AM 1066

In the final recording of the season, broadcasting legend Brucette Jockey joins novice Kristina “The Matrix” Marx to usher Queen City into a new millennium. Also featuring one of the few recorded interviews about “Football 2000,” and a rare appearance by Third-wave Ska C-Listers Tom Scum and the Motivators. Happy New Year! Featuring (in order of appearance): Zach Jones, Corey Drennon, Rebecca Shrom, Thomas Graham, Maddy Fick, Freddie Powers, Matt Keeley, Kendall Mac, Nolan Scates, Chris Iannucci, Tommy Spears and Justin Parlette Written by: Ryan Stevens Additional Material by; Rebecca Shrom and Tommy Spears Directed by: Hannah Baker Co-directed by: Rebecca Shrom and Tommy Spears Sound Design and Editing by: Patricia Spears Original Music and Lyrics by: Tommy Spears If you like what you hear, consider donating to our patreon at patreon.com/am_1066!

A Hollywood blockbuster and a grisly murder create a panic on the streets of Queen City, and businesses from all over town are capitalizing. But has a murderous threat really come from the coast line to the city? Meanwhile, Ed is dealing with mass hysteria fanned by a troubled sherif and signal interference all at once. Is this a town full of losers? Find out! Featuring (in order of appearance): Sam Lounsbury, Tim Metzler, Beth Kuhn Metzler, Josie Benedetti, Justin Parlette, Ross Berman, Mike Hover, Tommy Spears, Alicia Felbab, Doogin Brown, Rebecca Shrom, Chris Iannucci and William Quant Written by: Tim Metzler & Justin Parlette Additional Material by: Tommy Spears Directed by: Justin Parlette & Tommy Spears Editing and Sound Design by: Patricia Spears If you like what you hear, consider donating to our patreon at patreon.com/am_1066!

Arthur Shipperding celebrates the first year of commercial radio, looks back on a year of prohibition and interviews Hollywood “it couple” Polly Swinson and Marcus Revelry. Plus film reviews, scandal, and advertisements from listeners like you!" Featuring (in order of appearance): Rebecca Shrom, Thomas Graham, Maddy Fick, Jess Martinez, Luke Van Marter, Ashley Connell, Tommy Spears, Tim Metzler, Beth Kuhn Metzler, Lauren Kincaid, Matthew Baltzell and Tushar Vashisth. Written by: Maddy Fick Additional Materials by: Thomas Graham, Rebecca Shrom and Tommy Spears Directed by: Tommy Spears Sound Design and Editing by: Patricia Spears If you like what you hear, consider donating to our patreon at patreon.com/am_1066!

An unlabelled tape concerns the life of AM 1066’s longest serving news anchor, Ed Spectacle. Featuring(in order of appearance): Tommy Spears, Tim Metzler, Matthew Baltzell and Lauren Kincaid Written and Directed by: Tommy Spears Sound Design and Editing by: Patricia Spears If you like what you hear, consider donating to our patreon at patreon.com/am_1066!

A simple news broadcast becomes a complicated adventure for Ed Spectacle when visitors from another planet land in Queen City. But can we trust them? And is any of it real, or was it all an Orson Welles-style hoax? Featuring(in order of appearance): Justin Parlette, Tim Metzler, Zach Jones, Thomas Graham, Luke Van Marter, Freddie Powers, Rebecca Shrom, Beth Kuhn Metzler, Tommy Spears and Maddy Fick Written by: Maddy Fick Additional Materials by: Rebecca Shrom and Tommy Spears Directed by: Maddy Fick Sound Design and Editing by: Patricia Spears If you like what you hear, consider donating to our patreon at patreon.com/am_1066!

