Between Light and Shadow: A Twilight Zone Podcast

By Craig Beam

What's Between Light and Shadow: A Twilight Zone Podcast about?

Blogger Craig Beam (My Life in the Shadow of The Twilight Zone) joins the Twilight Zone podcast fray with his own...um... UNIQUE take on the classic series.

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Between Light and Shadow: A Twilight Zone Podcast episodes:

12.24.2021
4X15 "The Changing of the Gart"
The end. Get Dr. Reba Wissner’s essential A Dimension of Sound: Music in The Twilight Zone here: https://amzn.to/3xm19aE Glenn Tolle’s blog post on Horace Mann: https://glenntolle.com/2017/12/11/horace-mann-vindicated/ Get Night Gallery Season 1 on Blu-ray here: https://amzn.to/30YhtlR Theme: “Neither Here nor...
11.28.2021
4x14 "Quarantine Confidential 3D"
One down, one to go. In the penultimate installment of the show, host Craig does one final round of housekeeping and (not surprisingly) pimps his work on the Night Gallery Season 1 Blu-ray set. Worth your time? Only you...
11.14.2021
4x13 "Between Awe and Mystery: An Outer Limits Podcast"
Bug-eyed monster lovers rejoice! This week Craig dives deep into the pool of primordial goo that is the Outer Limits episode “Tourist Attraction.” TOL historian David J. Schow joins in to regale us with his bottomless sea of knowledge, plus Dr. Reba Wissner gives us...
11.01.2021
4x12 "2Quarantine 2Confidential"
This week, host Craig checks out “Reap What You Sow,” a fan-made Twilight Zone episode in the spirit of the original series, then gazes backward at his own (sadly unrealized) dream of creating... well, something along the same lines....
10.17.2021
4x11 "Nathan Van Cleave in The Twilight Zone... and Beyond"
Nathan Van Cleave, The Twilight Zone’s most prolific composer, finally gets a well-deserved spotlighting in this special installment of the podcast, made complete by an appearance by musician and friend of the program Carson Cohen. Enjoy! ...
10.03.2021
4x10: "Quarantine Confidential: Live, Unedited and Uncouth"
Have you ever wondered what the show might sound like with NO editing whatsoever? Like, NONE. And no script, either. No, really. We’re talking a solid hour of off-the-cuff yammering from host Craig with ZERO pre-planning (and zero production...
11.22.2020
4x09 "Judgment at Serlingberg, Part II"
Submitted for your approval, part two of our epic study of Rod Serling’s World War II PTSD-demon-exorcizing Twilight Zone episodes. This time we’re neck-deep in the Pacific Theater side of things, which happens to be where Serling served---- so the...
10.24.2020
4x08 "Judgment at Serlingberg, Part I"
We’re back (after an unintentional 4-month absence) to dissect the classic Twilight Zone episodes “Judgment Night” and “Death’s-Head Revisited." Listen with horror as Craig tries valiantly to bring a sense of levity to the proceedings (spoiler alert: it doesn’t work)....
06.28.2020
4x07 "Bolie à Deux"
This week Craig referees an epic bout between the classic Twilight Zone episodes “The Big Tall Wish” and “Steel.” One of ‘em will take home the championship belt, and the other will limp home with dashed hopes and shattered dreams....
05.17.2020
4x06 "DJS 2: Anthologic Boogaloo"
This week Craig mines a solid two more hours of priceless conversation with celebrated screenwriter David J. Schow from their legendary 5-hour epic recording session from late April. Expect lots of twists and tangents and, as always, a lot of...
05.03.2020
4x05 Special Report: Twilight Zone Magazine with David J. Schow
This week Craig welcomes the charming and erudite David J. Schow for an in-depth discussion of that venerable periodical Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine. I could go on, but really, I’d just be gushing. Just listen and be enthralled…...
04.19.2020
4x04 "Quantum Gleep"
Howdy pardners! This week we saddle up and transcend the shackles of time to corral the classic Twilight Zone episodes “Execution” and “Back There.” Along the way host Craig does his usual drooling over Forbidden Planet props and related gadget...
03.29.2020
4x03 "Bernard Herrmann at CBS"
This week Craig takes a break from social distancing and continuous hand-washing and goes spelunking into the depths of the cavernous CBS Music Library in search of sonic treasures from the greatest film and television composer of all time: Bernard...
03.15.2020
4x02 "Harum-Scarab"
This week Craig drinks the alchemist’s longevity potion and spends an eternity analyzing the classic Twilight Zone episodes “Long Live Walter Jameson” and “Queen of the Nile.” It’s a heady blend of Ken Burns-esque Civil War side trips, Nazi Germany...
03.01.2020
4x01 "Cupid Is as Cupid Does"
We’re back! Love is in the air as Craig gazes seductively into the eyes of the first two Twilight Zone episodes he ever saw (“The Chaser” and “Jess-Belle”). Along the way he completely undermines his own efforts to be more...
11.24.2019
3x14 "Through a Glass, Markie"
Sheesh, astral projection phantom kids can be SO annoying, am I right? Join Craig as he sips some hot chocolate and digs into the classic Twilight Zone episode “Nightmare as a Child,” then jumps forward 25 years into the future...
