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The Planet Man series is a rollicking space adventure, with hapless humans, evil aliens and a square-jawed hero, the Planet Man. Planet Man is the protector of the galaxy, who works for The League of Planets, the law enforcement organisation of our solar system. Xander Starbuck – Space Cowboy, is a prequel to The Planet Man series. We met Starbuck part way through The Planet Man series – he is a lovable rogue who wheels and deals his way across the galaxy. The gals love him, the bad guys wan ...
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Citizen Abels presents his new show and podcast, “The AI Quotient.” The Citizen and his old friend Blackbird hook up with The Citizen’s new friend – AIVA – an Artificial Intelligence Virtual Assistant who uses artificial intelligence to help figure out just what the hell goes on with our hapless hero and his endless cast of characters. And even though AIVA calls herself an “Artificially Intelligent Virtual Assistant,” she’s smart enough to know that The Citizen is a royal pain in the ass. It ...
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The Naive Theater of the Air presents a new experience in audio drama, a story by Matthew Broyles, featuring a stellar cast. rewiredradioplay.com Support the program and future endeavors at patreon.com/mrthematthewshow Total Psychology: the exact science of opinion and behavior molding. The promise of complete economic and political predictability, delivered by the Lifecast, direct-to-cortex. But from an audacious team of scientists, a deterrent arises: Rewiring, a detour in neural pathways ...
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This western, published around 1899, is a dime novel that has it all: roguish gun men, hostile Indians, chilvarous gentlemen to protect the hapless females, and – in Calamity Jane – even a female who can hold her own. The fictional character of the hero, Deadwood Dick, appeared in more than a hundred stories and became so famous the name was claimed by several men who actually lived in Deadwood, South Dakota.
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Once upon a time, many centuries ago, the veil between the realms of the mortal and the divine was nonexistent. Knowledge and information flowed freely, and the gods eagerly imbued their wisdom to all of their followers. After a time, mortals developed a desire for independence, and a young hero found a way to build a barrier that no divine voice could penetrate. Undeterred, the gods patiently waited until they discovered a rather unorthodox solution for their communication conundrum. Mortal ...
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners. I tried my best. I wanted to leave this podcast. Nobody wanted to hear me complain. I couldn't get anyone to cooperate with me. Despite all of my setbacks, though, Hades wouldn't allow me to go. What kind of nonsense is this? Knowing what I know about him, I decided it was best not to argue.…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! What happens if you're in a catch-22 that could cost your life? In this teaser, Hassan finds himself in just such a predicament. After successfully fetching the princess's horse, she strikes it down and says that she won't come out of her chambers until the horse is brought back to life. Of co…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! Today, Hades tells you all how happy he is sitting by the Lethe working on his podcast. All is not as it seems, however, for within his message lies another more dramatic one. Can you work it out? If so, feel free to send your answer to Zeus@firesidefolklorewithhades.com and you'll win a $20 g…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! In this episode, Hades retells the story of Baucis and Philemon. Rather than reading from a book, he simply tells you the tale from his own memory of it. In this story, we explore the concept of Xenia, hospitality given to all guests and strangers--a concept that is sacred to Zeus. We hope you…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners. In this trailer, we learn that paying it forward isn't just for humans! No, apparently it's a fashionable trend for the animal kingdom as well. Thankfully, they did because it saved Hassan's life! The tale is unfolding quite nicely, but it's been a much slower slog than I ever thought possible…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! Artemis here with a story from Japan. This one is about a bad-tempered woman and what happened after she overreacted to a sparrow's honest mistake. Thankfully, unlike in last week's tale, nobody faces their demise! Good always triumphs over evil, but sometimes evil actually gets the opportunit…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! Revenge is not a dish best served cold! In fact, it seems that our princess thinks it is best served hot. Fiery hot. However, that's a discussion for another day. For now, just know that she is cooking up something and when she's finished, all I'll be able to say is, "Well done." If you have a…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Hey there, listeners. This episode is a bit of revelry Uncle Hades displayed over the weekend. Just don't tell him I shared it. At least not for awhile. You see, with him, it's important to ask for forgiveness rather than for permission. He has always empathized with Rumpelstiltskin's plight, and while we were all …
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Xander Starbuck - Space Cowboy. Starbuck - kicked out of the League of Planets Space Academy because he didn't have the right stuff to be a Planet Man, protector of the galaxy. Starbuck - a loveable rogue that the gals love and the bad guys want dead. Starbuck - always on the wrong wide of the law but the right side of your heart. Join Xander Starb…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Hello there, listeners. It's Hestia and today I thought I'd read a story by the fireside. As the goddess of hearth and home, I thought it would be a cozy way to enjoy our tale. I also couldn't resist calling upon our grim brother to do the honors of playing the Great January. The others just couldn't manage to do i…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Hey there, listeners! This week, my uncle got a touch of that Underworld malaise! So, he asked me to serve up the mocktail/cocktail recipe for the upcoming Golden Pail episode. Olympus knows when that's coming, but hey! Until it does, we can enjoy something refreshing! Happy Independence Day for those celebrating i…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Hello there, listeners! Hermes here to tell you about a fun and wacky website. No, I don't get money for this, and no, I'm not having a laugh at your expense! I'm actually here to tell you about Websim.ai which creates the Internet in your image! That's right, folks. If you can think it, a