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Ace is apparently killed and her dead Nan appears to help her cross over to 'the other side'. Faced with her own internal demons, how long can she cling to life? And what is 'the other side'? The final track of this download is a 10-minute edition discussion with Bill Baggs and Sophie Aldred, Editor Alistair Lock and Assistant Producer John Ainsworth.

Vittoria Accorombona ist eine dichterisch begabte junge Frau, die versucht, dem Heiratszwang der römischen Gesellschaft zu entkommen. Vittorias Mutter arrangiert eine Zweckehe für sie. Doch Vittoria verliebt sich in den verheirateten Herzog Bracciano, dessen Frau unter mysteriösen Umständen stirbt. Das Familiendrama entfaltet sich - Mord, Heimtücke und Gier lauern hinter jeder Ecke.

Dave Hill (author of Tasteful Nudes and Dave Hill Doesn't Live Here Anymore, host of The Goddamn Dave Hill Show on WFMU) could probably shred a little death metal if you asked him, but that doesn't make him an expert on death.

[Contains explicit content] On this episode of Hold On, host Eugene Mirman sits down with fellow comedian Ken Reid to hear a story about his super-weird neighbor Eddie Murphy -- no, not THAT Eddie Murphy. Eugene asks Ken about being a nosy neighbor, bizarre Halloween traditions, and the effect early exposure to horror movies can have on a kid. Ken originally told his story for the live show RISK! in New York. This one's not for the faint of heart!

Quand Ellen Ripley retourne enfin sur Terre, c'est pour découvrir que LV-426, la planète sur laquelle l'équipage du Nostromo est pour la première fois entré en contact avec les terribles/monstrueux Xenomorphes, a été rebaptisée Acheron. Protégés par un régiment de Marines coloniaux, les colons essaient de terraformer la planète balayée par les tempêtes. Au-delà des conditions de vie extrêmes et des combats journaliers imposés par ce nouveau monde, l'espoir et l'humanité demeurent.

[Contains explicit content] Julie Klausner (Difficult People, author of I Don't Care About Your Band) is a sharp-tongued comedian whose ability to dress down celebrities is well documented. When caught off guard by a rude stranger when she was visiting Italy, Julie responded in a less articulate but no less effective manner. Eugene Mirman brought her into the studio to share the ordeal and have a few laughs about it.

[Contains explicit content] Every romance begins differently, but for the ones that last, there's always a moment when you decide to commit — we call it your commit-moment. In this episode, two storytellers share the tale of their own commit-moments, and prove that real love can come from the strangest of places. This episode features "Wet Feet" by Emma Weisfeld for The Narrators, "How Nick's Mind Works" by Lesley Jones for Bawdy Storytelling, and an anonymous secret from BedPost Confessions.

[Contains explicit content] Online dating is the grandest gamble — the reward might be a great time, but the opportunity for disappointment and deception is no joke. This episode of Hot Mic with Dan Savage features two hilarious stories about online hookups that went in different directions than the storytellers imagined. First up, comedian and writer Guy Branum shares a story with us in studio about a hookup gone rogue.

[Contains explicit content] Sometimes you have to escape the nest in order to learn how to flap your wings. In this episode, Margot Leitman escapes her parents' gaze—they'd rather focus on each other—to Puerto Rico, where a handsome man in a lavender shirt awaits her. Storyteller Mike O'Connell, on the other hand, completely fails to escape the nest. Plus, Dan tells the story of the time he tried to escape to San Francisco but, unfortunately, couldn't get off (the bus).

Why won't Alice reveal the real reason for wanting to return home? What is the truth of the planet covered in blood? And who - or what - is Vixxy? As events unfold, a simple visit to Earth becomes a growing nightmare and the time travellers find themselves caught in a complex web of time, space, and emotions - with no choice but to see it through to its chilling conclusion.

