Episode #129: Reading from Chip Mitchell: The Case of the Stolen Computer Brains https://archive.org/download/Podcast129_201801/Podcast%20129.mp3 This week, we are reading from a little blast from the past that I first encountered as a kid.  It’s a little slice of the early 80s called Chip Mitchell: The Case of the Stolen Computer Brains, about a middle school age…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #129: Reading from Chip Mitchell: The Case of the Stolen Computer Brains

Episode #128: Reading from The Unicorn Treasury: “The Court of the Summer King”  https://archive.org/download/Podcast128_201801/Podcast%20128.mp3 This week, we are reading from The Unicorn Treasury, compiled and edited by author Bruce Coville and illustrated by Tim Hildebrandt. The short story we’re reading from is called “The Court of the Summer King,” by fantasy author Jennifer Roberson.  Here…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #128: Reading from The Unicorn Treasury: “The Court of the Summer King” by Jennifer Roberson

Episode #127: The Wayfarer’s Escape Part 3 of 3 – a Dungeons and Dragons Campaign Based on the World of The Thirteenth Hour https://archive.org/download/Podcast127_201801/Podcast%20127.mp3 This week continues the recording (part 1 and part 2) I did of my first real foray into Dungeons and Dragons with a campaign my brother created using a backstory for the…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #127: The Wayfarer’s Escape Part 3 of 3

Episode #126: The Wayfarer’s Escape Part 2 of 3 – a Dungeons and Dragons Campaign Based on the World of The Thirteenth Hour https://archive.org/download/Podcast126_201801/Podcast%20126.mp3 This week continues the recording (part 1 here) I did of my first real foray into Dungeons and Dragons with a campaign my brother created using a backstory for the next…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #126: The Wayfarer’s Escape Part 2 of 3

Episode #124: The Wayfarer’s Escape Part 1 of 3 – a Dungeons and Dragons Campaign Based on the World of The Thirteenth Hour https://archive.org/download/Podcast125_201712/Podcast%20125.mp3 Despite having grown during the 80s, I never got into the whole Dungeons and Dragons fad.  I think I might have liked it had I had a group of like-minded friends…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #125: The Wayfarer’s Escape Part 1 of 3

Episode #124: The Robocop Show (30th Anniversary Tribute with Jeremy and Brent Simon) https://archive.org/download/Podcast124RobocopShow/Podcast%20124%20Robocop%20Show.mp3 Last show of the year! Happy holidays! Brent Simon and my brother, Jeremy, came on the show this week to cap off 2017 to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1987 film, Robocop.  We also touch on the recent remake and…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #124: The Robocop Show (30th Anniversary Tribute with Jeremy and Brent Simon)

Episode #123: A Conversation with Dev9k Game Developers – Creators of Nirvana Pilot Yume https://archive.org/download/Podcast123_201712/Podcast%20123.mp3 My brother and I recently connected with European game developer team Dev9k (Massimiliano ‘Haematinon’ Nigro and Antonio Scacchetti), the creators of the recently released 80s anime inspired video game, Nirvana Pilot Yume, which answers the question – what happened if the…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #123: A Conversation with Dev9k Game Developers – Creators of Nirvana Pilot Yume

Episode #122: The Making of “Because We May Only Have One Night” (Vocal Version) https://archive.org/download/Podcast122_201712/Podcast%20122.mp3 After finishing the instrumental theme in episode #120, lyrics started coming.  That’s the thing about the muse.  Sometimes, unbeknownst to you, she starts doing her own thing at a time you least expect.  If you recall, this was a little…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #122: The Making of “Because We May Only Have One Night” (Vocal Version)

Episode #121: Reading from “Swan Lake” Accompanied by Music https://archive.org/download/Podcast121_201712/Podcast%20121.mp3 Today’s show is a reading from an illustrated children’s book version of the fairy tale, “Swan Lake,” accompanied by the music from the suite by Tchaikovsky.   It comes from a book written by ballerina Margot Fonteyn and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, whose work has…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #121: Reading from “Swan Lake” Accompanied by Music

Episode #120: The Making of a Thirteenth Hour Love Theme https://archive.org/download/Podcast120_201711/Podcast%20120.mp3 I’ll freely admit I’ve always been partial to love themes from movie soundtracks.  Especially if they came out in the 80s, when there were plenty of synthesizers to give it that 80s feel.  So today, we’re creating a track like that for the third…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #120: The Making of a Thirteenth Hour Love Theme