Guest Host: Geoff Moses {aka GeoX, of Duck Comics Revue}Grab an ice cream soda, and join us, listeners, as we discuss this zany, Beagle-focused Barks story! This early 60s mystery is slight, but still great fun.

87 - the Status Seeker

Mar 19th, 2024 1h 3m

Guest Host: Bucket Think Tank | Listeners, if you are looking for a podcast that can also act as a status symbol, well...that would be pretty weird. But this is a great episode, where we get to talk about the concept of status, compare thi

86 - Oddball Odyssey

Feb 26th, 2024 1h 8m

Guests: Bill Wormstedt & Tom Wormstedt | Listener, can we interest you in the personal jewels of the goddess Athena? How about a episode of the podcast covering another ridiculous Magica De Spell scheme? Journey with us to the Mediterranea

Ten-Page Podcast: Ten-Cent Valentine (1962)

Feb 14th, 2024 36m 32s

Guest host: Suzanne Snow Severino | Happy Valentines Day! Let's spend it talking about Barks' "slinky sorceress" Magica De Spell in only the second story (and first ten-pager) she is featured in! "Ten-Cent Valentine" is a light story, but

85 - a Spicy Tale

Jan 31st, 2024 1h 12m

Guest Host: Nils Lid Hjort | Brew a nice cup of nutmeg tea, listeners, and join us as we discuss Carl Barks' Amazonian-set adventure, "a Spicy Tale." This story let Barks poke some gentle fun at the U.S. Peace Corps, and adds a bit of flavor

84 - the Unsafe Safe

Jan 16th, 2024 1h 19m

Guest Host: Elaine Ramshaw | YEEEEEEK! Magic DeSpell is back, and so are the Beagles, in this classic and farcical Scrooge adventure! Join us as we talk about breaking glass, the brief existence of Tanganyika, Dr. Seussian character design

83 - the Cave of Ali Baba

Jan 3rd, 2024 1h 3m

Guest Host: Patrick Block | Listeners, journey with us, as we discuss one of Carl Barks' most mysterious stories, the dreamy "Cave of Ali Baba," where all is not quite as it seems!

Ten-Page Podcast: Silent Night + Firestone Giveaways (1945 - 1949)

Dec 18th, 2023 1h 15m

Guest Host: Thad Komorowski | Merry Christmas from Barks Remarks and...Your Firestone Dealers and Stores?? This Christmas themed episode takes a look at the five 8-pagers holiday stories that Barks did that were released as giveaways throu

82 - the Midas Touch

Dec 1st, 2023 1h 30m

Guest: Alberto Becattini |Listeners, we are finally at the episode where we get to discuss Barks' last great character creation, the fan favorite Italian sorceress Magica De Spell! My guest Alberto is Italian himself, and the author of a boo

81 - the Golden Nugget Boat

Nov 21st, 2023 1h 27m

Guest Host: Mikkel HagenListeners, join us as we go back to the Klondike (again!), but with Gladstone Gander in tow this time! During this special episode I let Mikkel take the reins for a story I know very little about going in. Listen as we

Ten-Page Podcast: the Pied Piper of Duckburg (1990, & 2007)

Nov 7th, 2023 1h 5m

Guest: Nils Lid HjortWelcome to a very special episode! We are discussing one of Barks' Gyro Gearloose stories, one that the Duck Man abandoned in roughly 1958 or 1959, after penciling just 3 pages. The editors later assigned Don Rosa to provi

Ten-Page Podcast: Hound of the Whiskervilles (1960) & Bongo & the Congo (1961)

Oct 29th, 2023 1h 11m

Guest Host: Orion Trunk | Happy Halloween! For our episode this year, we are cover two spooky "mini-adventures." "Hound" is a 7 page take on Scottish heritage and modern art, while "Bongo" focuses on the challenges of running Scrooge's far-f

80 - Mythtic Mystery

Oct 16th, 2023 1h 5m

Guest Host: Harry Fluks |Hold on to the ground, listeners! Lest ye be blown away to Valhalla! Not the mythic afterlife, but the weird planet the ducks encounter in this deeply strange early 60s Barks adventure! My guest Harry Fluks helps me

