Best Subgenius Podcasts (2025)

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MR-WAYBACK-JIM LADD TRIBUTE 27:24

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Our friend Jim Ladd passed on to join the Good Guys on the 50,000 watt Broadcast Giant in the Infinite Better. As a tribute, we'd like to share with you "One Man, One Minute with the Power to Change your Life, "The MentalRadio Minute! with Jim Ladd" These are all the episodes recorded and broadcast more than ten years ago. They were written especia…

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MR-CHAPT 25-MORE-TRANSLATIONS FOR THE URBAN IMPAIRED 6:46

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From the Wayback Theater, home of the Mental Control Archives reaching back hundreds of years...researchers have prepared moments from a cherished guest from more than a decade ago, with the late Dr. Freeze, here are a few moments with Daphne Van Horne’s "Translations for the Urban Impaired."By Shadoe Stevens

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MR-CHAPTER 25-PERKY GALORE 8:31

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From the Vault of Treasured Mysteries, comes memorabilia penned by elder poets and authors of Mental Control in days gone by. This is from the Book of Didjuno - "Compendium of Unfinished Tales" and was a poem written by Vertigo Pompeii, mysteriously unfinished and yet, complete in ways we cannot explain. "Don't Pity the Plight of Poor Perky Galore.…

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MR-CHAPT 25-MORE-90 SEC MEDITATION 2:12

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This is the 90 second meditation included in Chapter 25 - More - for quick and easy access 24 hours a day.

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MR-CHAPT 25-MORE-BREAKING NEWS 0:58

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This is a Breaking News Special Report about an attack of Blood Hornets.By Joshua Weinstein and Shadoe Stevens

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MR-CHAPT 25-MORE-MIGHTYMAN 9:46

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MightyMan is back as Darius Fullovit, the Chairman of gourmet snack food giant "Crave, “ gets bad news. Hitman Darnell Babalama failed. The partner he threw off the roof from 27 floors, hit the ground but got up. So, Fullovit brings in “The Mutilator,” 900 pound "Guano Tourniquet," a professional.By Shadoe Stevens

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MR-CHAPT 25-MORE 30:04

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MightyMan is back as Darius Fullovit, the Chairman of gourmet snack food giant "Crave, “ gets bad news. Hitman Darnell Babalama failed. The partner he threw off the roof from 27 floors, hit the ground but got up. So, Fullovit brings in “The Mutilator,” 900 pound "Guano Tourniquet," a professional. In the Wayback Theater we watch a feature from more…

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MR-WAYBACK-ZEN AND ZOMBIE ALIEN VISITATION 37:40

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The MentalRadio Archives reach back hundreds of years…and Mentologists have unearthed something else special from more than ten years ago...Shadoe and the late Sam Frees (Dr. Freeze) celebrating "Zen and Zombie Bonanza Days," and everything you need to know about not having to worry about a Zombie Apocalypse. PLUS! An interview with an "Ascension T…

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Hour of Slack #2000 - Hour of Slack Tribute 1:09:08

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Internet Version: 1:09:07 THIS EPISODE IS NOT BROADCAST-RADIO-FRIENDLY! Broadcast stations are welcome to it, but you'd better have a finger on the bleep button. I, Stang, am writing this blurb. I did not, however, create this episode. It was the idea of Rev. peas, who solicited contributions from any listener who would listen, and I believe it was…

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MR-WAYBACK-STAN FREBERG 2011 51:43

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The MentalRadio Archives reach back hundreds of years…and researchers have unearthed something special from 2011...Shadoe Stevens and the late Sam Frees (Dr. Freeze) and an interview with their idol, the legendary Stan Freberg. He was an actor, author, comedian, musician, radio personality, advertising creative director, did over 400 Warner Brother…

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MR-CHAPT 24-FAITH-90 SEC MEDITATION 1:36

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This is the 90 second meditation included in Chapter 24 - FAITH - for quick and easy access 24 hours a day.By Shadoe Stevens & Chuck Cirino

