The radio show project is my favorite part of ds106. There are usually some complaints about the difficulty of working with audio and collaborating online, but almost everyone does great work and is justifiably proud of their creations. We had three shows on our first night, starting with the Miami Spy Convention:

This had a group of reporters working the convention and talking to some attendees, including Maxwell Smart, the Spy Kids and Austin Powers.

#ds106 cool how you put back stories or pushed spy stories from movies or television shows. instead of just using it as a gimick. its great!

— Callie (@libcal3) March 21, 2017

This show had a lot of nice touches, from the characters to the commercials to the convention hall background noise.

The next show was Cloak and Dagger, a story of surveillance:

Like the first show, this one used sound very effectively.

#ds106 #ds106radio I like the very subtly soft sound of city traffic in the background, almost outside an apartment, on Cloak and Dagger.

— William (@wbschd) March 21, 2017

And the writing was top notch and topical

#ds106 honestly this is a great script so far! his voice is very clear with good sound effects that create atmosphere

— Callie (@libcal3) March 21, 2017

#ds106 such a creepy theme but ideas of cyber security today are very relevant thinking of #cryptoparty on campus last week

— Callie (@libcal3) March 21, 2017

It ended with a “to be continued…” which left everyone hanging. Maybe that was revenge for Limetown. Still it was a great show and raised interesting issues around ethics and surveillance. And a great group effort as well.

Our third show featured the College Spy Kids

This took the form of a quiz show where they had to identify spy movies from their theme songs

bringing it back with these old songs! #ds106

— Amari Byrd (@A_marillo) March 21, 2017

It made for a fun contrast to the seriousness of the previous show, but it also included some analysis of how the themes work and what they contribute to the films. So it was a great first night, and we’re all looking forward to the next group of shows!

Amazing set of 3 radio shows tonight! Excited for our show to play along with 2 more certainly good ones tomorrow! #DS106

— Agents on Air (@theagentsonair) March 21, 2017