Audio Dramas Created by People of Color

Here are some online resources I found promoting audio dramas and podcasts by people of color. I just listened to the first episode of Bronzeville this morning, a ten part dramatized series about numbers runners in 1940s Chicago.

Fiction Podcasts Created by POC from Podchaser.com

BIPOC Audio Drama (reddit thread)

Podcastsincolor.com > Storytelling

Blk Pod Collective 

Latina Podcasters 

Mayzie Media 

Dope Black Pods 

Black Audio Dramas Exist

Asian Podcasters 

Los Podcasteros

NaijaPodHub

Logo taken from detail of New Detective Magazine

I haven't given credit for This Gun in My Hand's logo. That's a modified detail from the cover of New Detective magazine, Vol. 8, No. 4 (July 1946), which you can read or download from archive.org. I haven't read any stories from it yet, but Fredric Brown is top notch. I've read his novel Night of the Jabberwock and some of his weird sci-fi shorts. Below are the logo and the full cover image:

Want To Be Heroes - Episode 6

Falk Zildjian tries to explain why it's right for him to be an armed vigilante, but wrong for his fans to form an armed vigilante paramilitary group. Can he convince them? Can he convince himself? How does Antifa keep their weaponized milkshakes frozen all day? Hop in the PT Cruiser and find out in this episode!

Want To Be Heroes, episode 6 of This Gun in My Hand, was manufactured by Rob Northrup. Please rate and review everywhere you can. Go to http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com to subscribe, download past episodes, and to buy my books. Such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities, or a Godzilla Doll Crochet Pattern. What eagerness LURKS behind a juniper bush? This Gun in My Hand!

This episode is available on Youtube and in audio formats other than mp3 on this archive.org page.

Music and sound effects credits:

The opening theme was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing theme was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain.

Modified versions of the two sound effects listed below were used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License:

Title: Shotgun Reload Pump
Recorded by RA The Sun God
http://soundbible.com/1959-Shotgun-Reload-Pump.html

Title: Chain Dropped
Recorded by BlastwaveFx.com
http://soundbible.com/559-Chain-Dropped.html

The following public domain sound effects were also used:

1911 Pistol Cocking
https://freesound.org/people/J.Anthracite/sounds/465488/

Glock 19 Handgun Pistol Slide Cocking Sounds
https://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393734/

AR15 M4 Gun Hardware Magazine Movement Sounds
https://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393732/

semi-auto pistol.wav
https://freesound.org/people/nuncaconoci/sounds/536195/

Shotgun - Cocking (3)
https://freesound.org/people/FilmmakersManual/sounds/522492/

The Quiz Scam - Episode 5

Falk Zildjian, indomitable hero by virtue of the fact that he carries a gun, confronts Regina, the Queenpin of organized crime in Parabellum City. Falk can stop Regina’s plan to rig a radio quiz show -- if she doesn’t have a trap waiting for him! (Spoilers: she does.) What kind of trap is it? Will Zildjian survive? Which radio quiz show is she trying to rig? Can you keep potential listeners interested in your teaser text by talking about minor details after you dropped spoilers? Find out now!

The Quiz Scam, episode 5 of This Gun in My Hand, was conjured by Rob Northrup. Rate and review it everywhere you can. See the links to the right side of your current screen to subscribe to this podcast or to buy my books. Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities is now available in pdf, and the paperback edition is coming soon. What’s new, pussycat? This Gun in My Hand!

This episode is available on Youtube, and in formats other than mp3 on archive.org.

Music and sound effects credits:

The opening theme was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing theme was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. 

Modified versions of the sound effects listed below were used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License:

Title: Wind

Recorded by Mark DiAngelo

http://soundbible.com/1810-Wind.html

Title: Squishy 2

Recorded by Mike Koenig

http://soundbible.com/512-Squishy-2.html

Title: Boiling Geothermal Mud

By SDLx

https://freesound.org/people/SDLx/sounds/260101/#

Title: Running lady - Footsteps

By vikasfnu

https://freesound.org/people/vikasfnu/sounds/470770/

Good Guys vs. Good Gals - Episode 4

Falk races to a shootout where he’s unable to tell the good guys from the bad guys. Melba and Denise install a donation box at a city park. Bill performs a selection from his vegan-themed acapella EP, “Cage Against the Ravine.” Where have all the flowers gone? This Gun in My Hand!

Good Guys vs. Good Gals, episode 4 of This Gun in My Hand was crocheted by Rob Northrup. Rate and review this episode everywhere you can. You'll be happy to know my short story collection Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities should be available in print within a month or two, and in ebook format even sooner.

The episode is available on Youtube, and in audio formats other than mp3 on this page at archive.org.

Music and FX Credits:

The opening theme was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing theme was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. 

The music before Denise and Melba install the little free library is:

"Windy Winds - Intro A”

Jay Man - OurMusicBox

https://www.our-music-box.com/

https://www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox/ 

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

The following sound effects clips were modified and used in this episode under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license:

Title: 40 Smith Wesson 8x

Recorded by Mike Koenig

http://soundbible.com/2123-40-Smith-Wesson-8x.html

Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5x

Recorded by Mike Koenig

http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.html

Title: Gun Fire

Recorded by GoodSoundForYou

http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html

Title: INT .45 ACP Handgun with Target rack recall

Recorded By Triad330670

https://freesound.org/people/Triad330670/sounds/505357/

Title: Dog Barking, Single, A.wav

By InspectorJ

https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/406085/

Title: Shoveling

Recorded By andersmmg

https://freesound.org/people/andersmmg/sounds/516318/

The following public domain sound clips were also used:

Title: 9mm pistol shot

Recorded By michorvath

https://freesound.org/people/michorvath/sounds/427592/

Title: Park ambience - mostly birds

Recorded by Mafon2

https://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#

Title: Walking in Some Leaves.wav

Recorded by thebabydinosaur https://freesound.org/people/thebabydinosaur/sounds/325405/#