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MR-CHAPT 24-FAITH 33:40

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Faith is often thrwarted by dogma and the paralyzing howl of dread, and Calamety Picket is alarmed by what she hears in Sunday School. But, behold, the glory of a Faith Healer with Heavenly Restoration. Visit the Wazoo Wing in the temple and hear pharmaceutical branding specialist Marilyn Croaker interviewed on NPR on "People with Things To Say," a…

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Hour of Slack #1890 - RADIO SAFE VERSION 58:26

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RADIO SAFE VERSION - Is this really Hour of Slack #1998, finished on July 4? If you don't hear another show next week, it means Stang and Philo were Ruptured up into the Escape Vessels of the Sex Goddesses from Planet X and have better things to do than The Hour of Slack. This episode features the second part of the Philo Drummond guest hosting, re…

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Hour of Slack #1890 - The Last Hour of Slack? - More on OverMan Philo 58:30

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Is this really Hour of Slack #1998, finished on July 4? If you don't hear another show next week, it means Stang and Philo were Ruptured up into the Escape Vessels of the Sex Goddesses from Planet X and have better things to do than The Hour of Slack. This episode features the second part of the Philo Drummond guest hosting, readings from the Dobbs…

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Hour of Slack #1889 - RADIO SAFE VERSION 59:48

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RADIO SAFE VERSION. The possibly short future of The Hour of Slack is the subject of a very, very informal chat between Rev. Stang and Dr. Drummond. It is interspersed with some fine music and, unfortunately, yet more SubGenius obituaries. Newly unearthed versions of Swinging Love Corpses classics are revealed. The amazing guitar medley at the begi…

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Hour of Slack #1889 - Special Guest Dr. Philo Drummond 1:00:20

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The possibly short future of The Hour of Slack is the subject of a very, very informal chat between Rev. Stang and Dr. Drummond. It is interspersed with some fine music and, unfortunately, yet more SubGenius obituaries. Newly unearthed versions of Swinging Love Corpses classics are revealed. The amazing guitar medley at the beginning was misidentif…

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MR-CHAPT 23-JOY-90 SEC MEDITATION 1:42

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This is the 90 second meditationincluded in Chapter 23 - JOY - for quick and easy access 24 hours a day.By Shadoe Stevens and Chuck Cirino

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MR-CHAPT 23-JOY 32:01

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Experience Joys that know no end and hear the story of Gladwood Thibodeoux, the most positive man who ever lived, who never gave up and look what happened. Guy Goode has a showdown with Twitchy "Two Gun" Barker, Nit Pickers and Cahooters, meets owner of the Bucket of Blood Saloon, Limown Souffle, and faces a Crock of Mockers. And Brock Stillwell re…

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Hour of Slack #1888 - After X-Day with Susie the Floozie 59:21

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X-Day Drill, July 5, Conspiracy Year 1998 - A broken Rev. Susie the Floozie survived the bitter disappointment of the world not ending on that prophesied day, and as therapy, she created this classic episode of her show on WREK-Atlanta, "Bob's" Slack Time Funhouse. Her uncanny ability to pluck pertinent lines from old TV shows and edit them into a …

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Hour of Slack #1887 - RADIO SAFE VERSION 58:46

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RADIO SAFE VERSION - 13X-Day Drill, July 3, Conspiracy Year 2010 - we recorded an Hour of Slack show on stage before a live audience with Dr. Hal, Rev. Susie the Floozie, Dr. Philo Drummond, Lonesome Cowboy Dave and Rev. Ivan Stang. Except for Puzzling Evidence, these are the SubGenii to blame for the three hoary SubGenius radio shows that have bee…

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Hour of Slack #1887 - 13 X-Day Old Pro Show 58:56

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NOT RADIO SAFE - 13X-Day Drill, July 3, Conspiracy Year 2010 - we recorded an Hour of Slack show on stage before a live audience with Dr. Hal, Rev. Susie the Floozie, Dr. Philo Drummond, Lonesome Cowboy Dave and Rev. Ivan Stang. Except for Puzzling Evidence, these are the SubGenii to blame for the three hoary SubGenius radio shows that have been on…

