ThirdSight Media LLC is a producer of ambitious audio drama podcasts. In 2016, co-creators Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason launched their debut audio drama, Greater Boston. Three years later, ThirdSight Media LLC was born out of that project, named for the fictional company of the same name within the story.
Perfect Sentence
A new audio drama by Jeff Van Dreason. Arriving in 2024.
Exercises in Sound
An experiment in audio storytelling by Alexander Danner. Arriving in 2024
Greater Boston
A full-cast audio drama
Greater Boston is a full-cast audio drama set in the Boston metro area, blending the real and the unreal, the historical and the fantastical. It all begins with the death of Leon Stamatis, a man so enamored with predictability that the least hint of uncertainty makes life unbearable. But by leaving the world, he has irrevocably changed it.
Perfect Sentence
A new audio drama by Jeff Van dreason
Perfect Sentence will be released as a digital record album, with one long episode containing 9 - 9 "tracks." Created by Jeff Van Dreason.
Exercises in Sound
An experiment in audio production by Alexander Danner
Exercises in Sound is an experimental project inspired by Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to Tell a Story. A single two-page script will be recorded and sound designed...over, and over, and over, examining how variations in approach transform the source matter into something new each time.Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner. Directed by James Oliva. Featuring Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman varyingly as Character A and Character B.Exercises in Sound is supported by grants from HartLife NFC and Emerson College.Launching January 2025.
PodTales
A Festival of Audio Drama and Fiction Podcasting
PodTales, a festival of audio drama and fiction podcasting, was the first event in the United States dedicated to the burgeoning art forms of imaginative audio storytelling.PodTales 2019 was a free live event held at Lesley University. It featured over 100 exhibiting creators and 24 unique programming events, and attracted over 700 attendees.PodTales 2020 was a virtual event held across three weekends in November, in partnership with The Sarahs, The Sarah Lawrence College International Audio Fiction Award.
About
Thirdsight Media
ThirdSight Media LLC is a producer of ambitious audio drama podcasts. In 2016, co-creators Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason launched their debut audio drama, Greater Boston. Three years later, ThirdSight Media LLC was born out of that project, named for the fictional company of the same name within the story.
Founders
Alexander Danner (he/him) is a writer working in various media, including prose fiction, comics, and audio drama. He is co-creator of the serial audio drama Greater Boston. He is a script writer on the audio adaptation of the classic indie comic series ElfQuest, by Wendy and Richard Pini.He is currently a sound designer on The Amelia Project. He was lead sound designer on What's the Frequency? and a frequent designer on Unwell: A Midwestern Gothic Mystery.He teaches creative writing at Emerson College.
Jeff Van Dreason (he/him) is co-creator of the audio drama podcast “Greater Boston,” as well as an award-winning playwright and educator. He was also the co-director of the PodTales audio fiction festival until 2021 and editor / sound designer for Shenee Howard’s Fan Wars: The Empire Claps Back Season 2. His fiction has appeared in Redivider and the Echo Ink Review, as well as the Harvard Book Store flash-fiction anthology Microcondria II. He was formerly a full-time professor teaching English and History, and now works as a community college administrator in Boston.