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Greater Boston

137 EpisodesProduced by Alexander Danner & Jeff Van DreasonWebsite

Greater Boston is a bi-monthly full-cast audio drama that blends the real and the unreal, the historical and the fantastical. It all begins with the death of Leon Stamatis, a man for whom the least hint of uncertainty makes life unbearable. But by leaving the world, he has irrevocably changed it.Gre… read more

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Episode 17: The Red Line Tea Party

Production

Greater Boston is written and produced by Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason with recording and technical assistance from Marc Harmon.

An enormous thank you to The Alexandria Archives, a podcast of Southern weird horror, for their generous support of Greater Boston. You can find them at AlexandriaArchives.com. 

You can support Greater Boston on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/GreaterBoston. And thank you to all our Patreon supporters. You really help keep Greater Boston going.


Cast

In order of appearance, this episode featured:

  • Summer Unsinn as Charlotte Linzer-Coolidge (she/her)
  • Tanja Milojevic as Melissa Weatherby (she/her)
  • Jeff Van Dreason as Chuck Octagon (he/him)
  • Julia Propp as Louisa Alvarez (she/her)
  • Lydia Anderson as Gemma Linzer-Coolidge (she/her)
  • James Oliva as Michael Tate (he/him)
  • Sam Musher as Emily Bespin (she/her)
  • Jessica Washington as Isabelle Powell (she/her)
  • Michael Melia as Phil (he/him)
  • Mike Linden as the Singing Telegram (he/him)
  • Jim Johanson as Rusty the MBTA driver (he/him)
  • and Ben Flaumenhaft as Uriah Connoly (he/him)


Also featuring

  • Michael McQuilkin
  • Rick Coste
  • Tanja Milojevic
  • Alexander Danner as reporters
  • Marc Harmon
  • and Ben Flaumenhaft


Be sure to check out Michael’s wild multi-dimensional comedy Hadron Gospel Hour, and Rick’s latest mini-series, Charlie’s Mailbox.

Interviews recorded with Greater Boston residents.


Music

  • Charlie on the MTA is performed by Emily Peterson and Dirk Tiede
  • Love of My Life by BoxCat Games
  • Trenchcoat by Jim Johanson and Jeff Van Dreason
  • Solo drum tracks by Jim Johanson
  • Snow Ban by Adrienne Howard Emily Peterson and Dirk Tiede


Some sound effects and music used from public domain and creative commons sources.


Contact

For news and updates, sign up for our newsletter!

Find us online at GreaterBostonShow.com

Follow us on Twitter @InGreaterBoston


Sponsors

Find all of our sponsor discount links at: https://fableandfolly.com/partners/


Content Warnings

  • Strong language
  • Sudden non-violent explosions
  • Comic mayhem
  • Self-shaming body image
  • Class entitlement
  • Ayn Rand


A production of ThirdSight Media LLC.

Copyright 2015 - 2020 Alexander Danner & Jeff Van Dreason

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