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The Twilight Zone Podcast

241 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 446 ratings

Join Tom Elliot in the Rondo award winning Twilight Zone Podcast. A journey through Rod Serling’s classic television series. With reviews, interviews and readings from The Twilight Zone…

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A Fireside Chat With Paul Gallagher

December 24, 2021 16:44 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MB

Before the Season Five coverage begins, Tom Elliot pauses to chat with an old friend of the show. Serling blogger and creator of the most popular Rod Serling related Twitter feed on the web, Paul Gallagher. Tom and Paul take some listener questions and browse the Night Gallery book The Art of Darkness by Scott Skelton and Jim Benson. 

The Twilight Zone Podcast Season Four Wrap Show

November 26, 2021 18:36 - 2 hours - 193 MB

As we inch one season closer to our conclusion, I'm joined by other dimensional Twilight Zone Podcast host Zach Moore to discuss this most unique season of the show. And then, a whole host of friends of the show chime in with their thoughts too. 

The Bard

November 07, 2021 08:56 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MB

It's one of the most maligned episodes of The Twilight Zone, but every episode gets a chance on The Twilight Zone Podcast. Will Tom Elliot warm to the charms of Julius Moomer? Let's find out when we meet, The Bard. 

The Rod Serling Monument

October 27, 2021 18:34 - 4 minutes - 6.28 MB

An appeal from Tom Elliot to the listeners of the Twilight Zone Podcast, to help publicize and fund the monument to Rod Serling at Recreation Park in Binghamton New York.  Go to RodSerlingMonument.com to contribute or share. 

Nick Parisi Presents Serling-Fest 2021

September 28, 2021 20:23 - 28 minutes - 38.8 MB

Tonight Tom Elliot is joined by the President of the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation, Nick Parisi to get updates on all of the work they’re doing to celebrate the life of Rod Serling, including Serling-Fest 2021. Visit the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation at RodSerling.com Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

Passage on the Lady Anne

September 19, 2021 11:50 - 1 hour - 108 MB

Tonight Tom Elliot broadcasts from across the dimensions on parallel cruises, both of which are captained by Charles Beaumont. Join Tom as he examines Beaumont’s short story Song For a Lady to see how it compares to Beaumont’s final season four episode, Passage on the Lady Anne. Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

Marc Scott Zicree Returns!!

August 07, 2021 20:02 - 35 minutes - 37.4 MB

The first ever guest on The Twilight Zone Podcast returns to speak with Tom a decade on! Mr Sci-Fi himself, Marc Scott Zicree is back to talk about Space Command, Serling-Fest 2021, changing perspectives on The Twilight Zone and an exciting upcoming project Twilight Zone Commentaries! CLICK HERE to register your interest for Marc’s Twilight Zone Commentaries project. CLICK HERE to subscribe to his Youtube Channel Mr Sci-Fi. Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The ...

On Thursday We Leave For Home

July 10, 2021 17:12 - 1 hour - 54.7 MB

Join Tom Elliot on a journey to the world of tomorrow! When we visit the far future of 2021 – Pack your bags, because On Thursday We Leave For Home.  Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

The Incredible World of Horace Ford

May 30, 2021 11:04 - 48 minutes - 37.9 MB

For one night only, celebrated writer Reginald Rose pens a Twilight Zone episode. With a career on a similar trajectory to Rod Serling‘s, how does his Twilight Zone effort compare? Tom Elliot finds out when he enters The Incredible World of Horace Ford. Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcas...

Of Late I Think of Cliffordville

April 22, 2021 17:14 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

From Cliffordsville to Cliffordville, Tom Elliot compares and contrasts the original short story Blind Alley, to Rod Serling’s adaptation: Of Late I Think of Cliffordville. Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

Special: Tom Elliot Reads Blind Alley – Part Two

March 31, 2021 10:24 - 53 minutes - 53.6 MB

Before there was Of Late I think of Cliffordville, there was the short (or not so short) story, Blind Alley by Malcolm Jameson. Tom Elliot reads part two of the story that Rod Serling adapted for The Twilight Zone. Which version do you prefer? Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: tom@thet...

