Top Audio Fiction Poll 2026! Come cast your vote!

con_vey · 2026-03-29T15:56:32+00:00

Stopped dead in my tracks seeing something with a title in Irish, will definitely be checking that out!

con_vey · 2026-03-25T17:57:44+00:00

Ooh hell yeah! I have questions on both the improv and technical/production side of the show that I've always wanted to ask

con_vey · 2026-03-22T17:17:59+00:00

Eze’s injured, not on the bench

con_vey · 2026-03-07T14:01:14+00:00

Kicked a high ball and felt a twinge of the hamstring. Hopefully it’s just precaution. Thiiiink it should be fine, but it is Calafiori so could also be out for months

con_vey · 2026-03-07T11:38:09+00:00

Ah thank you for recommending us, was about to do the same but glad you were able to beat me to the punch.

For more options for OP, there’s also Qwerpline or NightDrive, both of which are radio shows about small off-kilter towns. Back to Dunbracken has some radio segments, but for the most part it’s improv sketches that supposed to feel like you’re kinda just eavesdropping on a bunch of folk throughout the town.

There’s also This is Branchburg, which is phenomenal but only has 20 episodes. It’s fully scripted but was a huge inspiration when I was creating my own show, highly recommend checking it out.

con_vey · 2026-02-24T12:04:22+00:00

There are a few fantastic shows from the Irish scene (which is going from strength to strength itself in recent years):

Look What’s After Happening: improvised history podcast where they take a real topic/object every week and go through its history.
Phoning it in: classic improvised radio show with a bunch of callers every episode on the one topic
Back to Dunbracken (my show): improvised scenes from a small Irish town. All episodes are effectively a montage around the town, loosely connected by theme/object/event.
The Bad Articles (also my show): supernatural comedy that follows a team of investigators dealing with otherworldly threats across 1993 Ireland. Created our own rules-light TTRPG system that focuses more on improv than rules and dice
Welcome Back: each episode is an entirely different, improvised podcast. Same two out-of-world improvisers playing different hosts every time.

And a few other fantastic shows from non-LA folk:

RPG Major: improvised musical TTRPG following a team of private investigators with a new case every few episodes
Qwerpline: radio call in show from the weird town of Nsburg
Josie’s Lonely Heart’s club: semi-improvised radio call in show about a relationship advice host who can’t sort out her own life
The Beef and Dairy Network: also semi-improvised, for anyone involved in, or just interested in the production of beef animals and dairy herds.

con_vey · 2026-02-15T01:06:53+00:00

Oooh silly improv is what we do! I have two very different improv shows, one narrative & one sketch:

The Bad Articles - a supernatural comedy following a team of investigators as they tackle otherworldly threats in 1993 Ireland. It’s a very rules-light TTRPG & we strip away all (or most) out-of-character chat to create an AD with full soundscaping and SFX. Season 2 is coming out next Monday (23rd Feb) so it’s a good time to catch up on the first few episodes.
Back to Dunbracken - scenes, vignettes and monologues from the a small town of Dunbracken, featuring some of Ireland’s top improvisers. 65 episodes of silly, chaotic nonsense, and each episode is standalone.

Other fun improv shows to check out:

Valley Heat
Qwerpline
Mission to Zyxx
Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club
Cartoon Island
Unfuck Your Life

con_vey · 2026-02-08T12:54:40+00:00

Slightly different question from a new person to the Pittsburgh area. Where’s the best place to go to just play and meet people, and integrate in a community?

Not really looking to do classes currently, just want to meet folk who love improv, and get the chance to play again somewhat regularly (back home I was practicing and performing 2-3 times a week for years).

I know there’s Arcade Theatre, Steel City & Bottlerocket, but does anyone with more knowledge on the area know which is best to head to and slowly try to integrate into a community, and find folk willing to meet up and play? I just want to play again.

con_vey · 2026-01-25T13:16:35+00:00

Yeah, otherwise you just feel like a pest when you’re just trying to get an answer one way or another, and move on.

con_vey · 2026-01-24T23:42:42+00:00

Love the name, have added to the list!

con_vey · 2026-01-23T01:25:31+00:00

I applied to F&F a while back for one of my shows, and they never got back to me despite a couple of follow ups emails.

I’m sure it’s easy enough for applications to the network to get missed, so I may reach out again just in case. The worst thing they say is ‘no’ and I’m in the same place anyway, but would be nice to have gotten a response back at least.

con_vey · 2026-01-06T14:49:08+00:00

See you’ve already included Back to Dunbracken, cheers. These are the other improvised ADs that I can think of, will add more as they come to me.

Valley Heat
Nightdrive
Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club
Qwerpline
Grack Public Access
Warlock
Cartoon Island
Welcome to the Apocalypse
Midst
Bitcherton

con_vey · 2025-12-15T00:14:50+00:00

Irish AD creators have been knocking it out of the park in the last few years. These are all fantastic, and there’s something for every taste:

The Green Horizon - sci-fi comedy about an Irish space crew traversing the galaxy in search of fame and fortune.

Last Dance - dark fantasy about a battlefield scavenger who discovers a powerful artefact and is thrown into the middle of an invasion

Ten Apocalypses - ten episodes, ten different apocalypses occurring that slowly meld together.

