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Every story is a crossroads. A diverse company of Chicago artists produces new audio dramas—recorded live—and stages freewheeling audience conversations about them. Led by Founder and Executive Producer Jeremy McCarter, Make-Believe shares suspenseful, moving, hilarious stories, and tries to discover how they shape our world.
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Signup to Generate a PitchEvery story is a crossroads. A diverse company of Chicago artists produces new audio dramas, recorded live, and stages freewheeling audience conversations about them. Led by Founder and Executive Producer Jeremy McCarter, Make-Believe shares suspenseful, moving, hilarious stories, and tries to discover how they shape our world.
Make-Believe is hosted by Make-Believe Association. The show has published 17 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Introducing: HAMLET" (25 June 2025, 34 minutes), "Listening to Lake Song" (12 October 2022, 3 minutes), and "Trailer 2: Chicago Poets--Past, Present, Future" (6 October 2022, 4 minutes).
Make-Believe publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 17 episodes.
Booking probability for Make-Believe is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Make-Believe requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Make-Believe's contact route on record: verified email.
Make-Believe Association hosts Make-Believe, a fiction podcast with 17 episodes published.
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Make-Believe is proud to present its latest audio-drama project, a revelatory new take on the most famous play ever written. Our "Hamlet" takes you inside the prince's head, letting you hear the story entirely through...
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LAKE SONG makes its debut today on the Tribeca Audio Premieres podcast! Listen here . Starting on October 13, listen to LAKE SONG on its own podcast feed. Available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts , Spotify...
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Lake Song co-creator Nate Marshall talks about what Chicago poets have always done. . . and what they're *going* to do. Lake Song , the epic new audio-drama series from Make-Believe Association , will debut October 12...
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OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tribeca Festival Audio Premieres. It's 2098 and the Republic of Chicago has what the world needs: fresh water. But with new opportunities come new threats, especially for a pair of siblings on the...
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Following the cancellation of Shakespeare in the Park, Oskar Eustis talks about a utopian story in one of Shakespeare's plays. A practical guide to what a vision of the future can do--and what it can't...
Can a new society arise from a cataclysm? Does humanity deserve a second chance? Chicago author and journalist Natalie Moore joins a virtual audience to explore utopia, dystopia, and the radical imagination while...
To tide us over until baseball returns, sportswriter Will Leitch breaks down the most famous athletic contest of all time, and a lively virtual audience debates its moral today...
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The sky might or might not be falling, but the story that gave rise to that phrase is everywhere. In episode two of our series inspired by Boccaccio, Stephanie Ybarra and a group of fascinating people from all over the...
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Inspired by Boccaccio, a new series of conversations in which we share a story and invite a fascinating person to talk about what it means. In episode one, Martin Edlund of Malaria No More interprets the Zen fable about...
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A docudrama about the summer that ravaged a city--and remade it. Co-produced with WBEZ. ------------------------------------------- CITY ON FIRE: CHICAGO RACE RIOT 1919 A co-production of WBEZ Chicago and Make-Believe...
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Odysseus, the "man of twists and turns", goes on five new adventures, portrayed by five amazing actors. Sing for our time, too. To contact Make-Believe, email us at talk@makebelieve.fm --------------- Lost Books of the...
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Brer Rabbit, the iconic trickster of African-American folklore, returns in new tales by the poet Nate Marshall: It's a whole new briar patch now. To contact Make-Believe, email us at talk@makebelieve.fm This program is...
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A brave girl's journey through a land of many monsters, adapted from a Mexican folktale by Nancy García Loza. Performed and recorded live in Chicago, followed by audience conversation. To contact Make-Believe, email us...
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How can creative artists make each other more creative? As we count down to the release of Make-Believe's first audio drama, we talk with Monica Beletsky, acclaimed writer for TV and film, about artistic collaboration...
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A preview of the first audio drama in our season of Grown Folks Fables, a Mexican folktale con música by Nancy García Loza. A brave girl faces many monsters. #muchowowwow #muchoguaoguao
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Michael Sandel, philosopher and showman, helps us prep for Season 1 by showing how it's done. Plus: the art of listening, upstaging Matt Damon, and the case of Grasshopper v. Ant. Want to talk with us? We're at...
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Welcome to Make-Believe Association, a Chicago-based company producing new audio dramas--recorded live--and conversations about how stories shape our world. It's independent. It draws from the breadth of our vibrant...
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