Friday Follies

Back after a week on the road, and boy is my brain confused. What road trips are like, celebrity GPS, our evil heritage and the inside scoop! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sandwiching in a story about bread. We're already a few days into our month of Odd News PAC stories for the Dog Days of Podcasting, and today we're serving up something truly stale. But in a good way! In this edition, we're slicing into the baffling tale of a 5,000-year-old loaf of bread unearthed by archaeologists in Türkiye. And there's no doubt about it, this is one mysterious loaf. Who baked i...

As we give our Madison a little rest on this last of her currently released shows, we see that while Madison has been in plenty of western gunfights, solved murder mysteries, traveled through space and faced monsters, she’s never been in a romance! “The Theater of Romance” took romantic tales from novels, films and plays and turned them into thirty-minute radio stories. So join Madison as she step...

Host John Bell brings the funny with the Follies! This week we have Madison on the Air #65, comedy4cast: Turkiye, Load, and Tek Diff #216-Confusion Factor! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2nd part of the story picks up where it left off. And gets stranger. If that's possible... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The saga of the Seborga shambassy. In today's edition of Odd News PAC, we're inviting you along on a wild trip to some countries that are certainly off the beaten path. Sit back and learn about exotic places like Seborga, Ladonia, and Westartica. You'll think they sound too good to be true. But don't tell that to their ambassadors. In fact, they'll insist there's something for everyone in their ti...

It's our 5th Anniversary episode! Madison teams up with Sam Spade to investigate the case of the Maltese Falcon. Can they clear Sam’s name for a murder rap and find the priceless statuette? Adapted from the radio plays of both “The Lux Radio Theater” and “The Academy Award Theater,” join us for the quintessential film noir by Dashiell Hammett! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Host John rings in the Follies with Madison on the Air #64, comedy4cast: Diplomatic Dud, and Teknikal Diffikulties #215- Transit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, it's yet another OTR tribute. And odds and ends of odds. And ends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ancient bottle, unexpected message, modern laughs! Get ready for another dose of the delightfully bizarre! In this edition of our month-long Odd News PAC series, we bring you a true story that proves reality is often stranger, and far funnier, than fiction. Imagine this – a faded glass bottle washes ashore, containing a message that could easily be from days long past. What secrets does it hold? A...

It’s New Year’s Eve, 2020, and Madison is partying a bit more than her boyfriend, Jeff, would like. Left on her own, a freak accident will change the course of her — and Jeff’s — lives for the future. Or is it the past? Take a journey with the Mysterious Traveler as we present the Madison origin story! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Easter! Line up for laughs with host John bringing you Madison on the Air #63, comedy4cast: Bottle with a Message, and Tek Diff #214-Weird Circle! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It starts about creationism and goes from there. Over the time limit. With bonus material. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A family takes pizza parties to the next level! It's August! And, once again we're diving deep into the Dog Days of Podcasting. Yup, comedy4cast is bringing you a daily dose of delightful strangeness with our Odd News PAC series! PAC? That's right. We're celebrating the Platinum Anniversary of comedy4cast (that's PAC for short!). Each episode of Odd News PAC will feature a bizarre-but-true odd new...

Madison thinks she’s getting an easy gig covering for Archie Goodwin over the holidays. That is, until Santa Claus comes to Nero Wolfe — afraid he’s going to be murdered! Madison will be the great detective’s snow-boots on the ground as they take on “The Case of the Slaughtered Santas.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spring and banana peels! It's time for hilarity! Join host Clinton with Madison on the Air #62, comedy4cast": Home is where the Hut is, and Tek Diff #213- Uncreative! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wow. Even I'm not sure how this happened. Office meetings, Chad Blastermann, and a big talkdown... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prepare for a wild ride through the Summer movie season! Welcome back, comedy4cast faithful! Grab your snacks and prepare for a 2025 Summer movie experience unlike any other... as interpreted by our very own Danny Hillcrest! In this episode, Danny takes center stage, much to the dismay of Buzz "Scoop" Crackerjack Thomas. For two decades, you've known Danny for his boundless enthusiasm and, shall w...

The PINK Beetle fights for justice! Madison takes a special assignment to look into reports of a sea serpent terrorizing bathers in the tourist town of Breaker City. The beachfront hotels are losing business and the owners fear bankruptcy, but no one seems to be able to catch the mythical monster. Even the oceanic specialist, Professor Meredith, comes up empty. It will take a lady reporter, a ratt...

Relax into a good gut laugh with Clinton this week as he brings Madison on the Air #61, comedy4cast: Danny's 2025 Summer Movie Previews, and Tek Diff #212- Brain Chaos! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kids shows, tech support, Steve's other profession and a Copbeat return. Among other things... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Murder's on the menu for Detective Haartte. Hold onto your fedora! Detective Haartte is back with another true crime tale meant to test your sleuthing skills. It all begins as a routine investigation. But you know how HaartteStoppers work, right? Things quickly spirals into a whirlwind of peculiar details, questionable alibis, and, in this case, even a well-trained pet. Just stay focused. Remember...

Nearly 10 years before Hitchcock brought this thriller to the silver screen, the radio anthology series, “Escape,” adapted Daphne du Maurier’s short story, “The Birds.” This adaptation is closer to the original story (Hitchcock took the concept and completely reworked it). Set in the rural seaside of Southern England, Deborah Hawkins and her two young children, along with hired governess, Madison,...

Welcome to the funnies! This week host Clinton brings us Madison on the Air #60, Comedy4Cast: HaartteStoppers: Death Became Her, and Tek Diff #211- Proverbial! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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