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Hour of Slack #1886 - Ultimate Classic X-DAY Special 1:00:21

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Rerun of #534 (1996)! We are now off-world (or about to be), and refuse to produce new shows. Instead, we present a beloved oldie. And we are presenting it two weeks early, as we will be either on the Saucers or at Starwood, and won't want to mess with posting shows then. Back in 1996, just before the very first X-Day Drill at Brushwood, Stang asse…

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MR-CHAPT 22-HOPE-FORCED LEARNING 5:51

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At the Center for Forced Learning we hear Oxford educated Dr. Malinois Timmermans speak. Today’s lecture is “What in tarnation is all the hubbub? Is Hope the greedy glutton or the light at the end of the tunnel? What is HOPE?"By Michael Orenstein & Shadoe Stevens

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Hour of Slack #1885 - Goodbye Sister Melodious Chops 59:20

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Our friend Sister Melodious Chops rather suddenly boarded the Saucers last week, and this is an obituary show. She was more widely known, especially in the Cleveland music scene, as Vicky Ganger. Her folk trio, Victoria Ganger and Revelry, included Princess Wei 'R.' D'oh. Besides recordings some of the best hymns to "Bob" (and Connie), Vicky compos…

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Hour of Slack #1884 - Room Full of Dobbstown Mirrors 59:45

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Poor overworked Rev. Stang had to get this show done lickety-split, and the fastest way to do that is to turn on the recorder and talk fairly carefully for an hour straight without cussing. Well, he tried. He managed not to cuss, but there were... interruptions. Nonetheless there's a great deal of SubGenius general news and specific Foundation news…

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Hour of Slack #1883 - Radio Safe Version 59:32

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RADIO SAFE VERSION. There's news of the 2022 X-Day Drill in Hannibal, NY at the beginning, but most of this rerun is heavy collage work by many pros focused on "Bob." Brain-bleeding stuff. There are also stretches from WCSB's ESO Swamp Radio (Chas, Lonecow Dave, StangDoe) recorded during that one war. Might as well be this current one, or ANY war. …

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Hour of Slack #1883 - Rerun 883 - War and "Bob" 1:00:13

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There's news of the 2022 X-Day Drill in Hannibal, NY at the beginning, but most of this rerun is heavy collage work by many pros focused on "Bob." Brain-bleeding stuff. There are also stretches from WCSB's ESO Swamp Radio (Chas, Lonecow Dave, StangDoe) recorded during that one war. Might as well be this current one, or ANY war. Funny how all the wa…

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DIXON FINDS HOPE 6:28

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This is the individual feature "Dixon Finds Hope" from MentalRadio Chapter 22 "Hope" for easy access, allowing you to listen to it again and again to awaken your mind to the Infinite Better.By Shadoe Stevens & Joshua Weinstein

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MIGHTYMAN 13:03

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This is the individual feature "MightyMan" taken from Chapter 22 episode, "Hope" for easy access to listen to again and again for a complete understanding.By Shadoe Stevens & Joshua Weinstein

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Hour of Slack #1882 - RADIO SAFE - Rerun 882 - "BOB" AKBAR! 59:17

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RADIO SAFE VERSION: Rev. Stang has been busy with video projects, book projects, broken projectors, a dried-up dryer, a late Medicare payment, the rewiring of the DobbsHed shed with the ancient tapes in it, in 100 degree heat, and, he must mail all those orders to Australia, AGAIN, now that the paranoid Covid mail ban has been lifted there and also…

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Hour of Slack #1882 - Rerun 882 - "BOB" AKBAR! 59:55

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Rerun of 2003's Hour of Slack 882 - WAR & X-Day Rev. Stang has been busy with video projects, book projects, broken projectors, a dried-up dryer, a late Medicare payment, the rewiring of the DobbsHed shed with the ancient tapes in it, in 100 degree heat, and, he must mail all those orders to Australia, AGAIN, now that the paranoid Covid mail ban ha…

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MRMR-CHAPT 22-HOPE-90 SEC MEDITATON 2:06

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This is the 90 second meditation included in Chapter 22 - Hope - for quick and easy access 24 hours a day.By Shadoe Stevens & Chuck Cirino

