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A classic radio horror from the golden age — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show. Inner Sanctum – “The Girl and the Gallows” (1945) A classic radio horror from the golden age — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show. Step back into the golden age of radio with Inner Sanctum , the long-running series known for its eerie atmosphere, dark humor, and psychological chills. In this...

A daily love poem for February — with gentle commentary after each reading. February Love Poem Series – Day 5: “Scaffolding” by Seamus Heaney Welcome to The Porcupine Presents and our month-long celebration of love in all its forms. Each day of February, we bring you a new poem — romantic, bittersweet, playful, or aching — followed by a brief reflection to deepen your listening experience. Today’s...

A daily love poem for February — with gentle commentary after each reading. February Love Poem Series – Day 4: “How Do I Love Thee?” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Welcome to The Porcupine Presents and our month-long celebration of love in all its forms. Each day of February, we bring you a new poem — romantic, bittersweet, playful, or aching — followed by a brief reflection to deepen your listenin...

A daily love poem for February — with gentle commentary after each reading. February Love Poem Series – Day 3: “Juke Box Love Song” by Langston Hughes Welcome to The Porcupine Presents and our month-long celebration of love in all its forms. Each day of February, we bring you a new poem — romantic, bittersweet, playful, or aching — followed by a brief reflection to deepen your listening experience...

A daily love poem for February — with gentle commentary after each reading. February Love Poem Series – Day 2: “Love Is Not All” by Edna St. Vincent Millay Welcome to The Porcupine Presents and our month-long celebration of love in all its forms. Each day of February, we bring you a new poem — romantic, bittersweet, playful, or aching — followed by a brief reflection to deepen your listening exper...

A classic radio horror from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show. Suspense – “The Dunwich Horror” (1945) Step back into the golden age of radio with Suspense , the premier mystery and thriller series of the 1940s. In this 1945 classic, “The Dunwich Horror,” rural New England becomes the setting for an ancient terror as a strange child grows into something neith...

A daily love poem for February — with gentle commentary after each reading. February Love Poem Series – Day 1: “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold Welcome to The Porcupine Presents and our month-long celebration of love in all its forms. Each day of February, we bring you a new poem — romantic, bittersweet, playful, or aching — followed by a brief reflection to deepen your listening experience. Today’...

When everything collides, nothing stays the same. WARNING: MATURE LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS 🎧 Sherlock Holmes: The Last Analysis – Episode 6: “Convergence” In Episode 6 of Sherlock Holmes: The Last Analysis , chaos and clarity arrive in the same breath. Molly Hooper’s unexpected return to Baker Street sends Sherlock spiraling into a frantic attempt at normalcy — a dinner, a clean flat, a sense of s...

A classic radio horror from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show. The Hermit’s Cave – “The House on Lost Man’s Bluff” (1947) Step back into the golden age of radio with The Hermit’s Cave , the long-running anthology known for its eerie atmosphere, pulpy thrills, and the unforgettable cackle of its mysterious narrator. In this 1947 classic, “The House on Lost Ma...

Bonus Episode As a heavy snowstorm moves in where the Porcupine is, there’s one story that always comes to mind: “ To Build a Fire .” This bonus episode of The Porcupine Presents is shared not because it was on the schedule, but because the weather demanded it. Jack London’s classic short story is one of the starkest expressions of literary naturalism — a reminder that nature does not negotiate, c...

A classic radio comedy from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show. The Great Gildersleeve – “The Jolly Boys’ Election” (1942) Step back into the golden age of radio with The Great Gildersleeve , one of the earliest and most beloved sitcoms in broadcast history. In this 1942 classic, “The Jolly Boys’ Election,” Gildersleeve gets swept into the political drama of...

Some corpses stay quiet. This one has other plans. The Saint - “The Corpse Said Ouch” (1949) In this classic episode of The Saint , Vincent Price returns as the ever-suave Simon Templar — gentleman adventurer, crime-solver, and the so-called Robin Hood of Modern Crime. “The Corpse Said Ouch” begins with a murder that refuses to behave, drawing Templar into a case full of odd clues, sharp turns, an...

How a fragile old man, a serene matron, and a chaos engine in hound form taught me who I really am “The Three Dogs of the Self” In this audio essay, I reflect on how three very different dogs became mirrors of my inner life. Steve, the fragile old sentinel, shows me what it means to age, to slow down, and to live gently inside a body that no longer obeys without question. Izzy, white and serene, t...

