Fearful Symmetry
Arts
Fiction
Bob Paris
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.
Total 9 episodes
1
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.
22:5202/11/2024
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.
23:5726/10/2024
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.
26:1118/10/2024
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.
22:3212/10/2024
The New Age
Are you ready for profound philosophic interrogations and deep communion with soulful humans? Step toward the light.
25:3530/06/2023
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.
24:0620/06/2023
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.
28:2312/06/2023
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.
25:4204/06/2023
The Apes that Bomb
Talking cows, lost piranhas, and absolutely f*cked up primates. Splendiferous exhalations from Planet Earth.
27:1121/05/2023