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MENTALRADIO-CHAPT 22-HOPE 34:53

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Dixon Ticonderoga goes to the end of the world in search of Hope only to find it in the most unusual place. Goofer Toddlemore is on trial for Thought Crimes in Judge Bakeman's Court, and this Chapter is the official debut of the epic feature, "MightyMan!" The man of Wonder first appeared in the pages of the Book of Didjuno in 1927. Is he a strange …

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Hour of Slack #1881 - The Inventive Head of Hedy Lamar 59:26

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RADIO SAFE VERSION. First, it's part two of four from the recent podcast called "My Family Thinks I'm Crazy," in which Rev. Stang had a lot of fun with the young weirdos hosting it. Then, from the Puzzling Evidence show on KPFA Berkeley, in the year of 2013, Dr. Drummond, Dr. Hal, and D. Woodman Atwell tell THE TRUTH ABOUT HEDY LAMAR! It gets mixed…

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Hour of Slack #1881 - The Inventive Head of Hedy Lamar 59:29

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First, it's part two of four from the recent podcast called "My Family Thinks I'm Crazy," in which Rev. Stang had a lot of fun with the young weirdos hosting it. Then, from the Puzzling Evidence show on KPFA Berkeley, in the year of 2013, Dr. Drummond, Dr. Hal, and D. Woodman Atwell tell THE TRUTH ABOUT HEDY LAMAR! It gets mixed later with samples …

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Hour of Slack #1880 - RADIO SAFE VERSION 58:55

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RADIO SAFE VERSION. Two completely different half hours! One is part of a recent interview with Ivan Stang on the video podcast My Family Thinks I'm Crazy, mostly talking about the old days of SubGenius. Lying, actually. The other is an Ask Dr. Hal show on Radio Valencia from around 2013 with Dr. Hal, Puzzling Evidence, Rusty Rebar, Bubba-Free-Im-H…

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Hour of Slack #1880 - Two-Headed Head-Wrecker 1:00:51

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Two completely different half hours! One is part of a recent interview with Ivan Stang on the video podcast My Family Thinks I'm Crazy, mostly talking about the old days of SubGenius. Lying, actually. The other is an Ask Dr. Hal show on Radio Valencia from around 2013 with Dr. Hal, Puzzling Evidence, Rusty Rebar, Bubba-Free-Im-Ho-Peppe Michael Pepp…

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Hour of Slack #1879 - The Hour of Philo on The Puzzling Evidence Show 59:38

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Your regular host and prayer partner Rev. Ivan Stang is too busy with life, the universe and everything, to blather out a new show, plus, he already underwent two podcast interviews in last two weeks, so maybe we'll play those in the future. But THIS is the past -- it's October 11, 2013, and we're listening to OverMan First Degree Dr. Philo Drummon…

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Hour of Slack #1878 - SubGenius Executive Business Retreat 59:01

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Over the Edge / SubGenius: "The Church of the SubGenius: The Next 100 Years." This is the first part of a 5 hour marathon historic weekend at Sulphur Palms Resort, MCed by Bud Good of the Universal Media Netweb (with Don Joyce, Negativland), broadcast on KPFA, Berkeley, CA, 12-27-2002. Conference participants: LIES, Puzzling Evidence, Bishop Joey (…

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Hour of Slack #1877 - War Song of the Were-Coyote - Rerun of #877 58:21

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Once again, everything that was happening in this thousand-show-old rerun from 2003 is STILL HAPPENING! Why should poor bent old Rev. Stang stay up all night at his age editing new Show, when the old ones from twenty years ago are MORE MODERN AND NEW? Moreover, at rural Stang Ranch, the Sacred Scribe has had to deal with one crisis per week, such a…

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Hour of Slack #1876 - Rerun of 876 - Space Disasters on Drugs 59:58

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It must be "Bob's" will that we were forced by events beyond our control to do a rerun yet again, because this is an especially good one we'd have totally forgotten about otherwise. The ESO Swamp Radio spouting this show was done in early 2003, a few days after the tragic Columbia space shuttle explosion... and yet the space collage by Chas Smith w…

