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Podcast and Podcaster: The New Yorker Fiction Episode: A. M. Homes Reads Shirley Jackson, at NewYorker.com and at iTunes A. M. Homes reads Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery,” and discusses it with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Why I chose this one: It’s
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Bonus: two for one! Podcast and Podcaster: Sword and Scale, Mike Boudet Episodes: 11: Morgan Ingraham and 12: Morgan Ingraham, Aftermath episode 11: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/591dc109-2f75-4a85-b712-592129e8da21.mp3 episode 12: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/0ed895f0-b7d0-4c71-a852-86289b110009.mp3 When Morgan’s car was keyed in 2011, a bizarre narrative
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Podcast and Podcaster: Thinking Sideways, Devin, Joe, and Steve Episode: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe http://traffic.libsyn.com/thinkingsidewayspodcast/083-Edgar20Allan20Poe.mp3 October 7,1849, is a date many people are well acquainted with. Five days prior, renowned poet Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious and in need
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Podcast and Podcaster: True Crime Garage, Nic and The Captain Episode: 24. Slenderman https://www.podbean.com/site/UserDownload/index/bid/1151395/url/http%253A%252F%252Ftruecrimegarage.podbean.com%252Fmf%252Fweb%252F9hrvwn%252F1002733.mp3 May 31, 2014: Two 12 year old girls lure their “friend” into the woods only to
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Podcast and Podcaster: Lore, Aaron Mahnke Episode: 10, Steam and Gas http://traffic.libsyn.com/lorepodcast/Lore10.mp3 The well-worn carpets and imperfect walls of an old hotel can often make guests feel as if they are staying in a little slice of the past. In one grand old hotel,
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This year, we shall be celebrating Dollopween by celebrating our friends and neighbors. Each day, I will post a spooky episode from another podcast for your enjoyment. Some will be nonfiction–history, true crime, paranormal experiences–some will be fiction–folklore, serial stories, and even one famous frightening short story.
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Post-sedation-dentistry graphic play. Do you like, or are the medications too good?
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While I battle this uptick in autoimmune symptoms, please enjoy this flashback to The Night Disco Died. Thank you to Rube Joe Planck for the link: Watch Disco Demolition Night in real time Original episode: 169 Live in Chicago with Dave Helem More: excellent first-person account, with a photo of
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I mean, look, if I’m on the second paragraph of a Dollop and I say “He liked cats”, that’s never going to fucking go well. –Dave Lonely Planet/Spain/Granada — so pretty, leave it alone, ‘Murica Lonely Planet/Caribbean/Dominica –even prettier, stop it Okay, once again, I
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The difference between Roger and a guy who lives in a shack up in the mountains and yells at gravity is that Roger had piles and piles of money. –Dave Before I tangent all over you, I want to celebrate that Babson College’s mascot, the Beaver, is named Biz
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Y’all know I know from faulty hosting. I still have PTSD from the two prior moves this first year. SiteGround is different. The website has found its home. I get speedy responses to tickets, I get to communicate the way I want to, by phone, chat, or email, and
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…just ’cause the Bossman tells you to. The whys and wherefores of Labor Day, as viewed through the skewed prism that is The Dollop: * Episode 99: The Radium Girls * Follow-up to 99: That special glow… (one of my favorite entries, because I went on quite the tear and was funny