Calvin Versus Darnell: An Experiment in the Stimulation of Deja Vu and Jamais Vu in Saint Erme: May 03, 2022

Deja vu and jamais vu, approached through the realm of acoustics rather than the visual. Episode I of THE_CITY Battery, a Neurological Evaluation of THE_CITY by Erik Belgum Written by Erik Belgum....

The Radio Art Hour: Jon Brumit, Erik Belgum, Gregory Whitehead: Sep 04, 2021

Today's show opens and closes with works from Gregory Whitehead, with "Radio Degree Zero" starting things off, and "Adioradio" ending the show. Then tune in fro works from New American Radio, a weekly...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Shakespeare Colorized: May 16, 2021

Disinhibited speech coming out 10 syllables at a time. . . when you hit your head hard enough, like in Shakespeare, the words just don’t seem to stop. Thanks to new technology, many “colorized” words...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Spent Thinking About Money: May 09, 2021

Quite possibly the only universal ritual left in America - thinking about money. (Dedicated to Robert Ashley)

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): The Random Laugh Track of Your Life.: May 02, 2021

Pretend your life is a sitcom. Let this laugh track accompany your day. This is the random laugh track of your life.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Born Again Turkey: Apr 25, 2021

Courtesy of Farmer Ken, I talk for about 30 minutes with Fanny, the world’s first born-again Christian Turkey. It goes about like you’d expect it to.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): SSN, please?: Apr 18, 2021

In the next half hour, you’ll hear randomly generated Social Security numbers providing unequivocal authentication for randomly generated names. Here’s a massive hack of one of the fundamental moves i...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): New American Tense: Apr 11, 2021

An early reading primer teaching us newly uncovered, but as yet unarticulated, time gaps in the English auxiliary verb system. Was Rick will have to be been seeing Janet? Well? Was will he be? With a...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Right Wing Titty: Apr 04, 2021

Left-wing men from around the world discuss the difficulties of maintaining their focus on peace, justice, and union activism in the face of right wing titty. In the words of Ice-T, “Big ol’ titty.”

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Cop Car: Mar 28, 2021

Police broke up this big frat party last summer. Lots of scuffles. Lots of arrests. Lots of beer. Shame I had to hear about it from the 2-year-old who lived across the street.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Catch-23: Mar 21, 2021

When discussing literature, it can happen in the blink of an eye. Run away. . . lest you get caught in a “Catch-23.” I tried to run away, but. . .

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Doc Boggs’ Wife: Mar 14, 2021

Did Doc Boggs’ wife really make him quit banjo? After hearing the facts, you’ll be well-equipped to make up your own mind. But, basically, she did.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Baby Go Bang Bang - Episode 5: Mar 07, 2021

A newborn baby is shooting people. I mean, she’s probably got a license, but still. . . So, what if family were kaleidoscope and baby had gun? It’s baby go bang bang. (Episode 5 of five-part EBFN Myst...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Baby Go Bang Bang - Episode 4: Feb 28, 2021

A newborn baby is shooting people. I mean, she’s probably got a license, but still. . . So, what if family were kaleidoscope and baby had gun? It’s baby go bang bang. (Episode 4 of five-part EBFN Myst...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Baby Go Bang Bang - Episode 3: Feb 21, 2021

A newborn baby is shooting people. I mean, she’s probably got a license, but still. . . So, what if family were kaleidoscope and baby had gun? It’s baby go bang bang. (Episode 3 of five-part EBFN Myst...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Baby Go Bang Bang - Episode 2: Feb 14, 2021

A newborn baby is shooting people. I mean, she’s probably got a license, but still. . . So, what if family were kaleidoscope and baby had gun? It’s baby go bang bang. (Episode 2 of five-part EBFN Myst...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Baby Go Bang Bang - Episode 1: Feb 07, 2021

A newborn baby is shooting people. I mean, she’s probably got a license, but still. . . So, what if family were kaleidoscope and baby had gun? It’s baby go bang bang. (Episode 1 of five-part EBFN Myst...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Robot Spelling Bee: Jan 31, 2021

In this semi-final, robots - in front of an all-robot audience - vie for the crown. I’ll be the first to admit it. I was surprised to find out that they’re not as good at spelling as you’d think.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Some Notes on the Upcoming Apocalypse + Active Shooter: Jan 24, 2021

A so-called twofer. Unfortunately, the recording quality is so bad, it’s barely a onefer. Have you been in one of these “Active Shooter” drills where you work? I was in one at a hospital. I’ve intersp...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Live Broadcast: Mahler’s Titan Symphony: Jan 17, 2021

In this live NY Philharmonic performance of Mahler’s Titan Symphony the titanic technical problems equal the majesty of the symphony itself. Longstanding NY Philharmonic hosts Wallace Jardine and Ken...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Dirty House: Jan 10, 2021

This is a major league dirty house story. I’m sure you’ve been in a dirty house before. . . but. . . you know what? . . . not this dirty.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Male Lactation in the Veterinary Setting: Jan 03, 2021

It’s shocking to find out that most licensed veterinarians have little to no training in this area. As a public services, EBFN provides some answers to our listeners’ questions.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Conversation with Mr. |!!|`|| (pronounced "WIL-son") : Sep 18, 2018

