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The Stranger Times

The Stranger Times

By: C.K. McDonnell
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 A podcast featuring short stories and news from the world of The Stranger Times - a newspaper based in Manchester reporting the weird and wonderful from around the world. Based on the novel The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell - out Jan 14th 2021.© 2025 The Stranger Times Art Literary History & Criticism
Episodes
  • Happy Mondays: a brand new story narrated by Phil Mealey

    Happy Mondays: a brand new story narrated by Phil Mealey
    Oct 31 2025

    *Brand New Story Alert*

    Caimh is back with some updates, including a sort of 'live reaction' section of the podcast with a man looking at stuff that is on-sale in his own shop! More importantly, the superb Phil Mealey is here to read a brand new Stranger Times Short Story.

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    37 mins
  • The Front Room Files - Brendan and Caimh Volume 1

    The Front Room Files - Brendan and Caimh Volume 1
    Oct 13 2025

    In this 'special' episode narrator Brendan McDonald and author Caimh have a chat while also drinking. The results are a rambling shambles that you may love or hate - both are valid responses.
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    39 mins
  • Smile Like You Mean It

    Smile Like You Mean It
    Oct 1 2025

    BRAND NEW STORY ALERT! That's right, the wonderful returning narrator Ruth Cockburn narrates a brand new Stranger Times story called Smile Like You Mean It, and Caimh gives a quick update on all the news about the impending launch of Ring The Bells, as well as explaining the closest thing he's seen to actual magic in real life. Spoiler: It involves a man putting on glasses like a comedic Superman.
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    44 mins
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Short stories with different narrators. Very entertaining. I have re-listened to a few. Please write some more with dogs in the story, especially Bull breed dogs as they are often painted in a bad light. I adopted a pup from a bull breed rescue in NZ and she is wonderful, although I do not know when she will stop growing. She is odd, hardly barks, always watching, on a walk she sat down and stared at the moon - I have never seen a dog do that before.

The Stranger Times Stories

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I love all CK’s work and am eagerly awaiting his next book release so finding this podcast with so many short stories was super exciting. Fantastic narrators too, and entertaining short stories. Though the short stories are my favourite, the charismatic sections from the author with his wonderful Irish accent and quick wit are an added bonus.

Entertaining

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I love these books and this podcast is like sitting in the pub having a laugh, finding out the stories behind the curtain and listening to some incredible stories.

Bust made of cheese

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