CHAPTER 50: In this final installment of the free monthly podcast, H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes author/showman loud person L. Frank Baum (CHRIS TALLMAN) to the Dead Authors stage. I've ...
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H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Henry Miller (EDDIE PEPITONE) and Sylvia Plath (JEN KIRKMAN) in the very first recorded version of The Dead Authors Podcast. About 826: 826 National is ...
CHAPTER 49: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Albert Camus (STEVE AGEE) to the Dead Authirs stage for an evening of... oh, what's the POINT. Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826LA. ...
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H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Beatrix Potter (LAUREN LAPKUS) to a special traveling edition of The Dead Authors Podcast. Recorded Live at San Francisco Sketchfest, San Francisco, CA...
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H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes William Butler Yeats (DAVID REES) to a special traveling edition of The Dead Authors Podcast. Recorded Live at Littlefield as part of New York's Superw...
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H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Lucy Maud Montgomery (RYAN BEIL) to a special traveling edition of The Dead Authors Podcast. Recorded Live at THE SUNDAY SERVICE's "Comedy Bender," Vanc...
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H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Aleister Crowley (MATT GOURLEY) to a special traveling edition of The Dead Authors Podcast. Recorded Live at The Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, WA, 1...
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H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Christopher Marlowe (Matt Gourley) to a special traveling edition of The Dead Authors Podcast. Recorded Live at The Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, WA,...
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Chapter 48: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Doctor Maya Angelou (TYMBERLEE HILL) to the Dead Authors stage. Turns out, she is not a real doctor, and during this recording, almost stoppe...
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H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Lewis Carroll (RORY SCOVEL) to a special traveling edition of The Dead Authors Podcast. Recorded Live at The Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, WA, 30 Augu...
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CHAPTER 45 : H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes L. Ron Hubbard (ANDY DALY) back to the Dead Authors stage. For some reason! Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826LA. 826 National is a ...
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CHAPTER 47: Special guest-host CARL SAGAN (MATT GOURLEY) welcomes American treasure MARK TWAIN (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) to the Dead Authors stage for an evening of steamboats, satire and science! Th...
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CHAPTER 46: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes fairy-taleist Hans Christian Andersen (JOE WENGERT) to the Dead Authors stage. DID YOU KNOW? In Mr. Andersen's time, people from Denmark often t...
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CHAPTER 45 : Unprecedented! Host H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) barely scratches the thetan-encrusted surface of guest L. Ron Hubbard (ANDREW DALY) and calls for a followup interview at the end of...
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CHAPTER 44: Think Confucius (EUGENE CORDERO) has no wisdom to offer other than that which can fit on a slip of paper inside a baked good? Well, H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) draws out the wise o...
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Chapter 43: It's hard out there for a host! H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) chats with Iceberg Slim (RON FUNCHES) about pimping, water parks, and more. Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826L...
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Chapter 42: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) goes mano a mano with Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes (HORATIO SANZ). You may be pleased to hear that the name "Terry Gilliam" is never mentione...
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Appendix H: From the vaults! H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes Hunter S. Thompson (James Adomian) and Philip K. Dick (Matt Besser) to the Dead Authors stage for an evening of whatever this ...
CHAPTER 41: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) does not interview Dr. Seuss (HAL LUBLIN) on a box, proving that eating rancid breakfasts isn't the only the thing that doesn't happen on boxes. Thank...
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Appendix F: From the vaults! H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes F. Scott Fitzgerald (Andy Daly) and James Joyce (Sean Conroy) to the Dead Authors stage for an evening of whatever this is. ...
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CHAPTER 40: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) learns who is afraid of Virginia Woolf (MARY HOLLAND) and it turns out to be H.G. Wells. Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826LA. 826 National is ...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-40-virginia-woolf-featuring-mary-holland
Appendix F: From the vaults! H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Ernest Hemingway (JOSH FADEM) and Sun Tzu (FRED ARMISEN) to the Dead Authors stage for an evening of whatever this is. Abou...
CHAPTER 39: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) proves a good woman is easy to snatch up in a machine that can travel through time and space! And Flannery O'Connor (LENNON PARHAM) proves that all of u...
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Chapter 38: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes the creator of James Bond himself, Ian Fleming (MATT GOURLEY) to the Dead Authors stage. Mr. Fleming is a troubled soul who only wants to be a ...
