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The Porcupine Presents... is a curated audio cabinet of wonders: absurdist original comedy like The World’s Worst Docent series, classic golden-age radio dramas, and smart, salty commentary from your spiky host. Whether it’s a baffling museum tour or a suspenseful tale from 1947, each episode pokes at the strange edges of history, storytelling, and human folly—with affection and bite. Tune in for vintage weirdness, contemporary satire, and the occasional emotional sucker punch. You never quite know what you’ll get—but it’ll be lovingly crafted and unexpectedly sharp.The Porcupine Art
Episodes
  • Nothing Remains Hidden | Sherlock Holmes: The Last Analysis, Episode 12 – “Exposure”
    May 14 2026

    A modern Sherlock Holmes audio drama — where proximity becomes unavoidable.

    Sherlock Holmes: The Last Analysis – Episode 12. Chapters 23 & 24 - “Exposure”

    In this episode, concealment fails.

    As pressure converges from within and without, Sherlock Holmes finds that distance — once his most reliable defense — no longer holds. What has been managed through compartmentalization and control begins to surface, not as revelation by choice, but as consequence by inevitability.

    Exposure is not confession, nor is it catharsis. It is the removal of insulation. Systems built to protect start to betray their purpose, and what was once carefully contained becomes visible — destabilizing both strategy and self-understanding.

    Nothing resolves here. Instead, the conditions of the story change. Inner reckoning and external threat are no longer separable, and the cost of endurance begins to manifest in ways intelligence alone cannot mitigate.

    The Last Analysis continues the BBC Sherlock legacy through an original, serialized story of psychological mystery, moral consequence, and the limits of brilliance.

    Released bi-monthly on The Porcupine Presents.

    Originally aired: May 2026

    Approx. runtime: 29 minutes

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    29 mins
  • Automation Without Control | 2000 Plus – “When the Machines Went Wild” (1950)
    May 11 2026

    A classic science fiction drama from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show.

    2000 Plus – “When the Machines Went Wild” (1950)

    A classic science fiction drama from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show.

    Step back into the golden age of radio with 2000 Plus, one of radio’s earliest science fiction anthology series, devoted to speculative futures shaped by human choices and unintended consequences. In this 1950 classic, “When the Machines Went Wild,” humanity’s growing reliance on automation takes a troubling turn, as systems designed to serve and protect begin operating beyond human judgment and control.

    After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes trivia — including how postwar audiences understood automation and efficiency, why early science fiction feared optimization without wisdom, and what this episode reveals about responsibility in a world increasingly governed by machines.

    Originally aired: 1950

    Approx. runtime: 25 minutes

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    25 mins
  • Crime, Masks, and Misdirection | The Green Hornet - “The Corpse That Wasn’t There” (1943)
    May 7 2026

    A classic crime adventure from the golden age of radio — plus bonus commentary and trivia after the show.

    The Green Hornet – “The Corpse That Wasn’t There” (1943)

    Step back into the golden age of radio with The Green Hornet, the fast-paced crime series following newspaper publisher Britt Reid, who secretly operates as the masked vigilante known as the Green Hornet. In this 1943 classic, “The Corpse That Wasn’t There,” the Hornet and his trusted partner Kato are drawn into a case built on deception and misdirection, where a death that appears to solve everything only deepens the mystery.

    After the broadcast, stay tuned for bonus commentary and behind-the-scenes trivia — including how The Green Hornet blurred the line between hero and criminal, why misdirection and disguise drive the show’s tension, and how wartime audiences responded to stories centered on secrecy and moral ambiguity.

    Originally aired: 1943

    Approx. runtime: 34 minutes

    Website: theporcupinepresents.com

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    34 mins
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