The Stranger Times
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.
Episodes
45 episodes
New: Paint by Numbers Ruth Cockburn
This week's episode sees the return of the the magnificent Ruth E Cockburn reading a new Stranger Times short story, Paint by Numbers, Caimh gives you an insight into his hobbies and an update on Diller's reading abilities.
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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46:39
New: Launch Week, Baby! Relight My Fire Preview
This week’s episode sees Brendan McDonald’s caressing your ears with a cheeky preview of Relight My Fire (Chapter 2). Caimh’s also out in the wild this week signing books and doing events. Find out where you can pick up signed books or meet him...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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28:42
New: A Good Book - Brand new story read by Mark Stay
The legend that is Mark Stay is here to narrate a brand new Stranger Times story written by Caimh called A Good Book.
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33:05
Happy New Year, Events, Prologues, previews!
Caimh does his trademark rambling about God know's what before the episode is mercifully saved by the ever effervescent Brendan McDonald reading the Prologue of Relight My Fire.
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24:30
New: Christmas Special read by Brendan McDonald!
Finishing the year off in style, we've got the unsurpassable Brendan McDonald, narrator of The Stranger Times audiobooks, reading a brand new short story featuring a well-loved character from one of the previous books. Relight My Fire out Jan 2...
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35:02
Christmas Trilogy Part 2 with Jason Manford
Join Caimh as he reveals exciting details about events (including the correct dates), gets very excited about meeting one of his heroes and then the incredible Jason Manford reads the podcast's most popular story ever.
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32:40
Christmas Trilogy: Part 1
Ahead of the upcoming brand new Stranger Times Christmas special, we're going to be visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past. Also, the ghost of foggy brain as Caimh gets the dates of events wrong - see the Waterstones website for correct dates!...
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32:35
Spooktacular - Brand new short story!
In this ep, Caimh reads a brand new short story that he read LIVE on the first annual Stranger times Spooktacular. As if that wasn't enough, he also reveals the exciting goodies available to you if you preorder Relight My Fire, Stranger Times b...
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44:06
Random Gold Part 2 - Awards, afflictions and Barry Castagnola
Join Caimh for some exciting news, an update on big events coming up and a slice of Stranger Times gold .
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48:12
Random Gold - Deals, Feels and Janice Connolly
Caimh drops a surprise ep, like one of them Beyonce Knowles albums - only this has no singles but it does have a deal, an update and a slice of pure Stranger Times GOLD!
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46:00
Series 3: 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! A...
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56:28
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 ...
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30:41
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 tabl...
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24:42
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 ...
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39:07
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!
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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31:41
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.
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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33:24
Series 3, Ep 1: We Back Baby!
The Stranger Times podcast returns with a preview of Love Will Tear Us Apart, book three of the series is out on 9th February. No animals or Brendan McDonald's were harmed in the making of this podcast.
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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19:16
Series 2: Ep 12 - A fond farewell for now and hello Brendan McDonald - no relation
In this, the final episode of series two of the pod, Caimh does a lot of thanking, reveals a bit of exciting news and has an idea for a unique way to write a short story for series three that might be a total car crash but you'll get to watch. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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26:28
Series 2: Ep 11 - Phil Nichol - What Is and What Should Never Be
This week's episode sees Caimh give his shortest ever introduction (yay!) before the smashing Phil Nichol's provides you with an aural sensation narrating the new short story, What Is and What Should Never Be. This Stranger Times s...
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28:35
Series 2: Ep 10 – Danny Buckler – Before Your Very Eyes
This week's episode sees the magnificent Danny Buckler bringing a touch of magic to Before Your Very Eyes. This short story reveals how stage magic works in the world of The Stranger Times.Caimh also discusses his fascination with magic...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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44:32
Series 2: Ep 9 - Ben Van Der Velde - The Keeper of The Dead
In this episode, Caimh talks about launch week for This Charming Man, explains why he thinks it is important to have a diverse bunch of characters in his stories and how being 'politically correct' actually just means being correct. Then, the w...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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38:45
Series 2: Ep 8 - The swearing episode!
In this ep Caimh discusses swearing and how n This Charming Man Vincent Banecroft invents a whole new way of doing it. The on-line launch of which book btw happens at 8PM GMT on Wednesday Feb 16th - find it on the Caimh McDonnell facebook page ...
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17:04
Series 2: Ep 7- Ian Cognito, a tribute and an Homage
In this ep Caimh explains for the uninitiated who the late great Ian Cognito was and how he came to name the character Cogs after him as a homage to a legendary figure of the British comedy circuit.
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31:51
Series 2: Ep 6 - This Charming Man - Preview - Charmless Stanley Roker
The wonderful Brendan McDonald (No relation) joins us to read a preview of This Charming Man - out Feb 17th. You'll love it so much, you'll preorder it on the spot, and you've already done that six times already. You can't have too many copies....
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12:51
Series 2: Ep 5 - Toby Hadoke - Everybody Kills Hitler
The man, the myth, the legend Toby Hadoke returns to read one of Caimh's timey wimey stories about how even when given the entire history of the planet to choose from, most people still go to the same place on holiday. Bonus disgusting do...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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25:36