20250429: Apr 29, 2025: 7pm - 8pm

"The Nothing Is Real Radio Hour" includes sound and transmission art works by Sebren, who is based in Athens, and occasionally works by other artists, both pre-recorded and performed live in the studi...

20241231: Dec 31, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

"The Nothing Is Real Radio Hour" includes sound and transmission art works by Sebren, who is based in Athens, and occasionally works by other artists, both pre-recorded and performed live in the studi...

It's Only A Nightmare (re-air of October 29, 2024): Oct 30, 2024: 9pm - 10pm

For this special Halloween 2024 edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, host/creator Sam Sebren premieres a brand new sound collage made from his own electronics, radio tunings, and field recording...

It's Only A Nightmare: Oct 29, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

For this special Halloween 2024 edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, host/creator Sam Sebren premieres a brand new sound collage made from his own electronics, radio tunings, and field recording...

Ending Verizon, Part Two: Jul 30, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

For this special edition of the "Nothing Is Real Radio Hour" host + creator Sam Sebren presents recordings of his last phone calls with Verizon agents, attempting to end his connections with the compa...

Ending Verizon, Part One: Apr 30, 2024: 7pm - 8pm

For this special edition of the "Nothing Is Real Radio Hour," host + creator Sam Sebren presents an actual phone call with Verizon Wireless detailing Sebren’s attempts at ending his connections with t...

Ultra Real Cronenberg Remix Remasterd: Oct 31, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

For this special Halloween 2023 edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, NIRRH creator Sam Sebren presents a remastered version of his work-in-progress, the "Ultra Real Cronenberg Remix”. First prem...

Experimental Mixtape 05: Aug 29, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

This broadcast features a variety of experimental artists assembled in mixtape fashion. Listeners will hear from Modern Art, Master Slave Relationship, Al Margolis, Naked Roots Conducive, Harry Pussy,...

Spoken Word Collage: Jan 31, 2023: 7pm - 8pm

In this broadcast, host Sam Sebren presents a new sound collage emphasizing spoken word from a variety of sources including telephones calls, voicemail, police scanners, news reports, sound art, sound...

Here’s Some Tom Smith Stuff: Nov 29, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

This broadcast features sounds from musician, producer, provocateur, performer, and sonic pioneer Tom Smith (1956-2022). Smith’s work spanned five decades and multiple bands that experimented in uncha...

Ocracoke Collage: Aug 30, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

For this late summer edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, host and creator Sam Sebren premieres a new sound collage constructed from field recordings and electronic experiments made while visiti...

Christopher DeLaurenti: Mar 29, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

In this broadcast, host Sam Sebren presents selected works by phonographer, field recorder, experimental artist, activist, teacher, writer, instrument maker, and performer Christopher DeLaurenti. Li...

Experimental Mixtape 04: Jul 30, 2021: 3pm - 4pm

This broadcast features a variety of experimental artists assembled in mixtape fashion and mostly culled from cassette tapes. Listeners will hear from Minoy, Cruudeuces, Crank Sturgeon, M. Geddes Geng...

Experimental Mixtape 03: Apr 30, 2021: 3pm - 4pm

For this edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour host Sam Sebren shares experimental sounds from across decades and across the sonic spectrum. Listeners will hear selections by Robert Turman, Tod Do...

Experimental Mixtape 02: Jan 29, 2021: 3pm - 4pm

For this edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour host Sam Sebren shares experimental sounds from across the sonic spectrum. Listeners will hear selections by Happy New Year, Jorge Antunes, Windy a...

Feedback Virus: Oct 31, 2020: 3pm - 4pm

For this special Halloween edition of NIRRH, host/creator Sam Sebren premieres an experimental composition, Feedback Virus that he’s been working on in collaboration with 11 friends from near and far,...

Experimental Mixtape: Aug 29, 2020: 1pm - 2pm

Sam Sebren's "Nothing Is Real Radio Hour this month is an Experimental Mixtape.

