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Ep 1: Bronzeville Preview Coverage

Welcome to episode 1 of the Bronzeville FanCast. You’re hosts are MickGinger, DW Witch Doctor and MrRedBeard. We will be covering every new release of Bronzeville. Forgive us for the audio quality due to technical issues. The audio was cleaned up quite a bit and we promise to strive for better every time.

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We broke it down so if you haven’t, take a listen and see what all you hear.

When – June 11 1945
Where – Bronzeville, Chicago
Numbers, Policy Wheel
Characters we heard directly or were name dropped
- Jimmy Tillman played by Larenz Tate
- Everett Copeland played by Wood Harris
- Curtis Eyeball Randolph played by Laurence Fishburne
- Zeke played by ?
- Evan played by ?
- Jessie Copeland played by Omari Hardwick
- Lisa Copeland played by Tika Sumpter
- Frank Bonds played by ?
Numbers games are helping pay for the hospital, library
Story components are going to include love, crime and art

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Listen to our interview with Kc Wayland about Bronzeville

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Music Credits:

Excerpt of Louis Armstrong’s cover of Old Man Mose which is Public Domain which was remixed

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Bronzeville Primer

Bronzeville announced to release on February 7th!

Update: Be sure to check out our Bronzeville FAQ.

What to possibly expect?

Bronzeville, written by Josh Olson, is directed by Larenz Tate, Laurence Fishburne and Kc Wayland. We sat down with Kc Wayland and got the chance to talk about Bronzeville to find out more details during episode 72 of the We’re Alive FanCast.

Bronzeville’s cast include Larenz Tate as Jimmy Tillman, Laurence Fishburne as Curtis “Eyeball” Randolph, Tika Sumpter as Lisa Copeland, Tracee Ellis Ross as Anna Copeland, Wood Harris as Everett Copeland, Omari Hardwick as Jesse Copeland and Cory Hardrict as Casper Dixon. Source GlobalGrind.com

So I shouldn’t have to say it but this star studded cast is huge for an audio drama and is a first in a very long time.

Located in the Douglas community of South Side Chicago lays Bronzeville, also known as Known as Black Metropolis, the site of Chicago’s version of the Harlem Renaissance. Home to many famous African-Americans to include Louis Armstrong, Nat “King” Cole, Ida B Wells, Gwendolyn Brooks, Richard Wright, Bessie Coleman, Andrew Foster and many more.

During the early 20th century roughly 6 million African Americans fled from oppression faced in the south. This event is referred to as the Great Migration. During this time thousands of families and individuals sought out a better life in Chicago.

The focus of the Bronzeville Audio drama, as much as we know, is the Numbers Games during the 1940’s. Numbers/Policy Game or Numbers/Policy Racket is an illegal lottery where the person playing attempts to pick numbers that will match a random number drawn at a later time.

A few behind the games in Bronzeville were Eddie Jones, Theodore Roe, John V. “Mushmouth” Johnson, but considering the long History of Organized Crime in Chicago there are many more. In many instances the Mafia either attempted to or completely took over the Numbers Games but not without a fight. Eventually these forms of gambling evolved into legal state lotteries.

How big were the Numbers Games? Eddie Jones and his brothers at one point were making more than 180k per week which is way more than enough to draw attention from law enforcement and other criminal elements.

Gangster Audio Drama!!

Listen to our interview with Kc Wayland about Bronzeville

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Ep 72: Kc Wayland Conversation Pt 2 – Talking Audio Drama Production Book, Gold Rush, Bronzeville and a Writing Opportunity!

The FanCast is back and we get a chance to talk to Kc Wayland about an Audio Drama Production Book, GoldRush, a writing opportunity for you, and Bronzeville.

There will be a Bronzeville FanCast!!

Bronzeville written by Josh Olsen, the writer behind A History of Violence, staring Laurence Fishburne and Larenz Tate tells the story of the Chicago numbers games, Policy Kings and Bronzeville during the 1940’s. We sit down with Kc to find out more.

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Music Credits:

Ghostpocalypse – 4 Temptress by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0. http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100665. http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100409.

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Written by KC Wayland and produced by KC Wayland and Shane Salk, We’re Alive is a story about zombie survival that follows three soldiers and a group of civilian survivors from the initial outbreak and into their daily struggles, fights and all out war. This isn’t your grandpa’s audio drama or your grandma’s soaps. This is the best produced audio drama out there today to include it’s well written story line, detailed characters, acting, audio quality and blow your mind sound effects.

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