Season 5 | Episode 38 | The Mysterious World of Buster Lee | The Pope

Season 5 | Episode 38 | The Mysterious World of Buster Lee | The Pope

Rome 1981. After attending a magic conference, Buster Lee meets a young Turkish boy in the departure lounge of Istanbul Airport. Days later –  while on assignment in Rome – Buster Lee witnesses the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul. In this premiere episode of The Mysterious World of Buster Lee, adventure and heartbreak are at every turn. While flying home, Buster Lee discovers what it means to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and how a dog’s affection can make life bearable.

Presented by:
Adam Ive

Announcer:
Mr. Mazzanti

Written and Produced by:
PodPlanet.org

Executive Digital Producer:
Oliver Wickham

Photo Courtesy:
Nacho Arteaga on Unsplash.com

Music:

Buster Lee Theme, Buster’s Thinking & Buster’s Lab by:
Oliver Wickham

Additional Orchestrations by:
J. Goldsmith

Classical midi-realizations by:
Warmflash.

The royalty free music used in this episode was sourced from the composers of FMA.org and Youtube.

Excerpts from the following songs were used throughout the episode are:
The Sound of Morocco 2 Youtube
Hymn of the Cherubim by Tchaikovsky
Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach arranged by Kevin MacLeod
Virtues Instrumenti arranged by Kevin MacLeod
Traditional Portuguese Christmas Hymn
Danse Macabre arranged by Kevin MacLeod
Séance Youtube

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Season 3 | Episode 30 | The Whale | Presented by Duane Murray

Moby, the orca, was the main attraction at Vicksberg Marine Park and Game Farm in Mississippi. His death set off a chain reaction that included a televised State Funeral.

To cover the event(s) on film, local teenagers, Treasure Wells and Benoit DuPont, are summoned. Follow Benoit and Treasure as they document Moby’s funeral at sea and in doing so, learn what it means to be alive.

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

Original Score and PodPlanet Theme by :
Jonathan Goldsmith

Voice Recording by:
Erik Solarski care of ETM Ltd.

Pod Planet Announcer:
Jean Francois

Executive Digital Producer:
Oliver Wickham

Incidental Music by:
Wayne Perry — Creole Blues — Public Domain
Blue Dot Sessions — Olsted Harten — The Fence — FMA
Kevin MacLeod — Sonatina — FMA
Chris Zabriskie — CGI Snake — Songs From Her Story — Royalty Free — YouTube
Lee Rosevere — Cosmic Tingles — Time Lapse Vol 3: ASMR — Bandcamp
Francescatti St Saens — Introduction + Rondo Capriccioso 1. — Public Domain

Historic Radio Actualities:
Dr. Tichenor’s “Cajun Pete.”
Hadacol “Teenage Appeal.”

Duane Murray is represented by Paul Smith
ETM LTD. | 416. 413. 7800 | Etmltd.com

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Season 3 | Episode 28 | The Fairmont Affair | Presented by Historian Nathan J. Moldighost

What Happens when 6 lives collide Friday November 22nd 1963 at The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco? Does thunder really curdle milk?

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

Original Score and PodPlanet Theme by :
Jonathan Goldsmith

Pod Planet Announcer:
Jean Francois

Executive Digital Producer:
Oliver Wickham

If you want to know more about the people and the time(s) presented in “The Fairmont Affair,” please listen to the 8 minute “Addendum” with Filmmaker Bill Thisdell. See link below.

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

Original Score and Pod Planet Theme by :
Jonathan Goldsmith

Presented by Filmmaker:
Bill Thisdell

Executive Digital Producer:
Oliver Wickham

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Season 3 | Episode 27 | Moon Flowers | Presented by Filmmaker Bill Thisdell

Nature hates a void. When a marriage goes south the emptiness is soon filled.

Ah, the Moon Flowers of Hamilton Connecticut. Some believe they are a natural aphrodisiac. When a Hollywood honey pot moves to town, a marriage is destroyed. Stakes are raised when an inviolate young pianist moves in next. Community standards are stomped on and nothing remains sacred. How does this imbroglio end? Only the Moon Flowers know. And they aren’t saying.

Presented by:
Bill Thisdell

Written and Produced by:
PodPlanet.org

Original Score by:
Jonathan Goldsmith

Additional Scoring by:
Oliver Wickham

The royalty-free music used in this episode was sourced from the composers of FMA.org and YouTube.

Excerpts from the following songs used throughout the episode are:
Mysterious Music for Video Royalty Free Video YouTube
CGI Snake by Chris Zabriskie FMA.org

Una as a child:
Kira Gadsden

Special thanks to:
TattooSound + Music

See the documentary film MOON FLOWERS - Making a podcast in London and Toronto during a pandemic.

