Hey now,
So, my CBC Radio 3 show, the Wrath of Khanna has a weekly literary gathering called the What’cha Readin’ Book Club. Basically we spend a month devoted to a single book and we read and discuss it together every Friday morning from 7-10 AM EST on the R3 blog.
In December we’re doing something pretty special. Aside from spending our time with the late Mordecai Richler‘s Barney’s Version, I have written and produced a satiric, radio play adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. On December 24th, the entire CBC Radio 3 Christmas Carol will be available as a podcast that people can download at cbcbradio3.com or on iTunes. But starting Friday December 3rd, I’ll be airing two or three scenes a week on my Wrath of Khanna show, which simulcasts on cbcradio3.com and Sirius 86.
The cast can be viewed below and, based on its Canadian indie-rock pedigree, this is definitely not your grandparent’s Christmas Carol. It might be a tad “inside” in many respects but the classic story is there.
So yeah, I hope you enjoy it. It’s supposed to be funny.
Happy holidays!
Ebenezer Vish Khanna
The Wrath of Khanna & The What’cha Readin’ Book Club Present:
A CBC Radio 3 Christmas Carol!
An adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic
Legendary East Coast Musician, Al Tuck
Stuart Duncan of Out of this Spark Records
Magali Meagher of Sheezer and the Phonemes
Vish Khanna
Pedro Mendes
Andrea Gin
John Paolozzi
and Chris Kelly
Plus Radio 3 listener Michael Vasiliauskas
With special appearances by Scott Russell of CBC Sports
And Jim Guthrie, as Tiny Jim Guthrie
And our narrator is Buck 65
On-air schedule at cbcradio3.com and Sirius 86 (Fridays, 7-10 AM EST):
December 3: Scenes 1-2
December 10: Scenes 3-5
December 17: Scenes 6-8
December 24: Scenes 9-11 + Podcast Launch