The Pulp Podcast

The Pulp Podcast

Hi humans! The Pulp Stage is currently on hiatus from April 2025 to June 2025 to reevaluate how we can bring live delight to your home in an innovative way. Stay tuned for an update. In the meantime, you can listen to podcast episodes (including our serials That Damned Hotel, Treachery Island, and The Beaten Path) at https://www.buzzsprout.com/694438 or by searching 'The Pulp Podcast.' You can also watch full livestream shows at tinyurl.com/pulptube. The official podcast of Portland-based theater company The Pulp Stage. Follow us for monthly original sci-fi/fantasy, horror, and other genre stories.

Episodes

February 14, 2025 11 mins

Knives and buried bodies and gardens and grass manicuring, oh my!

Written by Nikki Lu

Starring Falynn Burton and Racheal Joy Erickson


music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free]
 Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

credits

 from Freebies, released July 5, 2019 
Produced & Composed by Guillaume Brouhon 


Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/pulpstage

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Two American college students on a trip abroad break into an abandoned maze  and find out why the locals refused to speak about it.

Written by John Marks

Starring Racheal Joy Erickson and Chrissy Sukboriboon

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free]
 Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

credits

 from Freebies, released July 5, 2019 
Produced & Comp...

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January 15, 2025 13 mins

A vlogger tells you all about how to care for your lawn AND deal with a nasty gnome infestation! But how do the gnomes feel about that?

Written by William Thomas Berk

Starring Falynn Burton

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free]
 Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

credits

 from Freebies, released July 5, 2019 
Produced & Composed by ...

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Defeat! Despair! Munchies! Just when all is lost, William Shakespeare, Eugenia, Frank, and Plinth come up with a wild plan to retake Hollow Grove Hotel from the evil fairy Puck and save the world and stuff.

Starring Liz Argall, Jacquelle Davis, Kaia Hillier, John Marks, Colleen Socha

Written & directed by John Marks

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free]
 Music p...

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William Shakespeare has escaped from Hell to hunt down their greatest enemy: the fairie Puck. And, of course, Hollow Grove Hotel and our crew of plucky heroes are all caught in the middle!

Starring Liz Argall, Jacquelle Davis, Kaia Hillier, John Marks, Colleen Socha

Written & directed by John Marks

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free]
 Music provided and produce...

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December 4, 2024 14 mins

A highschooler's conversation with a character in a video game results with a surprising revelation.

This episode was part of Pulp Stage's collaboration with Women in Games. For more information about Women in Games, visit: https://www.womeningames.org/

Written by Samantha Marchant

Starring:

J.R. Jackson
Katie Mortemore
Chrissy Sukboriboon

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague...

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November 26, 2024 10 mins

A League of Legends gaming session goes off the rails...and gets very real.

This episode was part of Pulp Stage's collaboration with Women in Games. For more information about Women in Games, visit: https://www.womeningames.org/

Written by Greg Lam

Starring:

J.R. Jackson
John Marks
Katie Mortemore
Chrissy Sukboriboon

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Version ...

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November 20, 2024 9 mins

When is a video game so much more than a video game? When it's Tetris!

This episode was part of Pulp Stage's collaboration with Women in Games. For more information about Women in Games, visit: https://www.womeningames.org/

Written by Liz Argall

Starring:

J.R. Jackson
John Marks
Katie Mortemore
Chrissy Sukboriboon

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Versio...

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November 12, 2024 9 mins

Have you ever been called into a last-minute meeting with your boss? Of course your mind goes to the absolute worst-case scenario! That's exactly what happens to Janelle in 'Smash Hit Games,' but how will she turn the situation around?

This episode was part of Pulp Stage's collaboration with Women in Games. For more information about Women in Games, visit: https://www.womeningames.org/

Written ...

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October 9, 2024 12 mins

Sasha and Demetrius haven't been able to video game together with their friends, and it's a whole thing--until something changes!

