Radio news format with a decidedly wacky twist. Public radio fans will recognize the format, but not the content. Comedy for a news-weary world.

12 MP3 Songs
SPOKEN WORD: Sketch Comedy, SPOKEN WORD: Satire

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Billed as "comedy for a news-weary world," the CD roughly follows the format of NPR's news show. But there is no confusing that Peabody Award-winning show with "Consider This."

Listeners will recognize the musical interludes and the correspondentsâ familiar cadences as similar to NPR's. And while the comedic duo of Martens and Jones respectfully tips their hat to "All Things Considered," devoted NPR fans will soon realize WPR (Westville Public Radio) reflects the realities of a world all its own.

Marwood Media is a fictitious media conglomerate that produces a local public radio show whose aspirations far overreach its reality; although media mogul Llewellyn Marwood, Marwood Mediaâs leader and patriarch, would tend to disagree with that assessment.

From the national news of Chimps van Gogh, to an interview with radio mime Renée de la Bouche, "Consider This" delivers faux news humor like you've never heard before. Volume 2 covers news, the arts, and human interest stories with the detail youâd expect from public radio but with the content only found in the "Consider This" universe.

Written and produced by partners Dan Martens and Meg Jones (the REAL Marwood Media), "The Best of Consider This" has been a laugh riot to create as well. Inspired by their ten years of improv experience together, Martens and Jones drew broad characters as well as personal ones.

On one track we meet the Felds, an elderly liberal couple, who, in their youth, traveled across the country while chronicling their search for the heart and soul of America. These two characters were initially created when Jones and Martens were searching for a parking space. "As we cruised the crowded parking lot, we began to argue as if we were an old married couple," says Jones. âBy the time we found a spot we were doubled over in laughter.â And so the Felds were born in that parking lot and now everyone can share their unique perspective as they re-take the open road to rediscover America in a new century.

To meet the other denizens of their imagination, visit the world of Marwood Media and spend an hour in Westville via WPRâs "Consider This." Those who pay a visit swear on Llewellynâs billfold that they totally enjoyed the detour!

Learn more about the stories, characters, as well as Xtreme Ultra Fidelity at Marwood Mediaâs very silly website www.marwoodmedia.com