Bringing the wonder to Science and the World.
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The Signalman Podcasts
The Paper moon Radio Theater company is dedicated to providing high quality radio productions. The company is based in Australia.
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Doze off to classic stories with Sleepy. Each week, baritone host Otis Gray reads old books in a low, rhythmic tone to lull you into a deep slumber so you can have a fresh start the next day. Sweet dreams. Zzzzzz
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Welcome to The Ghost Story Book Club. Each episode, along with a special guest, writer and host Adam Z. Robinson discusses the ghost story genre and looks at a different classic ghost story. Authors include: M.R. James, E. Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allen Poe, Algernon Blackwood, E.F Benson and many more. You can email your thoughts on the stories to: [email protected] and follow on Bluesky at @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social
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A series of radio adaptations of classic thrillers from some of the greatest authors of weird fiction.
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'Round Midnight - The Signalman Show, S7 E16
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6:16Late night driving and the 11/18/25 edition of The Nighthawk. Text post at Joshurban.substack.comBy Josh Urban
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Zzz . . . Sleep soundly to this snoozy reading of "A Country Doctor" By Franz Kafka zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify pag…
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Zzz . . . Conk out while Otis reads "The Selfish Giant" by Oscar Wilde zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Slee…
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LIVE EPISODE: Night of the Demon and M.R. James with Brontë Schiltz
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48:13In Series 5, Episode 6 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, for a LIVE episode of the podcast, recorded at The Dukes, Lancaster, on Tuesday 28 October 2025, as part of their 'Spooked' festival. I was joined on stage, after a screening of Night of the Demon (1957), by writer and academic researcher Brontë Schiltz and academic, writer and poet Professor Cather…
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Observing Veteran's Day, and why old roads are windy. Text post at www.JoshUrban.substack.comBy Josh Urban
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Zzz . . . Doze off to this L.M. Montgomery tale – "Emily's Quest" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy spon…
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Zzz . . . Sleep soundly to this short story by Henry Cuyler Bunner – "The Nice People" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. …
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'In the Tube' by E.F. Benson with Adam Farrer
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1:12:16In Series 5, Episode 5 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Adam Farrer as we discuss 'In the Tube' by E.F. Benson. Adam Farrer is a writer, lecturer, mentor and editor based in Manchester, UK. His debut essay collection, Cold Fish Soup (Saraband, 2022), won the NorthBound Book Award and the follow-up, Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures, w…
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Backyard Lumberyard - The Signalman Show, S7 E15
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6:34Milling boards, the recipe exchange to stick it to the robots, and more. It's the Nighthawk for November 4th, 2025.By Josh Urban
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Zzz . . . Snooze to this lovely tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne – "The Blithedale Romance" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Aw…
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Zzz . . . Booo. . . Conk out to this spooky short story – "The Damned Thing" by Ambrose Bierce zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify pa…
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'A View from a Hill' by M.R. James with Andrew Michael Hurley
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1:34:20In Series 5, Episode 4 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Andrew Michael Hurley, as we discuss 'A View from a Hill' by M.R. James. Andrew Michael Hurley's first novel, The Loney, was originally published by Tartarus Press as a 300-copy limited-edition, before being republished by John Murray. It went on to sell in twenty languages, win the Co…
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Pumpkins and Bigfoot - The Signalman Show, S7 E14
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6:47Getting ready for Halloween, hunting Bigfoot stories, and more in the 10/28/25 Nighthawk. Read aloud by Josh. Text version at www.JoshUrban.substack.comBy Josh Urban
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Zzz . . . Booo. . . Snooze away to this eerie tale – "The Ghost Pirates" by William Hope Hodgson zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify pa…
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Zzz . . . Boooo . . . Drift off to this epic short story by Anton Checkhov – "The Bet" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome …
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'The Haunting of Hill House' by Shirley Jackson: with Evelyn Hollow
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1:18:36In Series 5, Episode 3 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Evelyn Hollow as we discuss 'The Haunting of Hill House' by Shirley Jackson. Evelyn Hollow is a Scottish writer and paranormal psychologist. She was a resident author at Esoterica Zine for several years, was the recipient of the 2015 Lonely Planet Travel Writing Scholarship, the occult…
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Zzz . . . Boo . . . Snooze to this lovely ethereal novel – "The Lost Stradivarius" by James Meade Falkner zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spoti…
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Zzz . . . Booo . . . Drift off to this spooky short story – "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Sp…
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'Don't Look Now' by Daphne Du Maurier: with Colin Walsh
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1:20:10In Series 5, Episode 2 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Colin Walsh as we discuss 'Don't Look Now' by Daphne Du Maurier. Colin Walsh's short stories have won several awards including the RTE Francis MacManus Short Story Prize and the Hennessy Literary Award. In 2019 he was named Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year. His writing has been pu…