Special: Tom Elliot Reads Blind Alley – Part One

March 21, 2021 19:14 - 49 minutes - 48.3 MB

Before there was Of Late I think of Cliffordville, there was the short (or not so short) story, Blind Alley by Malcolm Jameson. We meet Mr J Feathersmith who, bored with his wealth, longs for his childhood home of Cliffordsville (the S was dropped for the television version). But his journey back in time isn’t as easily procured as it is for his television counterpart. Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining ...

The Season Four Question…

February 21, 2021 20:36 - 3.04 MB

What is, the season four question? The post The Season Four Question… appeared first on The Twilight Zone Podcast.

The New Exhibit

February 13, 2021 21:50 - 1 hour - 51.8 MB

Tom Elliot takes you on a tour of the fifth dimension's very own wax museum, and he very much wants to show you The New Exhibit...

Special: Tom Elliot Reads, The Waxwork

January 19, 2021 19:08 - 24 minutes - 24.4 MB

As a prelude to The New Exhibit, Tom Elliot reads a classic tale in a similar vein. The Waxwork by Alfred McClelland Burrage. Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

I Dream of Genie

January 09, 2021 17:20 - 52 minutes - 40.8 MB

It’s Twilight Zone‘s first season four comedy episode, but will we be wishing for the next one? Tom Elliot finds out when he rubs the lamp to watch, I Dream of Genie. Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

… ..rallel

November 28, 2020 20:31 - 44 minutes - 46.3 MB

Your host Zach Moore sits down to examine tonight’s Season Four episode, The Parallel. But Major Robert Gaines isn’t the only one slipping into another dimension. Tonight, worlds collide in The Twilight Zone Podcast… Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

The Pa……

November 28, 2020 20:27 - 40 minutes - 42 MB

Your host Tom Elliot sits down to examine tonight’s Season Four episode, The Parallel. But Major Robert Gaines isn’t the only one slipping into another dimension. Tonight, worlds collide in The Twilight Zone Podcast… Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

No Time Like The Past

October 06, 2020 17:51 - 1 hour - 54.4 MB

Rod Serling returns to familiar territory, in a timely tale of time travel: No Time Like the Past. Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

The Twilight Zone Illustrated

September 17, 2020 19:55 - 4.15 MB

A short info-cast to let you know about The Twilight Zone Illustrated. The post The Twilight Zone Illustrated appeared first on The Twilight Zone Podcast.

Printer’s Devil

August 26, 2020 19:57 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

It’s time to say hello again, to two of The Twilight Zone‘s most recognizable individuals, legendary actor Burgess Meredith and the Devil himself, in Charles Beaumont’s Printer’s Devil. Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

Special: Tom Elliot Reads The Devil, You Say?

August 14, 2020 20:34 - 1 hour - 68.4 MB

Before he adapted it into Printer’s Devil for The Twilight Zone, Charles Beaumont’s tale was quite a different beast. Tom Elliot takes a look at The Devil, You Say? Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

Prelude to Printer’s Devil: The Devil and Daniel Webster

August 10, 2020 21:02 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MB

On our journey to Charles Beaumont’s season four episode Printer’s Devil, we first take a stop at The Devil and Daniel Webster by Steven Vincent Benet, which serves as a loose prequel to Beaumont’s original story The Devil, You Say? Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: tom@thetwilightzone...

Miniature

August 01, 2020 09:55 - 43 minutes - 44.5 MB

Robert Duvall breathes life Charles Beaumont‘s tale of a man who is constantly struggling against the tide. Tom Elliot enters the museum, to meet him, in Miniature. Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

Twilight Zone 2020: Try, Try & You Might Also Like

July 29, 2020 17:17 - 2 hours - 136 MB

To close out this year’s coverage of season two of The Twilight Zone, I’m joined by long time friend of the show and veteran podcaster, Zach Moore from Always Hold On To Smallville, to discuss Try, Try and You Might Also Like.   Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

Twilight Zone 2020: A Human Face & A Small Town

July 22, 2020 14:19 - 2 hours - 122 MB

Tonight I'm joined by my co host from The After Hours Club, Emi to discuss the Twilight Zone Season Two episodes A Human Face and A Small Town.

