreams team came together for an hour of comedy and thrill. This show marked the official beginning of our fifth season with interviews, shorts, a monologue and a new serial episode from Public Domain Adventure Team.
Written and Directed by Kat Evans, Jared McDaris, Jim McDoniel and Ansel Burch
Featuring the Vocal Talents of Jared McDaris, Kat Evans Ansel Burch and Derrick Gaetke.
Sound edited by Ansel Burch.
The SRD Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott
People are lonely these days and with a pandemic raging, it’s important to be selective about the people you allow into your circle. So, when making new friends, there are a lot of methods to consider. Join us in a new show from the Showtime Podcast Network with some non-traditional options for expanding your social circle with things you have lying around the house!
Written and directed by Jared McDaris.
Ansel Burch as Vincent Price.
Kat Evans as Tammy and Tummy.
Jared McDaris as Timmy, Prometheus and Mr. Robinson.
Sound edited by Jared McDaris.
The SRD Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
Scuggs and Bodacious have been solving mysteries for a long time like the mystery of the missing sock and the case of the smoked stash. Join them in their newest groovy case which will absolutely blow your mind, man.
Written and directed by Jared McDaris.
Kat Evans as Parker.
Jared McDaris as Scuggs.
Ansel Burch as Bodacious and Robert Sellenger.
Audio edited by Ansel Burch.
The SRD Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
If you need a little insight into what happened to you in the past, that’s likely a better use for astrology than trying to predict the future anyway. Turns out the stars had a lot to say about your situation and it’s your chance to think a little bit about your place in the cosmos.
Written, directed and produced by Jared McDaris.
Jared McDaris as Voice 1.
Kat Evans as Voice 2.
Rachel Granda-Gluski as advertisement.
SRD’s first foray into western serials brings us Big Benjamin Bart’s Shootin’ Show. They’re decidedly not in the height of their production and need something to get their show back on the road. Enter the company accountant, Ms. Pascetti and trick shooter the Cactus Kid, here to get things back on track… or something like it.
Written and directed by Jared McDaris.
Sound Editing by Ansel Burch.
Video Editing by Ben McCauley.
Karolyn Blake as The Cactus Kid.
Michael Jachowicz as Big Benjamin Bart.
Rachel Granda Gluski as Pascetti.
Ansel Burch as Audience Member.
Kat Evans as Beatrice.
Has anyone ever bought a Sham Wow? I know the ads are a little extreme but what if that guy is just legitimately excited about how cool his rag is? Maybe if we all tried it, we’d be excited too. What I’m saying is, this show is technically an ad but we gave them a pass because… this product may be a little too relevant for some.
Written, Directed and Produced by Jared McDaris.
Ben McCauley as Bob.
Jared McDaris as VO.
What do you get when you store your science fiction and fantasy stories on the same shelf but then there’s a power outage, they get a little tipsy and then, before you know it, there’s a new title there in the middle? That’s exactly what we’re about to find out In season 1 of Zootheosis.
Written and Directed by Jared McDaris
Video editing and Animations by Ben McCauley
Sound design by Ansel Burch
Kat Evans as Captain Sierra Leeon.
Ben McCauley as Lambda.
Karolyn Blake as Narrator.
Ansel Burch as Cornelius.
Ellen DeSitter as Angler.
Jared McDaris as Admiral Scorpese.
Michael Jachowicz as Lord.
Rachel Granda-Gluski as Peasant
There comes a time in the life of any great piece of literature in which every single possible interpretation has been levied at it by well meaning literature students who are just trying to get through this class so that they can take the one with that one really cool professor who roasts his own coffee in the lecture hall. Shakespeare has gotten more that his fair share of hot takes, deep dives, metadata analyses and cultural studies. Here we collect some of the most extreme, mind bending attempts to make sense of the Bard of Avon.
Written, directed, performed and produced by Jared McDaris
Has anyone else started to find zoom calls comforting? There’s something about tucking your work shirt into a pair of yoga pants and pouring a little bourbon into a coffee mug that reminds you that old school meetings were only good because there were bagels sometimes. Our cats, on the other hand, may be ready for us to get back to the office and it’s nothing to do with your lack of slacks.
Written and directed by Jared McDaris
Michael Jachowicz as Tiger
Kat Evans as Whiskers
Ben McCauley as Simba
Ellen DeSitter as Patches
Rachel Granda-Gluski as Fluffy
Audio editing by Ansel Burch
Alphonse DuPont is an inspector from the French tradition. His pain et beurre relies on people laving their houses so their spouses can cheat on them, hide valuables and get into intrigues to do with the reliquary from the next village over which the local abbey has long held was stolen from them in the sixteenth century. As such his inspections of late have gotten… hyper local. Within two buildings sort of local. Artisanal you might say.
Written, performed and produced by Jared McDaris.
Looking into the future would be pretty handy right now, huh? One can hardly be blamed for reaching toward whatever comfort or sense of order is available. Maybe a conspiracy theory about the amount of air in a bag of potato chips. That seems like a nice distraction, right? Hey, if it’s night time, you could try looking at the stars.
Written, Directed and produced by Jared McDaris.
Kat Evens as Voice.
Jared McDaris as Also Voice.
Here to put the ass in classy we have a special dispatch from our favorite Shakespearean scholar, professor Edmund Xunderfell. He’s here to present his thoughts on some… extra-canonical coverage that circles around what is widely held as the finest work of English literature.
Written, performed and produced by Jared McDaris.
