Episodes

Friday Dec 03, 2021
Hello From The Magic Tavern
Friday Dec 03, 2021
Friday Dec 03, 2021
Review of the improvised comedy podcast, Hello from the Magic Tavern. Extreme plastic surgery and electric cars in the millionaire's playground of La Jolla. Movember! A trip down memory lane to remember the funniest Improv I've ever seen from my old friend, Ian McDiarmid.
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Friday Oct 15, 2021
The Mindful Cranks
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Greetings from La Jolla Cove! Andy gets heckled by sea lions and reviews The Mindful Cranks podcast.
Sound jam featuring excerpts from a new poem - 'Wisdom 2.0 or The Mindful Nihilist'.
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Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
The Trump Presidential Library
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Andy takes a special preview tour around the prototype of the Trump Presidential Library.
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Monday May 31, 2021
Operation Midnight Climax
Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
Review of Operation Midnight Climax.
Andy deals with the cicadas of Brood X who have invaded the garden and recovers from a mild dose of Covid. New Poem, 'Soldiers of The Fortune 100' in a soundscape, addressing the character of the C.I.A.
Jazz by the superb Mario Rom's Interzone.
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Friday May 14, 2021
A Kindness of Ravens
Friday May 14, 2021
Friday May 14, 2021
Rule one of modern horror: 'DO NOT GO TO THE FOOTBALL STADIUM!'
Andy goes to the Football Stadium to get the vaccine and ponders horror topes, Hurricane Katrina, the United Starts of Amnesia and the link between Ray Lewis and Edgar Allen Poe.
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Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Tax Day 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
WE MUST PAY OUR TAXES!
Reviews of Planet Money and Reply All.
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FLANUARY WAS A CON! Hedge talks to Andy about how he tricked him into believing in Skinless Weasels.
Man's World mash up about the border wall into a new pome... 'TRUMPMANDIOUS'.

Friday Mar 05, 2021
The Blindboy Podcast
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Review of Ireland's greatest cultural export since Beckett, The Pogues and Guinness.
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Andy attempts to belatedly take part in FLANUARY. Wonder Years mashup mix attempting to understand the endless war. General Lee & The Dixie Schitz perform a new version of 'Deep in the Heart of Texas'.
The new Interzone album, Eternal Fiction, is out now!

Monday Feb 15, 2021
Catholic Podcasts
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Reviews of 5 popular Catholic shows, including Word on Fire and the Dr. Taylor Marshall show.
"Andy brings a refreshing moral clarity to the podcast scene, at a time when many in our church have lost themselves to Trumpian idolatry." - The Catholic Observer.
Andy considers the history of the Holy Prepuce, how it's possible to evangelize in a non-creepy way and the Death Metal Band, 'The Perfidious Jesuits'. Bernie Sanders leaves another voicemail following the meme storm over his mittens.
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Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Gaslit Nation
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Review of the Gaslit Nation podcast.
Andy spies The Prophet / Soup Nazi out walking his dog and premieres a new performance poem: 'Tell Me Lies About Capitalism'.
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Jazz by the superb Mario Rom's Interzone.
Warning, this show is rated a 8.1 on the Trotsky scale!

Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Eulogy for my Brother
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Bit of a change to the show this episode, following the passing of my brother. Here is the eulogy I've recorded for him.
Taking a little break now and come back at you in January renewed and refreshed.
I'll post upcoming show news and what pods I'll be reviewing in 2021 some time mid-December on the facebook page.
Hug your loved ones,
Andy (Azmagoth the Dementor)

Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
13 Days of Halloween et al
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Reviews of Lore, 13 Days of Halloween, Circles and Camp Monsters.
In this episode...
Andy asks the kids some monster themed questions over breakfast on the eve of Halloween. Jen agrees to go to the store to pick up some craft beer.
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Friday Oct 23, 2020
Sawbones
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Review of Sawbones, 'a marital tour of misguided medicine.
In this episode...
Andy decides it is time to get rid of the lemon growing from his neck following contamination with the outlawed 'Lemon Assimilation' shower gel. He attempts self surgery but probably shouldn't have used the kitchen scissors.
Jazz tracks made by the incredible Mario Rom's Interzone.
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Coronavirus Central
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Review of Coronavirus Central, a Neo-Nazi propaganda podcast disguised as a science show in the health listings on podcast directories.
In this episode...
Andy tries to explain what fascists are to the kids. Fortunately, the SpongeBob SquarePant's episode 'Larry the Manager' and the face melting Nazi's from Raiders of the Lost Arc are a perfect primer for understanding the finer points of Herbert Marcuse and Theo Adorno's 'Authoritarian Personality'.
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Transcript here, in a few days.

Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
The Benjamin Dixon Show
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Review of The Benjamin Dixon Show.
In this episode...
Andy and the kids sing and discuss Raffi songs in the car. It turns out the sweet sounding Canadian songsmith is a monster. Andy does the covid math on the decision to not send the kids back to school in the fall. Poems by Philip Larkin and Adrian Mitchell. Mr. Benjamin Dixon is channeling a wonderful blend of MLK and Malcom X on his podcast.
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Jazz by the superb Mario Rom's Interzone.

Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Review of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour with Bill Smith from With Confetti in Our Hair.
In this episode...
Mario Rom's Interzone have a new album coming out! 'Eternal Fiction' will be their fourth album and you can pre-order it here along with lots of other special goodies.
The Chelsea Hotel 1996. Andy tells the story of how he discovered who the actual Tambourine Man was who inspired Bob Dylan's big break out hit. Andy welcomes Bill Smith on the show to review Dylan's podcast. Andy procures some outtake verses from Dylan's new song 'Murder Most Foul'.
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Friday May 29, 2020
White Lies
Friday May 29, 2020
Friday May 29, 2020
Reviews of White Lies, Serial Season 3 and Motive.
Andy has a bad dream but wakes to discover it is the reality. 'Does the Star Spangled Banner still fly over the land of the free and the home of the brave?' The shows reviewed in this episode have taken on a renewed importance given the murder of George Floyd.
"Every joint in the skeleton of our criminal justice system is greased by racial discrimination." - Sarah Koenig
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Friday May 08, 2020
Chompers
Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
Review of Chompers from Rachel Ward and Gimlet Media.
Jazz by the superb Mario Rom's Interzone.
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Pandemic lockdown day... err 56? If you're in DC you can now get craft cocktails delivered to you door from Doug Fisher at Morris American Bar. The kids run crazy at bed time but help Andy review the show. Bernie Sanders leaves Andy a voicemail message urging everyone to 'Vote Blue No Matter Who'. Andy promises to think about it.
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Monday Apr 06, 2020
The Dream
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Review of The Dream from Jane Marie and Dan Gallucci.
Jazz provided by the superb Mario Rom's Interzone.
In this episode...
Andy goes to Podfest 2020 in Orlando and considers its pros and cons. His budget hotel forces him to get a tan. PANGOLIN. The pandemic is ignored by Mega Church Evangelicals. Tattoine calls again to attempt to get money for a Tom Waits Tattoo.
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Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Iowa Caucus Podcasts
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Reviews of 11 podcasts... Pantsuit Politics, Caucus Land, Potentium Podcast, The Young Turks, The Ben Shapiro Show, Useful Idiots, The Daily Circus, Left Right & Center, Reliable Sources, Podsave America & Chapo Trap House.
Jazz provided by the sensational Mario Rom's Interzone.
Transcript will be here when I get around to it.
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Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Dear Joan & Jericha
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Review of Dear Joan and Jericha from Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine.
Jazz by the amazing Mario Rom's Interzone.
In this episode...
The lemon on Andy's neck continues to grow. The Doctors have undertaken more tests and we learn the results. Andy had a guest time on the Tom Waits podcast, With Confetti in Our Hair and they sent over an specially adapted pull-string talking GI Joe. Jen is off to New York City for an industry reading of her exciting new play, 'Hot Little Slice'. The Tattoo guy leaves a message. Things are looking bleak for the inhabitants of Porcupine Romance Island.
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