The Middle-Aged Candy Store

Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering. 

In this episode, the world's first podcasting monkey, Bunkford, interviews the legendary children's performer Sammy the Snail, and we listen in on the musings of an alien crab, pining for his lost love. Meanwhile in the candy store, Karen reveals how she can help YOU manage your own candy store, and Medusa discovers something troubling in the Pink Bubblegum toffee.

Credits:

• The Bunkford Report: Sammy the Snail written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Donnie Febbleston and Megan Liley, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.
• On a Distant Shore: A Crab Tale written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Donnie Febbleston, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, with incidental music by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.
• Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip. 
• Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston. 
• All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to: 
• kyles for street-small-town-or-city-light-throaty-traffic-birds-table-saw-spanish-voices-saravena-colombia-2016 and wind sounds
• Trp for crows-park-urban-stratford-10
• Dasrealized for fast crawling bu
• Rubberduck9999 for snail
• Joseph Sardin for waves and seagulls
• Sound design by Megan Liley.
• Cover art by Amanda Matalanis. 

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In this episode, the Candy Store employees finish their rescue tunnel...with surprising results. And back at the store a sinister figure from another dimension awaits them. Also, we check in with PizzaBot as he reflects on whether or not a little learning is a dangerous thing, and learn exactly HOW many pieces of ID you need to pay by cheque at the grocery store.

Pizza University Episode 4: Pomp and Consequences was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Rachel Perry, Donnie Febbleston, Tony Culver well, and Michael Giel, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.

Demonic Laugh was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Karen Loomer, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.

Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Rachel Perry, Michael Giel, Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, Linda Febbleston, Donnie Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip

Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.

All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and available from freesound.org or opengameart.org. Special thanks to:

130221 for the ant

Allen2001 for digging with a shovel

cameronmusic for digging earth with a pick axe

YemiMoses for digging a grave

Alexbuk for digging a hole in earth with a pick

Benboncan Mandrill striking rock

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Anandthethird for digging in dirt

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Wdomino for bridge collapse

Vidiveni for evil lair collapse

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ZHR0 for sci-fi horror music

Victor_Natas for The ghost of dark creek

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dmitryleeo metal sheet hit

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craigsmith for g38-15 perfect horse whinny

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kyles for street small town or city light throaty traffic birds table saw spanish voices Saravena, Colombia

TP for crows, park, urban, Stratford

bplayers for door open close with bell

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Wilhelboy

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Sound design by Tony Culverwell.

Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.

The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. We will return for Season Four.

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Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.

In this episode, Karen's trial continues to devolve, and MightyClops and the Interregngum have a deep conversation about the nature of love. Also, we attend a corporate training on Entreprenesting, and meditate on love, loss, crime, and punishment.

• Entreprenesting was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, and Tony Culverwell, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.
• The Child on the Cover of this Knitting Pattern was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Megan Liley and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.
• Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Michael Giel, Rachel Perry, Donnie Febbleston, Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, and Linda Febbleston.
• Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.
• All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:
• balloonhead for evil-laugh
• terry93d for bi-thunder-pile-up-1-no-reverb
• borgory for chewing-crunch-cornflakes-knuspern-schnurpsen-eating-essen-munch
• zerolagtime for gavel-triplemad
• Fenodyrie fpr sword against sword
• qreiff for Room Tone-Large interior with AC
• Khenshom for Rainy day in city of Tel Aviv, Israel
• musicmasta1 for CarStartSkidCrash
• Sound design by Megan Liley.
• Cover art by Amanda Matalanis. 

The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. New episodes appear the first and third Tuesday of each month.

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Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering. In this episode, Karen's trial continues, and the candy store staff make some progress in their quest to free their leader. Also, Pizzabot attends a debate and makes an unexpected new friend, and Koach Karl gives us all a much-needed pep talk on economic and sexual liberation.