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Mountain rambles, quantum mechanics, and part 1 of our ghost stories series.By Josh Urban
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Zzz . . . Booooo . . . Catch some z's to this spooky story by Edith Nesbit – "The Bolted Door" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesom…
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Zzz . . . Boo . . . Conk out to this spooky short story by Charles Dickens – "The Signalman" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sl…
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'Honeysuckle Cottage' by P.G. Wodehouse: with Julia Armfield
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1:08:20In Series 5, Episode 1 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Julia Armfield as we discuss 'Honeysuckle Cottage' by P.G. Wodehouse. Julia Armfield is a fiction writer, living in London. In 2019, she was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award. She was longlisted for the Deborah Rogers Award 2018, and won the White Review S…
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Everything Somewhere - The Signalman Show, S7 E12
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7:55By Josh Urban
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Zzz . . . Booo . . . Tonight, drift off to this spooky tale – "The Beetle" by Richard Marsh zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleep…
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Zzz . . . Boooo . . . For our first snoozy October reading – "The Moth" by H.G. Wells zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponso…
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SERIES 5 TRAILER (plus Autumn/Winter Events)
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3:27The Ghost Story Book Club rises from the dead! Series 5 begins Wednesday 8 October. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Come and see me on tour... dates, venues and tickets here. Join us on Bluesky @ghoststorybookclub Join our Facebook Group facebook.com/groups/theghoststorybookclub/ Support us on Patreon…
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Zzz. . . Drift off to this lovely old novel – "Magnificent Obsession" by Lloyd C. Douglas zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy spon…
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Zzz. . . Conk out to this snoozy midweek short story reading of "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sle…
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Zzz. . . Sleep soundly to this rhythmic reading of "Dream Days" by Kenneth Grahame zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: …
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Zzz. . . Conk out to this midweek short story by Guy de Maupassant – "The Necklace" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Q…
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Zzz. . . Doze off to this delightful tale – "Ten Weeks with a Circus" by James Otis zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Qui…
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Zzz. . . Sleep soundly to this adventurous bedtime reading of "The Voyage" by Katherine Mansfield zzz. . . For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy s…
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Jazz & Coffee & Night – The Signalman Show, S7 E11
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7:35A bit about jazz at night, "working on a building", and a market fountain.By Josh Urban
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Zzz. . . Doze off to this lovely childhood story – "Five Little Peppers" by Margaret Sidney zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals:…
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Zzz. . . Sleep soundly to this midweek short story – "The Gray Man" by Sarah Orne Jewett zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Quin…
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A Labor Day Postcard – The Signalman Show, S7 E10
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6:14Late summer wanderings, book work, and poetry.By Josh Urban
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Zzz. . . Drift off to this gorgeous story – "A New England Nun" by Mary E. Wilkins zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Quince: Go t…
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Zzz. . . Gently drift off to this midweek short story – "A Gala Dress" by Mary E. Wilkins zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Quince:…
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Cantrell's Old Field - The Signalman Show, S7 E9
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7:35Finding the site of the first bluegrass festival, plus other readings from The Nighthawk, August 25th, 2025.By Josh Urban
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Zzz. . . Conk out to this rhythmic reading of "Cranford" by Elizabeth Haskell zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Quince: Go to Quince.…
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Zzz. . . Doze off to this midweek short story by Katherine Mansfield – "An Ideal Family" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Quince: Go to …
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Summer Night Lights - The Signalman Show, S7 E8
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7:43From "The Nighthawk", on Italian Ice, summer stars, and back to school wishes.By Josh Urban
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Zzz. . . Sleep soundly to this lovely tale by Kate Douglas Wiggin – "Diary of A Goose Girl" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Quince: Go to…
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Zzz. . . Conk out to this lovely short story – "Marriage a la Mode" by Katherine Mansfield zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Quince: Go to Qu…
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The August pause, the latest Nighthawk, and happy birthday to Schrodinger (Maybe)By Josh Urban
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Zzz. . . Doze off to this snoozy novel by Edith Nesbit – "The House of Arden" zzzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Quince: Go to Quince.com/sleepy …
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Zzz. . . Snooze to this short story – "The Wind in the Rose Bush" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Quince: Go to Q…
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Jerimiah and Company – The Signalman Show, E6 S7
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7:32Jerimiah the Bullfrog, hunting the latest Supernova, and more. It's The Nighthawk, available at www.JoshUrban.Substack.comBy Josh Urban
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Zzz. . . Drift away to this sleepy reading of Kenneth Grahame's "Dream Days" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Quince: Go to Quince.com/sleepy for fr…
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