Julius Eastman: Jul 31, 2020: 3pm - 4pm

This edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, hosted by Sam Sebren, features the groundbreaking composition “Crazy Nigger” by experimental composer Julius Eastman, as it was performed in it’s entire...

Stick Sellers Pre-COVID-19: Jun 05, 2020: 3pm - 4pm

For this edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, host Sam Sebren features a selection of works he created under his solo moniker, Stick Sellers. All works are pre - COVID -19, each using different...

Stick Sellers Pre-COVID-19: May 30, 2020: 11am - 12pm

For this edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, host Sam Sebren features a selection of works he created under his solo moniker, Stick Sellers. All works are pre - COVID -19, each using different...

More 90s Noise and No Genre: Feb 29, 2020: 11am - 11:59 am

NIRRH creator and host Sam Sebren takes another look back to the noise and no genre scene of the 1990’s, of which he played a part as front man and songwriter for NYC no genre band, Splotch, from 1993...

In My Dreams: Feb 01, 2020: 8am - 9am

For this edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, “In My Dreams,” host Sam Sebren reads selections from his dream journals. The Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, created by Sam Sebren broadcasts on WGX...

In My Dreams: Jan 31, 2020: 3pm - 4pm

For this edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, “In My Dreams,” host Sam Sebren reads selections from his dream journals. The Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, created by Sam Sebren broadcasts on WGX...

SS space systems: Nov 30, 2019: 11am - 11:59 am

For this edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, listeners will hear selections from recorded works by SS space systems, a duo project since 2013 by NIRRH host Sam Sebren and collaborator Sam Rosen...

SS space systems: Nov 29, 2019: 3pm - 4pm

For this edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, listeners will hear selections from recorded works by SS space systems, a duo project since 2013 by NIRRH host Sam Sebren and collaborator Sam Rosen...

Remixes and Random Trash: Aug 31, 2019: 11am - 12pm

For this edition of NIRRH, host Sam Sebren will create a collage of sounds using remixes of his various sound and band projects, as well as spoken word audio, plus other experimental tidbits from his...

Remixes and Random Trash: Aug 30, 2019: 3pm - 4pm

For this edition of NIRRH, host Sam Sebren will create a collage of sounds using remixes of his various sound and band projects, as well as spoken word audio, plus other experimental tidbits from his...

Somoto Blues Band meets Stick Sellers: Jun 29, 2019: 11am - 11:59 am

For this edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, creator and host Sam Sebren presents a new remix collage made in a long-distance collaboration between Sebren aka "Stick Sellers” and Nicaraguan exp...

'90’s Noise + No Genre: Mar 30, 2019: 11am - 12pm

For this program, NIRRH creator and host Sam Sebren looks back to the noise and no genre scene of the 1990’s, of which he played a part as front man and songwriter for NYC no genre band, Splotch, from...

'90’s Noise + No Genre: Mar 29, 2019: 3pm - 4pm

For this program, NIRRH creator and host Sam Sebren looks back to the noise and no genre scene of the 1990’s, of which he played a part as front man and songwriter for NYC no genre band, Splotch, from...

Random Favorites: Jan 04, 2019: 3pm - 4pm

For this 2018 year end edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, Sam Sebren will feature a random selection of sounds by artists working in various experimental, electronic, and noisy territories whi...

Random Favorites: Dec 29, 2018: 11am - 11:59 am

For this 2018 year end edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, Sam Sebren will feature a random selection of sounds by artists working in various experimental, electronic, and noisy territories whi...

“Mental Institution” and Other Favorites: Sep 29, 2018: 11am - 11:59 am

For this Fall 2018 edition, NIRRH creator Sam Sebren features a live recording of a composition called "Mental Institution" which he debuted at Wave Farm’s 20th Anniversary celebration on October 21,...

More Ocracoke Recordings: Jun 30, 2018: 11am - 12pm

During a recent visit to the island of Ocracoke, NC, NIRRH creator Sam Sebren made numerous field recordings of the surrounding environment, including the Atlantic ocean and the Pamlico Sound, plus so...

