KWUR Theater of the Air
Summary: KWUR Theater of the Air is a weekly radio show on St. Louis' own 90.3 FM, featuring classic radio theater from the 20th century as well as new, original sketches by our talented radio theater team.
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- Artist: David Brunell-Brutman, Alex Jensen, David Rheinstrom
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Episode 29: Look – up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… The KWUR Theater of the Air! And this week, David and David are bringing you sketches that take place in the air. We’ve got zeppelins in Montana Morris and Sky Pirates! Episode 3, followed by some scarier airborne phenomena, like […]
Episode 28: BOOM. Look out listeners – here comes another Theater of the Air! This week’s theme? EXPLOSIONS. David and David play the incendiary second episode of Sky Pirates! And don’t miss the canned-food themed bombs in Spider Bat or the mind-blowing awesomeness of Extreme Banking.
Episode 27: Gather ’round, me hearties, fer a piratical installment of the Theater of the Air. This week, we be playin’ Episode 1 of Sky Pirates, along with a full broadside o’ piratey content. Ye won’t be wantin’ to miss the classic original sketch “Ship of Science” or any of the seaworthy music in the […]
Episode 26: Get ready to be spooked out of your socks, or possibly even your pants. This week’s horror-themed broadcast showcases the first episode of Simon Colt – “Simon Colt and the Monster of Horse-Killed Canyon”. Then we’ve got a creepy H.P. Lovecraft story. Also, there are zombies and wolfmen.
Episode 25: We are back, ladies and gentlemen! David and David have reduced the show to one hour to compensate for the loss of our third limb, Alex, but that doesn’t mean we’ll stop bringing you the world’s best classic and original radio theater. We kick off the Theater of the Air’s third season with […]
HC Episode One: Heads up, listeners! Prepare yourself for the funky-fresh adventures of… The Human Chord! A superhero imbued with the power of funk music, the Human Chord and his sidekick Soundtrack fight musical injustice in the city of Harmonicus. In this episode, the Human Chord faces off against Maestro Monticelli, who has created a […]
Episode 24: Sad news, Theater of the Air devotees – this week is Alex Jensen’s final broadcast. EVER. David and David see her off in appropriately somber tones – by playing a mystery about clown murders, a hilarious episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle, and reading The Eye of Argon until we are simultaneously crying tears […]
Episode 23: It’s time for crazy, madcap adventures here at KWUR Theater of the Air. First, David, David, and Alex play an episode of the 70s British spy show The Avengers involving murderous clowns. Next, Alex tells about a hilarious prank on Storytime with Alex. Then we once join corpulent detective Nero Wolfe for a […]
SP! Episode Three: The valiant crew of the Feathered Beagle is on the run from dastardly Belgian industrialist Baron von Grupp. But, when ace mechanic George manages to reactivate the radio on one of Grupp’s robot soldiers, our heroes discover that Grupp is interested in far more than capturing the Beagle. Meanwhile, Lady Magdelena – […]
Episode 22: Hilarious English people!? Yes, please. The Theater of the Air presents an episode of the hilariously absurd show Saturday Night Fry. Then, we buckle our swashes for another thrilling episode of Sky Pirates!. And finally, we round off the show with another death-defying installment of Storytime with Alex and another mind-congealing reading from […]
SC Episode One: “It’s not everyday you see a man that looks like he’s sewn together. I’m Simon Colt.” Get ready to enter the world of Simon Colt, an Old West gunslinger who tangles with the supernatural on a terrifyingly regular basis. In this installment, Simon joins a group of bank robbers who choose a […]
Episode 21: Join the Theater of the Air as we delve into the work of one of the most influential and prolific science fiction writers of all time – Isaac Asimov! David, David, and Alex play two radio drama adaptations of Asimov’s short stories, including the including the 1964 “best science fiction story of all […]
Episode Two: Captain Gulliver Nash and the crew of The Feathered Beagle think they’re safe aboard an airship casino in Monaco. Little do they know that the villainous Baron Von Grupp, at the behest of Luftwaffe Comandant Lady Magdalena, is after Nash’s head. And what’s that clanking noise?
Episode 20: This week, KWUR Theater of the Air is all about the swords and sorcery. We go to Peasant School, ride with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, and do a live reading of THE EYE OF ARGON – quite possibly the worst fantasy novella ever written in the history of man. Hilarity ensues! Plus […]
Episode 19: A long time ago, on a radio show far, far away … David, David, and Alex devote an episode to the times and history of the fantastic movie saga that spawned a mediocre movie saga – Star Wars. We play an episode of the 1981 radio dramatization of A New Hope, and delve […]