11.03.2019
3x13 "Believis or Not"
Boo! It’s a word designed to scare… or to heckle a comedian. Somehow both definitions apply this week as Craig tackles his ultimate fear by watching two notoriously awful Twilight Zone comedies (“Mr. Bevis” and “Cavender is Coming”), and honestly,...
10.23.2019
3x12a "Movie for Nothin' and Your Tix for Free"
Contest time! We’ve partnered with Fathom Events and CBS Home Entertainment to give away five pairs of tickets to The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration, which will screen in more than 600 movie theaters across the U.S., on November...
10.20.2019
3x12 "Hit Me with Your Best Slot"
This week, Craig spins the cosmic roulette wheel in honor of the Twilight Zone classics “The Fever” and “The Prime Mover” while self-medicating an ongoing sinus malfunction with a single-malt Scotch. Take my advice and roll the dice, baby. “Neither...
10.06.2019
3x11 "We All Scream for Jet Stream"
Check your bags and try to avoid a TSA cavity search as you board tonight’s double-feature flight into the unknown. Craig takes the yoke and performs aerial maneuvers over, under and through the classic Twilight Zone episodes “The Last Flight”...
10.01.2019
3x10 "A Conversation with Koren Shadmi"
Koren Shadmi’s graphic novel The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television drops on October 8th, and he was kind enough to drop by (in a virtual sense) and talk about it. As usual, Craig trips all over...
08.07.2019
3x09 "A Chat with Rod Serling (Mark Silverman, Actually)"
Submitted for your approval---- Professional voice actor Mark Silverman, planet Earth’s only official Rod Serling vocal impressionist (sanctioned by Serling’s estate and everything!), who kindly spent half an hour chatting TZ with us and regaling us with his talent. Get...
08.03.2019
3x08 "You Can't Blurry Love"
Is this a podcast about a television series, or a podcast ABOUT a podcast about a television series? Craig takes a deep dive into “Blurryman,” the extremely meta season finale of the 2019 Twilight Zone reboot, then takes a shocking...
07.07.2019
3x07 "Sturm und Bang"
This week Craig stares down the barrel of “The Blue Scorpion” as he nears the end of the new Twilight Zone’s first season. Along the way he goes off half-cocked on a 20-gauge trip down memory lane, which may have...
06.22.2019
3x06 "I.C.E.-Scream Cone"
Join us as we celebrate the first day of summer with a light and sunny excursion into…. HA! Not even. This week, the dark and moody “Point of Origin,” the eighth episode of Jordan Peele’s new Twilight Zone series, finds...
06.08.2019
3x05 "NAMALTuous"
Men are pigs, am I right? This time around, Craig examines his manhood (not as sexy as it sounds) in relation to the rampant toxic masculinity on display in the new Twilight Zone episode “Not All Men.” Along the way...
05.26.2019
3x04 "She Ain't Heavy, She's My Bradbury"
The day has arrived. After four decidedly underwhelming episodes and one pretty good episode, Jordan Peele’s new Twilight Zone series offers up a bona fide masterpiece: “Six Degrees of Freedom.” Mission to Mars, or incredibly authentic simulation? You decide. And...
05.12.2019
3x03 "Half-Baked Alaskan"
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! This week’s episode has… um, nothing whatsoever to do with honoring mothers. Instead, Craig asks the age-old question: what do Christmas Eve in Alaska and a kid running for President have...
04.27.2019
3x02 "Blunt Force Drama"
This week Craig hits the 'rewind' button on the third episode of the new Twilight Zone and, well... the third time’s the charm, as they say. With "Replay," the series (mostly) overcomes its rocky start and presents a worthwhile--- and important---...
04.15.2019
3x01 "Banana Peele"
Left turn! Host Craig suspends his plan to resume covering the first season of the classic Twilight Zone series to instead dive head-first into the first season of the brand new Twilight Zone series from Jordan Peele. This week he...
03.31.2019
3x00a "An Existential Colonic"
Sometimes the self is the biggest hurdle, and usually we’re too close to see it. This week Craig gets a much-needed smack upside the head and gets his priorities straightened out (finally, right?). Theme: “Neither Here nor There (Series...
03.02.2019
3x00 "Help Me Rondo, Help Help Me Rondo"
No clever intro here. Just listen to the damn thing. Here’s how to vote: http://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/ Theme: “Neither Here nor There (3.6)” by Twin Loops “Come Back (Slow Version)” performed by the Depeche Mode (from the album Sounds of the Universe...
02.10.2018
2x18 "Do Mandroids Dream of Eccentric Gleeps?"
Baseball and robots: two examples of classic Americana. This week Craig oils up his glove and manhandles some (base)balls when he takes the mound against “The Mighty Casey” from The Twilight Zone’s legendary first season, then keeps the mandroid vibe...
12.31.2017
2x17a "A Fredly Chat"
You say last week’s chat with The Twilight Pwn's Fred left you wanting? Too short? Not enough delicious Fredness to sate your Fred-centric appetite? Say no more---- herein you’ll find the entire unedited conversation, tongue-clicks and ‘ums’ horrifically intact. It’s...