The Ultra Real Cronenberg Remix (Part 2): Mar 31, 2018: 2pm - 3pm

For this Spring 2018 edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, NIRRH creator Sam Sebren renews and revives his work-in-progress, the "Ultra Real Cronenberg Remix" for Part 2 of the project. First pre...

2017 - Good Times: Dec 30, 2017: 2pm - 3pm

During a year of political chaos and upheaval, there was also a lot of personal, creative inspiration for Sam Sebren, artist and creator of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour. For this year end edition of...

Stick Sellers Mini Retrospective: Sep 30, 2017: 2pm - 3pm

In honor of the upcoming Wave Farm 20 year Anniversary celebration at the Fridman Gallery in NYC on October 21, "Wave Farm 1997-2017: 20 Performances for Twenty Years", participating artist Sam Sebren...

Ocracoke Recordings: Jul 29, 2017: 2pm - 3pm

For this edition of NIRRH, listeners will hear recordings that NIRRH host Sam Sebren made during a recent visit to the island of Ocracoke, NC. Various sounds included in this collage will be radio tra...

CO(P)E b/w SS space systems: Apr 29, 2017: 11am - 12pm

For this special edition of NIRRH, listeners will hear the premiere broadcast of the Council Of (Poetic) Experimentation's performance of "City of Vorticity" by composer Tom Hamilton (Pogus Productio...

Experimental Film Soundtracks: Dec 31, 2016: 2pm - 3pm

For this edition of NIRRH, host Sam Sebren presents a selection of soundtracks from experimental films made since the sixties. Included are works by early pioneers like structuralist Owen Land (George...

Ultra Real Cronenberg Remix: Oct 29, 2016: 2pm - 3pm

This edition of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour features the premiere of a radio theatre collage made using hundreds of clips of characters' dialogue from 8 different movies by Canadian film director D...

Council Of Poetic Experimentation and Stick Sellers: Jul 30, 2016: 2pm - 3pm

This edition of NIRRH features recent compositions by experimental performance/noise collective, the Council Of Poetic Experimentation, aka CO(P)E, and also compositions by Stick Sellers, a moniker fo...

SS space systems MRI session: May 14, 2016: 11am - 12pm

A special broadcast of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour originally scheduled for April 30, but preempted due to a special live durational broadcast. This edition of NIRRH features recent recordings usin...

Minoy/Sleep Research Facility: Feb 02, 2016: 1am - 2am

For this edition of NIRRH, host Sam Sebren gets into some dark ambient, deep listening sounds by two artists working decades apart who both utilized radio transmissions in their compositions. "Stealth...

Minoy/Sleep Research Facility: Jan 30, 2016: 2pm - 3pm

For this edition of NIRRH, host Sam Sebren gets into some dark ambient, deep listening sounds by two artists working decades apart who both utilized radio transmissions in their compositions. "Stealth...

SS space systems: Oct 31, 2015: 2pm - 3pm

This special Halloween edition of NIRRH features a new sound collage by SS space systems, made from hundreds of hours of recordings they have produced during the last year. SSss is an ambient noise du...

Early Noise: Sep 01, 2015: 1am - 2am

For this episode of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, listeners will hear examples of "early noise," from the most prehistoric sounds we know of, to some rare recordings of pioneering noise-makers from...

Early Noise: Aug 29, 2015: 2pm - 3pm

For this episode of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, listeners will hear examples of "early noise," from the most prehistoric sounds we know of, to some rare recordings of pioneering noise-makers from...

Recordios/Hydrophonics: Jun 02, 2015: 3am - 4am

For this broadcast of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, Sam Sebren brings listeners a selection of actual early home recordings, made before reel to reel or cassette tapes existed, on machines called "R...

Recordios/Hydrophonics: May 30, 2015: 2pm - 3pm

For this broadcast of the Nothing Is Real Radio Hour, Sam Sebren brings listeners a selection of actual early home recordings, made before reel to reel or cassette tapes existed, on machines called "R...