Campfire Classics Podcast

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

Back to the regular schedule!

Heather has selected a story by an author we've somehow avoided for YEARS: Isaac Asimov. So let's dive into some foundational science fiction.

Ken reads with...we'll call it...enthusiasm. And it's a wild story.

Conversation topics include Quigsand [sic], featureless metal bulges, and stank skanks.

"The Last Question" was published in the science fiction pulp magazine Science Fiction Quarterly in 1956.

Email us at [email protected].

Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics.

Like, subscribe, leave a review.

Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

Have you ever felt like you just need to get outside and soak up some sun?

That's basically what this week's story is about.

"The Outsider" was written by H.P. Lovecraft and published in 1926.

Email us at [email protected].

Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics.

Like, subscribe, leave a review.

Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

This week we're having a psychotic break! Please try not to laugh as Ken changes his pronunciation of the title character's name every time he says it.

"The Wise Princess" was written by Mary de Morgan and published in the book The Necklace of Princess Fiormonde in 1886.

Email us at [email protected].

Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics.

Like, subscribe, leave a review.

Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

This week we're having a psychotic break! Please try not to laugh as Ken changes his pronunciation of the title character's name every time he says it.

"Nyarlathotep" was written by H.P. Lovecraft and published in 1920.

Email us at [email protected].

Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics.

Like, subscribe, leave a review.

Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

We've got a new lady writing for us this week. I mean, she didn't write just for us, and she's been dead for a hundred and fifteen years...but you get the point.

Mary de Morgan, who had interesting relationships with both Rudyard Kipling and George Bernard Shaw (you'll have to listen for more details) wrote this week's story, and Heather gives it a great read!

While she reads, your hosts engage in a rapid fire exchange of witticisms.

"Rapid fire" seems generous. It's definitely witty at a comfortable marathon pace. But they do talk about some weird nonsense.

Raise your hand if you're surprised.

No one?

Okay.

Topics of conversation include the questionable origins of Scrabble, a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, and George Bernard Shaw's stupid chin.

"The Three Clever Kings" was published in 1880.

Email us at [email protected].

Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics.

Like, subscribe, leave a review.

Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

This episode might be as far from last week's as it is possible to be. The story is not WTF-ish at all!

Well, that's not quite true.

Actually it is very WTF-ish, just in a completely different way! Like, it's not confusing.

No, that's wrong too.  It is confusing, but like it's supposed to be.

Never mind, I'm starting over.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

This week Heather has chosen a story for Ken to read by Bengali writer, poet, painter, composer, philosopher, and...baseball player...probably...not...

The point is he was super multi-talented. His name was Rabindranath Tagore. No cheating, how did you just pronounce that in your head?

During the episode your hosts discuss owl-parrots, 1970s porn, and the rationale of vindictive ghosts.

"In the Middle of the Night" was published in 1894.

Email us at [email protected].

Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics.

Like, subscribe, leave a review.

Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

Warning:

This episode was very nearly titled "WTF".

Yeah, it's that kind of episode.

But here's the wild bit. It's because of the story!!!

Ken has selected a bizarre f-ing story called "Dragon-Child and Sun-Child" by a guy called A.G. Seklemian and it is just an absolutely unhinged little tale about...

To give you context, your hosts discuss a nation of genius genies, how babies get here, and the life saving properties of the McFlurry, and yet this story is still the weirdest part of the episode.

"Dragon-Child and Sun-Child" was published in 1898.

Email us at [email protected].

Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics.

Like, subscribe, leave a review.

Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

Someone's in the Kitchen!!

Get out of the kitchen, you weirdo!

Why are you in my kitchen?

Heather has picked a story for Ken to read this week by new to Campfire Classics author Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. It's a ghost story, so strap in kiddos!

As they read, your hosts discuss ejaculatory evidence, Shakespeare, and first loves.

"The Last House in C---- Street" was published in 1856.

Email us at [email protected].

Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics.

Like, subscribe, leave a review.

Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

Well...

This one gets weird.

Ken picks a story by a guy named Fritz. Heather reads is. Accents abound, and it's all your very usual quirky nonsense.

But, your talking points include TikTok Cannibals, a drive by pantsing, and the invention of the Scotch beer float.

Ugh...

"Literary podcast" my arse.

Anyway! "Coming Attractions" was written by Fritz Leiber and first published in 1950. Extensive research has found no evidence of an active copyright.

Email us at [email protected].

Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics.

Like, subscribe, leave a review.

Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

Please "enjoy" this brief psychotic break!

"The Cats of Ulthar" was written by H.P. Lovecraft and published in 1920.

Email us at [email protected].

Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics.

Like, subscribe, leave a review.

Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.