12.25.2017
2x17 "I'll Be Zone for Christmas"
It’s Christmastime again, so of course we’ve cooked up a special treat for y’all---- two, count ‘em, TWO special guests grace our RSS feed this week: Dr. Reba Wissner talks shop about the music score for the Twilight Zone classic...
12.17.2017
2x16 Dylan Vance Presents "Escape Clause" (a radio drama)
Christmas comes a bit early this year as Craig turns the mic over to listener Dylan Vance, who presents his audio drama adaptation of Rod Serling’s “Escape Clause.” It’s his gift to the podcast, which we're thrilled and delighted to...
12.10.2017
2x15 A Conversation with Steven Jay Rubin
This week author Steven Jay Rubin drops by to discuss his marvelous new book The Twilight Zone Encyclopedia. Along the way, Craig practically falls over himself gushing over the book, repeatedly trips over his own tongue, and commits the ultimate...
12.03.2017
2x14 "Hella Hellish"
Heaven. Hell. What’s the difference? The lines are blurred this week as Craig spins the roulette wheel on the Twilight Zone classic “A Nice Place to Visit” and can’t decide between a halo or a brimstone necklace. He then descends...
11.05.2017
2x13 Special Report: Richard Matheson's 'Prey'
This time around we deviate (almost) completely from The Twilight Zone to examine Richard Matheson’s short story “Prey,” which MAY have been inspired by Matheson’s earlier “The Invaders.” Voice actor Karen Cenon lends us her talents for a dramatic reading...
10.30.2017
2x12 "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Doppelgänger"
This year’s Hallowe’en episode isn’t about monsters, or ghosts, or demonic dolls. It’s about doppelgängers, which should clue you in to the fact that we’re covering the Twilight Zone classic “Mirror Image” this week, plus the related 80’s TZ episode...
10.20.2017
2x11 "Dearthlings"
Two stone-cold Twilight Zone classics get the full body cavity search this week: “Third from the Sun” and “The Invaders” are compared and contrasted to determine definitively which is more classic than the other. Or will we see a historic...
09.24.2017
2x10 "Is That a Rocket in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?"
This week, Craig watches helplessly as two different spaceship crews make emergency landings and get themselves into all sorts of crazy unpredictable jams. Strap yourselves in, kids, ‘cuz it’s gonna be one helluva bumpy ride when we launch the Twilight...
08.27.2017
2x09 Special Report: The Jazz Stylings of Jerry Goldsmith
This week Craig lets the music do the talking as we explore composer Jerry Goldsmith’s musical contributions to The Twilight Zone’s musical landscape, specifically his jazz compositions. You’ll want a drink or two for this one… three fingers of your...
08.20.2017
2x08 "Put Up Yer Nukes"
Duck and cover! This week we peel back the radiation-blistered skin of the Twilight Zone classic “Time Enough at Last” to see if Craig still hates it much as he did back in his blogging days. Fan favorite Dr. Reba...
08.13.2017
2x07 "Mob's Yer Uncle"
Neighbors, am I right? Buncha a-holes. This week the classic Twilight Zone episode “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” faces off against the not-quite-as-classic “The Shelter” in a suburban grudge match for the ages. Along the way Craig unwraps a mint copy of Twilight Zone Magazine (for...
08.06.2017
2x06 A Conversation with Mark Dawidziak
The engaging Mark Dawidziak, author of the wonderful Everything I Need to Know I Learned in The Twilight Zone: A Fifth-Dimension Guide to Life, stops by for a fascinating and enlightening chat. Highly recommended. Buy Mark's book from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Need-Know-Learned-Twilight/dp/1250082374/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid;=1500927619&sr;=8-1&keywords;=mark+dawidziak...
07.30.2017
2x05 "Smack Dat Ass...tronaut"
So much awesomeness on deck! The wonderful Tom Elliott (The Twilight Zone Podcast) gives a dramatic reading of Richard Matheson’s “Disappearing Act,” the genesis for the classic Twilight Zone episode we’re focusing on this week, “And When the Sky was...
07.23.2017
2x04 Special Report: Evening Primrose
Witness a boy, a girl, a department store at night… and a whole lotta creepiness. Craig celebrates vintage radio with a special look at “Evening Primrose,” a 1947 episode of Escape based on the classic John Collier short story…. Which...
07.23.2017
2x03 "The Marsha Chronicles"
Two words: MANNEQUIN CHALLENGE. ‘Nuff said. The notorious “eye intro” saga: http://mylifeintheshadowofthetwilightzone.blogspot.com/2010/06/tz-spotlight-alternate-season-one.html William Tuttle’s “The King of the Duplicators” short (MGM, 1960): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH0JgLTDeR0 Opening theme: “Neither Here nor There (3.3)” by Twin Loops (from the forthcoming...
07.16.2017
2x02 Special Report: The Moat Farm Murder
Our pal Dr. Reba Wissner returns to further educate us on All Things Twilight Zone Music. The focus here is Bernard Herrmann’s chilling score for the classic radio drama “The Moat Farm Murder,” which would go on to appear in...

