Re-Imagined Radio

About Re-Imagined Radio

Re-Imagined Radio adapts and shares stories via the radio medium that engage your ears. Play out for your mind's eye. And spark your imagination. Our radio storytelling draws from dramas, comedies, oral and aural histories, documentaries, fictions, soundscapes and sonic journeys, radio and sound art. Each story utilizes the fundamental components of radio storytelling: dialogue, sounds for context and/or effect, and music.

Publisher

John F. Barber

Category

arts · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Apr 2015

Latest episode

21 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

91 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Sept 2026

   In Progress

   Field recorded mechanical sounds. Sound narratives with rhythm, even melody. Portraying life and projects in the process of always becoming. "In Progress." From our RiR Workshop series, a laboratory for experimental sound-based storytelling. Premiere broadcast: September 21, 2026 Season 14, Episode 09 John F. Barber, writer, producer, and host Marc Rose, post-production, original music, and sound design Holly Slocum, creative management Caitlyn Kruger-L'Esperance, projects management Claire Leyden, motion graphics designer Rylan Eisenhauer, YouTube channel production and management, and announcing Audio File Name: rir-in-progress.mp3 Episode webpage: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/in-progress/index.html Tags: workshop, soundscape, sound walk, sound-based storytelling Image Credit: Holly Slocum/NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

2. 

   17 Aug 2026

   RiR 100

   Celebrating 100 episodes! Premiere broadcast: August 17, 2026 Season 14, Episode 08 John F. Barber, writer, producer, and host Marc Rose, post-production, original music, and sound design Holly Slocum, creative management Caitlyn Kruger-L'Esperance, projects management Claire Leyden, motion graphics designer Rylan Eisenhauer, YouTube channel production and management, and announcing Audio File Name: rir-100.mp3 Episode webpage: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/rir-100/index.html Tags: radio, sample, episode, story, stories, storytelling, hundred, 100, listening, broadcast, drama, tribute Image Credit: Claire Leyden and Holly Slocum

3. 

   20 Jul 2026

   Dawn Birds, Light Traffic, Melodic Machines

   Three soundscapes recorded by John Barber in Dubai, UAE, Vancouver, Washington, and Victoria, Canada, are combined by him as a sonic tapestry where the narrative is based on mechanical and environmental sounds, rather than human dialogue. The first episode of the new "RiR Workshop" series, experimental sound-based storytelling Premiere broadcast: July 20, 2026 Season 14, Episode 07 John F. Barber, writer, producer, and host Marc Rose, post-production, original music, and sound design Holly Slocum, project and brand management, and lead graphics Claire Leyden, 2D animation, and graphics Caitlyn Kruger-L'Esperance, social media, events, and community communication strategies Rylan Eisenhauer, YouTube channel production and management, and announcing Audio File Name: rir-birds-traffic-machines.mp3 Episode webpage: https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/birds-traffic-machines/index.html Tags: soundscape, sound based storytelling, RiR Workshop Image Credit: Opportunity View of "Private Joseph Field" on Mars by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, May 29, 2016 Image Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/USGS/ASU https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia21142-opportunity-view-of-private-joseph-field-on-mars/ Image Status: Public Domain

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

19,363

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

41

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

27

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