Round the World With Cracklin Jane

Cracklin Jane From Eastport, Maine
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Round the World With Cracklin Jane Podcast

Each week, a curated selection of historical 78 RPM recordings of mostly popular music, with a radio drama thrown in at the end.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Creole - Round the World with Cracklin Jane

    Ever wonder why there are different languages? Where do they come from? The researchers here at the Round the World Department of Applied Linguistics are working to uncover the origins of a particular kind of language called a Creole, which is a simplifying and mixing of different languages into a new one. The most widespread example is Haitian Creole, with over ten million native speakers. So, let’s head down there and see what’s shakin’. Haiti is located in the Carribean, and shares the island of Hispaniola with Santo Domingo. It’s also neighbors with Cuba and Jamaica.

    59 min

  2. 16 SEPT

    Babies - Round the World with Cracklin Jane

    Babies have been showing up at our doorsteps for thousands, if not millions of years. But how do they really wind up there? The official explanation involves unspeakable biological processes. But is that the real story? Today we examine a case from the files of the Public Bureau of Investigation.

    59 min

  3. 9 SEPT

    Gratitude - Round the World with Cracklin Jane

    The Most High Emperor in His Infinite Mercy has deigned to bestow a small munificence upon the toilers of his land. Intrepid investigative reporters Rusty and Rex are on the scene to read a whole bunch of the 25-word essays of gratitude which qualify workers for His Supreme Highness’ tax rebate. This rebate will siphon off a little scratch from the ginormous surplus in His Eminence’s coffers. And in His Supreme Majesty’s wisdom the rest will be saved for a rainy day.

    59 min

  4. 2 SEPT

    Diplomatic Mission - Round the World with Cracklin Jane

    Decades of sending radio waves into outer space in the hopes of finding intelligent life has finally paid off. The inhabitants of Planet Kingsley X-12 have decided it’s high time for a road trip to Earth; but first, they must study the rules of correct Earth dining deportment in order not to disgrace themselves at the coming diplomatic functions.

    59 min

  5. 26 AUG

    Banned Bookstore - Round the World with Cracklin Jane

    Well, Rusty and Red’s relatives warned them against giving up their salt mine careers to open an independent bookstore, but their well-thought-out business plan of specializing in banned books and selling various accessories related to covert consumption of frowned-upon folios of fiction have turned them into monied pillars of society. People can’t wait to see what is behind the heavy velvet drapes of indecency.

    59 min

  6. 18 AUG

    Secret Agent Jimbo - Round the World with Cracklin Jane

    We visit Secret Agent Jimbo in the Old Folks’ Home. He reflects back on a life of drinking and gambling with multitudinous female companions; and relates a tale of vanquishing an evil villain bent on controlling the world.

    59 min

  7. 13 AUG

    Trial of Mr Wind - Round the World with Cracklin Jane

    The wind: is he a good neighbor or a reckless criminal? His vandalism rap sheet is growing infinitely long. He tears the doors off hinges, rips siding from homes and throws them in the neighbor’s yard. And that’s during a mild year. Let’s face it, we’re irrelevant to the wind’s relentless agenda of swirling around the globe. He can ride roughshod over us, but we can’t lasso him in or put him in handcuffs or make him stay in the paddy-wagon. So today we put the wind on trial in absentia.

    59 min

  8. 6 AUG

    Film Festival - Round the World with Cracklin Jane

    Study buddies Rex and Archibald have one day to write a term paper (that they completely forgot about) for Miss Krakauer’s World Cultural History Class. They decide to sneak in to the Oceantown International Historical Film Festival. Luckily they can pack 30 hours of research into 15 hours thanks to the TimeLost Brand Linear Acceleramelerator. Will they be able to pull it off?

    59 min
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Each week, a curated selection of historical 78 RPM recordings of mostly popular music, with a radio drama thrown in at the end.

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