Masterpiece Theatre meets Mystery Science Theater 3000 in a podcast of highbrow readings and lowbrow commentary. Comedians Kelly Nugent and Lindsay Katai come together to read aloud classic and not-so-classic literature from the public domain and provide real-time commentary with the help of special guests. Subscribe now to experience the best and worst from the likes of Edgar Allen Poe, Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sherwood Anderson, Jack London, and many more… no one escapes their scathing and/or fawning reactions. Produced by the Forever Dog Podcast Network.
BEWARE THE RED ROOM! Particularly if you’re an ageist buffoon who enjoys talking to yourself and can’t help bumping into things and definitely doesn’t believe in ghosts but is very, very afraid of shadows. Greg Smith (the DopeTown 3000 podcast) joins Kelly and Katai to read and interrupt a spooky (and surprisingly sexy) story, “The…
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It’s our favorite story yet! Kelly and Katai read and interrupt Edith Nesbit’s hilarious “The Magician’s Heart” about a wicked magician who fricking LOVES christenings, his removable heart, a dumb prince who’s really smart, an ugly princess who’s really beautiful, and the duckiest little baby in the gosh darned world! Follow Public Domain Theater on…
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RECORDED LIVE AT THE LYRIC HYPERION, LOS ANGELES. JULY 27 2018. Classic guests Mary Holland and Nick Wiger make their triumphant return to Public Domain Theater, joining Kelly and Katai to read and interrupt “The Guilty Secret” by Paul de Kock, a tale of guilt, secrets, and backgammon. Follow Public Domain Theater on Instagram and…
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He’s back! Your favorite overrated detective Sherlock Holmes returns to Public Domain Theater, as does friend of the pod OMAR NAJAM, for a reading of fan favorite “The Adventure of the Speckled Band.” SPOILER ALERT: Holmes solves the mystery. But not without frequent interruption from Kelly, Katai, and Omar. Enjoy! PUBLIC DOMAIN THEATER HAS A…
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Well howdy! Kelly and Katai journey to the Wild West this week as they read and interrupt “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” by Bret Harte (aka Mark Twain’s least favorite person). With special guest Patrick Ehlers! Follow Public Domain Theater on Instagram and Twitter http://twitter.com/publicdomainpod http://instagram.com/publicdomainpod Public Domain Theater is a Forever Dog Podcast http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-domain-theater/
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It’s a NOT SO simple twist of fate this week as Kelly and Katai beat the heat in Katai’s apartment and wind their way through W.W. Jacob’s supernatural classic “The Monkey’s Paw,” about a live-at-home adult son with no shortage of hilarious jokes, his wishful parents, and the cursed artifact that changes their lives FOREVER!…
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A Lady, A Pomeranian, A Guy. Erect Eyebrows. The Torment of Curiosity. Secret Pocket Bones. Time. Russia. Emily Maya Mills joins Kelly and Katai to read Anton Chekhov’s slow burn story of an extramarital affair that tests the limits of human desire and the limits of the reader’s patience. Follow Public Domain Theater on Instagram…
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We are all in the gutter but Kelly and Katai are looking at the stars this week as they fly guest-less through Oscar Wilde’s oh-so-witty fairy tale “The Happy Prince.” Plus they reveal their reading histories, from Morris the Moose to Duchess of Edge to I Read What I Want and everything in between. Follow…
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The Las Culturistas themselves (Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang) join Kelly and Katai to read and interrupt Katherine Mansfield’s “Bliss,” the story of a dinner party, an alluring guest, and a wife that doesn’t have a name for her happiness. Get ready to have your emotions rocked to and fro, people. We have not stopped…
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Did we discover the source material for Encino Man? Was it written by the creator of Tarzan? Are we going to interrupt the hell out of it? Yes! Yes! And Yes!!! Micah Gordon (@micahjgordon) joins Kelly and Katai for a romp through Edgar Rice Burroughs’ bizarre sci-fi buddy comedy “The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw.” Follow Public…
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