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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p>In this episode, we take in another episode of the hit series, “Vehicles Abandoned in a Field”, learning the sad story of Arthur Glendennis and his Bricklin SV-1, and hear a cautionary tale on the dangers of time travel. Meanwhile in the store, Karen is a guest on her favourite morning radio show, and Medusa has an unfortunate run-in with a coworker’s spouse during a visit from Dave and Avialannia.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Vehicles Abandoned in a Field was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Megan Liley, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Jasmine’s Time Travel was written by Megan Liley, performed by Francois Schneider, with additional voices by The Gathering, and produced by Megan Liley.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, Tony Culverwell, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Adam Bailey.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero. Special thanks to:</li><li>S: Typing Real.wav by Kevinflo&nbsp;</li><li>S: Shovel_Pick_Up.aif by crcavol&nbsp;</li><li>S: 1125coughing.wav by sagetyrtle&nbsp;</li><li>S: 20170101 Slide Glass Door 02 by kijjaz</li><li>S: teapot and tea cup.wav by rocuma&nbsp;</li><li>S: Kettle by FlashTrauma&nbsp;</li><li>S: 120621 Barn door interior, bangs, rattles BLYTH.flac by TRP&nbsp;</li><li>S: Rustling foliage.WAV by DDT197&nbsp;</li><li>S: Walking Footsteps on Wood by sillygrizzlies&nbsp;</li><li>S: traditionnal blacksmith by bruno.auzet</li><li>S: Country Night Ambiance by forfie</li><li>S: Crazy Bat by NicknameLarry</li><li>S: Electro_Static.flac by TreyVZ&nbsp;</li><li>S: Anniversary Vintage Music Box by f-r-a-g-i-l-e&nbsp;</li><li>S: The Dramatic Music.wav by xtrgamr</li><li>S: Small city outskirts at night, near prairie meadow with cricket, road traffic hum, dog barking far away in Santa Elena by felix.blume&nbsp;</li><li>S: taratata.wav by milton.</li><li>Sound design by Megan Liley.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S4E7 - Stacey Reporting Live/All Robocops are Bastards</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, intrepid reporter Stacey brings us harrowing footage of a war between ants and flies, and we hear the exciting trailer for POLICEBOT, the new series from the creators of Pizza Cops. Meanwhile in the candy store, Karen meets diversity consultants Cindy and Cindy, and finds out that they may not be what they seem.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Stacey Reporting Live was written by Tony Culverwell, performed by Amanda Matalanis, Megan Liley, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>All Robocops are Bastards was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Megan Liley, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Donnie Febbleston, and Tony Culverwell, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Megan Liley, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Karen Loomer.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</li><li>tuben - cheesy morning news tune</li><li>130221 - ant sound</li><li>meliaroger - anmlinsect_br serrinha do alambari ants walking on contact mics in a nest loudness 16_melia-roger_contacts</li><li>pfranzen - dropping-the-mic</li><li>brunoauzet - drone-dji</li><li>lukzus - drone multicopter flyby</li><li>magnuswalker for Heavy Metal Impact</li><li>tomwilkinson for metallic clang</li><li>V-ktor for large explosion 2</li><li>Harrisando for Bonk.wav</li><li>TobiasKosmos for DogYelp.wav</li><li>thaigaudio for Lottie small dog growling barking and playing 4</li><li>nicholaswyoung2 for 80’s blender (water + ice)</li><li>Brentamo for city_street.wave</li><li>zagi2 for ambush.wave</li><li>SamsterBirdies for scrap metal dropping</li><li>belanhud for Ragun Zap 1</li><li>tgerginov for Magic</li><li>Sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, intrepid reporter Stacey brings us harrowing footage of a war between ants and flies, and we hear the exciting trailer for POLICEBOT, the new series from the creators of Pizza Cops. Meanwhile in the candy store, Karen meets diversity consultants Cindy and Cindy, and finds out that they may not be what they seem.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Stacey Reporting Live was written by Tony Culverwell, performed by Amanda Matalanis, Megan Liley, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>All Robocops are Bastards was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Megan Liley, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Donnie Febbleston, and Tony Culverwell, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Megan Liley, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Karen Loomer.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</li><li>tuben - cheesy morning news tune</li><li>130221 - ant sound</li><li>meliaroger - anmlinsect_br serrinha do alambari ants walking on contact mics in a nest loudness 16_melia-roger_contacts</li><li>pfranzen - dropping-the-mic</li><li>brunoauzet - drone-dji</li><li>lukzus - drone multicopter flyby</li><li>magnuswalker for Heavy Metal Impact</li><li>tomwilkinson for metallic clang</li><li>V-ktor for large explosion 2</li><li>Harrisando for Bonk.wav</li><li>TobiasKosmos for DogYelp.wav</li><li>thaigaudio for Lottie small dog growling barking and playing 4</li><li>nicholaswyoung2 for 80’s blender (water + ice)</li><li>Brentamo for city_street.wave</li><li>zagi2 for ambush.wave</li><li>SamsterBirdies for scrap metal dropping</li><li>belanhud for Ragun Zap 1</li><li>tgerginov for Magic</li><li>Sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, the famous Inspector Monocle visits the historic manor, High Dudgeon, to solve the foul murder of one Tom Hardhands. An organizing meeting for the Slobbering Vandals support group discusses problems with their silent auction as slobbering and breakage unfolds but just as the space station astronaut finishes his update to the group, the narrator describes a violent incursion of scheming emus, dolphin hair dryer salesmen and yawning gigglers. Meanwhile in the store, Karen encounters the fierce Gorak in her quest for revenge against the Candy Salesman.</p><br><p>Lady Aspartame’s Lover was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Michael Giel, Tony Culverwell, Rachel Perry, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Donnie Febbleston, and Karen Loomer, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip. Incidental music by Johannes Sebastian Bach, performed by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Slobbering Vandal Support Group was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Megan Liley, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Karen Loomer, Tony Culverwell, and Donnie Febbleston, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</p><br><p>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer and Donnie Febbleston.