A classic radio thriller with Vincent Price — plus bonus commentary after the show. Suspense – “Fugue in C Minor” (1944) Step back into the golden age of radio with Suspense , the long-running “theater of thrills.”In this 1944 classic, “Fugue in C Minor,” a young woman arrives at the isolated mansion of a widower—played by Vincent Price—only to discover that the echoing pipe organ in the great hal...

Some truths solve nothing. Some truths change everything. WARNING: MATURE LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS Sherlock Holmes: The Last Analysis – Episode 3: “Fracture” In Episode 5 of Sherlock Holmes: The Last Analysis , the walls finally begin to crack. A disturbing escalation in the anonymous photos forces Sherlock to confront just how deeply Molly Hooper has been drawn into the shadows around him. Their c...

A corpse in the luggage… and Sam Spade knows it’s never just baggage. 🎧 The Adventures of Sam Spade — “The Calcutta Trunk Caper” (1947) In one of Sam Spade’s most chaotic and darkly funny cases, a simple errand turns into a whirlwind of international intrigue, double-crosses, and a mysterious trunk that seems to follow Sam everywhere — usually with a body inside. Howard Duff stars as the wisecrac...

Sealed underground for a century… and better left alone. 🎧 The Mysterious Traveller — “Behind the Locked Door” (1948) In one of the most chilling episodes of the entire Golden Age of radio, two explorers break open a sealed mining tunnel deep in the American West — and uncover a secret that has been waiting in the darkness for over a hundred years. Blending frontier folklore, claustrophobic dread...

A storm, a prisoner, and a cabin in the dark — justice is about to turn deadly. Gunsmoke - “The Cabin” (1953) A winter storm, a wounded prisoner, and a lonely cabin deep in hostile territory — this is Gunsmoke at its most gripping. Long before it became a television legend, Gunsmoke defined the “adult Western” on radio with stories of moral ambiguity, harsh terrain, and the difficult choices facin...

What if humanity were offered peace, happiness, and universal love — at the cost of choice itself? “The Sunny Uplands Outside of History” | Love, Choice, and the Anti-Utopia of Pluribus This audio essay offers an interpretation of Pluribus as an anti-utopian story about love, morality, and the quiet end of history. Part I examines how Pluribus subverts the familiar science-fiction narrative of inv...

A classic comedy from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show. The Burns and Allen Show – “New Year’s Eve Party” (1948) Ring in 1949 with George Burns and Gracie Allen in this laugh-filled New Year’s Eve celebration from radio’s most beloved comedy duo. In this 1948 episode, Gracie decides to throw a last-minute party — and chaos, confusion, and perfectly timed on...

Anger contained. Justice corrupted. Sherlock Holmes crosses a line he swore he wouldn’t. WARNING: MATURE LANGUAGE AND SITUATIONS Sherlock Holmes: The Last Analysis – Episode 3: “Fracture” A modern audio drama inspired by the BBC Sherlock universe — where the world’s greatest detective faces his most personal case: the unraveling of his own restraint. In Episode 4, featuring Chapters 7 & 8, Hol...

A golden-age Christmas classic — with bonus commentary and festive trivia after the show. The Campbell Playhouse – “A Christmas Carol” (1939) Step back into the golden age of radio with The Campbell Playhouse , hosted by Orson Welles. In this 1939 holiday broadcast, Lionel Barrymore delivers his definitive performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol — a timeless story of...

A classic crime drama from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show. Broadway Is My Beat – “Nick Norman and Santa Claus” (1950) Step back into the golden age of radio with Broadway Is My Beat , the lyrical noir series where Detective Danny Clover patrols “the gaudy, the bright, the tawdry Broadway.” In this 1950 Christmas story, “Nick Norman and Santa Claus,” Clove...

A classic psychological thriller from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show. Suspense – “A Murderous Revision” (1951) Step back into the golden age of radio with Suspense , the show that promised “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills.” In this 1951 classic, “A Murderous Revision,” Richard Widmark stars as a screenwriter desperate to rewrite his latest script —...

A chilling 1946 tale of mirrors, madness, and the terror of seeing too much. Suspense – “The Thing in the Window” (1946) Step back into the golden age of radio with Suspense — the legendary “theater of thrills.” In this haunting classic, “The Thing in the Window,” a man begins to lose his grip on reality when no one believes what he says he sees. After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentar...