Interrupted Tales
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E043: Brass Buttons
The podcast opens with a brief discussion of chance "celebrity" encounters and continues with a romantic tale of parking, horse racing, and buttons! Yes, we apologize to our Amish listeners but there's a lot of button discussion in this episode and you m.
E042: Task to Luna
Rob and Alan kick off the podcast discussing the finer points of the modern working woman in the legal profession and then read a Cold War sci-fi yarn called "Task to Luna". From the January, 1951 issue of Planet Stories comes a solid little story of war.
E041: The Last of Mrs. Debrugh
On this spooky podcast, Rob gets far too deep into the weeds of Dutch doctoring and we read a story from the October, 1937 issue of Weird Tales. "The Last of Mrs. Debrugh" (or "DeBrugh", which is how it is in the story but not the title or table of conte.
E040: The Secret of the Invisible Girl
Girl power! Well, invisible girl power. Not THE Invisible Girl power, though. You know what, forget I mentioned it. Celebrate Rob and Alan's 40th podcast with a quick pitch for the Inspector Poirot Extended Cinematic Universe ("This summer: The Name for .
E039: A Matter of Cash
It's two-fisted action in the South Seas the way YOU demanded it! If you demanded it vague and full of questionable motives, that is. "A Matter of Cash" is from Thrilling Adventures magazines' June, 1939 issue, where every adventure story takes place in .
E038: A Weapon of the Law
In this podcast, Alan and Rob discuss the pros, cons, and logistics of bunk bed usage and then dive right into a story of crime, library etiquette, and desk safety from the August, 1922 issue of The Black Mask magazine. "A Weapon of the Law" pits a despe.
Vol. 1, Chap. 9: “Getting Billy’s Goat”
Sports fever takes center stage as we talk about the virtues of YouTube white noise options and then thunder right into a story that's about football (yet ...
Vol. 1, Chap. 8: “Mystery Eyes Over Earth”
We consider the existential horror of Super Mario Odyssey and then listen to an alien's TPS report. GO AMERICA! This week's story genre: Science Fiction. ...
Vol. 1, Chap. 7: “Her Husband”
We "acquire" pumpkins and enjoy a story where we jump to conclusions about what our husbands are doing with far more interesting females. This week's story ...
Vol. 1, Chap. 6: “The Gold Mill”
We figure out how to call people eggplants on our way to Popeyes, and then are regaled with the story of a dead miser, his ...