</p><br><p>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</p><br><p>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Dolphin Noise-.wav by jfournier18</li><li>Lots of Morse Code by Buss1000</li><li>Outro Quindar Tone by scy.wav</li><li>hair dryer.wav by loullipop </li><li>Cartoon Chicken Loud Single Screaming Squawk sound effect by Mastersoundboy2005</li><li>Break Mirror002.wav by Tetrisrocker</li><li>Indoor adult murmur, couple.wav by SpliceSound</li><li>handcuffs_taken_out_and_closed.wav by daboy291</li><li>Bell rings timidly.wav by Fenodyrie </li><li>dorm door opening.wav by pagancow</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Sound design by Donnie Febbleston.</p><br><p>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</p><br><p><em>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, the famous Inspector Monocle visits the historic manor, High Dudgeon, to solve the foul murder of one Tom Hardhands. An organizing meeting for the Slobbering Vandals support group discusses problems with their silent auction as slobbering and breakage unfolds but just as the space station astronaut finishes his update to the group, the narrator describes a violent incursion of scheming emus, dolphin hair dryer salesmen and yawning gigglers. Meanwhile in the store, Karen encounters the fierce Gorak in her quest for revenge against the Candy Salesman.</p><br><p>Lady Aspartame’s Lover was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Michael Giel, Tony Culverwell, Rachel Perry, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Donnie Febbleston, and Karen Loomer, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip. Incidental music by Johannes Sebastian Bach, performed by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Slobbering Vandal Support Group was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Megan Liley, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Karen Loomer, Tony Culverwell, and Donnie Febbleston, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</p><br><p>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer and Donnie Febbleston.</p><br><p>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</p><br><p>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Dolphin Noise-.wav by jfournier18</li><li>Lots of Morse Code by Buss1000</li><li>Outro Quindar Tone by scy.wav</li><li>hair dryer.wav by loullipop </li><li>Cartoon Chicken Loud Single Screaming Squawk sound effect by Mastersoundboy2005</li><li>Break Mirror002.wav by Tetrisrocker</li><li>Indoor adult murmur, couple.wav by SpliceSound</li><li>handcuffs_taken_out_and_closed.wav by daboy291</li><li>Bell rings timidly.wav by Fenodyrie </li><li>dorm door opening.wav by pagancow</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Sound design by Donnie Febbleston.</p><br><p>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</p><br><p><em>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S4E5 - The Cat Experiment/Frescoes That Have Aged Poorly</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, a cat owner learns why you don’t actually want to be able to hear what your cat has to say, and we learn the history of some unfortunate public art with Sister Eileen the Monotonous and Tiresome. Meanwhile in the candy store, Karen and Medusa meet Coolsworth, accountant extra-ordinaire, who describes his accounting school basketball triumphs over an anthropomorphic duck.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The Cat Experiment was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Frescoes That Have Aged Poorly was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Megan Liley, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>Sound design by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons and can be found on freesound.org.</li><li><strong>Sound credits:</strong></li><li>S: Für Elise Music Box.mp3 by UltraGSV </li><li>bplayers for door-open-close-with-bell</li><li>nomiqbomi for uh-oh</li><li>icsp for drop-of-water</li><li>prime45 for flute-mix</li><li>aceinet for d-to-slow-you</li><li>maodin204 for fireworks-explosion-1</li><li>maodin204 for fireworks-explosion-2</li><li>maodin204 for fireworks-explosion-3</li><li>visionear for explosion-fireworks-processed-ed-larez-vsnr</li><li>pax11 for e_pop-120bpm</li><li>vanyamba for fm-sitar-waveform-stereo-c2</li><li>csaszi for pigeons_fly-away_-wing-flaps_csg</li><li>mickeythesoundcollector2023 for concert-crowd-cheering</li><li>soundslikeyukon for boys-shooting-hoops-on-wood-floor</li><li>vhschool2019 for basketball-swish</li><li>tgerginov for wind-woosh</li><li>bezaard for the-roland-d-50s-sitar-test</li><li>S: Car driving ambience by priesjensen</li><li>S: New York Jazz Loop by FoolBoyMedia | License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0</li><li>S: British Television Programme.wav by a.transmission</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, a cat owner learns why you don’t actually want to be able to hear what your cat has to say, and we learn the history of some unfortunate public art with Sister Eileen the Monotonous and Tiresome. Meanwhile in the candy store, Karen and Medusa meet Coolsworth, accountant extra-ordinaire, who describes his accounting school basketball triumphs over an anthropomorphic duck.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The Cat Experiment was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Frescoes That Have Aged Poorly was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Megan Liley, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>Sound design by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons and can be found on freesound.org.</li><li><strong>Sound credits:</strong></li><li>S: Für Elise Music Box.mp3 by UltraGSV </li><li>bplayers for door-open-close-with-bell</li><li>nomiqbomi for uh-oh</li><li>icsp for drop-of-water</li><li>prime45 for flute-mix</li><li>aceinet for d-to-slow-you</li><li>maodin204 for fireworks-explosion-1</li><li>maodin204 for fireworks-explosion-2</li><li>maodin204 for fireworks-explosion-3</li><li>visionear for explosion-fireworks-processed-ed-larez-vsnr</li><li>pax11 for e_pop-120bpm</li><li>vanyamba for fm-sitar-waveform-stereo-c2</li><li>csaszi for pigeons_fly-away_-wing-flaps_csg</li><li>mickeythesoundcollector2023 for concert-crowd-cheering</li><li>soundslikeyukon for boys-shooting-hoops-on-wood-floor</li><li>vhschool2019 for basketball-swish</li><li>tgerginov for wind-woosh</li><li>bezaard for the-roland-d-50s-sitar-test</li><li>S: Car driving ambience by priesjensen</li><li>S: New York Jazz Loop by FoolBoyMedia | License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0</li><li>S: British Television Programme.wav by a.transmission</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S4E4 - Vehicles Abandoned in a Field: The Vauxhall/Monster Truck Latin Mass</title>
			<itunes:title>S4E4 - Vehicles Abandoned in a Field: The Vauxhall/Monster Truck Latin Mass</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:26:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, we learn the thrilling story behind an abandoned Vauxhall, and protect our eternal souls by attending Monster Truck Latin Mass. Meanwhile in the candy store, Karen invokes a genie to help her with her recruitment problems, and interviews some unlikely prospective employees.</p><br><p>Vehicles Abandoned in a Field: The Vauxhall&nbsp; was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Tony Culverwell, Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, Karen Loomer, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</p><br><p>Monster Truck Latin Mass was written, performed, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Tony Culverwell, Megan Liley, and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</p><p>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</p><br><p>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>s-cheremisinov for cinematic-rise-and-hit_02</li><li>devern for cinematic-build</li><li>davejf for melody-loop</li><li>smokinghotdog for magic-stars-retro-sparkle</li><li>pjcohen for udustereoloop</li><li>szegvari for dark-nord-cold-thriller-horror-voices-ambient-amb-myst-cinematic-surround</li><li>crimeraaa for keyboard</li><li>aboalgamer for mouse-click-sound-effect</li><li>kyles for street small town or city light throaty traffic birds table saw spanish voices saravena colombia</li><li>trp for crows park urban stratford 10</li><li>Volvion for latin-cathedral</li><li>1969 Dodge Charger Car Horn by truss88</li><li>girl gigle by ienba</li><li>record scratch by luffy</li><li>birds in the woods by berwitz</li><li>barrypirro for irish-jig</li><li>dilsun for old_truck_metal_squeaks-creaks-rattle-impact_door_hollow_open_close_impact</li><li>morganpurkis for single-gunshot-52</li><li>josephlarralde for metal-cupboard-door</li><li>wanaki for car-horn</li><li>rodzuz for slap-in-the-face</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Sound design by Tony Culverwell.</p><br><p>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</p><br><p><em>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. </em></p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, we learn the thrilling story behind an abandoned Vauxhall, and protect our eternal souls by attending Monster Truck Latin Mass. Meanwhile in the candy store, Karen invokes a genie to help her with her recruitment problems, and interviews some unlikely prospective employees.</p><br><p>Vehicles Abandoned in a Field: The Vauxhall&nbsp; was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Tony Culverwell, Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, Karen Loomer, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</p><br><p>Monster Truck Latin Mass was written, performed, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Tony Culverwell, Megan Liley, and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</p><p>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</p><br><p>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>s-cheremisinov for cinematic-rise-and-hit_02</li><li>devern for cinematic-build</li><li>davejf for melody-loop</li><li>smokinghotdog for magic-stars-retro-sparkle</li><li>pjcohen for udustereoloop</li><li>szegvari for dark-nord-cold-thriller-horror-voices-ambient-amb-myst-cinematic-surround</li><li>crimeraaa for keyboard</li><li>aboalgamer for mouse-click-sound-effect</li><li>kyles for street small town or city light throaty traffic birds table saw spanish voices saravena colombia</li><li>trp for crows park urban stratford 10</li><li>Volvion for latin-cathedral</li><li>1969 Dodge Charger Car Horn by truss88</li><li>girl gigle by ienba</li><li>record scratch by luffy</li><li>birds in the woods by berwitz</li><li>barrypirro for irish-jig</li><li>dilsun for old_truck_metal_squeaks-creaks-rattle-impact_door_hollow_open_close_impact</li><li>morganpurkis for single-gunshot-52</li><li>josephlarralde for metal-cupboard-door</li><li>wanaki for car-horn</li><li>rodzuz for slap-in-the-face</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Sound design by Tony Culverwell.</p><br><p>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</p><br><p><em>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. </em></p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S4E3 - Murderous Meg: The Carnival/Robot Contempt of Court</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:30:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p>In this episode, Murderous Meg makes new friends at a carnival, and Pizzabot takes an ethical stand against the police state. Meanwhile in the candy store, Karen does some very unethical market research.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Murderous Meg: The Carnival was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Karen Loomer, and Tony Culverwell, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Robot Contempt of Court was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Donnie Febbleston, Tony Culverwell, Karen Loomer, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Megan Liley, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer and Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons and can be found on freesound.org. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11-DKB2TbYUrHcgK3pt6IvqTkWLL_Ufb8njkq6_xETIU/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full sound effect credits are available here.</a></li><li>Sound design by Megan Liley.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p>In this episode, Murderous Meg makes new friends at a carnival, and Pizzabot takes an ethical stand against the police state. Meanwhile in the candy store, Karen does some very unethical market research.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Murderous Meg: The Carnival was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Karen Loomer, and Tony Culverwell, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Robot Contempt of Court was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Donnie Febbleston, Tony Culverwell, Karen Loomer, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Megan Liley, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer and Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons and can be found on freesound.org. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11-DKB2TbYUrHcgK3pt6IvqTkWLL_Ufb8njkq6_xETIU/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full sound effect credits are available here.</a></li><li>Sound design by Megan Liley.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title><![CDATA[S4E2 - I'm Here to Expose My Zenicles/I Digress]]></title>
			<itunes:title><![CDATA[S4E2 - I'm Here to Expose My Zenicles/I Digress]]></itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:35:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering. </p><p> </p><p>in this episode, a yoga class finds an unlikely new guru in “I’m Here to Expose my Zenicles”, and we catch a fan favourite episode of the world’s most off-topic sitcom, “I Digress”. Meanwhile in the candy store, the European Ladies of Indeterminate Nationality make a stunning revelation about Skip’s true nature, and Medusa has a run-in with a coworker’s spouse.</p><p> </p><p> Credits:</p><br><p>i’m Here to Expose My Zenicles written by Tony Culverwell and Donnie Febbleston, performed by Karen Loomer, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Megan Liley, Tony Culverwell, and Donnie Febbleston, and produced by Tony Culverwell.</p><br><p>I Digress written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Donnie Febbleston, Linda Febbleston, Tony Culverwell, and Karen Loomer, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</p><br><p>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, Michael Giel, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip. </p><br><p>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston. </p><br><p>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to: </p><ul><li>S:&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/pagancow/sounds/15419/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dorm door opening.wav</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/pagancow/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pagancow</a>&nbsp;| License: Creative Commons 0</li><li>S:&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/nmarciniegasm/sounds/237307/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chillidos_Animal.wav</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/nmarciniegasm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nmarciniegasm</a>&nbsp;| License: Creative Commons 0</li><li>S:&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/pablodavilla/sounds/592112/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HAMMER_1.wav</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/pablodavilla/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pablodavilla</a>&nbsp;| License: Creative Commons 0</li><li>S:&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/TRP/sounds/616622/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">120827 Raccoon, bark, screech, yelp, squeal, backyard, Toronto.wav</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/TRP/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TRP</a>&nbsp;| License: Creative Commons 0</li><li>S:&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/LamaMakesMusic/sounds/403497/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gas_Spray_Pressure_Various.wav</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/LamaMakesMusic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LamaMakesMusic</a>&nbsp;| License: Creative Commons 0</li><li>sound: street-small-town-or-city-light-throaty-traffic-birds-table-saw-spanish-voices-saravena-colombia-2016 creator: kylessound: </li><li>crows-park-urban-stratford-10; creator: trp</li><li>door-open-close-with-bell creator: bplayers</li><li>soundeffects4You</li><li>Jay Frosting</li><li>Ehohnhke</li><li>zgump for sitar-01</li><li>gsb1039 for egyptian-discovery</li><li>thegreeneyedghost for wooden_frog_ornament_1</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Sound design by Megan Liley.</p><br><p>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis. </p><br><p> </p><p><em> Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering. </p><p> </p><p>in this episode, a yoga class finds an unlikely new guru in “I’m Here to Expose my Zenicles”, and we catch a fan favourite episode of the world’s most off-topic sitcom, “I Digress”. Meanwhile in the candy store, the European Ladies of Indeterminate Nationality make a stunning revelation about Skip’s true nature, and Medusa has a run-in with a coworker’s spouse.</p><p> </p><p> Credits:</p><br><p>i’m Here to Expose My Zenicles written by Tony Culverwell and Donnie Febbleston, performed by Karen Loomer, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Megan Liley, Tony Culverwell, and Donnie Febbleston, and produced by Tony Culverwell.</p><br><p>I Digress written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Donnie Febbleston, Linda Febbleston, Tony Culverwell, and Karen Loomer, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</p><br><p>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, Michael Giel, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip. </p><br><p>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston. </p><br><p>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to: </p><ul><li>S:&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/pagancow/sounds/15419/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dorm door opening.wav</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/pagancow/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pagancow</a>&nbsp;| License: Creative Commons 0</li><li>S:&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/nmarciniegasm/sounds/237307/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chillidos_Animal.wav</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/nmarciniegasm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nmarciniegasm</a>&nbsp;| License: Creative Commons 0</li><li>S:&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/pablodavilla/sounds/592112/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HAMMER_1.wav</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/pablodavilla/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pablodavilla</a>&nbsp;| License: Creative Commons 0</li><li>S:&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/TRP/sounds/616622/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">120827 Raccoon, bark, screech, yelp, squeal, backyard, Toronto.wav</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/TRP/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TRP</a>&nbsp;| License: Creative Commons 0</li><li>S:&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/LamaMakesMusic/sounds/403497/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gas_Spray_Pressure_Various.wav</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://freesound.org/people/LamaMakesMusic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LamaMakesMusic</a>&nbsp;| License: Creative Commons 0</li><li>sound: street-small-town-or-city-light-throaty-traffic-birds-table-saw-spanish-voices-saravena-colombia-2016 creator: kylessound: </li><li>crows-park-urban-stratford-10; creator: trp</li><li>door-open-close-with-bell creator: bplayers</li><li>soundeffects4You</li><li>Jay Frosting</li><li>Ehohnhke</li><li>zgump for sitar-01</li><li>gsb1039 for egyptian-discovery</li><li>thegreeneyedghost for wooden_frog_ornament_1</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Sound design by Megan Liley.</p><br><p>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis. </p><br><p> </p><p><em> Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S4E1 - The Bunkford Report: Sammy the Snail/On a distant shore</title>
			<itunes:title>S4E1 - The Bunkford Report: Sammy the Snail/On a distant shore</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:10:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, the world's first podcasting monkey, Bunkford, interviews the legendary children's performer Sammy the Snail, and we listen in on the musings of an alien crab, pining for his lost love. Meanwhile in the candy store, Karen reveals how she can help YOU manage your own candy store, and Medusa discovers something troubling in the Pink Bubblegum toffee.</p><br><p>Credits:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The Bunkford Report: Sammy the Snail written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Donnie Febbleston and Megan Liley, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>On a Distant Shore: A Crab Tale written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Donnie Febbleston, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, with incidental music by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</li><li>kyles for street-small-town-or-city-light-throaty-traffic-birds-table-saw-spanish-voices-saravena-colombia-2016 and wind sounds</li><li>Trp for crows-park-urban-stratford-10</li><li>Dasrealized for fast crawling bu</li><li>Rubberduck9999 for snail</li><li>Joseph Sardin for waves and seagulls</li><li>Sound design by Megan Liley.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. </em></p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, the world's first podcasting monkey, Bunkford, interviews the legendary children's performer Sammy the Snail, and we listen in on the musings of an alien crab, pining for his lost love. Meanwhile in the candy store, Karen reveals how she can help YOU manage your own candy store, and Medusa discovers something troubling in the Pink Bubblegum toffee.</p><br><p>Credits:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The Bunkford Report: Sammy the Snail written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Donnie Febbleston and Megan Liley, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>On a Distant Shore: A Crab Tale written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Donnie Febbleston, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, with incidental music by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</li><li>kyles for street-small-town-or-city-light-throaty-traffic-birds-table-saw-spanish-voices-saravena-colombia-2016 and wind sounds</li><li>Trp for crows-park-urban-stratford-10</li><li>Dasrealized for fast crawling bu</li><li>Rubberduck9999 for snail</li><li>Joseph Sardin for waves and seagulls</li><li>Sound design by Megan Liley.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. </em></p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S3E12 - Pizza University Episode 4: Pomp and Consequences/Demonic Laugh</title>
			<itunes:title>S3E12 - Pizza University Episode 4: Pomp and Consequences/Demonic Laugh</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2023 18:10:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p>In this episode, the Candy Store employees finish their rescue tunnel...with surprising results. And back at the store a sinister figure from another dimension awaits them. Also, we check in with PizzaBot as he reflects on whether or not a little learning is a dangerous thing, and learn exactly HOW many pieces of ID you need to pay by cheque at the grocery store.</p><br><p>Pizza University Episode 4: Pomp and Consequences was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Rachel Perry, Donnie Febbleston, Tony Culver well, and Michael Giel, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</p><br><p>Demonic Laugh was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Karen Loomer, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</p><br><p>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Rachel Perry, Michael Giel, Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, Linda Febbleston, Donnie Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip</p><br><p>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</p><br><p>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and available from freesound.org or opengameart.org. Special thanks to:</p><br><p>130221 for the ant</p><p>Allen2001 for digging with a shovel</p><p>cameronmusic for digging earth with a pick axe</p><p>YemiMoses for digging a grave</p><p>Alexbuk for digging a hole in earth with a pick</p><p>Benboncan Mandrill striking rock</p><p>cameronmusic for digging1</p><p>Anandthethird for digging in dirt</p><p>bevibeldesign for earth's crust depressing</p><p>unfa for rumble</p><p>Wdomino for bridge collapse</p><p>Vidiveni for evil lair collapse</p><p>leftovertunacaserole for tape removal</p><p>RutgerMuller for vintage scifi drone</p><p>ZHR0 for sci-fi horror music</p><p>Victor_Natas for The ghost of dark creek</p><p>7003784 for metalf</p><p>dmitryleeo metal sheet hit</p><p>cupido-1 for metal sheet</p><p>craigsmith for g38-15 perfect horse whinny</p><p>gipisi poniesfoxen10 for horse whinny</p><p>kupper for Paardengetrappel.001 13</p><p>kyles for street small town or city light throaty traffic birds table saw spanish voices Saravena, Colombia</p><p>TP for crows, park, urban, Stratford</p><p>bplayers for door open close with bell</p><p>Nivatius</p><p>LordStirling</p><p>Sterio18</p><p>Wilhelboy</p><p>Haley Halcyon</p><br><p>Sound design by Tony Culverwell.</p><br><p>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</p><br><p>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. We will return for Season Four.