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Hour of Slack #1875 - Rerun of #771 - Early Tran 59:18

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This is a rerun from last February... the last February of the year 2001. ("2001"-- boy, did those promises NOT come true.) It's SubGenius old-school, and we suspect the old school had better school supplies. Digesting this particular show requires ferreting out the threads of the "theme," that being Early Man: the paleoanthropology of the cave Sub…

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Hour of Slack #1874 - RADIO SAFE VERSION 59:44

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Rerun of #868 from 2002 -- so it's an old and very different war, but some things never change. A little bit of everything: ESO Swamp Radio, Puzzling Evidence, Zoogz Rift, a lotta LeMur, Heart Ignition, The Swinging Love Corpses, Heart Ignition, Drexel and so much more. This was when Prof. Chas Smith, Zoogz, and frequent caller Dr. Dark were all st…

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Hour of Slack #1874 - Close the Hatch - War's Started 59:51

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Rerun of #868 from 2002 -- so it's an old and very different war, but some things never change. A little bit of everything: ESO Swamp Radio, Puzzling Evidence, Zoogz Rift, a lotta LeMur, Heart Ignition, The Swinging Love Corpses, Heart Ignition, Drexel and so much more. This was when Prof. Chas Smith, Zoogz, and frequent caller Dr. Dark were all st…

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Hour of Slack #1873 - Dobbstown Mirror 59:18

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Stang reads lots of Onan from The Dobbstown Mirror (Oct. "2021" issue) and interspurts it with short Lemurian and Prefian collages pieces and new music by Rubix Pube, Bob Walkenhorst, and The Rudy Schwartz Project. There's also old music by The Swingin' Love Corpses and Mandre, and an old rant by the young Dr. G. Gordon Gordon. Radio OK!…

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Hour of Slack #1872 RADIO SAFE VERSION 59:47

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RADIO-SAFE VERSION. Big news about X-Day "2022"! (See subgenius.com/newdevivals aka Events.) The hardcover collector's edition of THE AGENT AND MR. DOBBS is now available! (See subgenius.com/scatalog/books ) A new Rubix Pube album is out (two songs from that), as well as a new Bob Walkenhorst song. The Rudy Schwartz Project's instrumental will make…

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Hour of Slack #1872 - The Agent and Mr. Dobbs 3 and Big News 1:00:02

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Big news about X-Day "2022"! (See subgenius.com/newdevivals aka Events.) The hardcover collector's edition of THE AGENT AND MR. DOBBS is now available! (See subgenius.com/scatalog/books ) A new Rubix Pube album is out (two songs from that), as well as a new Bob Walkenhorst song. The Rudy Schwartz Project's instrumental will make you mental, and, St…

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Hour of Slack #1871 - The Agent and Mr. Dobbs 2 59:50

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STORYTIME! Music by Rubix Pube, The R.A.T.H.O.L.E. clench, and The Rudy Schwartz Project provide relief from Stang's readings from the just-published SubGenius novel, THE AGENT AND MR. DOBBS by Rev. Teeters LaVerge. http://subgenius.comBy SubGenius Foundation

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Hour of Slack #1870 - What the WTF? - Stang Rant, Winterstar "2022" 59:50

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A NEW X-DAY REVELATION is unraveled! The whole episode is Stang's annual sermon to the Winterstar Symposium -- the 31st one. It was delivered via Zoom, so the laughter or anger of the audience watching Stang on their screens can't be heard. It is however a full-on pulpit-pounding rant, this particular one derived largely from "text jams" between ol…

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Hour of Slack #1869 - RADIO SAFE VERSION 58:31

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RADIO SAFE VERSION. PART TWO OF THE NEW "LIVE" EPIC TWO-PARTER EPISODE! Stang reads the first chapter of our new book, the SubGenius mystery novel THE AGENT AND MR. DOBBS by Rev. Teeters LaVerge. We continue the conversation with Lonesome Cowboy Dave, but frequently cutting to sound clips that were referenced, such as a long classic clip of The Fir…