79 - Billions in the Hole

Oct 3rd, 2023 1h 7m

Guest Host: Ruben OlsrudListeners, join us down the ant hole as we pursue Scrooge's shrunken bin AND dime, in this simultaneously goofy and eerie sci-fi story! We'll make some time to talk about "THE" fan letter that dragged Barks out of obscu

Ten-Page Podcast: the Runaway Train (1956) + Gyro's Imagination Invention (1957)

Sep 18th, 2023 57m 14s

Guest Host: Veikko Suvanto | Listeners, we've got a couple of Barks' most educational stories here! First, a story centering Huey, Dewey, & Louie that is basically a textbook "Train A & Train B" math problem turned into an exciting narrative!

78 - That's No Fable!

Sep 4th, 2023 1h 6m

Guest Host: Morten Guldberg | Fancy dredging a swamp and building a city, listeners? Uncle Scrooge does, in this Florida-set adventure, told in flashback form to none other than Grandma Duck! Even though Barks isn't interested in writing an ex

77 - All at Sea

Aug 28th, 2023 1h 11m

Guest Host: Warren Harmon | Well, crack it on, on a big skiute, to me hoodah! Whatever that means, listeners, it's time to get your sea shanty on, with Scrooge, the ducks, and the Beagle Boys, "All at Sea!" My guest and I have a great conversa

76 - Pipeline to Danger

Aug 21st, 2023 1h 18m

Guest Host: Elaine Ramshaw | Hello, big operators! We've got a Sahara desert set story to feature today, and a woefully underappreciated Barks adventure that focuses on business development, honor, and what it really means to be a Big Operator

75 - Island in the Sky

Aug 14th, 2023 1h 8m

Guest Host: Geoffrey Moses aka GeoXHello listeners! We've got a great, sci-fi themed episode, with weirdly futuristic version of Duckburg! Join us as we talk about Duckburgian technology, the ducks' accidental near-genocide, and what it's like

74 - the Christmas Cha Cha

Jul 31st, 2023 1h 7m

Guest Host: Alban Leloup | Happy Christmas in July, listeners! Join us as we discuss what is probably Barks' least-great Christmas "adventure," albeit still an enjoyable one. Technically this one is Barks' art-only, with Bob Gregory turning in

73 - the Paul Bunyan Machine

Jul 24th, 2023 1h 25m

Guest Hosts: Mikkel Hagen & Ruben Olsrud | Listeners, this story is Barks' third "hiding money in nature" story (along with Only a Poor Old Man & the Money Well) and it may not be the best of the three, but it is highly entertaining, with a gr

72 - the Money Champ

Jul 17th, 2023 1h 35m

Guest Hosts: Dan Cunningham & Ted Johansson | Listeners, don't betray your old mothers' fondest hopes: give this episode a listen, as we discuss the return of iconic Barks villain Flintheart Glomgold! Or is it Goldflint Heartglom? At any rate,

Ten-Page Podcast: the Hypno-Gun (1952)

Jul 3rd, 2023 57m 59s

Guest Host: Patrick Block | Bing! You're Hypnotized! Listener, you are now a devoted podcast listener! And what better than checking out this episode of the Ten-Page Podcast, in which a credulous Donald is hypnotized by a child's toy! Give the

71 - Jungle Hi-jinks

Jun 19th, 2023 45m 59s

Guest Hosts: Austin Kelly & Bucket Think Tank | Listeners, this is a pretty unusual episode. First, we're covering a story that I consider to be Barks' absolute weakest adventure-length story, Jungle Hi-Jinks. However, Barks himself didn't do

70 - the Prize of Pizarro

Jun 12th, 2023 1h 4m

Guest Hosts: Austin Kelly & Bucket Think TankThe Prize of Pizarro is a classic Scrooge & the ducks treasure hunt, set in the Andes (again!) with an unusual structure: the ducks are never aware of the antagonists of the story, the isolated Inca