MetaData Radio

MetaData Radio

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MetaData is an absurdist satire of modern public radio, in which every story goes objectively nowhere. An international flight disappears, Silicon Valley robs the homeless of their cars, and dead people are interviewed with polite sincerity, as each popular podcast format unfolds into the next, gradually eroding all logic, and giving a much needed voice to the real Fake News.


Most roles are very short--some no more than a few lines, most less than a page, so it's a large cast but with minimal time required for each actor. Most of the characters I still need to cast are for straight-laced, professional NPR type reporters, and a few are bit characters--people interviewed on the street, listeners calling in to a "live" talk show, etc. It's paced very quickly so that one show flows seamlessly into another with no warning. Think: Mr. Show structure, but goofing on the tropes of Radiolab and This American Life, as opposed to MTV and local access news and commercials.


The material itself is humorous, but I want to play all the acting completely straight, aiming for authenticity, to the point where one could mistake it for actual radio if they're not paying close attention to the words.

The final product will run around 20 minutes, to be distributed on Soundcloud or Youtube at first, with intent to shop it around as a pilot for a continuing series. I hope to have it finished by the end of the summer.

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Project Roles: PETEY CORNBURGER Don Hustings Alemia Hassetch Budd Fines
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PETEY CORNBURGER
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A withered old American man who's worn out from doing physical labor his whole life, being interviewed by a reporter for a BBC Radio-type investigative segment.

  • My name is Petey Cornburger. I’m 78 years old and I’ve been a child laborer my entire life.

  • I started out in factories, mostly, working with my dad, all types of labor. Probably started around 5, 5:30 in the morning.

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Don Hustings
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Older NPR newscaster, think Jim Hawk or Robert Siegel. Reading an hourly news update about a missing plane. 

  • Details continue to emerge regarding Ofício Civil, the Brazilian airline responsible for flight BR-1190, which still remains at large.

  • Don Hustings, Clocktower News.

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Alemia Hassetch
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Seasoned NPR newscaster. Think Barbara Klein, Eleanor Beardsley, Audie Cornish.  Reading an hourly news update about a missing plane, and other national stories. 

  • A Dominican cruise ship has detected
    underwater signals that may be an emergency beacon from
    the plane’s blackbox recording device.

  • For
    Clocktower News, I’m Alemia Hassetch.

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Budd Fines
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Man being interviewed about his confusing beliefs, with a "good old boy" type southern accent. A short, passionate soundbite.

  •  I know what I believe, and I will I stand by my positions until the day I die, God help me.

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