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Max Schmid presents Mass Backwards Stealth Edition featuring Jean Shepherd on WBAI 99.5FM in New York - Podcast courtesy www.flicklives.com.

Jean Shepherd


    • Jul 23, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 164 EPISODES


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    Limelight - The Great Ice Cream Riot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2017


    Shep tells the classic story of price wars between two ice cream stands in the heat of summer

    Train Trip on 'City of LA'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2017


    Among other things Shep talks about the railroad industry and the Domeliner

    Last Ride of The Domeliner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2017


    Shep does the show on the Domeliner describing the fading of railroad travel

    Starlings - Crazy Birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2017


    Shep discusses Starlings

    Bolus Wedding

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2017


    Shep tells the story of his Polish friend Bolus and his marriage to Stella

    First Earth Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2017


    On this show Shep discusses this first Earth Day

    Animal Kingdom & Dead Flies

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2017


    Animals - members of the animal kingdom look upon humans as one of their own species

    Lost High School Ring

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2017


    Shep tell the story of his high school ring going down the sink drain never to be seen again

    Hung Up - Ham Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2017


    Shep's admission of his Hang Up

    Scientific Proof of Harmful Effects

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2017


    We are in a global game of Monopoly

    Santa's Zip Code

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2016


    99701 is Santa's Zip Code

    Protester's Bit

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2016


    Shep talks about how today the protest is a way of life.

    The Detroit Tigers/Chicago White Sox Riot

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2016


    Baseball is the topic of this show. Shep compares various matchups and rivalries between teams such as the Yanks vs Cards.

    Summer Festivals and the Whoopie Instinct

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2016


    Shep talks about summer festivals across the country

    4th of July in the Army

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2016


    Shep discusses the 4th of July parade in the Army

    A Salute to WOR Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2016


    Shep discusses Old Time Radio, comics, and more

    A Salute to WOR Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2016


    Shep recreates a WOR broadcast using an original carbon button microphone.

    Robert Service Poems - Winter - Flick's Tongue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2016


    Shep reads some Robert Service and then tells the story about Flick's tongue

    Thanksgiving in the Army

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2015


    Shep talks about spending Thanksgiving in the Army

    TV Set Dies - Allied Catalog

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2015


    Shep talks about ordering from the Allied Radio Catalog

    Labor Day Parade

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2015


    Milkman Float

    Labor Day Picnic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2015


    Labor Day, a depressing holiday

    Moving Pianos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2015


    Hurling invectives and getting a work permit and a job...moving pianos for 10 cents an hour when Coke was 5 cents.

    The Old Man's Fireworks Stand

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2015


    The 4th of July is a truly American celebration.

    Wormology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2015


    Shep discusses worm communications, the disappearance of worms in Indiana, and much more.

    Brooklyn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2015


    Shep discusses the history of Brooklyn and the surrounding area

    NAB Convention - Biting the Hand

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2015


    Broadcasting and the National Association of Broadcasters are the main topics of interesting discussion about a medium Shep is well versed in.

    Spitting Stamps Books and Pulp Magazines about Railroads

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2015


    Shep cover a variety of subjects in his usual humorous manner

    Midwestern Drugstores and Drive-Ins

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2015


    Shep talks about midwestern drug stores and drive-ins

    A Valentines Day Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2015


    Shep explores the meaning o Valentines Day - Who is Valentine?

    All Slob Request Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2015


    Shep discusses the many traits of the slob and ihs taste in music

    New Years Eve at the Burlycue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2015


    New Years hang-ups, are we celebrating the death of a year, or the coming of the next

    The Majestic Goose

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2014


    This is the only time of the year you can get a goose in a restaurant. Shep tells the story of being attacked by a goose as a kid.

    From the Edge of Nowhere - Shep and the FOTR

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2014


    Clips from the 2000 FOTR convention and the August 20, 1965 Show

    Chicago - How To Kill A Saturday Night - Follow The Drunk

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2014


    Shep and his cousin Buddy spend the night following drunks

    How to Make Money on Commercial Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2014


    Shep tells us another tale of his career as a commercial spokesman on the radio selling The Little Roy Acuff Jukebox

    Dime Store Grab Bag

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2014


    Shep discusses the people and atmosphere of the old dime stores such as Woolworth's.

    Basement Intruder - 3 shots in the Basement

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2014


    Shep tells us about man's primordial urge to dig caves to hide in, and relates that to the smells and sounds of the basement.

    Randy and the GAR fish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2014


    Shep is out fishing with his brother Randy and they encounter a GAR fish.

    Inside Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2014


    Shep begins this show lighting up a cigar and singing "I'm forever blowing bubbles." He then tells three stories about practical jokes in radio.

    Movie Dish Night

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2014


    Shep describes Dish Night at the movie theater. A theme later used in My Summer Story and Phantom of the Open Hearth

    Memorial Day - Indy 500

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2014


    Shep talks about the classic race on Memorial Day weekend and what it means to Mid-Westerners

    More From the Fair

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2014


    Shep tours and describes various exhibits at the 1964 NY World's Fair - Pt 2

    World's Fair

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2014


    Shep tours and describes various exhibits at the 1964 NY World's Fair - Pt 1

    Back to Witchcraft

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2014


    Witchcraft as a viable alternative and why it will happen

    Dayak Curse - Flick's Frozen Tongue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2014


    Shep open with a discussion about the Dayak Curse and then tells the story of Flick's Tongue being frozen to a pole

    The Great Indiana Blizzard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2014


    Shep talks about a REAL blizzard he experienced as a kid

    Teddy Bears, Shoveling Snow for Dollars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2014


    Shep talks about kooky chicks in the Village, Teddy Bears, and closes with a childhood story about Earning Dough Shoveling Snow

    Christmas cards reflect the times

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2013


    Shep talks about the changing look of the traditional Christmas Card

    The Ugly American

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2013


    Shep continues his discussion from the previous night's show

    Shadows and Haiku

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2013


    Shep continues the week with no opening theme song and talks about the shadows of history and closes by reading some Haiku

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