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Friday Follies
by Jack Ward
Friday Follies is a weekly podcast from the Mutual Audio Network feed bringing a collection of great comedy & humour audio drama and audio fiction. Looking for a smile to lighten your day? Subscribe to Friday Follies!
Episodes
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Teknikal Diffikulties #242- Happy St Patrick's Day
A day early and a bit short. It was an impromptu episode celebrating Irishness. Sort of. No not really.
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comedy4cast: A Sorted Crime
The building blocks of a real crime scene. We're diving into a corner of the Odd News world where true crime meets the absolutely ridiculous. It's a story so twisted, it could only be real. Join Clinton and prepare to be shocked. Also, it might be a good idea to wear your shoes as you listen to...
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Untrue Stories: The Telescreen Programme: Newspeak Phrasebook
Brush up your Newspeak with a selection of typical scenes from Oceanian everyday life, with Oldspeak translation. As a bonus mini-episode, we bring you a telescreen programme from the world of Orwell's 1984. Learn about Oceania's official language, Newspeak, maked hardworkwise by Oceania's…
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Friday Follies- October 16th, 2026
This week has flown by! Look out for dropping cream pies! This week host John brings us Untrue Stories: The Telescreen Programme, comedy4cast: A Sorted Crime, and Tek Diff #242!
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Teknikal Diffikulties #241- The Hedonism Show
A strangely intellectual show, but don't let that scare you...
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comedy4cast: European Puff Peace
Right breeze, wrong place. In this edition of Odd News PAC, we’re serving up a bizarre, breezy international dispute that will blow you away. Plus, a classic throwback clip that features a product name that will leave your tongue tied. Wither the wind: European puff peace Our main Odd News story...
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Untrue Stories: Man Becomes a Different Animal
Wells arrives in a distant future where humanity as we know it is extinct. How will he get his bicycle repaired now? Following H. G. Wells' hurried departure from Orwell's world of 1984, his malfunctioning time-bicycle veers into the far and bizarre future that he will one day chronicle in his…
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Friday Follies- October 9th, 2026
Welcome to the end of the week and the beginning of your laughs! This week host John brings us Untrue Stories: Man Becomes a Different Animal, comedy4cast: European Puff Peace, Tek Diff #2410- The Hedonism Show!
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Teknikal Diffikulties #240- Heaven Help Us...
Sound and Adventure cont., Bucky Johansen, Homophobic pastor, and a little chat with Satan.
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comedy4cast: In Lieu Of Lair
A strange new purpose for a historic site. We're back with an Odd News story featuring quirky history, underground secrets, and a bit of comic book villainy. Plus, for our Platinum Anniversary, we have a classic comedy clip from the vault. If you love unbelievable stories and comedy gold, you've...
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Untrue Stories: Mini-episode: Exile to Hell
Big Brother makes an unofficial visit to the Inner Hebrides joycamp to pay his personal respects to a special prisoner. This is a mini-episode taking place some time between the events of episode 4 "How a Nation is Exploited". Starring Robin Johnson as George Orwell, Alexander Walsh as Isaac...
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Friday Follies- October 2nd, 2026
Welcome to your laugh for the week! Host John is back with Untrue Stories: Mini-episode: Exile to Hell, comedy4cast: In Lieu of Lair, and Tek Diff #240!
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Teknikal Diffikulties #239- Six years? Huh?
New format... sorta. And a trailer and noir. Sorta...
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comedy4cast: Cracking The Case
This odd case will leave your brain scrambled. It's time for another edition of Odd News, where we take a bizarre, true event and give it the full comedy4cast treatment. This time, we're taking you to a historic New Jersey coastal community. There is a perplexing crime we need to solve. And maybe...
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Untrue Stories: Mini-episode: Evil George Orwell
Bonus mini-episode! George Orwell meets the version of George Orwell that internet weirdos often seem to confuse him with. Starring Robin Johnson as George Orwell and Liselle Nic Giollabháin as Thought Police Officer Rutherford.
