Arts

The Stranger Times

by C.K. McDonnell

Share this ranking Claiming needs an RSS feed. Contact us.

Listen on Apple Podcasts

Chart positions today · Ireland

Not on the Ireland charts we track today.

If you like The Stranger Times, try…

Stranger Danger - A Stranger Things Podcast

Latest episodes

The Caimh Files: Under The Influence Part 2

October 12, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

Caimh and Marc are back, talking about Aaron Sorkin and Edgar Wright. That's right - an hour of two idiots talking about two geniuses - you lucky people!
The Caimh Files: Under The Influence - Part 1

October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

In this episode Caimh chats to the delightful Marc Burrows about his creative inspirations. i.e. He goes full fanboy about people whose work he thinks is awesome.
The Caimh Files - Chapter 1 - The Early years

July 21, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

An historic joint episode with The Bunnycast podcast where Caimh brings you up to speed on what is going on and then we have the first of a series of interviews featuring him with the brilliant Marc Burrows attempting to get a word in…
The Believers - a non-Christmas story

December 28, 2025 · 35 min

It's the non-Christmas Christmas special of The Strange Times podcast with a brand new story read by the wonderful Janice Connolly. Enjoy!
Happy Mondays: a brand new story narrated by Phil Mealey

October 31, 2025 · 37 min

*Brand New Story Alert* Caimh is back with some updates, including a sort of 'live reaction' section of the podcast with a man looking at stuff that is on-sale in his own shop! More importantly, the superb Phil Mealey is here to read a…

Show 7 more episodesShow fewer episodes

The Front Room Files - Brendan and Caimh Volume 1

October 13, 2025 · 39 min

In this 'special' episode narrator Brendan McDonald and author Caimh have a chat while also drinking. The results are a rambling shambles that you may love or hate - both are valid responses.
Smile Like You Mean It

October 1, 2025 · 44 min

BRAND NEW STORY ALERT! That's right, the wonderful returning narrator Ruth Cockburn narrates a brand new Stranger Times story called Smile Like You Mean It, and Caimh gives a quick update on all the news about the impending launch of Ring…
Season 5 offically starts - if it hasn't already

September 23, 2025 · 35 min

I'm not sure if the last ep or this ep counts as the start of season 5, but we can all agree it's definitely started now. Also - news on events in THREE countries plus Brendan McDonald reading an exclusive preview of Ring The Bells.
Two brand new Stranger Times Releases

August 4, 2025 · 51 min

Roll up, roll up. roll up - the Stranger Times is back with two releases - Tales From The Stranger Times, a collection of the short stories all narrated by the wonderful Brendan McDonald, and Ring The Bells - book 5 in the series. Catch up…
New: Paint by Numbers Ruth Cockburn

January 31, 2024 · 47 min

This week's episode sees the return of the the magnificent Ruth E Cockburn reading a new Stranger Times short story, Paint by Numbers, Caimh gives you an insight into his hobbies and an update on Diller's reading abilities.
New: Launch Week, Baby! Relight My Fire Preview

January 24, 2024 · 29 min

This week’s episode sees Brendan McDonald’s caressing your ears with a cheeky preview of Relight My Fire (Chapter 2). Caimh’s also out in the wild this week signing books and doing events. Find out where you can pick up signed books or…
New: A Good Book - Brand new story read by Mark Stay

January 15, 2024 · 33 min

The legend that is Mark Stay is here to narrate a brand new Stranger Times story written by Caimh called A Good Book.

Full episode archive on Apple Podcasts →

About the show

A podcast featuring short stories and news from the world of The Stranger Times - a newspaper based in Manchester reporting the weird and wonderful from around the world. Based on the novel The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell - out Jan 14th 2021.