PODCAST · comedy
Midnight Public Radio
by Next Chapter Podcasts
A semi-scripted comedy sketch show from The Midnight Gardeners League (https://midnightgardenersleague.com/) that explores a different aspect of our world every episode. Hosted by navel-gazing intellectual Ari Wood, Midnight Public Radio delivers the funniest, most-made up stories that audiophiles could ask for.
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Crime Enough At Last - Tony's Testimonies #1
In our first ever 'Tony's Testimonies' edition of "Crime Enough At Last," a headline about Mexico City's move to take the bloodshed out of bullfighting sends Tony spiraling into a rant about rejecting modernity, embracing tradition, and having empathy with degenerates. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about a horrible animal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IouRoRG_G_0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - Brosef Gordon Levitt (Special Interview)
In our latest special deep dive edition of "Crime Enough At Last," Tony hops on another Zoom call with currently-incarcerated cannibalistic serial killer Brosef Gordon Levitt, a return guest who has a lot more to say about the vehicular manslaughter, the Austin Powers cinematic universe, and asexuality. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about a brutal killer: https://youtu.be/VX9piNw8mzY?si=wproHQAYtGbHgBQX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - Dick Lionheart (Special Interview)
In our latest special deep dive edition of "Crime Enough At Last," Tony goes all the way to Antarctica for the first-ever interview with the only criminal at the South Pole, and they discuss ways to combat loneliness, unique forms of incarceration, and the taste of reindeer meat. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about an animal sanctuary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlqx8atCX1g Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - "The Train Robs You!"
In our latest installment of "Crime Enough At Last," we're joined by the last train-robbing gang on Earth on location at 'the wrong side of the tracks' for a chat about transparent cargo holds, baby-led corporations, and the next generation of masked banditos. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about group sex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBiEXLSlExk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - Live @ The Scene of A Crime
In an special 'Hall of Fame' edition of "Crime Enough At Last," we give a shout out to one our past guest's recent appearance in a news story covering his act of lewd indecency, the public's reaction and the relative indifference of his victims. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about all kinds of scientific advances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV9Lisv2pRw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - "We Do More Breakdancing"
In our latest installment of "Crime Enough At Last," our panel of Foot Clan members dives into the discourse around healthy tobacco alternatives, nom de plumes, and dubious interpretations of song copyrights. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours that heavily features a vape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbIejWV4EBQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - "Toilet Champagne"
In our latest installment of "Crime Enough At Last," we're joined by a panel of currently incarcerated crooks via Zoom from their respective prisons for a discussion on personal chefs, musical theater, and the joys of jail time. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about a group of people that should definitely be in jail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4YTSl35kR8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - Live @ The Meeting of the Five Families
In an exclusive edition of "Crime Enough At Last" featuring audio captured live in the moment by an informant wearing a hidden recording device, host Tony Barfalatto and several others members of the Cosa Nostra engage in an unfiltered conversation about loyalty, invulernability, and the importance of a roll call. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about a Zoom meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfdaKQqIG8k Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - "Prove Nothing, Deny Everything"
In our latest installment of "Crime Enough At Last," host Tony Barfalatto gets behind the wheel of a getaway car for a first ever incidence of a podcast recording of a crime in action. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about a guy driving on the wrong side of the road: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1l2vnj-wRE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - Mr. Stacks (Special Interview)
In the first of our special deep dive editions of "Crime Enough At Last," guest host and MPR foreign correspondent Robert Soup sits down with liquor magnate and frequent guest Mr. Stacks for an intimate look into his life, who's really running his family's company, and what does or does not constitute poison. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about a cocktail recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BubHN7UcrWo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - "The Future Is A Terrifying Place"
In our latest installment of "Crime Enough At Last," our panel of professional crooks discusses technological innovation, strip club basketball courts, and the future of victimhood. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about a cool new app: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H2ReGhQL_4I Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - "Every Responsible Adult Was Once A Child"
In our latest installment of "Crime Enough At Last," our panel of professional crooks chops it up about misguided youth engagement, changes to Craigslist, and the age old debate of meth vs. coke. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about animal behavior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Af8Md-h6tU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - "Ctrl Alt Delete"
In our latest installment of "Crime Enough At Last," our panel of professional crooks chats about digital evildoing, laundry security, and temporal seasoning. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about food theft: https://youtu.be/3N-SYHI40t0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - "Five Easy Pieces"
