The Zube Tube
It’s the hottest toy of the 1989 Christmas season and a retro sensation that’s sweeping the nation—the Ultimate Cosmic Sound Machine TM has landed on the podcast, leaving the Antiques Freaks frightene...
7 Maj 202534min
T - The Sailor’s Word Book (1867) with Hannah
Tap the admiral. Timber-taster. Tom Astoners. Tumble up. All these nautical terms and more defined in this, the twentieth chapter of The Sailor’s Word-Book.
30 Apr 202535min
Ch. 40 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)
Our friend James Wake joins us for an action-packed episode of mob violence against a vampyre! Check out James's cyberpunk novel THE SAPPHIRE SHADOW, available now wherever fine books are found. Varne...
23 Apr 20251h 25min
The New York Antiquarian Book Fair
The Antiques Freaks have ventured out into the wider world and returned with tales of wonder, including the most ironic possible book for sale, the most charming bookseller disclaimer, the smuggest it...
16 Apr 202532min
Revenge of the Horse of the Invisible - Carnacki the Ghost-Finder with Terrible Book Club
Once upon a time in April of 2020 we read our first Carnacki story - but we did not read it on air. Now the Horse of the Invisible has returned to wreak its revenge, and only Chris and Paris of the Te...
9 Apr 20251h 16min
Library Book Sale Haul
Why do most antiquarian and rare booksellers avoid library book sales? And why do we think you should buck the trend and attend anyway? Also, what are the startling similarities between books and huma...
2 Apr 202530min
Ch. 39 - Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (1845)
Our friend Tarra joins us for another thrilling chapter - wherein the duel FINALLY ACTUALLY HAPPENS! Varney the Vampire is a genuine penny dreadful, read aloud one chapter per week just like the origi...
26 Mars 20251h
Questionable Advice and Vintage Etiquette
The mind behind the tumblr Questionable Advice joins the Antiques Freaks for a rousing discussion on the social history hidden in books and ephemera, and what hilarious and poignant gems we can uncove...
20 Mars 202535min