This episode was part of Pulp Stage's collaboration with Women in Games. For more information about Women in Games, visit: https://www.womeningames.org/

Written by Alicia Whavers

Starring:

J.R. Jackson
John Marks
Katie Mortemore
Chrissy Sukbo...

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Aspiring journalist Rob Martinez wants a scoop and he'll do anything to get it. 

Will he discover evidence of Bigfoot activity at the notorious Hollow Grove Hotel?

Has Plinth the demon made best friends with Bigfoot, and where did she get that hat?

Will Eugenia the demonhunter and Frank the human keep it together?

Written by John Marks

Directed by Molly Gregerson

Starring:

Jacquelle Davies
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September 18, 2024 10 mins

Two salespeople have stumbled upon an ancient relic: a plunger! But what's it for? And, more importantly, can they sell it to the hostile mutants that patrol the desert wastes?

written by John Marks

Starring Kim Bogus and J.R. Jackson

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free]
 Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

credits

 from Freebies, released July 5, 2...

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September 4, 2024 8 mins

Yes, it's the apocalypse. Yes, there are zombies everywhere. But you know what else is everywhere? Love! Also, constipation.

written by Greg Lam

Starring

Kim Bogus
J.R. Jackson

This play continues our series of short plays based on the prompts 'Amtrak Train, Plunger, Chainsaw.' These prompts are submitted by our Patrons--you, too, can torture our writers with terrible prompts l...

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August 28, 2024 10 mins

HOAs gone mad! A true terror to the nation! But what if you could turn the tables on your HOA?

(Disclaimer: no offense meant to actual HOA board members we here at the Pulp Stage love our HOA and totally plan to trim the hedges just as soon as we take the cars down off the cinder blocks and we swear that we will make sure to no longer let our baby Godzilla off the leash he's really really friendly we swear)

&...

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August 10, 2024 13 mins

Two serial killers meet by the train tracks--is it a meetcute or something more sinister?

This episode was based on three horrid prompts given by our Patrons: Trains, Chainsaws, and Plungers. You can join our Patreon and torture our writers with awful prompts at: https://www.patreon.com/pulpstage

Written by Greg Lam

Starring:

Falynn Burton
J.R. Jackson

Directed by John Marks

music by...

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Demonhunter Eugenia, Demon Plinth, and Human Frank go on a vacation to a peaceful lake.

But is it REALLY a peaceful lake, or is the lake hiding an ancient monster secret?

Written by John Marks
Directed by Molly Gregerson

Starring:

Jacquelle Davis
Kaia Hillier
Pat Lach
John Marks
Chrissy Sukboriboon

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free]
 Mu...

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June 7, 2024 13 mins

If you had a way to speak to a dearly departed loved one, what would you ask them? This charming story explores just that.

by Walter Thinnes

Starring:

John Marks
Katie Mortemore
Colleen Socha

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free]
 Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

credits

 from Freebies, released July 5, 2019 
Produced & Com...

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May 10, 2024 14 mins

A haunted house. A book of occult magic. A list of horror rules.

Three people go into the house, will anyone escape? Is it a prank, or is it all horribly real?

Written by Alicia Whavers

Starring:

Katie Mortemore
Colleen Socha
John Marks

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free]
 Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

credits

 from Freeb...

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April 26, 2024 13 mins

A vampire like no vampire you have seen before. A beautiful Mediterranean view. And laughter. So much laughter. Too much laughter.

written by Scott Sickles

Starring John Marks, Katie Mortemore, and Colleen Socha

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free]
 Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

credits

 from Freebies, released July 5, 2019 
Produced & ...

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April 4, 2024 9 mins

Fart monsters, soda, narcotics, a mad scientist--you'll find all of these in this weird story, but for your own safety, please do not fart!

by Nikki Lu

starring:

Falynn Burton
J.R. Jackson
Katie Mortemore

music by:


 Song : Modern Plague - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free]
 Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

credits

 from Freebies, released July 5, 2019...

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