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Friday Follies- September 25th, 2026
It's the end of the week! Time for laughs! Host Clinton brings the jokery with Untrue Stories: Mini-Episode: Evil George Orwell, comedy4cast: Cracking the Case, Tek Diff #239- Six Years? Huh?
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Teknikal Diffikulties #238- Wash, Rinse, Repeat.
Bleak bleak bleak. But fun!
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comedy4cast: Pour Choices
Coffee odd news that will really wake you up. It’s time for another edition of the 2025 edition of Odd News! Your host, Clinton, is back for more ridiculous true stories, kicking off with an event that falls squarely under the banner of "Pour Choices." We’re talking about a coffee so expensive it...
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Untrue Stories: 4. How a Nation Is Exploited
How a power-crazed junta of 20th-century dystopian authors overthrew Western democracy — and what went wrong. In the fourth exciting instalment of the time-travelling adventures of George Orwell and H. G. Wells, 1984's Big Brother himself has appeared before our heroes to relate the story of his...
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Friday Follies- September 18th, 2026
It's a laugh riot! The best riot of all! Host Clinton starts the hilarity with Untrue Stories #4, comedy4cast: Pour Choices, and Tek Diff #238- Wash, Rinse, Repeat!
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Teknikal Diffikulties #237- 1/28/11 Hell n' Back
All new Tekdiff! Let the madness begin.
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comedy4cast: Mourning Has Broken
A bold, but really ill-advised, choice. Welcome to another edition of comedy4cast Odd News, where we bring you the most unusual and unexpected stories from around the world. Without going anywhere! In this episode, another stranger-than-fiction event. This time, involving an extremely odd funeral...
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Untrue Stories: 3. Battle Ground
Wells and Julia have changed the future, but can they be sure they've changed it for the better? No. H. G. Wells' and Julia's tinkering with the timeline has unexpected (and, of course, untrue) results. Julia, born in the future they've just changed, experiences a strange transformation as the...
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Friday Follies- September 11th, 2026
What a long hard week. Time to laugh! Here comes host Clinton with Untrue Stories 3. Battle Ground, comedy4cast: Mourning has Broken and Tek Diff #237- Hell n' Back!
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Teknikal Diffikulties #236- Tekdiff 12 Days of Xmas, Supercut 3/3!
Christmas in August with Tek Diff's 12 days countdown the conclusion!
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comedy4cast: Barking Brainiacs
Are canines counting your cheese? The research is in. Get ready for an episode that will have you looking at your furry friends in a whole new light. In this episode of of our Odd News series we're diving into the curious world of canine intelligence. Get ready to find out that there's more to…
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Untrue Stories: 2. The Wheels of Chance
H. G. Wells takes a wrong turn on his time-travelling bicycle, and finds that he and Orwell have both lost their bets. Continuing the adventures of George Orwell and H. G. Wells, Wells' inaugural time-travel journey takes him a bit further into the future than he intended: instead of one week, he...
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Friday Follies- September 4th, 2026
It's Fall! Make yours a funny one as host Clinton brings in the gags with Untrue Stories 2: The Wheels of Chance, comedy4cast: Banking Brainiacs, and Tek Diff #236- 12 Days of Xmas 3/3!
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Teknikal Diffikulties #236- Tekdiff 12 Days of Xmas, Supercut 3/3!
Christmas in August with Tek Diff's 12 days countdown the conclusion!
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comedy4cast: Barking Brainiacs
Are canines counting your cheese? The research is in. Get ready for an episode that will have you looking at your furry friends in a whole new light. In this episode of of our Odd News series we're diving into the curious world of canine intelligence. Get ready to find out that there's more to…
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Untrue Stories: 2. The Wheels of Chance
H. G. Wells takes a wrong turn on his time-travelling bicycle, and finds that he and Orwell have both lost their bets. Continuing the adventures of George Orwell and H. G. Wells, Wells' inaugural time-travel journey takes him a bit further into the future than he intended: instead of one week, he...
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Friday Follies- August 28th, 2026
What a week! Kick back and relax with host John and Untrue Stories 2: The Wheels of Chance, comedy4cast: Barking Brainiacs, and Tek Diff #236- 12 Days of Christmas Supercut 3/3!