While the world was in lockdown, I was locked in a closet recording an episode of a podcast for Podplanet. Working across 3000 miles of ocean, Clive Desmond ...

See Bill Thisdell’s work at BillThisdell.com

Moon Flowers dedicated to the memory of Peter McHugh 1955 – 2020

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A 700-Foot Mountain of Whipped Cream | Episode 25 |

This guest episode originally aired on "The Organist" from KCRW McSweeneys and "99% Invisible" from Radiotopia •

KCRW Executive Producer Andrew Leland • 99% Invisible Executive Producer Avery Trufleman

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

All incidental music courtesy of the wonderful artists listed below from Free Music Archive FMA.org

• "Three Colors, Light Touch, Keep Dancing, Clouds Pass Softly Deux" by Podington Bear

• "Lets Start At The Begining, Making A Change" by Lee Rosevere

• "Diatom, The Zepplin" by Blue Dot Sessions

• "Machine Elves" by Anamorphic Orchestra

• "Another Version of You" by Chris Zabriskie

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Season 2 | Episode 24 | Uncanny Valley (Into The Great Unknown)

The world's first Artificial Being wakes up only to find (despite his knowledge) something is missing.

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

Guest Stars:
Wendy Lands and Hector Matthews

Pod Planet Staff Announcer:
Jean Francois

Uncanny Valley (Into The Great Unknown) | Music Attributes:
Season 2, PodPlanet Theme by Jonathan Goldsmith

• "Puddles and Bars" by Kai Engle | FMA

• "Take A Look Around You" by Kai Engle | FMA

• "On The Moon " by Johnny Ripper | FMA

• "Vivaldi Cello Sonatas" Midi Realization Clive Desmond

• "I've Got An Invitation To Dance" by Lou Preager and His Romano's Restaurant Dance Orchestra | Recorded 1935 Public Domain

• "Music Invaders" Robot Monster | Public Domain

• "In Paler Skies" by Blue Dot Sessions | FMA

• "Golden Hour" by Podington Bear | FMA

• "Daisy" by Clive Desmond | Public Domain

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Season 2 | Episode 23 | The Dove Anniversary

One year after his departure, we go back in time 17 years.

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

The Dove | Music Attributes:
Season 2, PodPlanet Theme by Jonathan Goldsmith

• "Even When We Fall" by Philipp Weigl | FMA

• Opening underscore "Stop The Clocks" by Anamorphic Orchestra | FMA

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Season 2 | Episode 21 | The Smithsonian

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

Guest Stars:
Lisa Dabello | Carter Hayden

The Smithsonian | Music Attributes:
Season 2, PodPlanet Theme by Jonathan Goldsmith

• "On The Moon" by Johnny Ripper FMA

• "Take A Look Around You" by Kai Engel FMA

• "Crying Earth" by Kai Engel | FMA

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Season 2 | Episode 20 | Wildlife

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

Guest Stars:
Ali Rojas | Lisa Dabello | Carter Hayden

Wildlife | Music Attributes:
Season 2, PodPlanet Theme by Jonathan Goldsmith

• " Jackbird" by Blue Dot Sessions FMA

• "Take A Look Around You" by Kai Engel FMA

• "An Exquisite Corpse Soundtrack 2 Act 6" by Steve Burnett | FMA

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Season 2 | Episode 19 | Vanishing Twin Syndrome

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

Guest Stars:
Wendy Lands | Lisa Dabello | Carter Hayden

Vanishing Twin Syndrome | Music Attributes:
Season 2, PodPlanet Theme by Jonathan Goldsmith

• "Floating in Space" by Podington Bear FMA

• "Celeste" by Alex Fitch FMA

• "Havana Radio Transmission 1950" by Los Pancho

• "Pacific Garbage Patch" by Kai Engle FMA

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Season 2 | Episode 17 | The Dove

You never know who you'll meet on a skating rink in Toronto when it's 40 below.

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

The Dove | Music Attributes:
Season 2, PodPlanet Theme by Jonathan Goldsmith

• "Even When We Fall" by Philipp Weigl | FMA

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Season 2 | Episode 16 | The Gift of the Magi

How do you buy a gift when all you have is $1.87?

Written by: O. Henry
Produced by: Clive Desmond

The Gift of the Magi | Music Attributes:
Season 2, PodPlanet Theme by Jonathan Goldsmith

• Podgington Bear - FMA.org

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Season 2 | Episode 15 | Nikita Part Two

What's it like to have a number one hit record in Romania? Find out now.

