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#18 071210 The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 1 by L. Frank Baum
Tip is the ward of Old Mombi the witch and like most boys he plays tricks. He makes a man out of sticks and uses a pumkin for his head all in an effort to scare her. Mombi tries out some new magic she's just acquired and brings the pumkin man to life. Tip is careful to remember the spell she chanted to activate the powder of life. Mombi has had enough of Tip and decides to turn him into a statue. Tip takes the powder of life and steals away in the night along with Jack Pumkinhead who thinks Tip is his father. Tip turns a sawhorse into a living creature so Jack will have something to ride on. Before long they're off to the Emerald City.

#19 071910 The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 2 by L. Frank Baum
When the Wizard departed from Oz in his balloon he left the Scarecrow in charge. But the young ladies of Oz have decided to overthrow the Scarecrow. They are led by General JinJur who desires to be Queen of Oz. Using the Sawhorse, Tip, Jack Pumkinhead, and the Scarecrow make a run for it in hopes the Tin Woodman can help.

#20 07/26/10 The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 3 by L. Frank Baum
The Scarecrow escapes from the Emerald City with Tip, Jack Pumkinhead, and the Sawhorse. They head to the palace of the Tin Woodman. With the Tin Woodman's ax in hand they head back to the Emerald City. Along the way they meet the highly magnified Woggle Bug and must overcome the illusions created by Old Mombi who has allied herself with General Jin-Jur. In the end their plans go bandly and they become Jin_Jur's prisioners.

#21 08/02/10 The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 4 by L. Frank Baum
Tip reveals that he still has some of the powder of life and that gives the scarecrow an idea. Assembling some furniture to which the hunting trophy head of a Gump is attached and adding plumes to the sides they create the oddest of flying things and Tip brings it to life. They have the misfortune to crash land into a Jackdaw's nest but manage to escape before the Jackdaws return.

#22 08/09/10 The Marvelous Land of Oz Part 5 - Conclusion

Our entire cast led by Glinda head to the Emerald City to find old Mombi to get her to tell what she did with Ozma, the rightful ruler of Oz. But Old Mombi has used her magic to disappear. By luck the Tin Woodman finds her and Ozma turns out to have been hidden in plain sight all along.

#23 8/16/10 The Case of the Hollow Nickel - A True FBI case history

In 1953 a newsboy found a hollow nickel containing a microphotograph of code groups. Four years later the FBI busted a KGB agent in New York who was using two false identities. He had practically a museum of spycraft devices at his command.

#24 8/23/10 Washington and Braddock

This story comes from the Life of Washington by Washington Irving and tells of the defeat and death of Braddock while the young Washington served as his aide.

#25 8/30/10 The9 Loss of New York

The British have 700 ships in New York Harbor and Washington and his men must abandon the city. While glowing reports of success are sent to London the British are coming to realize that Washington is a foe to be respected. It is in this period that some amazing ingenious manuevers are set in motion by Washington.

#26 9/6/10 The Hated and A Filbert Is A Nut - Sci Fi

Two Sci-Fi stories today. There is a new book out called Packing For Mars which explores some of the more unpleasant aspects of a long space voyage. In 1958 Frederic Pohl covered the same ground in his story The Hated. When a crew returns from Mars they must be seperated geographically as each wants to murder the others. In A Filbert Is A Nut, an inmate in an asylum makes an atomic bomb out of modeling clay.

#27 9/13/2010 Celtic Stories

Today's stories come from a collection of Celtic Fairy Tales. In the first, two scoundrals try to drive a poor man from his tiny strip of land so they can take it. In the second a story teller to the king realizes he won't have a new story for the king that night. A beggerman takes him on a great adventure. In the last story Finn MacCool the giant fears another giant who want a fight. Finn's wife outwits him.