Fearful Symmetry

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Fearful Symmetry

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.

  1. 14

    Poor Thing

    Fearful Symmetry is trying to save the world. So please, we beg you, don’t bother us when we’re working. Also, just what exactly is the significance of a dying rat?

  2. 13

    Washing Away

    Radio host Paul Clarion, a beacon of sagacity, returns to dispense absolutions of sin to needy callers. Meanwhile Fearful Symmetry’s book of affirmations Happy Thoughts People! sweeps the nation.

  3. 12

    Trumpmore

    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.

  4. 11

    Epilogue — Where Are They Now?

    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.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.

  5. 10

    I Too Shall Be No More

    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.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.

  6. 9

    A Nation’s Troubled History

    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.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.

  7. 8

    All the Little Hatchets

    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.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.

  8. 7

    Voices from the Deep

    In Part Two, is the true author of Hatchet Man a cinematic savant and woman of the woods, or somehow an ancient tribe of celestial snails? It’s all getting a little foggy. Meanwhile, Bill Clinton, a mailman’s old videotape, and a very good dog lead a reporter to his first Hatchet Man episode.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.

  9. 6

    The Hatchet Man Cometh

    Was Hatchet Man the greatest television series ever? Each week at the end of this notorious TV show, quaint and sentimental characters were abruptly massacred by a hatchet-wielding masked man. It was always brutal, senseless, despicable … and it became a massive hit. What exactly was going on? And who could have made such a sensational abomination?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.

  10. 5

    The New Age

    Are you ready for profound philosophic interrogations and deep communion with soulful humans? Step toward the light.

  11. 4

    Monsters

    A father with dementia, an exhausted war horse, a child's dream, and a bomb that drops again and again. The true-story episode.

  12. 3

    Seth Horton's Super Bowl

    War, football, mousetraps, mansplaining and a-hole massagers. So many happy thoughts. You know you want it. You want it bad.

  13. 2

    Shredded Ralstons

    Bogus quotes, badly-treated lambs, the abomination of the Donald and now someone has stolen leftovers from the company fridge. Don’t worry. There’s always Shredded Ralstons. It's full of that cowboy energy. You'll be just fine.

  14. 1

    The Apes that Bomb

    Talking cows, lost piranhas, and absolutely f*cked up primates. Splendiferous exhalations from Planet Earth.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

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.

HOSTED BY

Bob Paris

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