THAT’D BE REVIVAL

LIMITED PODCAST SERIES - 2017

An anthology podcast assembled from primary sources created in the town of Carlyle, Kansas in the year 1895. That'd Be Revival explores the trials and triumphs of life on the Great Plains, offering a remarkable perspective on community and faith.

Co-created and co-directed with Tom Mason.

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A unique combination of narrative drama, documentary, and hoax (which ended up being fairly convincing, at least for a couple of episodes at the time of release). We were inspired by old wax cylinder recordings of folk songs and hymns, radio sermons, and the turn-of-the-century tension between new technology and religious revival, as well as the simple pleasure of writing period dialogue. Over the course of a year, we recorded each episode with an expanding and eclectic cast, telling stories of loneliness, fate, fear, redemption, and love. (You can see why this was incredibly easy to categorize as a “comedy” podcast.) To this day it is one of the strangest projects I’ve ever been involved with, and I would not trade the experience for anything.

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