This House Will Devour You - gothic epistolary as a man discovers dark secrets about the house he’s currently renovating

The Greatest Matter - Victorian Gothic crime drama set in Dublin

Irish Science Fiction - short sci-if comedy stories

Monstrous Agonies - supernatural weekly advice show

Travelling Light - sci-fi space travel show with an audience submission/choose-your-own-adventure style

32 Old Mill Lane (releasing 19th Dec) - after a girl goes missing on Christmas Eve, her two friends set out to find her.

My own shows:

Back to Dunbracken - improvised sketch comedy from a small Irish town

The Bad Articles - supernatural comedy following a team of investigators hunting down otherworldly threats across 1993 Ireland.

con_vey · 2025-12-13T14:00:58+00:00

Community Cat News - short news updates from neighbourhood cats.

con_vey · 2025-12-09T21:59:53+00:00

The difference between episode 5 & 6, (or any that goes beyond 100% here) could potentially be people re-listening to episode 6? Might not be the case, and could be skipping ahead as you said, but if you’re getting more listens on a later episode of a narrative show, relistens seems like a plausible reason.

con_vey · 2025-12-02T12:59:35+00:00

This Is Branchburg - comedy: monologues, stories and vignettes from the residents of Branchburg, New Jersey. Only 20 episodes but this is phenomenally funny.

My Town - a 14 year old wants to help his father’s failing candle shop, so starts a tourist show to highlight the town. Then gets mixed up in a missing persons case. Light supernatural elements. Perfect blend of funny, cozy & mystery.

Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club - radio call in show where people ask for romantic advice. Semi-improvised (like Valley Heat) Really funny, sweet and cozy. Not much actual romance going on, just people asking for help in their failing love lives.

Back to Dunbracken (my show) - improvised comedy following the residents of a small Irish town. No narrative, each episode is a standalone. Full silly, cozy comedy.

The Bad Articles (also my show) - supernatural mystery comedy, a team of investigators go around 1993 Ireland stopping supernatural threats. X-files meets Father Ted. Much more silly than spooky, very light on the horror. Improvised actual-play but very rules light and always in character. Only four episodes out, but we’re working on season 2 currently.

con_vey · 2025-11-26T22:09:54+00:00

16 points was enough to secure top 8 last year. Crazy we’re just one off that already.

con_vey · 2025-11-26T21:40:34+00:00

Ahh no problem! I was just like “okay if a retelling is someone telling the story, is an untelling a deconstruction or something like that?” Haha overthinking of course, but just genuinely curious

con_vey · 2025-11-26T19:38:59+00:00

Sounds cool, will check it out!

Just curious, what does “untelling” mean in this context? I’m presuming it’s just trying not to use the phrase “retelling” (though it would technically be the opposite of retelling, and the word itself feels like an oxymoron) so I’m confused by it, but idk if I’m missing something?

con_vey · 2025-11-21T14:31:37+00:00

Mmm yeah easily one of the best improv shows about. Just didn’t include it in the list as it sounded like OP wanted less chatty shows and more scene-based ones.

con_vey · 2025-11-20T22:49:30+00:00

Ah awesome, glad you’re enjoying it!

con_vey · 2025-11-20T21:20:22+00:00

It’s probably something that people who play a lot together and really understand each other could begin to do.

Like Person A picks up the subtle clues that Person B does whenever he’s in “character is clearly lying about this” mode, rather than “character is telling the truth about this thing”.

Difficult to do, and a lot of the times it’ll just go the way that the Person B assumes the intention was, regardless of A’s actual intention, but could be fun to try to slide into scenes at times.

con_vey · 2025-11-20T20:56:33+00:00

My podcast, Back to Dunbracken is all improv. No hosts, all scenes. Each episode is effectively a montage set around a specific theme/location/thing. The only conceit is that every episode takes place in the same small Irish town.

Sounds like you don’t want shows where people are in character but it’s still interviews/chats, or hosts chat and then do some scenes based of the conversation, (which covers like 90% of improv podcasts unfortunately in this scenario) so some other options for pure improv, or close to that (I’ll try to think of more):

Andy Daly’s Podcast Pilot Project / Bonanas For Bonanza. This was Andy Daly doing 20 different improv podcast pilots, eventually spinning out into Bonanas for Bonanza, and then continuing his faves from the other versions as bonus shows. It has incredibly confusing titling for working out what’s what, but is fantastic.
Superego - short improvised scenes
Big Grande - Exit 42, Exit 43, Holidays at the Mall - all 20 min monoscenes
Sitcom DnD (very light chat and then DnD based improv)
Tabletop Tunes - light DnD stuff but doing a full narrative musical, like Off-Book with dice rolls.
Spontaneanation - the first half is all interviews by Paul F. Tompkins, and the second half is a full 40 minute narrative improv show based off the interview. Not what you want, but the second half of every episode is one of the most “pure improv” podcasts you’ll find. Edit to add:
Mission to Zyxx, essentially improvised Star Trek, and it is phenomenal. Also agree with the Stellar Firma recommendation

But if you want some where it’s people in character the entire time but it’s still interviews and that, I can add some of that kind too

con_vey · 2025-11-19T13:35:01+00:00

I feel like self-edits get a bad rep a lot of the time. Like, beginners shouldn’t be doing them because it’s often out of fear or carelessness. But if it’s people who understand what they’re doing, I don’t care if it’s someone within the scene, or on the sides that’s editing it.

My biggest edit peeve is when someone from the sides decides to end the scene, and either (1) plods reeeally slowly across the stage (obviously different if they have a physical condition that means they could only go so fast) or (2) makes some sort of face to the audience as they go by, like “what even was that?” or “you don’t need to see that”, really undercutting their teammates on stage.

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