Blanket Fort Radio Theater
A Storytelling Initiative from SIU Press in Collaboration with the SIU Creative Writing Program and WSIU
Blanket Fort Radio Theater (BFRT) is a collection of student-produced podcasts in the form of serialized audiobooks. The books chosen for BFRT are previously published titles from Southern Illinois University Press. In contrast to standard audiobooks, BFRT podcasts have a distinctive sound—an “SIU signature sound,” if you will—that features musical underscoring and many actors playing various roles giving the recordings the nostalgic feel of radio theater productions.
HOW TO LISTEN:
You can find BFRT podcasts here:
- NPR (Inside the Blanket Fort / Blanket Fort Radio Theater)
- Spotify (Inside the Blanket Fort / Blanket Fort Radio Theater)
- Apple Podcasts (Inside the Blanket Fort / Blanket Fort Radio Theater)
- WSIU (Inside the Blanket Fort / Blanket Fort Radio Theater)
THE PODCASTS:
Inside the Blanket Fort
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of BFRT and the books published by SIU Press, hosted by Mandi Jourdan and broadcast on WSIU Radio each Thursday at 8:43 AM and 5:44 PM
(listen to previous episodes here)
A Knight of Another Sort: Prohibition Days and Charlie Birger
Based on the book A Knight of Another Sort: Prohibition Days and Charlie Birger by Gary DeNeal.
(listen to the trailer here)
Survived by One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer
Based on the book Survived By One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer by Robert E. Hanlon with Thomas V. Odle
(listen to the trailer here)
The Undaunted Women of Nanking: The Wartime Diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-fang
Based on the book The Undaunted Women of Nanking: The Wartime Diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-Fang, edited and translated by Hua-ling Hu and Zhang Lian-hong, and supplemented with material from American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking: The Courage of Minnie Vautrin, by Hua-lin Hu
(listen to the trailer here)
CONTACT:
Mandi Jourdan, Marketing Associate and Acquisitions Editor for Republications
Southern Illinois University Press
[email protected]
www.blanketfortradiotheater.com
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