The Tesla City Stories Podcast
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Creator: The Tesla City Stories
Full cast Comedy Anthology Audio Drama
Synopsis:
Since 2014, the Tesla City Stories have been presenting an evening of live “radio” theater derived from the recently uncovered archives of the ultra-obscure Tesla Broadcasting Company (1943-1945). In addition to the live performances, we now bring you the shows recorded in the studio and distributed with the ”radio” of our modern times...podcasts! For more information on our shows, visit TeslaCityStories.com. Please like, share and rate on your platform of choice. Thank you for ”boosting the signal”!
Format: Audio Drama
Continuity: Anthology
Voices: Cast
Genres: Comedy
Completion status: NA
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Episodes:
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 05:18:00 -0700
That’s a wrap on Season One of The Tesla City Stories. Brendan fills you in on what’s to come. TeslaCityStories.com
Season 1 Finale! Ep. 12 - Shepherd’s Trail: “Eastward Ho! part 2”
Wed, 15 Mar 2023 05:12:00 -0700
Season 1 Finale! Ep. 12 - Shepherd’s Trail: “Eastward Ho part 2" - Shepherd is called upon to escort a doctor and his family out of the West and out of danger, delivering them to a most surprising destination! TeslaCityStories.com
Ep. 11 - Tesla City Limits: The Corporal
Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:13:00 -0800
Brendan introduces the enigmatic millionaire who founded the Tesla Broadcasting Company: Corporal Edgerton “Buck” Spivey - an unlikely radio maverick and pathological liar who left behind a knotty life story and the rare thing that was the TBC. www.TeslaCityStories.com
Ep. 10 - Shepherd’s Trail: “Eastward Ho! part 1”
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 22:23:27 -0800
Ep. 10 - Shepherd’s Trail: “Eastward Ho! part 1" - a Western anthology following the travels of the titular hero. He’s a man with a mysterious past and an uncertain future, but he knows the trails of the frontier like the back of his hand. He’s got a lightning draw and an uncanny sense of truth and untruth. The honest, good folk of that rough time can always count on the man called Judas Shepherd to lead them home.
Ep. 9 - You Are Now Entering Tesla City With John Campbell
Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:53:10 -0800
Renaissance man and Tesla City Stories cast member/producer John Campbell joins hosts Brendan Jones and Jerry Chrisman for a spirited chinwag about his upbringing as a native Portlander, how he came to join the show, and most importantly... his life with his beloved cat, Columbo. TeslaCityStories.com
Ep. 8 - The Wilde Card Mysteries: “Bet On The Pomeranian”
Wed, 08 Feb 2023 02:12:32 -0800
No. 1 - “Bet On The Pomeranian”: A missing dog case leads Jack and Dusty to the door of a mobster hitman!
A detective show featuring affable, nearly always broke P.I. Jack Wilde. He’s a decent gumshoe with a silver tongue and an incurable itch for gambling; in fact it’s a toss-up which has caused more trouble for Jack – the cards or his mouth. But, no matter what hand he’s dealt, Jack gets the job done, often to the surprise of his old friend and sometime nemesis, TCPD captain “Dusty” Mankowitz.
Ep. 7 - Tesla City Limits: A Brendan’s Story part 1
Wed, 01 Feb 2023 02:51:26 -0800
In “The Shadow Do,” Brendan walks us back to the origin of his association with old time radio in this first part of the unlikely tale of the resurrection of the TBC. It all starts with a cassette tape and some drug-free mind-clouding…
Ep. 6 - Blevins to Betsy: “The Unlikely Understudy”
Wed, 25 Jan 2023 01:20:49 -0800
“The Unlikely Understudy”: With mere minutes to air, P.A. Betsy Harper is called upon to co-star with debonaire (and conceited) radio icon Blevins DeBell!
He’s Blevins DeBell, America’s favorite radio star. She’s Betsy Harper, small town girl and production assistant at the TBC. Their fortunes and hearts become entangled when Betsy steps into the figurative shoes of Blevins’s former co-star and wife, Joan DeBell. It’s a part neither of them expected to play, but the show must go on! TeslaCityStories.com
Ep. 5 - You Are Now Entering Tesla City With Lauren McCune
Tue, 17 Jan 2023 23:03:54 -0800
Amazingly talented Tesla City Stories cast member/producer Lauren McCune joins hosts Brendan Jones and Jerry Chrisman for a lively chat about the development of the show, what it's like as an original cast member and most importantly, the abject importance of chips and queso. TeslaCityStories.com
Ep. 4 - The Wraith: “Visitations”
Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:38:04 -0800
“Visitations”: A deadly string of antiquities robberies claims its most recent victim – Lazarus St. George!
The Wraith is a crime-thriller with a supernatural twist. After being murdered on an archeological dig in Egypt, Lazarus St. George is returned to the land of the living by Anubis, god of the Afterlife, to serve as his agent on Earth. With eerie occult powers at his command, and with the aid of his loyal Egyptian friend Bobek, St. George haunts the evildoers of Tesla City as the half-dead avenger, The Wraith. TeslaCityStories.com
Ep. 3 - Tesla City Limits: The Mad Scientist
Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:02:46 -0800
Chief Archivist Brendan Jones takes you to the Tesla City Limits where you’ll learn the fascinating origins of the Tesla City Stories. It’s the history of the TBC and its eccentric architects, as well as the odd tale of how one obsessed fan brought it to light. TeslaCityStories.com
Ep. 2 - The Off-key Life of Viola Harper: “Viola’s Pied Pipes”
Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:09:14 -0800
“Viola’s Pied Pipes”: Viola thinks she’s landed her first star turn at a low-rent downtown theater with a bit of a pest problem!
The Off-key Life of Viola Harper is a vintage sitcom detailing the travails of a hapless, would-be Broadway chanteuse. Viola’s a small town girl in the big city trying to make her show biz dreams come true. She’s got a lot of what it takes to make it – a positive attitude, a never-say-die spirit, a supportive sister, a good-hearted boyfriend and a dogged, if eccentric, manager. The only thing she hasn’t got? Talent! TeslaCityStories.com
Ep. 1 - You Are Now Entering Tesla City
Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:12:12 -0800
Director Brendan Jones and executive producer Jerry Chrisman provide an introduction to the podcast version of their popular live show The Tesla City Stories. They cover the history of the Tesla Broadcasting Company of the 1940s and the behind-the-scenes circumstances that led to the revival of the TBC shows that they are now sharing with today’s audiences.