Dungeons and Dayjobs podcast

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Dishing With Dolores, Sept 1, 2022

Dolores the Hamquatch interviews Flicka the Ladybug on “Dishing with Dolores.” Are there affordable homes on Hamquatchia or Ladybuglandia? Is there a housing bubble across the solar system or only on the Moon? Find out! Dishing with Dolores , recorded September 1, 2022, stars Rob Northrup as Dolores the Hamquatch and Melinda Smith as Flicka the Ladybug. Questions and the commercial break were scripted by Rob Northrup. News, weather, station identification and Flicka’s responses were improvised b...

Sep 01, 2022

The First Kato

Transcript of The First Kato , a short biography of Raymond Tokutaro Muramoto: [Play Flight of the Bumblebee from 1m27s of The Green Hornet radio episode “Citizenship Insurance Racket,” broadcast 5 May 1938.] January 31st, 1936. When the first episode of The Green Hornet aired on WXYZ radio in Detroit, the voice of Kato was Tokutaro Hayashi1. [Clip of Reid talking, followed by Kato. Citizenship Insurance Racket 13m40-14m.] The station’s Dramatic Director James Jewell “renamed him Toyo.” That’s a...

Mar 13, 2022

The Liability of Keiko

El Hornet Verde finally stings Jimmy Goji, mastermind of the Eleventh Ward's parking lot racket, extortion scams and pinball gambling parlors. But El Hornet Verde will have some explaining to do before Goji's through. Listen to The Liability of Keiko , episode eight of the Dungeons and Dayjobs podcast. Written, performed and edited by Rob Northrup. Concertina music is "Flight of the Carpenter Bee" by Steven Arntson (Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0). Includes the sound effects "Metal Cla...

Sep 07, 2020

My Terrifying, Dry Warrior - Chapter 2: Kidding the Buddha

"As I fell down the other side of the fence toward the slobbering jaws of the dog, I regretted that I had never tried Campari mixed with Capri Sun." Even if Gus gets away from the dog, how will he escape from its owner, an ambiguously amiable dude who calls himself "Buddha" and threatens to call the truant officer unless Gus tells him a joke? Listen to Kidding the Buddha , Chapter Two of the five part cliffhanger series "My Terrifying, Dry Warrior" to find out! [Run time: 17 minutes, 3 seconds. ...

Jul 11, 2008

My Terrifying, Dry Warrior - Chapter 1: Francis Gives Gus The Finger

"I've been sober three weeks now. I'm pretty sure I've hit my lowest low and I don't want to go there ever again. It helped me re-focus my life. The event was I missed eleven out of eleven on the fractions quiz. You might get to the third or fourth degree in the Junior Order of the Free and Accepted Millwrights of Fowlerville with C's and D's, but you aren't gonna get to the thirty-third degree." Will Gus complete his mission, transporting the psychic jewel to the drop point, or will cult assass...

Mar 30, 2008

Chicken Fried Love Interest with Cilantro and Asparagus

Follow the course of a relationship in the recipes she makes and his reactions to them. Includes five full, tested recipes in the podcast including: Scalloped Potatoes with Ham Cuban Black Beans and Rice Untitled #7 with Split Peas and Rice (soup) Cheesy Cauliflower and Mushroom Gougere Chicken Pot Pie with Death Stars Soup [Run time: 21 minutes, 6 seconds. The first link above points to VBR 20 MB mp3 file (hi-fi). Click here to see other file formats for downloading and streaming . Music at the...

Dec 21, 2007

The Wire Tetragrammaton

"That graffiti you been seeing the last couple weeks on the desks in your department, it's not your employees doing it. That's the kids. We been trying to catch all the kids that got away on the latest Bring Your Child to Work Day, but three or four of 'em are still loose in the building." What if you could bend a paperclip into a complex, spring-loaded pattern that enabled it to walk across your desk, write reports for you, brew coffee and do your entire job for you? If you could lose yourself ...

May 26, 2007

Trailer of the Temptress

"When I read the flyer for Meals on Wheels, I never thought I'd be hauling a frozen goat out of my trunk and down a hole in the ground.... " Melinda Ann Smith reads Trailer of the Temptress, about a woman who delivers food to shut-ins, including a troll, an imprisoned sorcerer and a temptress who lost her powers. You can watch a video of her reading this at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfJO4H7sTYo [Run time: 27:43 minutes. The first link above points to 128 kbps, 26.6 MB mp3 file. That's a pre...

Apr 03, 2007

Vampire in the Mountain-Tree

Part Two of "Almost Always, Somebody Lost an Eye." " This is the story of Gon the restless vampire. Fed up with three hundred years of life on Earth, endlessly sucking blood from humans, all the wars and petty politics of the undead community, Gon dropped out of the vampire lifestyle. ...He moved back in with his parents, who had a big place in Milan. They were so glad to see him back that they held off a few years before complaining about how he should grow up, establish a domain of his own som...

Feb 05, 2007

Almost Always, Somebody Lost An Eye

Have you ever made one of those wagers with a deity where you just know a dozen mortals will end up insane or beheaded, daughters marrying fathers, cousins stabbing grandmothers, and almost always, somebody has to lose an eye? Click here to listen to "Almost Always, Somebody Lost an Eye," the first story of the Dungeons & Dayjobs podcast. [Run time: 17:04 minutes. The link above points to 128 kbps, 16.4 MB mp3 file. Click here to see other file formats for downloading or streaming. Music at ...

Jan 07, 2007

Dungeons & Dayjobs cartoon promo

Remember the Dungeons & Dayjobs cartoon from 1983? Hey, look. It's the Dungeons & Dayjobs ride! Wow, neat. Gimme a break. I don't like this. What's that noise? It's the GIANT SUCKING SOUND of our jobs whooshing overseas, just like Ross Perot warned us! ...Nah, Ross Perot said Mexico, not overseas. Whatever. Whoaaaa! (ROAR) How will the kids adjust to this new world of eyeball-tearing corporate boredom and spiritual stagnation? Listen to the Dungeons & Dayjobs podcast promo to find ou...

Jan 07, 2007

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