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Outcomes

2026

2 episodes (2 broadcasts, 2 podcasts, 2 on-demand streaming).
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Adams, Jeffrey. "'Audio Drama' Goes To School."Radiogram. Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy. Jan.-Feb. 2026, vol. 48 no. 9, p. 12.

2025

13 episodes (13 broadcasts, 13 podcasts, 13 on-demand streaming).
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Interviewed regarding Re-Imagined Radio for Radiogram, bimonthly magazine of the Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy (SPERDVAC). Article to appear in January/February 2026 issue.

"The D.B. Cooper Skyjacking." The Ridgefield Community Library, 12 Nov. 2025.
A presentation about the upcoming episode of Re-Imagined Radio, "D.B. Cooper's Last Interview." Attendance: 37.

2024

12 episodes (12 broadcasts, 12 podcasts, 12 on-demand streaming).
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2023

14 episodes (2 live performances, 14 broadcasts, 14 podcasts, 14 on demand streaming).
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LIVE: Re-Imagined Radio Recreates 1940s Radio Play "Mysterious Traveler". 4 Jan. 2024. KPTV, Beaverton, OR.
Interview streamed live as part of FOX 12 NOW program, hosted by Greg Nibler

Hewitt, Scott. Martian invasion! Re-Imagined Radio presents 'The War of the Worlds' at Kiggins. The Columbian, 19 Oct. 2023.

Seekamp, William. Radio Show Takes Us Back to the Opening of Interstate Bridge: A "Mighty Span" Celebrates Its History and Heritage in Monday Broadcast. The Columbian, C1, C5, 19 Feb. 2023.

Vondersmith, Jason. "Short List: Portland events include 'Young Americans' by Lauren Yee at The Armory." Portland Tribune, 15 Feb. 2023.
See "Our Bridge" at the bottom of this article.

2022

13 episodes (1 live performance, 13 broadcast, 13 podcast, 13 on demand streaming).
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Barber, John. "Future Radio and Social Knowledge Creation in the Humanities." Social Knowledge Creation in the Humanities, Vol. 2, edited by Aaron Mauro, Iter Press, 2022, pp.43-55.

Flowers, Kristen. Lend Me Your Ear: Re-Imagined Radio Captures Listners' Imaginations. Vancouver Family Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022, pp. 12, 14, 16.

Juarez, Cambrie. Q+A: Behind the microphone with Re-Imagined Radio creator John F. Barber. PDX Today, 8 Dec. 2022.
The Vancouver-based radio program produces classic and contemporary stories for broadcast and streaming, as well as one live, on-stage performance each year.

2021

12 episodes (12 podcasts, 12 on demand streaming).
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Phillips, Rebecca. "Re-Imagined Radio and CooperCon." Washington State Magazine, Fall 2021, p. 9.

Barber, John. "Preservation through Re-Creation: Re-Newing Radio as Community Storytelling." A Century of Broadcasting: Preservation and Renewal Conference, 22-24 Oct. 2020, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. (Accepted)

2020

3 episodes (2 live performances, 1 broadcast, 3 podcasts, 3 on demand).
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Barber, John F. "The War of the Worlds Broadcast: Fake News or Engaging Storytelling?" Radio's Second Century: A Reader, edited by John A. Hendricks, Rutgers University Press, 2020, pp. 96-118.

—. "Electronic Literature and Sound." Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities: Contexts, Forms & Practices, edited by James O'Sullivan and Dene Grigar, Bloomsbury, 2020, pp. 117-122.

2019

5 episodes (5 live performances, 5 broadcasts, 5 podcasts, 5 on demand streaming).
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Barber, John F. "A Mighty Span: Sound, Practice, Community." Resonant Practices in Communities of Sound, SpokenWeb Symposium, 30-31 May 2019, Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

2018

5 (5 live performances, 5 broadcasts, 5 podcasts, 5 on demand streaming).
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Barber, John. Martians, Moustaches, and Radio Drama. A Case Study for Sound Art Curation by Re-Creation. Leonardo Electronic Almanac, vol. 33, no. 3, Dec. 2018.

2017

3 episodes (3 live performances, 3 podcasts, 3 on demand streaming).
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Barber, John. Radio Art: A (mass) Medium Becomes An (artistic) Medium. Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures, vol. 17, 2017, https://doi.org/10.20415/hyp/017.
Reprinted in French translation as L'art Radiophonique: Histoire d'un Médium de Masse Devenu Médium Artistique, Appareil, vol. 18, 2017.
Reprinted in Art Médium, Média, edited by Pascal Krajewski, L'Harmattan, 2018, pp. 209-226. ISBN: 978-2-343-13800-8.

—. Radio Nouspace: Radio, Sound, and Digital Humanities. Digital Studies/Le champ numérique, vol. 7, no. 1, 13 Oct. 2017, https://www.digitalstudies.org/collections/special/the-digital-humanities-summer-institute/
Reprinted in Digital Studies/Le champ numérique, vol. 8, no. 1, 28 Feb. 2018. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/dscn.275

—. "Broadcasting from the Barricades and Beaches: BBC Listeners and Producers Learn the Power of Radio." BBC and the World News Service: Debts & Legacies Conference, 3-4 Feb. 2017, King's College, London, England.

2016

4 episodes (4 live performances, 2 podcasts, 2 on demand streaming).
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Barber, John. "Curation by Re-Creation: Innovative, New Knowledge Model for Classic Radio Drama." New Knowledge Models: Sustaining Partnerships to Transform Scholarly Production, INKE (Implementing New Knowledge Environments) Conference, 19 Jan. 2016, Whistler, BC, Canada.

2015

4 episodes (4 live performances, 2 podcasts, 2 on demand streaming).
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2014

3 episodes (3 live performances).
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Barber, John. Internet Radio and Electronic Literature: Locating the Text in Aural Narratives. ebr [electronic book review], 3 May 2014.

—. Future Audio Drama: Imagine the Possibilities. Audio Drama Seminar, 19-20 Aug. 2014, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. See Birmingham School of Media's Radio Blog.

—. "Radio: Local, Global, Collaborative, Mobile." ICA Mobile Preconference, 21-22 May 2014, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

—. "Sound Curation by Re-Creation: The War of the Worlds Radio (Re)broadcast, Martians with Mustaches: A Case Study and Suggestions." International Sound Arts Curation Series, 15-17 May 2014, Goldsmith's, University of London and The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, England.

2013

2 episodes (2 live performances).
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Barber, John. Audiobiography: 1960s: A Sonic Memoir. Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion, vol. 9, Apr. 2013.

—. "Internet Radio and Electronic Literature: Locating the Text in Aural Narratives." Electronic Literature Organization 2013 International Conference, 24-27 Sep. 2013, Paris, France.

—. "Internet Radio: Radio after the Future." What is Radio? Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Radio Conference, 25-27 Apr. 2013, University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication, Portland, OR.

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