What's Your Problem?
What's Your Problem?
What's Your Problem?
In this episode: PARKING LOT AMNESIA-We've all been there, you park the car and cannot find it later amongst the school of fish feeding on the asphalt. Yours resembles a Koi/Kia. Looks like we're gonna need a smaller parking lot...(Written by Xavier Combe-MD Players: Antoine Herbez & Xavier Combe)
SLEEP KILLER BANJO-A Japanese hotel featuring Shoji architectural style paper thin walls and sliding doors is not a great start for a Good Night's Sleep...(Written & Narrated by Jim Hall)
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?-A talk show that wants to solve the problems of listeners leaves everyone in the non-plussed column...(Written by Xavier Combe & Walt Wood. Performing all the character voices-Walt Wood)
Your host Bobo closes out the show...
From The Podcast
Je Ne Sais Quoi: Absurd Short Fiction
Bravo, you’ve found it. Deadpan humor in witty, unrelated, non-sequitur short stories notdevoid of literary merit and seared with absurdity. A ”Catcher in the Wry” vibe.Since you’re here, we might as well tell you: Muffy Drake has been honored by the National AudioTheatre Festivals, known as the Sundance of Audio Fiction. That’s right, Muffy Drake has beenpresented with several Gold Medals - and even a Platinum in 2023. And while we’re boasting, let’smention our short stories have been published in entropy2, Reflex Fiction, Friday Flash Fiction,Bath Flash Fiction (3 rd Prize, October 2019), the Boston Literary Magazine and elsewhere.But for Absurd Short Fiction with friction, Muffy Drake is where it’s at. Welcome! If you like tongue-in-cheek humor, you’re in for a treat. One at a time, once a week. By the way, the French calltongue-in-cheek “pinch without laughing”. Because - get this - Muffy Drake is based out ofParis.Xavier Combe is a freelance translator and conference interpreter who teaches at theUniversity of Paris X and has worked on French public radio for over 35 years. He haspublished 2 non-fiction books in French (one of them has won a prize) and quite a few op-eds in the French press. Sociolinguistics, not funny at all. If you want a laugh don’t go there.Jim Hall is a 2-time Peabody award winner for his work with a investigative team and the other halfof Muffy Drake that’s based in the US. That’s right, Muffy Drake is a team of two who do thewriting, narration, voicing, soundscaping and original music. The French have a saying: “Humor is the last bulwark before despair” (strange, yes, but itsounds better in French). We at Muffy Drake believe humor is the best medicine.So we humbly recommend you subscribe and download one MD a week. And if you enjoywhat you hear, feel free to share with, well, one or two million of your closest friends.Website: muffydrake.comContact: muffydrake@gmail.comJoin Podchaser to...
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