March and madness go hand-in-hand, so it goes without saying that our March broadcast would explore the depths of our mind’s own dark making…and it’s light making and it’s angry making. For madness is lunacy, humour and anger isn’t it?

Well, NPR dished it up in all of its forms on March 10th, 2007. Take a listen to the Madness Program. . . .

Curated by NPR’s very own Linda Arnejo, the day started off with a radio-play version of Edgar Allen Poe’s “Tell Tale Heart”, which is all about an old man with an evil eye and a narrator who says he isn’t mad. The actors, including Linda, are part of Transistor Radio Theater, the same group that did “Mars is Heaven” back in November. This month’s play was directed by Luke Boyd.

The Tell-Tale Heart

Frank Prattle took madness in an artistic direction with Zefrey and guests JD Beltran and Michael Arcega talking about past and present projects and the craziness of the art world.

Frank Prattle with guests JD Beltran and Michael Arcega

Next we LeE Montgomery interviewed Amy Taub, Executive Director of Creativity Explored, the Mission-based art project. Amy and LeE talked about the concept of outsider art as created by people with developmental disabilities.