It’s 2003—time to celebrate the end of major combat operations in Iraq! Join Ed Spectacle, Angie Plasty, President George W. Bush and members of the armed services to celebrate bringing peace to the Middle East. Featuring (in order of appearance): Kat Leehong, Tim Metzler, Josie Benedetti, Adam Tatum, Sam Edelson, Matt Keeley, Brooke Smith, Beth Kuhn Metzler, Rebecca Shrom, William Quant, Thomas Graham, Luke Van Marter and Tommy Spears. Written by: Ryan Stevens Additional Materials by: Thomas Graham, Justin Parlette and Tommy Spears Directed by: Rebecca Shrom Sound Design and Editing by: Patricia Spears “Puttin’ U in the US of A”—Music by Tommy Spears, Lyrics by Justin Parlette and Tommy Spears, Produced by Rebecca Shrom and Tommy Spears If you like what you hear, consider donating to our patreon at patreon.com/am_1066!

Cecil B. DeMille comes to town to promote his new religious spectacle The Ten Commandments. Meanwhile, Ed is dealing with a difficult inspector from the FCC. Plus music, commercials, and more! Featuring (in order of appearance): Taji Senior, Tim Metzler, Brooke Smith, Lauren Kincaid, Sam Edelson, Rebecca Shrom, Tommy Spears, Freddie Powers, Ryan Stevens, Nolan Scates, David Kepner, Madison Fairbanks and Jessica Toltzis Written and Directed by: Ryan Stevens Additional Materials by: Justin Parlette & Tommy Spears Audio Design and Editing by: Patricia Spears If you like what you hear, please consider donating to our patreon: patreon.com/AM_1066

Agent J unspools a block of after school educational programming from the times that were a-changing. Including health advice, fitness instruction, a poetry corner, and a social studies lesson! Featuring(in order of appearance): Tushar Vashisth, Tim Metzler, Mandy Leavell, Chris Iannucci, Rebecca Shrom, Maddy Fick, Tommy Spears, Lauren Kincaid, Nolan Scates, Freddie Powers, Dave Honigman, Justin Parlette, Zach Jones, Beth Kuhn Metzler, Natalie Marye, and Brooke Smith. Directed by: Hannah Baker Written by: Rebecca Shrom Additional Materials by: Justin Parlette, Tommy Spears and Ryan Stevens Sound Design & Editing by: Patricia Spears

A rare recording from the height of the roaring twenties. Agent J provides all the facts about a profile of the Lost Generation, theatre critic Hettie Fairchild, a bullfight reported by visiting journalist Ernest Hemingway, and an episode of the long-running British-ish radio comedy “Reid and Rokeby.” Find out whose really lost! Featuring (in order of appearance): William Shaw, Luke Van Marter, Thomas Graham, Ryan Stevens, Freddie Powers, Maddy Fick, Sam Lounsbury, Ashley Connell, Tommy Spears, Tim Metzler, Justin Parlette, Beth Kuhn Metzler, Rin Olson & Rebecca Shrom. Written by: Tommy Spears Additional Material by: Tim Metzler, Justin Parlette, Ryan Stevens & Luke Van Marter Sound Design & Editing: Patricia Spears Like what you heard? Consider donating to us at https://www.patreon.com/AM_1066

Agent J plays the 1981 recording of the Queen City Beauty Queen Pageant—a homegrown beauty pageant meant to rival Miss America and Miss Universe. Hosted by the pageant’s main investor, Trent Caraway, and judged by Cecil Caraway, Harry the Funky Walrus, and the formidable Karen Shipperding, this first-of-its-kind radio beauty pageant has wit, beauty, talent, and a secret too big for the pageant stage! Featuring (in order of appearance): Maddy Fick, Tommy Spears, Thomas Graham, Sam Lounsbury, Lauren Kincaid, Ali Drapos, Lauren Lonergan, Rebecca Shrom, Zach Jones, Luke Van Marter, Dave Honigman, Tim Metzler, Justin Parlette and Beth Kuhn Metzler Written by: Maddy Fick Additional Material by: Tim Metzler, Justin Parlette & Tommy Spears Sound Design & Editing by: Patricia Spears Like what you heard? Consider donating to us at https://www.patreon.com/AM_1066