What's Between Light and Shadow: A Twilight Zone Podcast about?

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Between Light and Shadow: A Twilight Zone Podcast episodes:

4X15 "The Changing of the Gart"

4x14 "Quarantine Confidential 3D"

4x13 "Between Awe and Mystery: An Outer Limits Podcast"

4x12 "2Quarantine 2Confidential"

4x11 "Nathan Van Cleave in The Twilight Zone... and Beyond"

4x10: "Quarantine Confidential: Live, Unedited and Uncouth"

4x09 "Judgment at Serlingberg, Part II"

4x08 "Judgment at Serlingberg, Part I"

4x07 "Bolie à Deux"

4x06 "DJS 2: Anthologic Boogaloo"

4x05 Special Report: Twilight Zone Magazine with David J. Schow

4x04 "Quantum Gleep"

4x03 "Bernard Herrmann at CBS"

4x02 "Harum-Scarab"

4x01 "Cupid Is as Cupid Does"

3x14 "Through a Glass, Markie"

3x13 "Believis or Not"

3x12a "Movie for Nothin' and Your Tix for Free"

3x12 "Hit Me with Your Best Slot"

3x11 "We All Scream for Jet Stream"

3x10 "A Conversation with Koren Shadmi"

3x09 "A Chat with Rod Serling (Mark Silverman, Actually)"

3x08 "You Can't Blurry Love"

3x07 "Sturm und Bang"

3x06 "I.C.E.-Scream Cone"

3x05 "NAMALTuous"

3x04 "She Ain't Heavy, She's My Bradbury"

3x03 "Half-Baked Alaskan"

3x02 "Blunt Force Drama"

3x01 "Banana Peele"

3x00a "An Existential Colonic"

3x00 "Help Me Rondo, Help Help Me Rondo"

2x18 "Do Mandroids Dream of Eccentric Gleeps?"

2x17a "A Fredly Chat"

2x17 "I'll Be Zone for Christmas"

2x16 Dylan Vance Presents "Escape Clause" (a radio drama)

2x15 A Conversation with Steven Jay Rubin

2x14 "Hella Hellish"

2x13 Special Report: Richard Matheson's 'Prey'

2x12 "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Doppelgänger"

2x11 "Dearthlings"

2x10 "Is That a Rocket in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?"

2x09 Special Report: The Jazz Stylings of Jerry Goldsmith

2x08 "Put Up Yer Nukes"

2x07 "Mob's Yer Uncle"

2x06 A Conversation with Mark Dawidziak

2x05 "Smack Dat Ass...tronaut"

2x04 Special Report: Evening Primrose

2x03 "The Marsha Chronicles"

2x02 Special Report: The Moat Farm Murder