Fearful Symmetry
Bob Paris
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Sonic tales of sordid histories, tender parables, and lost creatures. Frightening and cuddly, Fearful Symmetry is a shape-shifting beast lacking commercial smarts or sense enough to come in out of the rain.
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DEC 13, 2025
Trumpmore
<p>A loving celebration of President Trump. This is the true and inspirational account of James Pummenger whose prophetic dream will soon lead to the greatest monument in human history.</p>
29 MIN
DEC 6, 2024
Epilogue — Where Are They Now?
<p>After our fifth and final episode, we received 47,000 cards and letters demanding an update on the characters from our narrative. We are happy to comply, and hope this epilogue may provide listeners with a certain closure to our deeply traumatic series.</p><p>The podcast series HATCHET MAN tells the tale of a little-known but extraordinary Albanian television series that aired in 1996 and ushered in social chaos and civil war.</p>
6 MIN
NOV 29, 2024
I Too Shall Be No More
<p>In Part Five, well, all the shit comes down. Turns out raki isn't the perfect lubricant for a revolutionary plan. And a quaint Hatchet Man episode — one character sings to pigeons, another drills holes in sick heads — leads to utter disorientation when our dark hero follows his typical slaughter with a shocking act. The rest, alas, is history.</p><p>The podcast series HATCHET MAN tells the tale of a little-known but extraordinary Albanian television series that aired in 1996 and ushered in social chaos and civil war.</p>
28 MIN
NOV 2, 2024
A Nation’s Troubled History
<p>In Part Four, we look at the paranoia, persecution, and lunacy of 20th-century Albanian life; a struggling president’s affection for booze and air hockey; and a legendary CIA spy’s plan to keep the nation from economic ruin.</p><p>The podcast series HATCHET MAN tells the tale of a little-known but extraordinary Albanian television series that aired in 1996 and ushered in social chaos and civil war.</p>
22 MIN
OCT 26, 2024
All the Little Hatchets
<p>In Part Three, our story continues with the Cult of Little Hatchets spreading through the nation, the peculiar lovemaking rituals of Rovena and Kumbaro, and how the notorious Uncle Enver returned to Albanian television.</p><p>The podcast series HATCHET MAN tells the tale of a little-known but extraordinary Albanian TV series that aired in 1996 and ushered in social chaos and civil war.</p>
23 MIN
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