Campfire Classics Podcast

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Ken is back this week with a fantasy epic form Mr. Baum!! This Oz flavored Holiday Happening should fill you with cheer, and repentance, and envy...wait, that doesn't sound right, does it? "A Kidnapped Santa Claus" was first publish in 1904 and has been called "one of Baum's most beautiful stories." Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Ken is back this week, working all by his onesome, and bringing you some classic sci-fi from Ray Bradbury. Your host reads, and I don't have the patience to go into it more than that, so just listen to it! It's a good story! "A Little Journey" was published in the August 1951 edition of Galaxy Science Fiction. Extensive research has uncover...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This week is more literary than usual. More in the sense of Ken reads a longer than usual story. He's flying solo again this week (lord help us) so he's decided, in his infinite "wisdom", to read us an extra long story. In fairness, it's a pretty good one. Coming to you directly...no, that's actually not true. Coming to you INdirectly from...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Happy Thanksgiving! The Christmas Creep begins next week, but for now we celebrate the birth of pie and mashed potatoes, or something like that. Whatever. Ken is going it alone this week, and he's got a holiday story ready for you from the always (sometimes) hilarious O. Henry! The story is "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen" and Ken reads it....

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Whoa!  What happened! I had two whole weeks of feeling like life made sense, and now... Oh, the show's back, that's what... Ah well. This week your hosts cover a new author with...cute hairy buns...? That can't be right. No! His name is Henry Cuyler Bunner. Heather has selected his story "The Nice People" for Ken to read. And I tell you wha...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Our hosts are going old school this week. A REAL campfire. A familiar author. A creepy story. And NO editing. That's right folks. This week is raw and unedited. Ken gives Heather "The Tell-Tale Heart" by E. A. Poe. While she reads, your hosts discuss signs that you might be a serial killer, things they like uncut, and invent a new word! "Th...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! How much could you learn about a person based on their most quoted movie or song? What if that person were secretly a vampire? These and many other questions have nothing to do with this week's story! The story Heather picked for Ken this week is by a vampire... I mean author... who called herself May Sinclair... if that was her real name.....

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! It's 1993! And Scotch season. And that's as much intro as you need. Ken has selected a story this week by Arthur C. Clarke. The story is called The Pacifist, and that title is surprisingly spoiler free! Heather reads well, which is, let's face it, kind of a prerequisite for being part of this podcast.  Though there is some confusion as to t...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! It's October! Time for a Fest of some kind. With food maybe? And something to drink? Some kind of...October...Fest... Nah. That's silly. Heather has selected this week's story, and it comes to us from E.F. Benson, author of "The Room in the Tower", from Campfire Classics episode number 24 Dreams, Feasts, and Fire Island. Ken gives it a go,...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! What do you think of when you think of Italy? For many the answer is the Mario Brothers! Probably. Anyway, I'm gonna say it is so that I can segue into this weeks author Luigi (like the video game plumber) Capuana! Ken selected the story, which means you are going to be treated to Heather's dulcet voice as she reads a story that contains di...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Back to the regular schedule! Heather has selected a story by an author we've somehow avoided for YEARS: Isaac Asimov. So let's dive into some foundational science fiction. Ken reads with...we'll call it...enthusiasm. And it's a wild story. Conversation topics include Quigsand [sic], featureless metal bulges, and stank skanks. "The Last Que...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Have you ever felt like you just need to get outside and soak up some sun? That's basically what this week's story is about. "The Outsider" was written by H.P. Lovecraft and published in 1926. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com . Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics. Like, subscribe, leave a review. Now sit bac...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This week we're having a psychotic break! Please try not to laugh as Ken changes his pronunciation of the title character's name every time he says it. "The Wise Princess" was written by Mary de Morgan and published in the book The Necklace of Princess Fiormonde in 1886. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com . Remember to tell five frien...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This week we're having a psychotic break! Please try not to laugh as Ken changes his pronunciation of the title character's name every time he says it. "Nyarlathotep" was written by H.P. Lovecraft and published in 1920. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com . Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics. Like, subscribe,...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! We've got a new lady writing for us this week. I mean, she didn't write just for us, and she's been dead for a hundred and fifteen years...but you get the point. Mary de Morgan, who had interesting relationships with both Rudyard Kipling and George Bernard Shaw (you'll have to listen for more details) wrote this week's story, and Heather gi...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This episode might be as far from last week's as it is possible to be. The story is not WTF-ish at all! Well, that's not quite true. Actually it is very WTF-ish, just in a completely different way! Like, it's not confusing. No, that's wrong too.  It is confusing, but like it's supposed to be. Never mind, I'm starting over. Welcome to Campfi...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Warning: This episode was very nearly titled "WTF". Yeah, it's that kind of episode. But here's the wild bit. It's because of the story!!! Ken has selected a bizarre f-ing story called "Dragon-Child and Sun-Child" by a guy called A.G. Seklemian and it is just an absolutely unhinged little tale about... ...yeah, actually I don't know what it...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Someone's in the Kitchen!! Get out of the kitchen, you weirdo! Why are you in my kitchen? Heather has picked a story for Ken to read this week by new to Campfire Classics author Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. It's a ghost story, so strap in kiddos! As they read, your hosts discuss ejaculatory evidence, Shakespeare, and first loves. "The Last Hou...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Well... This one gets weird. Ken picks a story by a guy named Fritz. Heather reads is. Accents abound, and it's all your very usual quirky nonsense. But, your talking points include TikTok Cannibals, a drive by pantsing, and the invention of the Scotch beer float. Ugh... Just... Ugh... "Literary podcast" my arse. Anyway! "Coming Attractions...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Please "enjoy" this brief psychotic break! "The Cats of Ulthar" was written by H.P. Lovecraft and published in 1920. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com . Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics. Like, subscribe, leave a review. Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! The breaks are over! The team is back! And...well, you read the title and your here anyway... Heather picked a witchy little Nathaniel Hawthorne ditty (can you use that word as a story?) for Ken to read. Which he does. Eventually. First your hosts chat about life, the universe, and...you know...stuff. The story is actually quite good.  Well...

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! The Pooh Breaks are over! It's a new era, now! "Dagon" was published in 1917. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com . Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics. Like, subscribe, leave a review. Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Enjoy it while you can.  Our next Pooh is over half a year away. "Winnie-the-Pooh" was published in 1926. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com . Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics. Like, subscribe, leave a review. Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! You look like you need a Pooh Break. "Winnie-the-Pooh" was published in 1926. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com . Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics. Like, subscribe, leave a review. Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Oooo...Ken is sneaky this week. He does a thing with the fun facts you might not be expecting. Then Heather reads the Story, and you know it's gonna be good, because the week we've got "Hop-Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe. Talking points include a busy week, a ball mask, and a gimp chimp. "Hop-Frog" was first published on March 17th, 1849. Email u...