Mike Daisey is a fierce storyteller, one minute hilarious, the next minute sweet, with a fine-tuned ear for digression. He circles in on his uneasy subject matter, closer and closer, until he exposes the raw heart. The New York Times calls him "the master storyteller" and he has been compared to Garrison Keillor, Spalding Gray, and David Sedaris.

[Contains explicit content] Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show, People of Earth, and Seeso's Night Train with Wyatt Cenac) found an interesting application of the scientific method while volunteering at a science museum: a drunk-driving simulator. Eugene Mirman had Wyatt call a cab to the Hold On studios to talk all the theories and hypotheses his unique experiments in virtual recklessness yielded. Drink a few digital beers and hit the road with Wyatt and Eugene in this very educational episode of Hold On.

[Contains explicit content] Storytelling can bring together people from many different cultures and, at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, it brought together Eugene Mirman and Gad Elmaleh for a special live recording of Hold On. Montreal was a fitting place to hear the tale of Gad's transition from the French tradition of live comedy to a more casual North American stand-up style. It's also fitting that Eugene was on hand to casually interject with thoughtful and funny questions.

[Contains explicit content] Everyone loves a good creepy story, and this episode of Hot Mic with Dan Savage features two particularly great ones - including a creeper story with a twist by Janelle James from RISK!, and a studio story from Sean Patton about what happens when you become the creep. Plus, Dan has some advice for those who hang out with creepy people.

A deeply funny story by Kevin Nealon about his new home. This is a rare chance to hear Kevin writing for himself, and discover that his wit is as bright as his house. This piece was recorded at Un-Cabaret's reading series, Say the Word, featuring great comedy writers reading their own original first-person nonfiction at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

Pam Ayres' stage show has been a sell-out success throughout the world. With her natural warmth and wit she builds up a rapport with the audience that guarantees an evening of fun and laughter. Pam's reflections on daily life bring a chuckle of recognition from people of all ages. Whether she's reminiscing about the spartan conditions on a caravan holiday in the fifties, or describing her less-than-spectacular prowess in a nineties' gym, her wonderfully accurate wit is always a delight.

Noted storyteller, author and performer Milbre Burch combines personal stories with folk and fairy tales from around the world in this Grammy-nominated recording (2007). These unforgettable and moving folktales from Russia, Kazakhstan, Zimbabwe, China, Thailand and beyond remind us that the world is often saved by unlikely heroes (like the hummingbird on its back, ready to do its part to hold up a falling sky), and that healing and hope can come from unlikely sources.

[Contains explicit content] Heart racing, knees wobbly, and feeling light-headed - are you head over heels in love, or is that fear creeping down your spine? In this set of spooky stories, two narrators discover that sometimes getting your adrenaline pumping can arouse other things as well. This episode features "When Things Go Bump in the Night" by Robert Ben Garant for RISK! and "Jack Skellington and Friends" by Baltazar Barnabas for Bawdy Storytelling.

Evie, a phenomenally bright but socially marginalised fifteen year-old, has had it with Western Civilization. Self-educated in the ideas of the Luddites, Mao and T.E. Lawrence, she wants to launch a mission against technology and the damage she believes it has wrought on the human race. She's taken a look at human history and decided it's time things changed. For good. But can she get her mobile-addicted classmates to join with her? Written by Philip de Gouveia.

Vom Kampf der Götter, dem Ringen um ewige Macht und unsterbliche Liebe – Richard Wagners Opernzyklus "Der Ring des Nibelungen" verhandelt die ganz großen Themen und machte ihn schon zu Lebzeiten weltberühmt. In ihm treffen wir auf die Rheintöchter, den Zwerg Alberich, die Walküren und natürlich auf den Helden Siegfried. Sie alle sind dem Wagnerianer wohlbekannt. Doch nun gibt es erstmals Hörspiele, beruhend auf den Libretti, die die opulente Sprachgewalt der Opern in den Vordergrund stellen. Mit einem herausragenden Sprecherensemble hat der rbb etwas Einzigartiges gewagt und die Wagner-Texte aufregend neu entdeckt.