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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.

  1. Introducing: HAMLET

    25.06.2025 ·  Bonus

    Introducing: HAMLET

    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 his ears. Featuring an astonishing cast led by Daniel Kyri and binaural sound design by Mikhail Fiksel, "Hamlet" had its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival in June 2025. All six episodes are available at hamlet.fm and wherever you listen to podcasts.

    34 Min.
  2. Listening to Lake Song

    12.10.2022 ·  Bonus

    Listening to Lake Song

    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, Google Podcasts, and on the web at lakesong.fm. Follow or subscribe to LAKE SONG to hear new episodes as they appear each week.

    3 Min.
  3. Trailer 2: Chicago Poets--Past, Present, Future

    06.10.2022 ·  Bonus

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

    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 as an official selection of Tribeca Audio. For more, visit lakesong.fm.

    4 Min.
  4. Trailer: Lake Song

    30.09.2022

    Trailer: Lake Song

    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 South Side. Can the people come together to save their city--and each other? LAKE SONG is the joint creation of seven multidisciplinary Chicagoans. Combining sci-fi and music, politics and poetry, it's a collective response to our times, and a shared dream of our future. Go to the new LAKE SONG feed to subscribe. Coming in mid-October.

    2 Min.

  5. 24.04.2020

    Our Decameron: Shakespeare in Utopia

    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. --------------- Hosted by Jeremy McCarter Music, mixing, and mastering by Mikhail Fiksel Graphics and social media by Carly Pearlman ---------------- Share Make-Believe on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MakeBelieveFM IG: https://www.instagram.com/makebelievefm/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/makebelieveassociation/

    35 Min.

  6. 16.04.2020

    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 author and journalist Natalie Moore joins a virtual audience to explore utopia, dystopia, and the radical imagination while discussing the great Chicago dramatist's "What Use Are Flowers?". -------------------------------------- Listen to Lorraine Hansberry's What Use Are Flowers?: https://makebelieve.fm/flowers   Listen to Natalie Moore and Jeremy McCarter's City on Fire: Chicago Race Riot 1919: https://makebelieve.fm/city-on-fire   Credits for this episode: Hosted by Jeremy McCarter Music, mixing, and mastering by Mikhail Fiksel Graphics and social media by Carly Pearlman   Credits for What Use Are Flowers?: Directed by Daniel Kyri Music by Mikhail Fiksel Sound by Erisa Apantaku and Mikhail Fiksel Production manager - Madeleine Borg Stage manager - JC Widman   Cast: Hermit – Billy Branch Charlie – Daniel Kyri Lily – Khloe Janel William – Tevion Lanier Narration read by Kiayla Ryann   Thank you to the Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust for allowing us to produce the audio drama; and to the Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation and the Poetry Foundation for making season one possible

    39 Min.

  7. 01.04.2020

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

    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. ------------------------------------------- Subscribe to Will Leitch's newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/williamfleitch Consider an actual tortoise vs. an actual hare: https://metro.co.uk/2016/10/15/someone-staged-an-actual-race-between-a-rabbit-and-a-tortoise-6194091/ Hosted by Jeremy McCarter Music, mixing, and mastering by Mikhail Fiksel Graphics and social media by Carly Pearlman

    39 Min.

  8. 24.03.2020

    Our Decameron: Chicken Little

    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 country reconsider the tale of the moment. --------------------------------------- Hosted by Jeremy McCarter Music, mixing, and mastering by Mikhail Fiksel Graphics and social media by Carly Pearlman Join the conversation - @MakeBelieveFM

    39 Min.
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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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