{"podcast":{"title":"FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST","slug":"forgotten-news-podcast-58199","podcast_index_feed_id":58199,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/110b0b10/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/forgottennewspodcast","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2759364/0fc85cd537a8717d.jpeg","author":"Forgotten News Podcast","episode_count":117,"summary":"Welcome to the Forgotten News podcast. This is your window to hear true stories from long ago. Stories that once made headlines. Stories that people thought would be unforgettable, but soon were lost in the sands of time, or were buried deep in the dustbin of history. In this podcast, we brush off the sand and dust, and share those stories with you, today — as fresh as when they were first told.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T08:20:21.829219+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-news-podcast-58199"},"episode":{"title":"2023 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL","slug":"2023-christmas-special","published_at":"2023-12-21T06:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-news-podcast-58199/2023-christmas-special","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-news-podcast-58199","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/forgottennewspodcast/episodes/2023-CHRISTMAS-SPECIAL-e2dcu56","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/110b0b10/podcast/play/80164454/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2023-11-18%2F440baa09-98bb-aaf0-c791-ea12ae3665ea.mp3","summary":"This episode is our annual Christmas Special , featuring a presentation of the 1949 radio dramatization of "Dancing Dan's Christmas", by Damon Runyon, as broadcast on the CBS Radio Network. Complete, and uncut. There will also be our traditional Christmas tunes and short essays by Charles Dickens and G.K. Chesterton. ENJOY !!! Merry Christmas! - from your hosts - Jim, Kit Caren and Jessica. <a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast"ref="payment">Support this podcast</a> ==== HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Dancing Dan's Christmas , Damon Runyon Theater, CBS Radio Network, March 13, 1949 (radio play, audio). Runyon, Damon, Dancing Dan's Christmas, Collier's Magazine, December 1932 (short story). Dickens, Charles, ⁠⁠ Sketches by Boz , ⁠⁠ (book, 1836), at Chapter II: A Christmas Dinner Chesteron, G.K., ⁠ The Wrong Books at Christmas ⁠ , Illustrated London News, January 09, 1909 (column / commentary). We claim NO ownership interest in any of the above material - whether audio or print. ==== GUEST VOICES: Charles Dickens - ⁠ Jerry Kokich ⁠ - free-lance professional voice actor. G.K. Chesterton - ⁠ Logan Smith ⁠ - free-lance professional voice actor. ==== MISCELLANEOUS: Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren , co-host ⁠ Forgotten News Podcast ⁠ . Host Intro – Nina Innsted , host of the ⁠ Already Gone ⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism - Source: Milne, Kevin Alan, The Paper Bag Christmas (novel, 2017) ==== MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod of ⁠ Incompetech.com⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest At Rest I Knew A Guy All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠Freesound.org. ⁠ ==== HEY! CONTACT US! E-Mail: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www…","meta_description":"This episode is our annual Christmas Special , featuring a presentation of the 1949 radio dramatization of \"Dancing Dan's Christmas\", by Damon R…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3012,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/forgotten-news-podcast-58199/episodes/2023-christmas-special/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-news-podcast-58199/2023-christmas-special.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}