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p>In this episode, the Candy Store employees finish their rescue tunnel...with surprising results. And back at the store a sinister figure from another dimension awaits them. Also, we check in with PizzaBot as he reflects on whether or not a little learning is a dangerous thing, and learn exactly HOW many pieces of ID you need to pay by cheque at the grocery store.</p><br><p>Pizza University Episode 4: Pomp and Consequences was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Rachel Perry, Donnie Febbleston, Tony Culver well, and Michael Giel, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</p><br><p>Demonic Laugh was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Karen Loomer, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</p><br><p>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Rachel Perry, Michael Giel, Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, Linda Febbleston, Donnie Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip</p><br><p>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</p><br><p>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and available from freesound.org or opengameart.org. Special thanks to:</p><br><p>130221 for the ant</p><p>Allen2001 for digging with a shovel</p><p>cameronmusic for digging earth with a pick axe</p><p>YemiMoses for digging a grave</p><p>Alexbuk for digging a hole in earth with a pick</p><p>Benboncan Mandrill striking rock</p><p>cameronmusic for digging1</p><p>Anandthethird for digging in dirt</p><p>bevibeldesign for earth's crust depressing</p><p>unfa for rumble</p><p>Wdomino for bridge collapse</p><p>Vidiveni for evil lair collapse</p><p>leftovertunacaserole for tape removal</p><p>RutgerMuller for vintage scifi drone</p><p>ZHR0 for sci-fi horror music</p><p>Victor_Natas for The ghost of dark creek</p><p>7003784 for metalf</p><p>dmitryleeo metal sheet hit</p><p>cupido-1 for metal sheet</p><p>craigsmith for g38-15 perfect horse whinny</p><p>gipisi poniesfoxen10 for horse whinny</p><p>kupper for Paardengetrappel.001 13</p><p>kyles for street small town or city light throaty traffic birds table saw spanish voices Saravena, Colombia</p><p>TP for crows, park, urban, Stratford</p><p>bplayers for door open close with bell</p><p>Nivatius</p><p>LordStirling</p><p>Sterio18</p><p>Wilhelboy</p><p>Haley Halcyon</p><br><p>Sound design by Tony Culverwell.</p><br><p>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</p><br><p>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. We will return for Season Four.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S3E11 - Entreprenesting/The Child on the Cover of the Knitting Pattern</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 13:19:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p>In this episode, Karen's trial continues to devolve, and MightyClops and the Interregngum have a deep conversation about the nature of love. Also, we attend a corporate training on Entreprenesting, and meditate on love, loss, crime, and punishment.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Entreprenesting was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, and Tony Culverwell, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>The Child on the Cover of this Knitting Pattern was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Megan Liley and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Michael Giel, Rachel Perry, Donnie Febbleston, Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Commons Zero</a> and can be found on <a href="freesound.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">freesound.org</a>. Special thanks to:</li><li>balloonhead for evil-laugh</li><li>terry93d for bi-thunder-pile-up-1-no-reverb</li><li>borgory for chewing-crunch-cornflakes-knuspern-schnurpsen-eating-essen-munch</li><li>zerolagtime for gavel-triplemad</li><li>Fenodyrie fpr sword against sword</li><li>qreiff for Room Tone-Large interior with AC</li><li>Khenshom for Rainy day in city of Tel Aviv, Israel</li><li>musicmasta1 for CarStartSkidCrash</li><li>Sound design by Megan Liley.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. New episodes appear the first and third Tuesday of each month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p>In this episode, Karen's trial continues to devolve, and MightyClops and the Interregngum have a deep conversation about the nature of love. Also, we attend a corporate training on Entreprenesting, and meditate on love, loss, crime, and punishment.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Entreprenesting was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, and Tony Culverwell, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>The Child on the Cover of this Knitting Pattern was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Megan Liley and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Michael Giel, Rachel Perry, Donnie Febbleston, Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Commons Zero</a> and can be found on <a href="freesound.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">freesound.org</a>. Special thanks to:</li><li>balloonhead for evil-laugh</li><li>terry93d for bi-thunder-pile-up-1-no-reverb</li><li>borgory for chewing-crunch-cornflakes-knuspern-schnurpsen-eating-essen-munch</li><li>zerolagtime for gavel-triplemad</li><li>Fenodyrie fpr sword against sword</li><li>qreiff for Room Tone-Large interior with AC</li><li>Khenshom for Rainy day in city of Tel Aviv, Israel</li><li>musicmasta1 for CarStartSkidCrash</li><li>Sound design by Megan Liley.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. New episodes appear the first and third Tuesday of each month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S3E10 - Pizza University: Episode 3: Debate Night/Koach Karl</title>