• Pizza University, Episode 3: Debate Night was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Tony Culverwell, Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.
• Koach Karl was written by Donnie Febbleston, Karen Loomer, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Donnie Febbleston and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.
• Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Michael Giel, Rachel Perry, Karen Loomer, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.
• All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero. Special thanks to:
• craigsmith for gavel tapping
• ev-dawg for crowd noise
• radiocounselling for crowd gasp
• thomaspetting for jackhammer
• sandermotions for applause
• speedenza for moving machine sequence
• notklaatu for retro sci fi computer
• Sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.
• Cover art by Amanda Matalanis. 

The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering. In this episode, the Interregngum reveals himself to Karen and causes a prison riot, and Rachel and Medusa come to blows over Candybot. Also listen in as some 1940s radio producers commit blasphemy, and get a haircut that never ends.

• Superpower Man was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Megan Liley, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.
• Sisyphus' Haircut was written, performed, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.
• Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Karen Loomer, Michael Giel, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Adam Bailey, and Rachel Perry. 
• Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston. 
• The following sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to: 
• unclesigmund
• brianbaltar
• craigsmith
• jmbphilmes
• breviceps
• rocketchicken
• sterferny
• Metalchemyx
• mrrap4food
• jascha23
• bevibeldesign
• Ekokubza123
• marchelonia
• Fenodyrie
• Evinawer
• Lorettov
• jadend2
• gis_sweden
• Greek Riot by IliasFlou,
• RPG Girl Fight Voice by 190204,
• WetSplat by JustInvoke,
• Karate chop fighting sounds by AmeAngelofSIn, and
• Toilet Flush, English by Inspector J were used under Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution licence.
• Female Grunts for Games by SkyRaeVoicing, was licenced under Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution licence.
• Sound design by Donnie Febbleston.
• Cover art by Amanda Matalanis. 

The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. 

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In this episode, Karen’s trial begins, with no help from the Baron, and the shop is visited by Edmund and Christina, sticky-fingered street urchins who find an unpleasant surprise. Also, we hear a heart-wrenching appeal for a robot literacy program, and check in with a Christian meme group that is entertaining an unexpected guest.

• Pizza University: Episode 2: LibraryBot was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Tony Culverwell and Donnie Febbleston, with sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.
• Satan Wants Me for a FunMeme was written by Donnie Febbleston and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Tony Culverwell, Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, with sound design by Tony Culverwell.
• Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Rachel Perry, Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, and Linda Febbleston.
• All sound effects are licensed under Creative Commons Zero and found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:
• obscureterminus for mystery-strings
• breviceps for busy-room-ambience-small-crowd-people-talking-in-background
• issalcake for clapping-small-audience-far-away
• svegari for summer-night-piano
• borgory for chewing-crunch-cornflakes
• radiocounseling for crowd-gasp
• craigsmith for gavel-tapping-and-hitting
• ev-dawg for art-gallery-crowd-noise
• bplayers for door-open-close-with-bell
• meese705555 for new-intro-feb-2012-tdar
• Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.
• Overall sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and Tony Culverwell.
• Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.

The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear the first and third Tuesday of the month.

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Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering. 

In this episode, Karen receives two very special visitors, and Skip, Medusa, and Coolsworth begin to put the pieces together about their leader’s surprising absence. We also learn more about Hebridean marriage customs, and join Rachel and Candybot as they check out a brand new Netflix show, Pizza University.

• The Scotsman's Wife was written by Rachel Perry, performed by Rachel Perry and Joel Bazin, and produced by Joel Bazin.
• Pizza University, Episode 1: The Trailer was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Donnie Febbleston, Rachel Perry, and Tony Culverwell, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.
• Intro and interstitial segments were written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Michael Giel, Karen Loomer, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip. 
• Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston. 
• Background music in Pizza Episode, Episode 1: The Trailer was "Son vergin vezzosa" from Vincenzo Bellini's 1835 opera "I Puritani". This public domain masterpiece was performed by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and Michael Rose.
• All other sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to: 
• bplayers for the door open close w/bell
• kupper for horse trampling
• foxen10 for horse whinny
• gipsi for ponies
• craigsmith for horse whinny
• jmbphilmes for brazilian jail walla
• georgisound for footsteps
• derjuli for footsteps in hallway
• borjan for stairway walk
• alienistcog for quacking squirt bottle
• buzzatsea for spray bottle spritz water
• trp for water gun squirts
• kyles for street small town traffic birds table saw spanish voices saravena colombia 201601
• Sound design by Tony Culverwell.
• Cover art by Amanda Matalanis. 

