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Vaudeville For The Frightened

Vaudeville For The Frightened

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Ian Punnett's Vaudeville for the Frightened explores the darker forces that motivate us: superstition, fear, and jealousy. It’s a podcasting original.

About Ian Punnett: After three decades in multi-platform, commercial content creation for national brands such as iHeartMedia, Hubbard Broadcasting, and Random House, Ian Punnett completed his Ph.D. in Journalism and Mass Communication from Arizona State University by turning his doctoral dissertation into two books: Toward A Theory of True Crime (2018) from Routledge and the trade book, A Black Night for the Bluegrass Belle (2017). After joining the faculty of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University as a professor of practice and chief operator of KSDB-FM, Punnett co-edited and wrote Moving Sounds: A Cultural History of Car Radio (2019) from Peter Lang Publishing and two chapters for Praeger’s Religion and Technology Series: How Religions are Embracing Virtual Media, Social Networks, and Mobile Devices (Vol. II) (2019). In addition, Punnett has co-produced television productions seen on PBS’ Great Performances, and continues to write and perform in national podcasts and the 600-station syndicated Coast to Coast AM.

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Episodes
  • Introducing: Vaudeville For The Frightened
    May 30 2023

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    1 min
  • Episode 1: ”Get in the Car!"
    Jun 2 2023

    The sleep of Dr. Mark Sturgis, a popular professor in a small, Midwestern university, is disturbed by a recurring nightmare the same hour as one of his graduate students is murdered in his office. Based on the intuition of a dogged by inexperienced local detective, Mark becomes the primary suspect. But is this a case of investigative tunnel vision that could let the real killer go free?


    The first clues for the listener to piece together come with psychiatrist, empath, author and dream expert, Dr. Judith Orloff who discusses the importance of nightmares and Sitting Bull's great-grandson, Ernie LaPointe, who offers insight to the human condition.

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    38 mins
  • Episode 2: Spatter Matters
    Jun 9 2023

    The lead detective takes a new tact in her investigation until Mark's wife, a professor of criminology on the same campus, has to un-ring some bells.

    Which boxes contain what clues?

    Attorney and host of the American Injustice podcast, David Rudolph explains how police investigators' errors lead to tragic outcomes. Dr. Judith Orloff indicates that the unconscious mind challenges our waking selves to get real about who we are.

    Even with Mark’s attorney keeping the conversation honest, the detective in charge of the case thinks she sees through him.

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    33 mins
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