11 Central Ave: Recent Episodes
The Radio Comic Strip
A four minute weekly radio comic strip. ...It's what Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne might be hotly debating as they walk into the studio -- just before they get on mic.
This short radiostrip plays out in the kitchen of 11 Central Ave, the home of an extended family where a hodgepodge of other characters regularly drops in.As they rush around in the morning drinking coffee, reading the paper, looking for their shoes, they're talking about everything from the most compelling topics of our time (the Supreme Court nominee and his views on abortion) to the most ridiculous (mommy blogging), and everything in between -- covenant marriage, teens hooking up, the next pandemic, the fog of internet dating. It's a wry look at America's zeitgeist. Come hear something new "11 Central Ave" - the radio comic strip. Show airs on public radio WBEZ in Chicago, and WBUR in Boston
Written by Steve Skinner, as part of the "Writers Write 11 Central Ave" series. Christine is tired, overworked, and at the end of her rope.
This episode is based on the World War One Wilfred Owen War Poem Dulce et decorum est. Owen was killed a week before the armistice.
Rick Moody (Ice Storm, Garden State) wrote this episode as the first in the series "Writers Write 11 Central Ave."
Hurricanes, terrorist attacks, what's a family to do? Why prepare for any kind of disaster, of course.
Elena hires a dating service and is rewarded with Rat Man, and a small claims court suit.
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me host Peter Sagal is in this episode.