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Fake Town Fables

19 Episodes

15 minutes | Aug 10, 2018
19 A Cardboard Town
"Alex’s pain is a bright blue fertilized egg that glows like a night-light."
13 minutes | May 28, 2018
18 The Monte Rosa, Part 4
"Will the new Messiah come in the third millennium?"
14 minutes | May 14, 2018
17 The Monte Rosa, Part 3
"Light wants to pass through the universe, and is alive in the crystal"
13 minutes | Apr 27, 2018
16 The Monte Rosa, Part 2
“The stars in the sky and the stars on earth greet each other” The second in a fortnightly four-parter about beauty, legacy and competitive town planning from the Nuketown universe. Part 2: Sophia sends Max on an errand. SEE NUKETOWN ON TOUR: Tour Dates Subscribe to FTF on itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fake-town-fables/id1114881723?mt=2
14 minutes | Apr 13, 2018
15 The Monte Rosa, Part 1
“Engage the masses in a great task, which fulfils everybody, from the humblest to the foremost” The first in a fortnightly four-parter about beauty, legacy and competitive town planning from the Nuketown universe. Part 1: a town planner and decathelete meet in unlikely circumstances. SEE NUKETOWN ON TOUR: Tour Dates
12 minutes | Jul 22, 2017
14 Celadon City
"You want something in this life? battle and take it."
29 minutes | Jun 8, 2017
13 Nuketown #4: “No Place” (Finale & Election Day Postcript)
A utopia in four parts, reimagining the UK’s nuclear submarine budget as a new city. Part 4: we finally discover the whereabouts of Alfred’s cat. Wanna hear more episodes like this? Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jackdean Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/fake-town-fables/id1114881723?mt=2 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jackdean/sets/fake-town-fables or Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jack-dean/fake-town-fables?refid=stpr Tracks Sampled: “Wednesday Morning,
31 minutes | May 22, 2017
12 Nuketown #3: “What incredible folly”
A utopia in four parts, reimagining the UK’s nuclear submarine budget as a new city. Part 3: the hunt for Alfred’s cat turns complicated. Wanna hear more episodes like this? Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jackdean Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/fake-town-fables/id1114881723?mt=2 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jackdean/sets/fake-town-fables or Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jack-dean/fake-town-fables?refid=stpr Tracks Sampled: “Don’t You Want
26 minutes | May 7, 2017
11 Nuketown #2: “Millions and Millions”
A utopia in four parts, reimagining the UK’s nuclear submarine budget as a new city. Part 2: Alfred continues the search for his lost cat. Wanna hear more episodes like this? Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jackdean Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/fake-town-fables/id1114881723?mt=2 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jackdean/sets/fake-town-fables or Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jack-dean/fake-town-fables?refid=stpr Tracks Sampled: “The London
21 minutes | Apr 24, 2017
10 Nuketown #1: Bricks
A utopia in four parts, reimagining the UK’s nuclear submarine budget as a new city. Part 1: Alfred loses his cat. Wanna hear more episodes like this? Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jackdean Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/fake-town-fables/id1114881723?mt=2 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jackdean/sets/fake-town-fables or Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jack-dean/fake-town-fables?refid=stpr Tracks Sampled: “Bleeker Street” & “So Long, Frank
18 minutes | Apr 11, 2017
9 Fordville: A Grandad Tale #3
“Money cannot make anything and money cannot manage anything.” The third instalment in an alternate-history epic inspired by the real Ford Motors company town of Fordlandia. A charismatic millionaire makes a daring run at the Presidency… Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/jackdean iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/fake-town-fables/id1114881723?mt=2 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jackdean/sets/fake-town-fables Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jack-dean/fake-town-fables?refid=stpr Sampled tracks: “Bossa
24 minutes | Mar 3, 2017
8 La Ville Radieuse
"he never paid attention to the frantic hum of demolition and construction taking place between the 3rd and 4th Arrondissements, never looked up from the street enough to see the eighteen identical crosses of brilliant grey-white creeping into the sky like furtive geometrical prayers"
25 minutes | Feb 4, 2017
7 Camden On The Moon
“So, if you don’t fit in, if you feel at odds with the world, if your identity is troubled and frayed, if you feel lost and ashamed – it could be because you he retained the human values you were supposed to he discarded. You are a deviant. Be proud”
18 minutes | Jan 5, 2017
6 Fordville: A Grandad Tale #2
“Wilhelm had his nation’s second city occupied by an army he didn’t know was there” A story from the Grandad and the Machine universe. A charismatic millionaire runs into trouble at a rally.
11 minutes | Jan 1, 2017
5 Starborough – New Year’s Day Bonus Episode
“And the town stays sleeping off the edge of the damp downs, it’s precious cargo hidden from genocidal eyes” A story about New Year’s Day, granddads,  oom-pah bands and the Yorkshire founding myth.    
14 minutes | Dec 4, 2016
4 Fordville: A Grandad Tale #1
A tale for the Grandad and the Machine Universe, in which an eccentric multi-millionaire sets out on a mission to change the world.
12 minutes | Nov 4, 2016
3 Gotham
"Is Gotham in America? Has it ever been?"
27 minutes | Jul 10, 2016
2 Olympus
The ancient home of the gods gets relocated to York. Performed live at Say Owt Slam, 9th July 2016. Check out Say Owt here: https://www.facebook.com/sayowtslam/?fref=ts
12 minutes | May 17, 2016
1 Camelot
The Britonnic castle of myth and legend, as seen through the eyes of Aurelius Conanus, about whom the Historia Regum Britanniae said “Art not thou as the former to thy utter destruction, swallowed up in the filthiness of horrible murders, fornications, and adulteries, as by an overwhelming flood of the
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