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In Rip-Off!, 13 of today’s best and most honored writers of speculative fiction face a challenge even they would be hard-pressed to conceive: Pick your favorite opening line from a classic piece of fiction (or even non-fiction) - then use it as the first sentence of an entirely original short story.

Stage Left, Mic On is your newest theatre podcast and essential listen for theatre kids, creatives, and anyone curious about the performing arts industry. Featuring industry-level guests, including professional actors, dancers, directors, writers, and creatives working across West End theatre, musical theatre, film, television, and live performance, this podcast offers honest conversations about training, careers, creativity, and life behind the curtain. From drama school experiences to professional breakthroughs, auditions, setbacks, and success stories, Stage Left, Mic On pulls back the ...

Greetings, Starlings! When you press play for this podcast, you are embarking on a divine journey with me, Laird Lindquist. I’ll be your host, guide, spiritual mentor, and – most importantly – friend. Follow me on my quest to find meaning in life through profound philosophical discussions with other cosmic journeymen, and through the sacred teachings of Maxwell Springs. Created by Jack Allen, Ricardo Angulo & Knute Gregory.

From aliens, the occult, to government conspiracies. Our history is filled with unexplained patterns and events. Are these occurrences all coincidences and conjecture, or is there a deeper, more sinister plot behind them? Has our true history been covered up, maybe even shortened! We take a deep dive different author's ideas and see which one has the most evidence to back up the claim! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jackallen1/support

FNH Audio presents 10 short stories from the classic era of science fiction....

An anthology of chilling, classic horror stories, including "The Tale-Tell Heart", "The Pit and the Pendulum", and "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving; "The Hand", "Was it a Dream?", and "The Horla" by Guy de Maupassant; "The Red Room" by H.G. Wells; "Moon-Face" by Jack London; "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Among radio comedy's most enduring features were its running gags - and few gags ran longer, or more hilariously, than the legendary feud between two of its great masters: Jack Benny and Fred Allen. For nearly 20 years the mere mention of Benny on an Allen program was guaranteed to produce an escalating laugh - just as bringing Allen up with Benny had listener in stitches at the mere anticipation of a response. This collection brings together the classic episodes that started it all, to the showdown that was supposed to end it once and for all.

A squabble - touched off by Fred Allen's remark comparing Jack Benny unfavorably to a 10-year-old violinist - soon escalated to epic proportions. The pair set radio ablaze with their famous feud. Here are Jack, Fred, Mary Livingstone, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Portland Hoffa, Minerva Pious, Alan Reed, Jack Smart, Parker Fennelly, Kenny Delmar, and all the rest of their regulars carrying on through the 1940s in 10 hilarious on-air conflagrations!