			<itunes:title>S3E10 - Pizza University: Episode 3: Debate Night/Koach Karl</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:35:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering. In this episode, Karen's trial continues, and the candy store staff make some progress in their quest to free their leader. Also, Pizzabot attends a debate and makes an unexpected new friend, and Koach Karl gives us all a much-needed pep talk on economic and sexual liberation.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Pizza University, Episode 3: Debate Night was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Tony Culverwell, Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Koach Karl was written by Donnie Febbleston, Karen Loomer, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Donnie Febbleston and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Michael Giel, Rachel Perry, Karen Loomer, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero. Special thanks to:</li><li>craigsmith for gavel tapping</li><li>ev-dawg for crowd noise</li><li>radiocounselling for crowd gasp</li><li>thomaspetting for jackhammer</li><li>sandermotions for applause</li><li>speedenza for moving machine sequence</li><li>notklaatu for retro sci fi computer</li><li>Sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering. In this episode, Karen's trial continues, and the candy store staff make some progress in their quest to free their leader. Also, Pizzabot attends a debate and makes an unexpected new friend, and Koach Karl gives us all a much-needed pep talk on economic and sexual liberation.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Pizza University, Episode 3: Debate Night was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Tony Culverwell, Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Koach Karl was written by Donnie Febbleston, Karen Loomer, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Donnie Febbleston and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Michael Giel, Rachel Perry, Karen Loomer, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>All sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero. Special thanks to:</li><li>craigsmith for gavel tapping</li><li>ev-dawg for crowd noise</li><li>radiocounselling for crowd gasp</li><li>thomaspetting for jackhammer</li><li>sandermotions for applause</li><li>speedenza for moving machine sequence</li><li>notklaatu for retro sci fi computer</li><li>Sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title><![CDATA[S3E9- Superpower Man/Sisyphus' Haircut]]></title>
			<itunes:title><![CDATA[S3E9- Superpower Man/Sisyphus' Haircut]]></itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:57:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;In this episode, the Interregngum reveals himself to Karen and causes a prison riot, and Rachel and Medusa come to blows over Candybot. Also listen in as some 1940s radio producers commit blasphemy, and get a haircut that never ends.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Superpower Man was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Megan Liley, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Sisyphus' Haircut was written, performed, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Karen Loomer, Michael Giel, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Adam Bailey, and Rachel Perry.&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>The following sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</li><li>unclesigmund</li><li>brianbaltar</li><li>craigsmith</li><li>jmbphilmes</li><li>breviceps</li><li>rocketchicken</li><li>sterferny</li><li>Metalchemyx</li><li>mrrap4food</li><li>jascha23</li><li>bevibeldesign</li><li>Ekokubza123</li><li>marchelonia</li><li>Fenodyrie</li><li>Evinawer</li><li>Lorettov</li><li>jadend2</li><li>gis_sweden</li><li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/IliasFlou/sounds/498395/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Greek Riot by IliasFlou</a>,</li><li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/190204/sounds/656890/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RPG Girl Fight Voice by 190204</a>,</li><li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/JustInvoke/sounds/446115/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WetSplat by JustInvoke</a>,</li><li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/AmeAngelofSin/sounds/326888/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Karate chop fighting sounds by AmeAngelofSIn</a>, and</li><li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/401744/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Toilet Flush, English by Inspector J</a> were used under<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution licence</a>.</li><li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/SkyRaeVoicing/sounds/368843/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Female Grunts for Games by SkyRaeVoicing</a>, was licenced under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution licence.</a></li><li>Sound design by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;In this episode, the Interregngum reveals himself to Karen and causes a prison riot, and Rachel and Medusa come to blows over Candybot. Also listen in as some 1940s radio producers commit blasphemy, and get a haircut that never ends.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Superpower Man was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Megan Liley, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Sisyphus' Haircut was written, performed, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Karen Loomer, Michael Giel, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Adam Bailey, and Rachel Perry.&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>The following sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</li><li>unclesigmund</li><li>brianbaltar</li><li>craigsmith</li><li>jmbphilmes</li><li>breviceps</li><li>rocketchicken</li><li>sterferny</li><li>Metalchemyx</li><li>mrrap4food</li><li>jascha23</li><li>bevibeldesign</li><li>Ekokubza123</li><li>marchelonia</li><li>Fenodyrie</li><li>Evinawer</li><li>Lorettov</li><li>jadend2</li><li>gis_sweden</li><li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/IliasFlou/sounds/498395/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Greek Riot by IliasFlou</a>,</li><li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/190204/sounds/656890/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RPG Girl Fight Voice by 190204</a>,</li><li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/JustInvoke/sounds/446115/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WetSplat by JustInvoke</a>,</li><li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/AmeAngelofSin/sounds/326888/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Karate chop fighting sounds by AmeAngelofSIn</a>, and</li><li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/401744/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Toilet Flush, English by Inspector J</a> were used under<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution licence</a>.</li><li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/SkyRaeVoicing/sounds/368843/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Female Grunts for Games by SkyRaeVoicing</a>, was licenced under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution licence.</a></li><li>Sound design by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S3E8 - Pizza University: Episode 2: LibraryBot/Satan wants me for a fun meme</title>
