35 episodes

A podcast featuring short stories and news from the world of The Stranger Times - a newspaper based in Manchester reporting the weird and wonderful from around the world. Based on the novel The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell - out Jan 14th 2021.

The Stranger Times C.K. McDonnell

    • Arts
    • 4.9 • 70 Ratings

A podcast featuring short stories and news from the world of The Stranger Times - a newspaper based in Manchester reporting the weird and wonderful from around the world. Based on the novel The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell - out Jan 14th 2021.

    Episode 7: We are ready for launch!

    Episode 7: We are ready for launch!

    Re-live the highlights, the lowlights and the big fights of the online launch event for Love Will Tear Us apart as Caimh, author Mark Stay and narrator extraordinaire Brendan McDonald talk mostly nonsense. You should hear the crap we cut out! Also, there's a fun quiz which you can not now win as it was an on-the-night sort of thing. You had to be there! 

    • 56 min
    Series 3, Episode 6: The Beautiful Game with Charlie Baker

    Series 3, Episode 6: The Beautiful Game with Charlie Baker

    This week's episode of The Stranger Times is the last to be broadcast from Caimh's writing shed as it's move day! Caimh reminisces about book launch week and laments on the woes of moving.

    The uber multi-talented Charlie Baker narrates the short story The Beautiful Game.

    • 30 min
    Season 3, Episode 5: Love Will Tear Us Apart Preview – Stanley's back!

    Season 3, Episode 5: Love Will Tear Us Apart Preview – Stanley's back!

    In this episode, Caimh talks about being a consultant on a film  and launch week rituals.

    The brilliant Brendan McDonnell takes it home in the last preview where we get reacquainted with Stanley Roker, the worst of the worst of tabloid journalists.

    • 24 min
    Series 3, Episode 4: How May I Direct Your Call? with Laura Lexx

    Series 3, Episode 4: How May I Direct Your Call? with Laura Lexx

    The brilliant Laura Lexx makes a triumphant return to the pod to narrate a brand new Stranger Times story.  The story is based extremely loosely on a real person, or rather a real person's collection of skulls. Everything else is entirely made up! 

    • 39 min
    Series 3, Ep 3: Love Will Tear Us Apart Preview – Say Hello to Betty!

    Series 3, Ep 3: Love Will Tear Us Apart Preview – Say Hello to Betty!

    Caimh presents another preview of Love Will Tear Us Apart. He also explains how you can help authors and then Brendan McDonald (no relation) takes it home! 

    • 31 min
    Series 3, Ep 2: The Thing About The Future with Ruth Cockburn

    Series 3, Ep 2: The Thing About The Future with Ruth Cockburn

    A brand new Stranger Times short story read by the brilliant Ruth E Cockburn and a very exciting bit of news about Caimh doing an event with the legend that is Ben Aaronovitch doing an event down in that fancy London. 

    • 33 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
70 Ratings

70 Ratings

Spike_Thmid ,

Fantastic stories!

I discovered this podcast after listening to the Stranger Times trilogy on Audible.

Some really amazing stories set in the Stranger Times universe, but you don’t need to know the novels to listen (but why wouldn’t you!)

I for one love Caimh’s rambling intros - please don’t change!!!

The guest narrators is a brilliant idea, though it has made me realise how out of the loop I am with standup comedian names. I find myself googling the artists whilst listening and going “ah yes, I know that person”

The only problem with this podcast, is it’s like Pringles or watching something like Stranger Things “just one more then I’ll go to bed”

Fat Paulie1966 ,

What a gem

Only just got round to starting the podcasts after reading the books on publication. What an absolute gem of a podcast. Brilliant.

StephenH Origami ,

Wonderful!

Strange, funny, charming, and even scary on occasion, “The Stranger Times” universe is not to be missed. I adored the first two novels and I’ll be buying the third one the momentbit comes out.

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