Twilight Zone 2020: Among the Untrodden & 8

July 15, 2020 09:25 - 2 hours - 130 MB

Tonight I'm joined by Twilight Zone and Rod Serling expert Paul Gallagher of the Night Gallery Twitter feed and the Shadow and Substance Blog to discuss Among the Untrodden and 8. Episodes five and six of season two of the new Twilight Zone.

The Twilight Zone: Ahead of its Time with Arlen Schumer

July 11, 2020 20:21 - 45 minutes - 65 MB

The author of Visions from The Twilight Zone, Arlen Schumer, returns to The Twilight Zone Podcast to tell us about his webinar The Twilight Zone: Ahead of its Time. Buy tickets to the event at The New York Adventure Club. Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

Twilight Zone 2020: The Who of You & Ovation

July 08, 2020 10:04 - 2 hours - 134 MB

Tonight I’m joined by long time friend of the show Brandi Jackola to check out episodes three and four of Season Two of The Twilight Zone: The Who of You and Ovation. Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

Twilight Zone 2020: Meet in the Middle & Downtime

July 01, 2020 15:56 - 2 hours - 123 MB

Tonight I’m joined by long time friend of the show Brandon-Shea Mutala to check out the first two episodes of Season Two of The Twilight Zone: Meet in the Middle and Downtime. Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

Twilight Zone 2020: Win Rosenfeld Interview

June 24, 2020 15:35 - 43 minutes - 43.2 MB

To kick off our coverage of Season Two of The Twilight Zone, it’s my great pleasure to welcome back, Executive Producer Win Rosenfeld! Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

TZ2020: Feedback Instructions

June 23, 2020 19:23

If you want to get your thoughts onto the podcast about season two of The Twilight Zone on CBS All Access, then here's everything you need to know! The post TZ2020: Feedback Instructions appeared first on The Twilight Zone Podcast.

Jesse Belle

June 18, 2020 07:36 - 1 hour - 191 MB

A cast of Twilight Zone regulars join together for Earl Hamner’s Twilight Zone return in season four. Join Tom Elliot when he meets Jesse Belle. Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider joining The After Hours Club and supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

The Road to Twilight Zone 2020

May 16, 2020 17:05 - 34 minutes - 79.6 MB

June 25th 2020 sees the debut of The Twilight Zone, Season Two on CBS All Access. Tom Elliot is joined by Zach Moore to talk about what we know so far...

Death Ship

May 07, 2020 17:35 - 1 hour - 148 MB

Join Tom Elliot as he takes a tour of The Flying Dutchman and the spaceship E-89 and hopes that he doesn’t get stuck in a never ending episode of The Twilight Zone Podcast, looking at Richard Matheson’s Death Ship… Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

Mute

April 22, 2020 13:24 - 1 hour - 144 MB

This episode of The Twilight Zone Podcast is brought to you by telepathy. So Zone out, as Tom Elliot Zones in on Mute...

He’s Alive

April 08, 2020 20:52 - 1 hour - 165 MB

Rod Serling takes the gloves off, for the hardest hitting Twilight Zone so far… He’s Alive… Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

O’Toole From Moscow with John Kiesewetter

March 21, 2020 17:53 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MB

Tom Elliot talks to John Kieswetter of WVXU Radio in Cincinnati about his thirty year quest to adapt the Rod Serling comedy O’Toole from Moscow for radio. Join us to hear about Rod Serling‘s early work in Cincinnati, the history of O’Toole from Moscow and it’s rebirth as a radio play, adapted by John and  introduced by Anne Serling. Listen to O’Toole from Moscow on Wednesday 25th March 2020 at 20:00 Eastern on WVXU Public Radio. Stream via the website or tune in on or tune in on 91.7 WVXU....

