Paying homage to the original 'Mercury Theatre on the Air' (founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman) which a weekly broadcast of traditional European literary classics adapted for radio, Mercury Theatre on the Air 2.0, includes radio dramas and/or short recitations, accompanied by a seasonal arts events calendar, eclectic music (though admittedly with a particular penchant for popular music of the 1930s-1950s), and occasional conversations.