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Appendix E: From the vaults! H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Lord Byron (DANA GOULD) and Norman Mailer (FRANK CONNIFF) to the Dead Authors stage for an evening of whatever this is. About...
Appendix D: From the vaults! H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (SETH MORRIS) and Erma Bombeck (BRIAN HUSKEY) to the Dead Authors stage for an evening of whatever this is...
Chapter 37: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes novelist, Studio 54 regular, and pill-addled gossip Truman Capote (JESSICA CHAFFIN) to the podcast. Pour yourself a glass of "orange drink" and ...
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APPENDIX C: From the vaults! H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Edgar Allan Poe (CRAIG CACKOWSKI) and J.D. Salinger (MARC EVAN JACKSON) to the Dead Authors stage for an evening of whatever th...
H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes novelist, critic, and scholar Ralph Ellison (DEMORGE BROWN) to the podcast. For you completists, this episode contains appearances by all the authors of nov...
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H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes author Oscar Wilde (JON DALY) to the podcast. Prepare yourself for many mots, a great deal of them bon! Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826LA. 8...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-35-oscar-wilde-featuring-jon-daly
H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes author Roald Dahl (BEN SCHWARTZ) to the podcast. The audience makes some rather disturbing discoveries about Mr. Dahl over the course of the interview. As...
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CHAPTER 30: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Nobel Laureate William Faulkner (THOMAS LENNON) to the podcast, recorded live at The Brave Theatre in San Francisco as part of SketchFest 2...
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CHAPTER 33: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Twilight Zone creator Rode Serling (John Ross Bowie) to the podcast. OR DOES HE? (He does.) Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826LA. ...
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CHAPTER 32: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Dungeons & Dragons creator E. Gary Gygax (CHRIS TALLMAN) to the podcast. Put down your dice, pick up your inhalers, and listen! Than...
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CHAPTER 31: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes diarist Anne Frank (JAMIE DENBO) to the podcast. It's not as offensive as you're thinking. Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826LA...
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CHAPTER 29: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes 'Twas The Night Before Christmas author Clement Clarke Moore (SCOTT AUKERMAN) and "White Christmas" composer Irving Berlin (NEIL CAMPBELL) to th...
Chapter 28: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes Walt Whitman (James Adomian) to the podcast to discuss his work, but then this happened instead. Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826LA. ...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-28-walt-whitman-featuring-james-adomian
Chapter 27: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) chats with Tennessee Williams (Kristen Schaal) about his many plays. Prepare yourself to hear the phrase "Red Devil Battry Sign" more times in one hour t...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-27-tennessee-williams-featuring-kristen-schaal
Chapter 26: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) chats with William S. Burroughs (KURT BRAUNOHLER). When Mr. Burroughs rolls up his sleeves, it's certainly not to do housework. Thanks to The Time Trav...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-26-william-s-burroughs-featuring-kurt-braunohler
Chapter 25: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) gets an earful from Shel Silverstein (Mark McConville) about trees. Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826LA. 826 National is a nonprofit organizat...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-25-shel-silverstein-featuring-mark-mc-conville
CHAPTER 24: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) coaxes Plato (JASON MANTZOUKAS) out of his cave only to find that the philosopher behaves like a person just coaxed out of a cave. Thanks to The Time ...
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CHAPTER 23: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) risks consumption whilst interviewing the frail, sad-sack author of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë (JESSICA ST. CLAIR). Thanks to The Time Travel Mart an...
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Chapter 22: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) barely makes it out of this one alive as Edgar Rice Burroughs (Chris Tallman) rages against all those who would spurn the 2012 film John Carter. Thanks...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-22-edgar-rice-burroughs-featuring-chris-tallman
Chapter 21: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) makes a thousand faces listening to The Power of Myth author Joseph Campbell (Jeremy Carter). Shame you can.t hear them. Thanks to The Time Travel Mart...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-21-joseph-campbell-featuring-jeremy-carter
Chapter 20: Live from the 2013 San Francisco Sketchfest! H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes the rather chatty Ayn Rand (John Hodgman) or an evening of H.G. Wells listening to Ayn Rand. Th...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-20-ayn-rand-featuring-john-hodgman
Chapter 2: The sound is terrible on this one. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. There's still lots of good stuff! Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826LA. 826 National is a nonprofit organization that...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-2-robert-louis-stevenson-featuring-andy-daly
Chapter 18: Perhaps H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) will have better luck than previoius chat show hosts in getting a few coherent sentences out of Irish poet, playwright, and sot Brendan Behan (Br...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-18-brendan-behan-featuring-brian-stack
Chapter 17: Who's our guest this time round? It's no mystery! It's Dame Agatha Christie (Jessica Chaffin)! Can H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) get to the bottom of Dame Agatha's strange disappearan...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-17-agatha-christie-featuring-jessica-chaffin
Chapter 16: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes Gore Vidal (Marc Evan Jackson) who brings a truckload of truculence to the Dead Authors stage. For fans of smug dismissiveness, this episode is ...