Valley of the Shadow

March 16, 2020 11:47 - 45 minutes - 33.9 MB

Tom takes a trip to Peaceful Valley, a town with many secrets and many ham sandwiches to find out whether Charles Beaumont’s second season four episode cuts the mustard in Valley of the Shadow. Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

Four Color Twilight Zone with Ed Catto

March 08, 2020 20:49 - 34 minutes - 25.9 MB

For almost as long as there's been Twilight Zone, there's been Twilight Zone comics. Comics expert Ed Catto joins Tom Elliot to discuss the history of The Twilight Zone on the comics page!

The Thirty Fathom Grave

March 02, 2020 14:41 - 1 hour - 64.6 MB

Spooky goings on aboard a US Naval Destroyer, but is the real creeping dread the running time? Tom Elliot jumps aboard to find out, but tries to avoid ending up in The Thirty Fathom Grave… Join the conversation over on Flick Chat (Access via smartphones) – www.flick.group/twilightzone Please consider supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon Submit feedback to The Twilight Zone Podcast: [email protected]

In His Image

February 02, 2020 10:39 - 1 hour - 89.6 MB

The Twilight Zone Podcast finally arrives in season four. But longer running times aren't the only changes in the fifth dimension. But can a familiar writer at the typewriter, Charles Beaumont, help to ease us into this new era of the show?

Where is Everybody at 60

January 26, 2020 23:47 - 51 minutes - 55.9 MB

To celebrate the great Earl Holliman coming onto the show, The Twilight Zone Podcast presents a special episode previously only available to attendees at Serling-Fest 2019 and Patreon supporters. Tom Elliot revisits the very first episode of The Twilight Zone, Where is Everybody?

The Twilight Zone Podcast: Earl Holliman Interview

January 21, 2020 15:15 - 1 hour - 77.2 MB

It is with great pleasure that we welcome the first actor to ever appear in The Twilight Zone. From the episode Where is Everybody, the great Earl Holliman...

The Twilight Zone Podcast: Season 3 Wrap Show

January 17, 2020 23:31 - 1 hour - 83.7 MB

Before opening the doorway to season four, Tom Elliot is joined by once and always Twilight Zone Podcast host Luke Owen and a host of listeners to give final thoughts on season three. And Tom makes a very special phone call...

Happy New Year!

January 01, 2020 21:48

Happy new year! If you want to join the conversation to close out season three of The Twilight Zone on the show, take a listen to this short podcast to find out how. The post Happy New Year! appeared first on The Twilight Zone Podcast.

The Changing of The Guard

December 29, 2019 23:10 - 38 minutes - 27.8 MB

Sometimes an episode lands just when it needs to. As the season and the year comes to a close, it's time for A Changing of The Guard...

Cavender is Coming

December 19, 2019 20:57 - 54 minutes - 42 MB

It's reputation precedes it, but here on The Twilight Zone Podcast, every episode gets the chance to earn it wings. Hold onto your halos, because Cavender is Coming...

Serling, Bradbury and The Body Electric

December 06, 2019 10:14 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

It should have been a pairing that was written in the stars, but why did it take three seasons for Ray Bradbury to enter The Twilight Zone? And why did he never return to classic Twilight Zone again? Join Tom Elliot and special guest Amy Boyle Johnston, author of Unknown Serling, as they examine the story, but also the story behind the story of I Sing the Body Electric.

Special: Scott Skelton Interview

November 06, 2019 14:41 - 27 minutes - 26.5 MB

Tom Elliot speaks to Scott Skelton the co-author of the definitive book on Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After Hours Tour. Topics include the history of the show, getting the book published and the upcoming book Rod Serling's Night Gallery - The Art of Darkness.

Guests

Arlen Schumer
3 Episodes
Jay Rubin
1 Episode

Books

Planet of the Apes
2 Episodes
Point of Origin
2 Episodes