The first human conversation with a dolphin -- Mr. Wilson. A wide-ranging discussion covering the arts, family life, and the future of human-dolphin communication.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Wild Child: Sep 11, 2018

You haven't really experienced children, until you've met a wild child. I've met several. It's like visiting the Grand Canyon.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Lo-Fi Storytelling #2 - Prank Lover and Armpit Ball: Sep 04, 2018

Again, just my luck, this unreliable and noisy recording technology further strains my recall of these two childhood classics. Plus I had to re-use old cassette tapes to record it.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Yes, Siam! - An Experiment in Siamese Twins!: Aug 28, 2018

Tightly paired words mixed with loose associations and back again. Cats and dogs. Thick and thin. Laurel and Hardy. Morning and propane. I heard this in-person while the coffee boiled over. Afte...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): The End of All Beginnings - Sine Wave Fairy Tales: Aug 21, 2018

EBFN's host of EOAB recounts classic children's fairy tales in the popular sine wave speech format.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): A Dale Dean Story: Aug 14, 2018

He lived in my apartment building. True. He had a carry concealed permit. True. He entered the laundry room one day. True. The rest of it: True__. False__. (Please check one).

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Misguided Imagery – from Chronic Winds Hospital : Aug 07, 2018

Relaxation tapes from EBFN star Gregg Chubbins to help you relax after surgery.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Guess What? - An Experiment in ESP : Jul 31, 2018

We’ll use the Ganzfield protocol to see if you or I have ESP. You are the sender. I’m the receiver. I don’t believe in ESP, but I do believe in mindreading.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Interview with Ray LaFarge, editor of Vicarious Living magazine: Jul 24, 2018

LaFarge created the publishing dynasty Vicarious Living in response to the “do-it-yourself” craze. Why do it yourself? In fact, why do it at all? Now that’s vicarious living!

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): N400 - An Experiment in Brain Wave Simulation : Jul 17, 2018

The N400 is a brain wave spike reliably occurring 400 milliseconds after hearing an unexpected word at the end of a pheasant. Sentence. N400. Normally, your brain does the work. Here we’ll do it f...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Lo-Fi Storytelling #1 - Moonshiner Brothers: Jul 10, 2018

A 98-year-old man told me about the Gorski brothers. He could only recall a small portion of what I can now only poorly recall. Just my luck, outdated, unreliable, and noisy recording technology fur...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Point Oh Eight, or, The Rapture will Consist of a Seemingly Endless Series of Drunk Driving Fatalities: Jul 03, 2018

Perseveration can be one of the very hardest speech traits to stop. Perseveration is one of the very very hardest speech traits to stop. Suffice it to say that perseveration can be very very very ha...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Taft - The Musical: Jun 26, 2018

You know you can’t afford Hamilton, but you can’t not afford Taft. We’ll take you to center stage for some of the big numbers, as well as behind the scrim with Ross Daniels, the creator of Taft: The...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Something Will Happen in the Next Three Minutes: Jun 19, 2018

Here’s paucity of speech. Small grains of WWII information told to me by a man using a new pace for human dialogue. We’re driving down a road that hasn’t been maintained for decades. You might have...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Cock and Bull Stigmata Story: Jun 12, 2018

This is a cock and bull stigmata story about the way various religious people reacted to my receiving the blessed stigmata on Easter Sunday, 1996. Very profane, but bleeped out, which only makes it al...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Live Coverage of The Resignation of Donald Trump: Jun 05, 2018

EBFN Radio would hate to get scooped on this one, so without any further adieu. . .

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Pop Goes Veetzel: May 29, 2018

Immigrating to America is no picnic, especially when dealing with your children’s education.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): The Intercepted Phone Calls of Dave Stevis and Steve Davis: May 22, 2018

Hospital CEOs Steve Davis (Chronic Winds) and Dave Stevis (Disco’s Infirmary) fight over the sickest patients in the county. I heard these conversations by accident when my phone got miswired.

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): Kelvin and Darnell - An Experiment in Déjà Vu: May 15, 2018

A possibly racially motivated incident told using a research protocol for stimulating déjà vu. Told using the speech melodies of a woman I will never forget, it’s based on a drive through Gary, India...

EBFN Radio (Evidence-Based Fiction Network): How to Paint your own Mona Lisa: May 08, 2018

Tune into the premiere episode of EBFN Radio. You’ll quickly learn that you’ve been grossly misled on this one. Boy, have you been misled. Not nearly as hard as you’ve been told and you’ll save mill...

Evidence Based Fiction Network (EBFN): Dec 16, 2017

Tune in for this four-hour marathon of Evidence-based Fiction Netork Radio, episodes 1 - 10 with: Gregg Chubbins, Don Canard, Raymond Ching, Dr. Dan Farnell, Pat Gabberts, Word_Burp, Laird McClennan,...

Bounced Around: Jan 01, 1995

Tells the story of a head-on collision between an idealistic law student and a veteran policeman. It is another exploration of what Belgum calls "polyphonic storytelling," a technique that reveals mul...

Blabber Mouth: Jan 01, 1994

Live electronic music based on the counterintuitive notion that intelligible speech emerges from noise by continually increasing the restrictions placed on the sonic raw material of human vocal cords....

Blodder: Jan 01, 1994

An experimental music/theater piece for radio that exploits the untapped theatrical and musical potential of a form of solo speech that gives the effect of simultaneous speech. It presents multiple na...