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Teknikal Diffikulties #234- Tekdiff 12 Days of Xmas, Supercut 1/4!
Christmas in August with Tek Diff's 12 days countdown!
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comedy4cast: Nested Treasure
Digging into history. And a few eggshells. As we continue our 31 days of Odd News stories, we the podcast travel to Spain. Well, not actually, but we'll talk about people who did. And that's what really matters. Because they find some nested treasure. We'll also bring you a classic clip that may…
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Xcursion: The Super Tube
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix brings the last of his comedy sketches to the Follies! This week: Comedy regarding a transatlantic subway trip with "The Super Tube"!
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Friday Follies- August 21st, 2026
Hurry hurry! Summer's ending. Relax and laugh with host John Bell and the Follies! This week it's Xcursion: The Super Tube, comedy4cast: Nested Treasure and Tek Diff #234- 12 Days of Xmas Supercut1!
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Teknikal Diffikulties #233-Thank You and Goodnight (for now).
Last Tekdiff for now! Enjoy.
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comedy4cast: 660 Miles
Driven to find the perfect rustomod Ford. If there’s one thing we’ve learned from our dive into strange-but-true events, it’s that life loves to set up a punchline. Welcome to the latest edition of our annual 31-part series, were we track down truly Odd News. In today's story, we meet a Texas...
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Xcursion: Harlan Speaks
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix brings some of his comedy sketches to the Follies! This week: Two college kids invade Harlan’s privacy by telephoning him late at night in "Harlan Speaks"!
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Friday Follies- August 14th, 2026
Welcome to laugh day! This week host John brings us Xcursion: Harlan Speaks, comedy4cast: 660 miles, and Tek Diff #233- Thank You and Goodnight (for now)!
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Teknikal Diffikulties #232-Lisseners part III
The Listeners get another show!!!
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comedy4cast: Shakespeare in Ruins
A tale of fuel-injected romance. Plus coffee. In this Odd News story, we go full-throttle into an unexpected production of Shakespeare's timeless love story, Romeo and Juliet. This unique narrative will leave you pondering the universal nature of passion itself. Can love truly blossom in the most...
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Xcursion: Selfish Affirmations
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix brings some of his comedy sketches to the Follies! This week: A New-Age satire with "Selfish Affirmations"!
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Friday Follies- August 7th, 2026
Time to sit back and relax and laugh! It's Xcursion: Selfish Affirmations, comedy4cast: Shakespeare in Ruines, and Tek Diff #232- Lisseners part III!
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Teknikal Diffikulties #231-Listener Participation: Round 2
I suffer for your art. Where's my lozenges.
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comedy4cast: Ghost Driver
An illegal U-turn leaves officers puzzled. We’ve all been there – forgetting to signal a turn, driving "slightly" over the speed limit, or double parking for "just a few minutes while I go visit my friend for a few hours." But, in today's edition of Odd News, the comedy4cast comedy podcast brings...
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The Temp #23: All The Marbles
Bernie is visited by a ghost from his past who sets his wife Penelope into high alert.
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Friday Follies- July 31st, 2026
Welcome to your end of the week laugh! Host Clinton brings me The Temp #23: All the Marbles, comedy4cast: Ghost Driver, and Tek Diff #231- Listener Participation: Round 2!
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Teknikal Diffikulties #230-Audience Participation
It's all your fault. Blame yourselves... for now.
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comedy4cast: A Pocket-Sized Paradise
The tiny country that's hard to find on any map. In this edition of our Odd News series, we take you to a pocket-sized paradise. It seems an ambitious young man has decided to create his own micronation. We'd say that was no small feat. We'll give you some details about this European destination...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Friday Follies is a weekly podcast from the Mutual Audio Network feed bringing a collection of great comedy & humour audio drama and audio fiction. Looking for a smile to lighten your day? Subscribe to Friday Follies!
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Jack Ward
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Friday Follies is a weekly podcast from the Mutual Audio Network feed bringing a collection of great comedy & humour audio drama and audio fiction. Looking for a smile to lighten your day? Subscribe to Friday Follies!
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