In our latest installment of "Crime Enough At Last," our panel of professional crooks discusses the best size of art to steal, the difficulties of body disposal, and the harm done by Italian stereotypes. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about murder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX9piNw8mzY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Crime Enough At Last - "Crowbar to the Window, Pocketknife to the Spleen"
In our very first installment of "Crime Enough At Last," our panel of professional crooks explores the differences between white and blue collar criminality, the rise of semi-violent assaults, and the thrill of impersonating Justin Bieber. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Watch this sketch of ours about criminals doing crime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWzn17Vj92s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Introducing...Crime Enough At Last
Step aside, innocent bystanders, the world's about to be introduced to the very first B2B podcast made for and by criminals from every corner of the globe. From the brilliant Midnight Public Radio executives who brought you such hits as "This American Fife" and "You Gotta Be Quizzing Me" comes "Crime Enough At Last," a new show dedicated to the proliferation, dissemination and expansion of criminality, crookedness and corruption. New episodes of "Crime Enough At Last air every Tuesday and Thursday wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S2 Ep6: OMG-5 Bonus Ep: Meet the Writers of OMG-5
In a stunning conclusion to our re-airing of the classic sci-fi adventure series Outpost MG-5, MPR host Ari Wood has been able to secure interviews with some of the last surviving members of the show's writers' room. This exclusive audio content offers a look behind the curtain at what true masters of their craft have to say about these hugely significant stories and the impact they had on our society. Also, one of them may be guilty of murder. Enjoy! Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out this sketch we filmed about another behind-the-scenes look into the minds of creatives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoGLLC7tR74 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S2 Ep5: OMG-5 Ep. 5: "There's Another Android You Should Know About"
Outpost MG-5 was created with many goals in mind. Exploring the infinite unexplained phenomena the universe has to offer. Probing the deep mysteries of life's existence and purpose. And seeking answers for why we're all so fucked in the head. All of these disparate ambitions converge as our inescapable flaws meet our limitless ability to survive by the skin of our teeth, at the furthest edges of known reality. If you want to complain about how pretentious this episode description sounds, write us an email at: [email protected] Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out this sketch we filmed about how willingly people stab each other in the back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L8jn4G1gFc If you live in DC, come check out "Capitalism - The Game Show!" at City-State Brewery on Saturday, Jan 7: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/capitalism-the-game-show-a-comedy-competition-where-gdp-meets-lol-tickets-490529235147 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S2 Ep4: OMG-5 Ep. 4: "I Knew I Shoulda Brought My Damn Plas-Rifle"
Space dementia is only ever a short nihilistic shame spiral away when you've spent months or even years deployed across the vast expanses of our universe. And creeping thoughts of existential dread can lead to major catastrophes in all the various genre-specific scenarios that play out on space stations like Outpost MG-5. That's why all onboard are provided with distractions such as realistic recreations of restaurants on Earth, self-guided wildlife preserves, and the knowledge that some people just have it easier in life, no matter how unfair it may seem. If you can think of better ways to kill time while circling a black hole, email us at: [email protected] Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out this journalistic report we made about the main distraction in all our lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xngqjo2Dblk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S2 Ep3: OMG-5 Ep. 3: "Nobody's Throwing Off Any Shackles On My Watch!"
Technology may change. Fashion may change. Even society's values may change. But the one thing remains the same, even in as unusual a place as the space station Outpost MG-5, is that nothing is free. You've got to pay the bills somehow. And while the galaxy may be full of all sorts of exciting career paths, there'll always be someone who has to scrape the muck, hock the junk and hold it together when their idiot superiors screw things up big time. So why not explore the eternal banality of the working class in the far future? If you can think of a good reason, send us a solid reprimanding at: [email protected] Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out this web series we made about one of the worst possible places to work - the gym: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpXnrv6DjHg&list=PLYw4iKunZlK8UzScoAABtcbMM2St0WH8u Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S2 Ep2: OMG-5 Ep. 2: "He Looks Just Like You... Only Slightly Older"
The people who live, work on or just come to visit on Outpost MG-5 do so for a variety of reasons. Some do so to engage in advanced scientific research, including testing the limits of the space time continuum to avoid public humiliation. Others come to trade goods they gathered from the far corners of the galaxy, like violent alien parasites. While others seeks to offer their services in defense of humanity, with limited success. Whatever their reasoning, it all makes for excellent audio content. If you can think of something better to listen to on your boring commute, let us know at [email protected] Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out this video sketch we made about the challenges of military service: https://youtu.be/RlIqAWx_2hY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S2 Ep1: OMG-5 Ep. 1: "Can Ghosts Live in Space?"
