Raz Cunningham

Ever wonder how the most iconic cartoons in history got made? Today, Tongal launches Makin’ Toons, a podcast series exploring the untold stories of the animation industry, with prolific creator Allan Neuwirth and Tongal’s Raz Cunningham. In our first episode we talk with, and learn from, Swampy Marsh, creator of Phineas and Ferb — a series that took him nearly 12 years to get a green light! After that, from Allan’s archive, we share a never-before-heard interview with the late Stephen Hillenburg, creator of the legendary SpongeBob Squarepants. Head on over to Tongal’s YouTube Channel — link in bio — to check it out. Make sure to leave us a comment! Created by Allan Neuwirth. Written by Allan Neuwirth and Aidan Laliberte. Audio by Nick Laspina. Editing by Alice Voena. Thumbnail by @bethanyborg Produced by Tongal. #madeontongal #animation #creativity #disney #spongebob

Thank you all so much for listening into this podcast. The Ferry was a labor of love for the entire LittleFire Team. Thank you to the fans, and to Tongal, and Rhode Island, and the entire community for listening and sharing. Thank you to @candys_killer and @letschatrevill for all the extra help and love! #rhodeisland #401 #podcast #mystery #paranormal

Welp, this is exactly the type of film I love helping bring to life. The holidays are here, and so the gnomes! Between work deadlines, last-minute gifts, and a chimney entrance that doesn’t quite go as planned... let’s just say things get a little chaotic. Cozy up, sip some eggnog, and prepare for heart, hilarity, and a whole lot of holiday spirit. You might even believe in gnome-miracles again. Created, produced, written and directed by Tongal Creator Harry Aspinwall Sound Design by Ryan Kerr Thank you to John Cusack (yes, actually) Tongal Team Producer: Raz Cunningham #comedy #videography #christmas

Haunted Lines Vol 4: When Maggie suspects her own brother of orchestrating the ghoulish calls haunting her, a chilling voice claiming to be her dead grandmother blurs the line between family secrets, madness, and murder. Originally created in 1983 by Maurice Peterson, Haunted Lines was part of the now-extinct “Dial-a-Soap” format; micro audio dramas delivered one minute at a time over the phone. You’d dial in, pay 11 cents, and get a bite-sized hit of campy melodrama, voiced by Broadway actors and soap stars. Each day a new episode. Each week, hundreds of thousands of calls. Haunted Lines was their creepy twist on the format; a ghost story disguised as a private call you weren’t supposed to hear. This is archive media gold: lo-fi horror, forgotten formats, and one of the earliest performances by Glenn Close. Thanks to Tongal’s @razcunningham  and Bob Pomann of Pomann Sound, and Nick Laspina, the tapes have been rescued, restored, and released as a free Halloween week binge. Think of it as a cursed podcast from 1983. #HauntedLines #LostMedia #GlennClose #ArchiveMedia #Halloween #DialASoap #FoundFootage #TongalArchives #AudioDrama #RetroHorror #horror #SoapOpera #LoFiFright #CursedPodcasts #ghoststory

Haunted Lines Vol. 3: “The Door” Glenn Close returns in this long-lost horror audio soap from the early ‘80s; now remastered and available for the first time in over 40 years. As Maggie’s terrifying phone calls escalate, her increasingly unstable boyfriend confesses to violent fantasies, leaving her unsure whether the true threat is supernatural or standing right outside her door. Originally created in 1983 by Maurice Peterson, Haunted Lines was part of the now-extinct “Dial-a-Soap” format; micro audio dramas delivered one minute at a time over the phone. You’d dial in, pay 11 cents, and get a bite-sized hit of campy melodrama, voiced by Broadway actors and soap stars. Each day a new episode. Each week, hundreds of thousands of calls. Haunted Lines was their creepy twist on the format; a ghost story disguised as a private call you weren’t supposed to hear. This is archive media gold: lo-fi horror, forgotten formats, and one of the earliest performances by Glenn Close. Thanks to Tongal’s @razcunningham  and Bob Pomann of Pomann Sound, and Nick Laspina, the tapes have been rescued, restored, and released as a free Halloween week binge. Think of it as a cursed podcast from 1983. #HauntedLines #LostMedia #GlennClose #ArchiveMedia #Halloween #DialASoap #FoundFootage #TongalArchives #AudioDrama #RetroHorror #horror #SoapOpera #LoFiFright #CursedPodcasts #ghoststory

In this epic, time-bending finale, Josh Boho wakes up to grief, cover-ups, and discovery as he navigates a quarantined Block Island, confronts a ghost , and uncovers the truth… but is it? Art by @candys_killer Created by @LittleFireLF Produced by @letschatrevill Made on @tongalteam #rhodeisland #401 #401love #TheShenandoahIncident #1066JD48 #BlockIsland #PodcastMystery #TheSoundRadio #TimeSlip #FlashFrozen #UnsolvedMysteries #DeadAndAlive #VanishingBoats #AudioDrama #horror #myristory