The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thank you for listening to The Middle-Aged Candy Store!

In this very special episode, Medusa confronts her mortality with the help of Dr. Sex, overly forward herpetologist Dr. Sangfroid, and a surprise visit from a very special guest.

• A Very Special Exploration of Medusapause was written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Rachel Perry, and Linda Febbleston. 
• Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston. 
• All sound effects licensed under Creative Commons Zero and available on freesound.org. Thank you to the following creators:
• joedeshon for film static
• yetcop for shower sounds
• buzzc0x for intermission music
• navadeaux for metallic transition music
• craigsmith for feet scuffling
• samsterbirdie for laser
• borgory for crunch
• emyildirim for paper ripping
• seansecret for violently closing door
• belanhud for raygun zap
• Sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip
• Cover art by Amanda Matalanis. 

The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thank you for listening to The Middle-Aged Candy Store!

In this episode, Karen receives a visit from her least favourite employee - the spectre otherwise known as the Baron - and Rachel and Candybot attempt to repair their working relationship. We also learn that some girls have absolutely NO greydar, and that you should probably think twice if Meg invites you for a romantic drive.

• Two Girls No Graydar was written by Rachel Perry, performed by Rachel Perry, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Donnie Febbleston, and produced by Tony Culverwell.
• Murderous Meg: The Car was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Donnie Febbleston and Megan Liley, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.
• Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, Rachel Perry, and Tony Culverwell. 
• Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston. 
• All sound effects licensed under Creative Commons Zero and available on freesound.org. Thank you to the following creators:
• daveanders for the house music drum loop wet
• dylanthefish for weird spaceship
• gerainsan for spaceship fly long sci fi whoosh
• soundsexciting for party sounds
• kvgarlic
• endritprenku
• craigsmith
• Sound design by Donnie Febbleston
• Cover art by Amanda Matalanis. 

The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering. 

In this episode, Karen’s attempts to join the Tic Tac dance troupe have provoked the ire of the all-powerful Choreographer, and the Baron interferes with Skip’s attempt to help. Also, experience a scintillating amourous intrigue among a bunch of bananas, and thrill to the sad fate of Murderous Meg’s latest paramour.

• Les Bananes Dangereuses was written by Tony Culverwell, performed by Donnie Febbleston, Rachel Perry, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Tony Culverwell, Megan Liley, and Amanda Matalanis, and produced by Tony Culverwell.
• Murderous Meg: The Boat was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Donnie Febbleston and Megan Liley, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.
• Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, Michael Giel, Rachel Perry, and Tony Culverwell. 
• Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston. 
• The following sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons 4 licence and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:
• klankbleed for water sounds
• juskiddink for boat sounds
• The following sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to: 
• felix-blum for thunder in the tropical forest of Gran Sabana Venezuela
• zerolagtime for harpsichord dream enter
• craigsmith for R10-06-Dance Steps
• wlabarron for Door sliding along a metal track
• Sheyvan for Sliding Elevator Door
• Lupardy for six.wav
• lwdickens for rotary phone ring
• jmbphilmes for walla-of-brazilian-jail-01
• dudamix98 for 3 tone chimeInterstital:
• Cookiespolicy for rotary phone pick up and hang up
• Ramicio for dial tone
• kyles for street small town or city light throaty traffic birds table saw spanish voices saravena colombia
• trp for crows park urban stratford 10
• Sound design by Megan Liley.
• Cover art by Amanda Matalanis. 

The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.