website can be yours! Wan…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! This week's story has been made possible thanks to Aaron Shepard, a renowned storyteller of children's folklore. You may visit his website at http://www.aaronshep.com for more fun retellings and original stories. As I was thinking about the concept of copyright, the public domain, and how it h…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! Here's another trailer from The Golden Pail in which the vizier must scramble together some treasure in order to build a ship of such splendor that it gets dubbed Allah's Gift. Unfortunately, this ship causes a lot of problems for one young princess. Namely, her supper is late! What an insult,…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Hello, listeners! While Hades and I were working on the podcast, I sang a line about a spoiled princess having a car she couldn't drive. Neither of us bothered to review the song before I started singing it! This obviously couldn't go into The Golden Pail but it was funny, nonetheless, so I decided to share it with…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Hello there, listeners! Artemis here with a letter to Prince Charming about his mother's ridiculous advice. Whoever thought that picking out a woman to marry based on her ability to detect a pea under an enormous pile of mattresses and featherbeds clearly didn't understand the concept of red flags or high-maintenan…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! Hermes here with a story read from the Olive Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. It's a story about how a messenger's silly mistake led to a young princess receiving patience as a gift! You see, I was supposed to have finished an adaptation of The North Wind and the Sun but my mortal conduit just didn'…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! Here's a little trailer from the Golden Pail. No singing this time. Just a bit of good old-fashioned voice acting with cheesy music in the background to give it that epic feel. Our young hero, Hassan, runs away from his father, who probably wants to make his life a nightmare. Thankfully for hi…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! It is with much deliberation that I have decided to change the release schedule for this podcast to "no set schedule". It wasn't a decision I made hastily. However, after realizing that I couldn't delegate my scripting or relegate the folklore to artificial entities, lazy deities, or spirited …
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Is it good? Who knows? Was it fun? Definitely! The story went something like this: a father who was down on his luck couldn't feed or care for his thirteenth child, so he decided to find the kid a godfather. Why didn't he just send him to the Mafia? I don't know. Anyway, he rejects God and the Devil, because one ha…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings listeners! Okay, so Hestia may be right. The key should be changed for her to minimize the cracking, but she's not getting off without us giving it a valiant try so that she can sing this one. I loved it so much I actually shared it with the mortal world, and I don't do that often, folks! So, I hope you e…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Hello there, listeners! I thought you'd enjoy a little preview of a song (our first song) in our long overdue episode, The Golden Pail. However, I, Hestia, think I'm not the right one for this, and I was hoping you'd help me talk my brother out of this? Or at the very least, tell him to change the key so that it's …
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Soldiers of folklore, it's Ares here! I just thought I'd pop in with a little song to stir the pot. Also, I wanted to be first! Did you know that Tuesday is associated with Mars, my Roman counterpart? So I'm releasing this (or at least immortalizing this content) on Tuesday. Enjoy! Or if you don't, tell anyone but …
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! This retelling of the Golden Pail is akin to the quest for the holy grail. I've run into all sorts of impediments, but this time, my friends, it's a good one! That is, good for me and perhaps a touch of a nuisance for you, for you see, my friends, I've thrown myself headfirst into the process …
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners. We have been feverishly working on the Golden Pail but it hasn't been completed and my father, Chronos, isn't doing me any favors! So, I thought I would share a letter from a listener ... with her permission, of course! As we close out May and Mental Health Awareness Month, please know that wh…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! Time in the Underworld moves differently, hence my delay in sharing the conclusion to the ceasefire between Hera and I which was too many millennia too late! Ironically, it was my podcast which convinced her that Zeus wasn't cheating on her and I really (and truly) wanted to make peace. You se…
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Internal turmoil brews within the group as some members are a bit obstinate when it comes to "finders keepers." Track featured on Lev's "sewing music playlist" provided by our friends in Hubris: Lightless Lantern - Hubris (https://truehubris.bandcamp.com/) Follow us on the internet and join our Discord community! Links can be found on our Linktree:…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! Today, we travel back in time to a time when ancient Greece was in its prime, and heroes walked among us. We learn about Heracles, the hero who was tasked with performing twelve Labors to atone for slaying his family in an induced fit of madness. The final Labor, as you will see, involved the …
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! I received quite the audacious dead letter the other day, and given the fact that I appreciate honesty and chutzpah, I decided to humor it. Yes, I really am deliberately delaying my ceasefire! Although I won't swear this upon the river Styx. After all, such an oath isn't the sort of thing I'd …
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! The tale I've been wanting to tell, The Golden Pail, requires far more characters than we have deities for! This is primarily because a few of us, including myself, are at odds, and we're all too stubborn to move from our entrenched positions. However, if I am to rail against you mortals, or r…
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Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! After the passage of the Divine Censorship Act by the U.S. Congress, (and overwhelmingly, I might add), I'll be ceding my podcast to my eldest sister, Hestia. Never fear, though! You'll still get to enjoy stories, recipes, fun facts, and games! Tonight, you'll hear an adaptation on L. Frank Ba…
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