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    The Chronic Rift Network is a series of podcasts looking to find the culture in pop culture.  Our shows range from family fare to original audio works to discussions of your favorite television and movies to news and information programs all related to the world of pop culture.  And anchoring this is The Chronic Rift.  In 1990, The Chronic Rift was a public access show that ran for four years in New York City.  In 2008, the show returned as a podcast continuing its quest to "find the culture in pop culture".

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    "THE JIMMY DURANTE AND GARY MOORE SHOW" & DUFFY'S TAVERN

    November 28, 2019

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    Kevin Lauderdale

    Thanksgiving is coming for the great schnozzola and his handsome sidekick on “The Jimmy Durante and Gary Moore Show.”  We learn about Gary’s ancestor, Casanova Moore’s, efforts to invent the kiss. Then the cast gives a jazzy spin to the Miles Standish / John Alden / Priscilla Mullins love triangle.  Next up is “Duffy’s Tavern.” This is not specia...

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    THE BOB HOPE SHOW

    October 25, 2019

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    Kevin Lauderdale

     Tonight we’re going to do something unusual. I’m going to give you two versions of the same World Series-themed episode of “The Bob Hope Show.” But don’t worry; you’ll get very little repeated material. The show as aired went out on October 11, 1949. We’ll play that second.  First you’ll hear the longer, unedited rehearsal for that episode, reco...

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    YOU BET YOUR LIFE & ROMANCE OF THE RANCHOS

    October 12, 2019

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    Kevin Lauderdale

    We start off with “You Bet Your Life.” Groucho talks with a woman who met her husband when she fell into his drum kit, a “spinster,” and a lighthouse keeper.  Then on “Romance of the Ranchos,” we visit the islands off the coast of southern California.  If you’ve read Scott O’Dell’s “Island of the Blue Dolphins,” you may be familiar with some of t...

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    INFORMATION PLEASE & THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW

    September 21, 2019

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    Kevin Lauderdale

    We start off with “Information Please.” Are you up on the wives of King Henry VIII, children in literature, Shakespeare, and soup?  Get ready to stump the experts.  Then on “The Abbott and Costello Show,” Lou returns to his old grade school, P.S. #15 in Patterson, NJ to appear in a production of “Romeo and Juliet.”

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    The OSI Files

    File: 010 - THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN - "The Rescue of Athena One"

    September 3, 2019

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    John S. Drew

    "The Rescue of Athena One"
    Airdate: March 15, 1974
    Written by D.C. Fontana
    Directed by Lawrence Doheney
    Synopsis: Steve trains Kelly Wood, the world's first female astronaut, for her first mission in space.  Their relationship proves to be fractious, but when her craft experiences a malfunction, it's up to Steve to come to the rescue.  There's one...

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