Public Domain Theater

Hosted ByKelly Nugent & Lindsay Katai

Masterpiece Theatre meets Mystery Science Theater 3000 in a podcast of highbrow readings and lowbrow commentary. Comedians Kelly Nugent and Lindsay Katai come together to read aloud classic and not-so-classic literature from the public domain and provide real-time commentary with the help of special guests. Subscribe now to experience the best and worst from the likes of Edgar Allen Poe, Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sherwood Anderson, Jack London, and many more... no one escapes their scathing and/or fawning reactions. Produced by the Forever Dog Podcast Network.


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“Beyond Lies the Wub” by Philip K. Dick (w/ Justin Michael)

Wub, Wub, Wub… Justin Michael (Infinity Train, Bad Reception) joins Kelly and Katai to explore the secrets of alien animal life in Philip K. Dick’s sci-fi fable “Beyond Lies...

“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant (w/ Xander Jeanneret)

“I only eat at the Eiffel Tower so I don’t have to see the Eiffel Tower!” XANDER JEANNERET (Geek and Sundry, King of the Nerds) joins Kelly and Katai...

“The Red Room” by H.G. Wells (w/ Greg Smith)

BEWARE THE RED ROOM! Particularly if you’re an ageist buffoon who enjoys talking to yourself and can’t help bumping into things and definitely doesn’t believe in ghosts but is...

“The Magician’s Heart” by Edith Nesbit

It’s our favorite story yet! Kelly and Katai read and interrupt Edith Nesbit’s hilarious “The Magician’s Heart” about a wicked magician who fricking LOVES christenings, his removable heart, a...

LIVE “The Guilty Secret” by Paul de Kock (w/ Mary Holland & Nick Wiger)

RECORDED LIVE AT THE LYRIC HYPERION, LOS ANGELES. JULY 27 2018. Classic guests Mary Holland and Nick Wiger make their triumphant return to Public Domain Theater, joining Kelly and...

“The Adventure of the Speckled Band” from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (w/ Omar Najam)

He’s back! Your favorite overrated detective Sherlock Holmes returns to Public Domain Theater, as does friend of the pod OMAR NAJAM, for a reading of fan favorite “The Adventure...

“The Outcasts of Poker Flat” by Bret Harte (w/ Patrick Ehlers)

Well howdy! Kelly and Katai journey to the Wild West this week as they read and interrupt “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” by Bret Harte (aka Mark Twain’s least...

“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs

It’s a NOT SO simple twist of fate this week as Kelly and Katai beat the heat in Katai’s apartment and wind their way through W.W. Jacob’s supernatural classic...

“The Lady with the Pet Dog” by Anton Chekhov (w/ Emily Maya Mills)

A Lady, A Pomeranian, A Guy. Erect Eyebrows. The Torment of Curiosity. Secret Pocket Bones. Time. Russia. Emily Maya Mills joins Kelly and Katai to read Anton Chekhov’s slow...

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