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Capter 15: Oh, the delicious pain that shall be inflicted upon you with this podcast! H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) discovers there's more to The Marquis de Sade (Andy Daly) than just kinky sex--...
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Chapter 14: Don't trust any podcast under thirty... minutes! Enjoy an hour of H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) trying to make sense of counterculture legend Abbie Hoffman. Steal his book and he just...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-14-abbie-hoffman-featuring-jen-kirkman
Chapter 13: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes famous child-frighteners Wilhelm & Jacob Grimm (SUPEREGO’s MATT GOURLEY & JEREMY CARTER) to the Dead Authors Podcast for a sprightly chat...
Chapter 19: Celebrate the birth of Christ with the men who wrote the books on Him! H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes his most... well, his most guests ever, in the personages of Saints Matth...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-19-the-authors-of-the-gospels
Chapter 12: Just in time for Hallowe'en, H.G. Wells chats with the Frankenstein author about her work. Did you know "Frankenstein" was not the name of the monster? It was actually Herman somethi...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-12-mary-shelley-featuring-laraine-newman
Chapter 11: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes nerd hero/nerd hater J.R.R. Tolkien (Matt Walsh) to the Dead Authors stage. There is, distressingly, as much discussion of Tom Bombadil as you m...
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Chapter 10: For a chap who went on and on about deductive reasoning, he sure seemed to think faeries were real. The loudly Scottish Sir Arthur (Chris Tallman) has plenty to say to H.G. Wells (Pau...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-10-arthur-conan-doyle-featuring-chris-tallman
Chapter 9: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes the quietly trippy Jorge Luis Borges (Nick Kroll) to the Dead Authors stage. What a night of accents this was!
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Chapter 8: Do you have friends who insist upon doing "voices" for their idiotic dogs? Well, you can blame the original animal anthropomorphizer, Aesop (Mark McConville). Join H.G. Wells (Paul F...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-8-aesop-featuring-mark-mc-conville
As you await the incipient arrival of Chapter 8 and dear Aesop (not to mention Chapter 2 and long-lost Robert Louis Stevenson), please allow H.G. Wells to divert your attentions with this partic...
Chapter 7: Jeeves & Wooster creator P.G. Wodehouse (Brian Stack) visits with H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) and it's not long before things get disturbing (in the most British way possible). There...
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Chapter 6: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes author, poet, art collector and wake-and-baker Gertrude Stein (John Ross Bowie) to the Dead Authors stage for a convivial discussion of all sorts...
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Chapter 5: Astronomer, astrophysicist, author and turtleneck fetishist Carl Sagan (Matt Gourley) sits down with H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) for a freewheeling chat at The Upright Citizens Brig...
https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-5-carl-sagan-mp3
The Happiest of Holidays to You, Dear Listener! Here We Find Your Host, H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) Doing Yule-battle With Those Two Titans of Christmas Fiction, Charles Dickens (Hal Lublin) an...
Chapter 4: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes author, inventor, diplomat and party animal Benjamin Franklin (Scott Aukerman) to the Dead Authors stage for an oft-sprited, oft-absurd, and oft-...
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Chapter 3: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes Algonquin Round Tabler Dorothy Parker (JEN KIRKMAN) to the Dead Authors stage. The liquor does flow and the mots are bon! Mrs. Parker's employmen...
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CHAPTER 1: H.G. Wells (PAUL F. TOMPKINS) welcomes painfully shy poetess Emily Dickinson (ANDY RICHTER) to the stage of The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Los Angeles. There are some minor soun...
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