An anthology of weird stories.
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Neil Fitzgerald's Modern Gothic podcast explores the darkly comedic world of Laughter in a Time of Mass Extinction, featuring robot voices reciting the exhibition catalogue of What About Me?'s final work.
25 Nov 2024
Consolation is not on the map
Neil Fitzgerald brings to life the mysterious and eerie world of Consolation, where a strange hole draws in prospectors and charlatans in a tale of human folly and the unknown.
18 Nov 2024
Murdering Gloves: The Musical
A hit musical has the world's highest body count. Another darkly comic tale from Modern Gothic.
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11 Nov 2024
Balls
A ballad in the key of 80s movies à la John Hughes. That's it. That's the pitch.
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4 Nov 2024
A Horseshit Apocalypse of Two Halves
Was Mahler's 9th Symphony inspired by a sighting of the eldritch abomination in the Atlantic Ocean in 1908? Can self-styled cosmic weirdo Cthulhu escape the logics of capitalism by starting an 80s tribute band, Great Dreamer & The Mediocrities? And just what the hell is the spine-chilling "incident" affecting Offalthropp?
Written, performed, recorded & produced by Neil Fitzgerald. For more info about him, and to support his projects, go to: neil-fitzgerald.com (https://neil-fitzgerald.com/)
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28 Oct 2024
Funny Business: Who Shot The Yeoman?
Who shot Stan 'the Yeoman' Yeo? A devastating account of what really happened the night the stand-up comedian was gunned down on stage, which also provides an eviscerating look at the automated future of tomorrow's laughter.
Opening music: Black to Comms - Hotel Freund is used with kind permission of the artist in December 2017.
Credits to music and all sound effects used, as well as links to bands/songs/files, can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1gdm9d…/edit?usp=sharing (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1gdm9dUbZH8N4-DwJNUchhAw1kvv2YLsaAFJm9lLxJ14%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&token=ef6542-1-1728461865806)
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8 Oct 2024
The Rest is Bollocks
When two of the world's most unlikely cultural commentators, Brian Hnnng and Goatie McWimaway, forge a rare podcast partnership, their seemingly inconsequential political punditry is life-changing for all concerned. Unmissable drama, hilarious off-shoots.
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2 Apr 2024
Series 2 Trailer
More weird stories coming soon including 'Snails', 'With Dignity', 'Breton Noir' and so much more weirdness!
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26 Mar 2024
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro's Waking Nightmare, or What The Butler Sought
SERIES FINALE! The waking nightmare life of Sir Kazuo Ishiguro and its enslavement to one of his characters.
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19 Mar 2024
A Year in a Puddle
A failed attempt to ride the New Nature Writing gravy train with A Year In A Puddle.
TRIGGER WARNING: mention is made of 'Driver Tizer', 'hedge-porn' and tree fetishism.
Written, performed, recorded & produced by Neil Fitzgerald. For more info about him, and to support his projects, go to: neil-fitzgerald.com (https://neil-fitzgerald.com/)
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Credits & Acknowledgements: All sound FX sourced on Freesound.org and are used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. For links to individual files, see link. The following sound FX are used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. All sound FX sourced on freesound.org. For links to individual files, see: docs.google.com/document/d/1Psou6…/edit?usp=sharing (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1Psou6NGTVAV2QX9ev-II0fMXEB7KjljYPbjVoy7HEF8%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&token=45571d-1-1709566537200)
Other music samples used under Fair Usage rights include:
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere Pt. 1
Real Estate - Pool Swimmers
Das Rheingold - Prelude - Solti/VPO
End song: No Demons Here - Every Second Darker is used with kind permission of the artist.
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12 Mar 2024
A Problematic Supper with Slavoj
A despairing journalist tries to steer the so-called 'Elvis of nose-tweaking, T-shirt tugging and cultural theory' Slavoy Zizek away from the magnetic conversational pole of Castro's penis.
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5 Mar 2024
Cthappuccinos at the Cthulhu Café
When the cosmic abomination Cthulhu decides to diversity his portfolio and invest in civet-digested Arabica coffee beans, the future of humanity and independent coffee shops becomes imperilled. Dedicated to Lovecraft devotee, Andy Miller.
Written, performed, recorded & produced by Neil Fitzgerald
Credits & Acknowledgements:
Sample of Molly Burch's Downhearted used with kind permission of the artist and Captured Tracks/Omnia Music Group
Sample of Danger Beach's Apache used with kind permission of the artist.
Closing song: Small Sur's cover of Little Wings' Fall Skull also used with kind permission of the artist.
Originally appeared as episode of 'The Latte Art Catastrophe' in 2018.
All sound FX sourced on Freesound.org and are used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. For links to individual files, see link: docs.google.com/document/d/127nz1…/edit?usp=sharing (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F127nz1UI4MGWDvQCgdamdPEvDSh8RG21y4FwgVKOAcPs%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&token=738fdf-1-1709548859098)
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29 Feb 2024
Brexyt Is Icumen In
Brexyt Is Icumen In examines the disturbing reaction of the villagers of Oughtiton when a suspected saboteur doesn't put any bunting out on Brexyt Day.
TRIGGER WARNING: ample use is made of a Morris Dancing field recording.
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7 Feb 2024
The Toad
Toby Gulch finds himself in court as his joke experiment to cross the species divide and transition into a toad takes a more serious turn.
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31 Jan 2024
Mere Oblivion
The Sixth Mass Extinction is closing in on the animals in The Wind in the Willows. How is this even possible? Badger explains all...from the grave.
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24 Jan 2024
Blue Rinse, Thug Life
A young Southerner makes a schoolboy error in The North and finds himself in the firing line of some thuggish OAPs with horrific consequences.
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