Haunted Lines Vol. 2: “MURDER.” Glenn Close returns in this long-lost horror audio soap from the early ‘80s; now remastered and available for the first time in over 40 years. As the calls get darker and more disturbing, Maggie tries to keep it together but her brother Steve suspects something is terribly wrong with her boyfriend Larry. Phone lines blur between the supernatural and the unraveling mind of a man losing control. Each call echoes one chilling word: “Murder.” Originally created in 1983 by Maurice Peterson, Haunted Lines was part of the now-extinct “Dial-a-Soap” format; micro audio dramas delivered one minute at a time over the phone. You’d dial in, pay 11 cents, and get a bite-sized hit of campy melodrama, voiced by Broadway actors and soap stars. Each day a new episode. Each week, hundreds of thousands of calls. Haunted Lines was their creepy twist on the format; a ghost story disguised as a private call you weren’t supposed to hear. This is archive media gold: lo-fi horror, forgotten formats, and one of the earliest performances by Glenn Close. Thanks to Tongal’s @razcunningham and Bob Pomann of Pomann Sound, and Nick Laspina, the tapes have been rescued, restored, and released as a free Halloween week binge. Think of it as a cursed podcast from 1983. #HauntedLines #LostMedia #GlennClose #ArchiveMedia #Halloween #DialASoap #FoundFootage #TongalArchives #AudioDrama #RetroHorror #horror #SoapOpera #LoFiFright #CursedPodcasts #ghoststory

LOST MEDIA FOUND: Glenn Close in a Dial-A-Soap Horror? YES PLEASE. Over 40 years ago, a haunted soap opera played out one minute at a time- on the telephone. Now, for the first time since its mysterious disappearance, Haunted Lines returns. This 12‑episode audio thriller, written by Maurice Peterson and edited by Bob Pomann and Nick Laspina, stars a then‑rising Glenn Close and was part of a wildly inventive experiment: the Dial‑A‑Soap. Wait, what’s a Dial‑A‑Soap? In the early ’80s, two Columbia grads launched a daily soap opera by phone. You dialed in, paid 11 cents, and heard scandal, drama, and cliffhangers unfold in under 60 seconds. Designed for bored office workers (decades before TikTok!), it was fast, melodramatic, and weirdly addictive, at its peak getting hundreds of thousands of calls a week. Haunted Lines was their supernatural twist: a spooky, serialized ghost story delivered like a private call you weren’t supposed to hear. Tongal is releasing all 12 episodes, free, over Halloween week, in four binge‑worthy volumes. Restored. Remastered. Ridiculously creepy. EP 1 (of 4): “Voices from the Other Line” Maggie (Glenn Close) gets a chilling call. A ghostly voice warns of an anniversary. History repeats. Someone’s watching. And calling. Tongal’s @razcunningham  found the tapes while talking with Bob Pomann of Pomann Sound. “They’re part nostalgia, part media history, part ghost story,” he says. “It just made sense that we exhibit them to the Tongal Community. We’d love to bring this back to format back to life!” Follow @tongalteam  so you don’t miss the next ring. Trust no one, not even your ears. And head on over to our blog page later this week for the full story. Original art by @candys_killer #HauntedLines #LostMedia #DialASoap  #GlennClose #Halloween #FoundFootage #AudioDrama #CampHorror  #SoapOpera #horror #madeontongal

At 2:06 AM, the sun came up. The sky blazed like noon, clocks froze, and a deafening hum rattled Block Island’s soul. Residents panicked. Some collapsed. Others heard voices, warnings from a ship that shouldn’t exist. By 2:29 AM, it was over. Or was it? Art by @candys_killer Created by @LittleFireLF Produced by @letschatrevill Made on @tongalteam #rhodeisland #401 #401love #TheShenandoahIncident #1066JD48 #BlockIsland #PodcastMystery #TheSoundRadio #TimeSlip #FlashFrozen #UnsolvedMysteries #DeadAndAlive #VanishingBoats #AudioDrama #horror #myristory

“Find me” she begged, in a lost message recovered at sea… What happened to the Chalkstone family? In a hidden recording revealed by the late Mayor Burke, we hear a daughter’s desperate voice from a drifting kayak, and the truth she shares may crack the mystery wide open. Time loops. Vanishing boats. And a sleepwalking woman who syncs with the weather channel. Art by @candys_killer Created by @LittleFireLF Produced by @letschatrevill Made on @tongalteam #rhodeisland #401 #401love #TheShenandoahIncident #1066JD48 #BlockIsland #PodcastMystery #TheSoundRadio #TimeSlip #FlashFrozen #UnsolvedMysteries #DeadAndAlive #VanishingBoats #AudioDrama #horror #myristory

A mysterious professor. A global Hum that only some can hear. Ancient communal dreams. And a final phone call from Charlie Ren. In this interlude of cosmic reflection and raw confessions, Josh Boho sifts through theories, from the academic to the unhinged, about what really haunts Block Island. Art by @candys_killer Created by @LittleFireLF Produced by @letschatrevill Made on @tongalteam #rhodeisland #401 #401love #TheShenandoahIncident #1066JD48 #BlockIsland #PodcastMystery #TheSoundRadio #TimeSlip #FlashFrozen #UnsolvedMysteries #DeadAndAlive #VanishingBoats #AudioDrama #horror

Two hundred people sleepwalked. Forty-three vanished. Now the mayor, the FBI, and the island’s residents clash in a storm of mistrust, panic, and protest. As answers dwindle and the government blames a cult, one question haunts everyone: were the sleepwalkers chosen? Art by @candys_killer Created by @LittleFireLF Produced by @letschatrevill Made on @tongalteam #rhodeisland #401 #401love #TheShenandoahIncident #1066JD48 #BlockIsland #PodcastMystery #TheSoundRadio #TimeSlip #FlashFrozen #UnsolvedMysteries #DeadAndAlive #VanishingBoats #AudioDrama #horror