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

Guest Stars:
Lisa Dalbello and Carter Hayden

Nikita Part Two | Music Attributes:
Season 2, PodPlanet Theme by Jonathan Goldsmith

• "Headlight/Mountain Road" by Blue Dot Sessions FMA.org

• "Expidition" by Jan Morgenstern FMA.org

• "We Set Out" by Blue Dot Sessions FMA.org

• "Drch" by Blue Dot Sessions FMA.org

• "Wisteria" by Blue Dot Sessions FMA.org

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Season 2 | Episode 14 | Nikita Part One

These days erasing history is more important than making history.

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

Guest Stars:
Lisa Dalbello and Carter Hayden

Nikita Part One | Music Attributes:
Season 2, PodPlanet Theme by Jonathan Goldsmith

• "At The Foothills" by James Beaudreau FMA.org

• "Parade Shoes" by Blue Dot Sessions FMA.org

• "Mknt" by Blue Dot Sessions FMA.org

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Season 2 | Episode 13 | Haunted Hotel

Unless you have a ghost phobia, business travel can be exhilarating.

Written by: Peter McHugh Produced by: Clive Desmond

Haunted Hotel | Music Attributes:
Season 2, PodPlanet Theme by Jonathan Goldsmith

Podington Bear | FMA | Free Music Archive

• "Springtime" by Podington Bear FMA.org

• "Podstrings" by Podington Bear FMA.org

• "Theme In G" by Podington Bear FMA.org

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Episode 12 | Twisted Sister

In some bathrooms, no one can hear you scream.

Written and Produced by:
Peter McHugh and Clive Desmond

Twisted Sister | Music Attributes:
Season One, PodPlanet Theme, "Grey Loops" was composed and produced by Rich Sudhey aka Telegraphy - Detroit MI. Check out Rich's fantastic and mysterious music at FMA.org

• "Wisteria" from The Contessa by Blue Dot Sessions FMA.org

• "Berceuse Op. 57" - Chopin - Midi realization by Clive Desmond

• "The Rage of Cornwallis" - The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum FMA.org

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Episode 11 | Oak Valley

Why break up with someone in person, when you can do it online, and get some shopping done, too?

Written and Produced by:
Clive Desmond

Special Guest Stars:
Wendy Lands as Haley
Carter Heyden as BJ
Zoe Sky Jordan as Brook

Wendy Lands | wendylands.com + ETM.com
Carter Hayden | ETM.com
Zoe Sky Jordan | ETM.com

Mid by Midwest | Music Attributes:
Season One, PodPlanet Theme, "Grey Loops" was composed and produced by Rich Sudhey aka Telegraphy - Detroit MI. Check out Rich's fantastic and mysterious music at FMA.org

• Satie's Bed by Composer Sean Nimmons Patterson

• Amazing Grace - Traditional

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Episode 09 | Mid by Midwest

Snakes, fireworks, and two 12 year-olds: what could possibly go wrong?

Written and Produced by:
Peter McHugh and Clive Desmond

Mid by Midwest | Music Attributes:
Season One, Pod Planet Theme, "Grey Loops" was composed and produced by Rich Sudhey aka Telegraphy - Detroit MI. Check out Rich's fantastic and mysterious music at FMA.org

• This episode contains samples from Logic 9.

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Episode 08 | Strangers on a Train

A pair of American tourists meet a German woman on what turns out to be a one-way trip to Zurich.

Written and Produced by:
Peter McHugh and Clive Desmond

Strangers on a Train | Music Attributes:
Season One, PodPlanet Theme, "Grey Loops" was composed and produced by Rich Sudhey aka Telegraphy - Detroit MI. Check out Rich's fantastic and mysterious music at FMA.org

• Schön Rosmarin by Fritz Kreisler
  Midi Realization by Clive Desmond

• Je te veux by Satie
  Midi Realization by Clive Desmond

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Episode 07 | Runaway Molly

Intergenerational sexual taboos hit a little too close to home.

Written and Produced by:
Peter McHugh and Clive Desmond

Runaway Molly | Music Attributes:
Season One, PodPlanet Theme, "Grey Loops" was composed and produced by Rich Sudhey aka Telegraphy - Detroit MI. Check out Rich's fantastic and mysterious music at FMA.org

• Paper Napkin by Blue Dot Sessions - The Contessa FMA.org

• Horn Y Orgy by Nick Rivera - Happy Song Is A Happy Song FMA.org

• Nick's artist webpage link FMA.org

• An Opus In Ab by Blue Dot Sessions - Blue Nocturnal FMA.org

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