Season 2 has arrived and the debut episode of Midnight Public Radio's painstaking restoration of a sci fi classic pulls no punches! The crew of the space station Outpost MG-5 probes the furthest reaches of the universe and the deepest corners of the soul. Life after death. The importance of safety protocols in a pure oxygen environment. And the risks involved with being too honest in your criticism. This podcast has it all! If you think anything was left out, email us at: [email protected] Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out this video sketch we made about alternatives to tobacco use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbIejWV4EBQ If you live in DC, come check out our Ugly Sweater Holiday Party & Stand-up Comedy Showcase at City-State Brewery on Friday, Dec 2: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ugly-sweater-holiday-party-stand-up-comedy-show-with-delicious-craft-beer-tickets-471041908027 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S2: MPR Season 2: Outpost MG-5 Trailer
The long wait is finally over! On Thursday, December 1, season 2 of Midnight Public Radio launches into a whole new audio frontier. The MPR vaults have been unsealed and our archivist have been carefully restoring the long-forgotten but beloved sci-fi radio drama "Outpost MG-5," bringing you 5 episodes compiling some of the most acclaimed, scenes and storylines. Listen to the trailer and stay on the edges of your seats for this eerily prescient, oddly prurient and hilariously plausible look into humanity's possible future amongst the stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S1 Ep6: Death
Life-ending innovations, resurrection addicts, funerary gatherings, and a debate over mortality. All things must pass, and in the season finale, Midnight Public Radio examines exactly how many thousands of ways there are to shift off this tiresome mortal coil and take a nice long dirt nap. For even if it were possible for life to go one forever, it still wouldn't take that long to burn through every terrible Netflix documentary and long-forgotten season of House Hunters International, leaving us with a whole lot of time to stare into the nothingness, bored as sin. If you can think of any distractions that would last a least a millennia or two, send us a note at [email protected] Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out this video sketch we made about being bored to death: https://youtu.be/VX9piNw8mzY Come see us live at the DC Improv on Jan 23, 2022: https://dcimprov-com.seatengine.com/shows/160851 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S1 Ep5: War
Civil unrest in an unusual Eastern European country, a long forgotten military tradition, a showdown at an old folks' home, and the best battles in history. War may be hell. But as Midnight Public Radio uncovers, it's also kind of fun? For where us are we able to give ourselves over to the darker parts of our nature, and also see some crazy big explosions and like, cool jets and stuff. Send us a note with your wackiest war story to [email protected] Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out this video sketch we made about an ill-fated group of Union soldiers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlIqAWx_2hY Visit our website for more info about us: https://midnightgardenersleague.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S1 Ep4: Animal Kingdom
Porpoises in need of transport, trained guard tarantulas, maniacal helper monkeys, and sexually frustrated parasites. The natural world is full of strange and wonderful creatures whose animal kingdoms stretch to every corner of the globe. And Midnight Public Radio peers under every slimy rock and in every filthy warren to identify and better understand them, and by proxy, humanity. For humans are just another dumb beast that lives only to eat, sleep, mate and defecate, despite our existential presumptions of self-awareness. If you can think of anything else people do well, send us a note to [email protected] Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out this video sketch we made about how to deal with an unruly dog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IouRoRG_G_0 Visit our website for more info about us: https://midnightgardenersleague.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S1 Ep3: Culinary Arts
Ecclesiastical sauces, remote gourmands, questionable food regulations, and historic cooking competitions. The culinary arts truly are an eclectic and curious domain. For where would we be without a hot bowl of muck in our bellies or a cloudy glass of fresh hose water splashing against our wet lips? The answer, as the Midnight Public Radio explains, is that we'd all be desiccated corpses having our scabby tongues pulled out of hollow skulls by wasteland scavengers. So if you've found a way to sustain yourself that is not eaten or drunk, send us a note at [email protected] and give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods! Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out this video sketch we made about a rapping chef: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Sv53f46n0 Come see us live at the DC Improv on Nov 21, 2021: https://dcimprov-com.seatengine.com/shows/153352 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S1 Ep2: Sports
Caterpillar abuse, superstitious diarrhea, falls from grace, and roller-skating intolerance. In every society across the world, sports leave their mark in some way or another, and Midnight Public Radio is there to explore every aspect of them, from goalpost to end zone. For futile displays of strength and skill are, in some ways, are our greatest distraction from the unstoppable march of time and the inescapability of the void. Send us a note with your favorite athletic anecdote to [email protected] and give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods! Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out this video sketch we made about skateboarders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BBbT0-i3S0 Come see us live at the DC Improv on Nov 21, 2021: https://dcimprov-com.seatengine.com/shows/153352 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S1 Ep1: Criminal Justice
Avocado robberies, chicken murder, pirate radicalization and enough futuristic legal red tape to choke a horse. In this inaugural episode, Midnight Public Radio explores the difference between right and wrong in our society. For in the dark night of the soul, a person is only as good as the rules they are forced to follow. Disagree? Send us note questioning our moral presumptions at [email protected] and give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods! Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out this video sketch we made about undercover cops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWzn17Vj92s Come see us live at the DC Improv on Nov 21, 2021: https://dcimprov-com.seatengine.com/shows/153352 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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S1: Introducing Midnight Public Radio (trailer)
Midnight Public Radio asks the question: what if This American Life was a whole lot less serious, a good deal weirder and 100% made up? Every episode explores a different theme, as host banal coastal elite Ari Wood and his rotating crew of producers, journalists, editors, and audio freelancers uncover a comedy treasure trove of stories. Brought to you by DC sketch group the Midnight Gardeners League, in collaboration with Next Chapter Podcasts, MPR will take you from the gravy monasteries of Italy to the seedy world of underground caterpillar racing and beyond, all without one single damn pledge drive. Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midnightgardeners/ Follow the Midnight Gardeners on Twitter: https://twitter.com/12amGardeners Check out some of our video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKrvJZN5WuNswXxvBqbYDgw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A semi-scripted comedy sketch show from The Midnight Gardeners League (https://midnightgardenersleague.com/) that explores a different aspect of our world every episode. Hosted by navel-gazing intellectual Ari Wood, Midnight Public Radio delivers the funniest, most-made up stories that audiophiles could ask for.
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