Make-Believe podcast

Make-Believe

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.

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.

 

#17

Introducing: HAMLET

Make-Believe is proud to present its latest audio-drama project, a revelatory new take on ... more

25 Jun 2025

34 MINS

34:09

25 Jun 2025


#16

Listening to Lake Song

LAKE SONG makes its debut today on the Tribeca Audio Premieres podcast! Listen <a href= "h... more

12 Oct 2022

02 MINS

02:44

12 Oct 2022


#15

Trailer 2: Chicago Poets--Past, Present, Future

[Lake Song] (https://www.lakesong.fm) co-creator Nate Marshall talks about what Chicago po... more

06 Oct 2022

03 MINS

03:54

06 Oct 2022


#14

Trailer: Lake Song

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tribeca Festival Audio Premieres. It's 2098 and the Republic of Chica... more

30 Sep 2022

01 MINS

01:30

30 Sep 2022


#13

Our Decameron: Shakespeare in Utopia

Following the cancellation of Shakespeare in the Park, Oskar Eustis talks about a utopian ... more

24 Apr 2020

35 MINS

35:15

24 Apr 2020


#12

Our Decameron: Lorraine Hansberry at the End of the World

Can a new society arise from a cataclysm? Does humanity deserve a second chance? Chicago a... more

16 Apr 2020

39 MINS

39:23

16 Apr 2020


#11

Our Decameron: The Tortoise, the Hare, and Will Leitch

To tide us over until baseball returns, sportswriter Will Leitch breaks down the most famo... more

01 Apr 2020

39 MINS

39:20

01 Apr 2020


#10

Our Decameron: Chicken Little

The sky might or might not be falling, but the story that gave rise to that phrase is ever... more

24 Mar 2020

39 MINS

39:15

24 Mar 2020


#9

Our Decameron: Zen in Seattle

Inspired by Boccaccio, a new series of conversations in which we share a story and invite ... more

17 Mar 2020

26 MINS

26:45

17 Mar 2020


#8

City on Fire: Chicago Race Riot 1919

A docudrama about the summer that ravaged a city--and remade it. Co-produced with WBEZ.   ... more

04 Oct 2019

46 MINS

46:12

04 Oct 2019


#7

Lost Books of the Odyssey

Odysseus, the “man of twists and turns”, goes on five new adventures, portrayed by five am... more

01 Mar 2019

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:35

01 Mar 2019


#6

Bruh Rabbit

Brer Rabbit, the iconic trickster of African-American folklore, returns in new tales by th... more

07 Feb 2019

54 MINS

54:46

07 Feb 2019


#5

Brava

A brave girl's journey through a land of many monsters, adapted from a Mexican folktale by... more

15 Jan 2019

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:31

15 Jan 2019


#4

Overture: Where Do Stories Come From?

How can creative artists make each other more creative? As we count down to the release of... more

10 Jan 2019

25 MINS

25:07

10 Jan 2019


#3

Coming Soon: Brava

A preview of the first audio drama in our season of Grown Folks Fables, a Mexican folktale... more

03 Jan 2019

00 MINS

00:53

03 Jan 2019


#2

Overture: Why Talk About Stories?

Michael Sandel, philosopher and showman, helps us prep for Season 1 by showing how it's do... more

13 Dec 2018

26 MINS

26:30

13 Dec 2018


#1

Coming Soon: Make-Believe

Welcome to Make-Believe Association, a Chicago-based company producing new audio dramas--r... more

06 Dec 2018

01 MINS

01:25

06 Dec 2018