			<itunes:title>S3E8 - Pizza University: Episode 2: LibraryBot/Satan wants me for a fun meme</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2023 07:13:06 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>In this episode, Karen’s trial begins, with no help from the Baron, and the shop is visited by Edmund and Christina, sticky-fingered street urchins who find an unpleasant surprise. Also, we hear a heart-wrenching appeal for a robot literacy program, and check in with a Christian meme group that is entertaining an unexpected guest.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Pizza University: Episode 2: LibraryBot was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Tony Culverwell and Donnie Febbleston, with sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Satan Wants Me for a FunMeme was written by Donnie Febbleston and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Tony Culverwell, Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, with sound design by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Rachel Perry, Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>All sound effects are licensed under Creative Commons Zero and found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:</li><li>obscureterminus for mystery-strings</li><li>breviceps for busy-room-ambience-small-crowd-people-talking-in-background</li><li>issalcake for clapping-small-audience-far-away</li><li>svegari for summer-night-piano</li><li>borgory for chewing-crunch-cornflakes</li><li>radiocounseling for crowd-gasp</li><li>craigsmith for gavel-tapping-and-hitting</li><li>ev-dawg for art-gallery-crowd-noise</li><li>bplayers for door-open-close-with-bell</li><li>meese705555 for new-intro-feb-2012-tdar</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>Overall sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear the first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>In this episode, Karen’s trial begins, with no help from the Baron, and the shop is visited by Edmund and Christina, sticky-fingered street urchins who find an unpleasant surprise. Also, we hear a heart-wrenching appeal for a robot literacy program, and check in with a Christian meme group that is entertaining an unexpected guest.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Pizza University: Episode 2: LibraryBot was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Tony Culverwell and Donnie Febbleston, with sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Satan Wants Me for a FunMeme was written by Donnie Febbleston and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Tony Culverwell, Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, Donnie Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, with sound design by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Rachel Perry, Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>All sound effects are licensed under Creative Commons Zero and found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:</li><li>obscureterminus for mystery-strings</li><li>breviceps for busy-room-ambience-small-crowd-people-talking-in-background</li><li>issalcake for clapping-small-audience-far-away</li><li>svegari for summer-night-piano</li><li>borgory for chewing-crunch-cornflakes</li><li>radiocounseling for crowd-gasp</li><li>craigsmith for gavel-tapping-and-hitting</li><li>ev-dawg for art-gallery-crowd-noise</li><li>bplayers for door-open-close-with-bell</li><li>meese705555 for new-intro-feb-2012-tdar</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>Overall sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear the first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title><![CDATA[S3E7 - The Scotsman's Wife/Pizza University Episode 1: The Trailer]]></title>
			<itunes:title><![CDATA[S3E7 - The Scotsman's Wife/Pizza University Episode 1: The Trailer]]></itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2023 17:59:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, Karen receives two very special visitors, and Skip, Medusa, and Coolsworth begin to put the pieces together about their leader’s surprising absence. We also learn more about Hebridean marriage customs, and join Rachel and Candybot as they check out a brand new Netflix show, Pizza University.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The Scotsman's Wife was written by Rachel Perry, performed by Rachel Perry and Joel Bazin, and produced by Joel Bazin.</li><li>Pizza University, Episode 1: The Trailer was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Donnie Febbleston, Rachel Perry, and Tony Culverwell, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments were written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Michael Giel, Karen Loomer, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>Background music in Pizza Episode, Episode 1: The Trailer was "Son vergin vezzosa" from Vincenzo Bellini's 1835 opera "I Puritani". This public domain masterpiece was performed by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and Michael Rose.</li><li>All other sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</li><li>bplayers for the door open close w/bell</li><li>kupper for horse trampling</li><li>foxen10 for horse whinny</li><li>gipsi for ponies</li><li>craigsmith for horse whinny</li><li>jmbphilmes for brazilian jail walla</li><li>georgisound for footsteps</li><li>derjuli for footsteps in hallway</li><li>borjan for stairway walk</li><li>alienistcog for quacking squirt bottle</li><li>buzzatsea for spray bottle spritz water</li><li>trp for water gun squirts</li><li>kyles for street small town traffic birds table saw spanish voices saravena colombia 201601</li><li>Sound design by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, Karen receives two very special visitors, and Skip, Medusa, and Coolsworth begin to put the pieces together about their leader’s surprising absence. We also learn more about Hebridean marriage customs, and join Rachel and Candybot as they check out a brand new Netflix show, Pizza University.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The Scotsman's Wife was written by Rachel Perry, performed by Rachel Perry and Joel Bazin, and produced by Joel Bazin.</li><li>Pizza University, Episode 1: The Trailer was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, performed by Donnie Febbleston, Rachel Perry, and Tony Culverwell, and produced by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments were written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Michael Giel, Karen Loomer, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>Background music in Pizza Episode, Episode 1: The Trailer was "Son vergin vezzosa" from Vincenzo Bellini's 1835 opera "I Puritani". This public domain masterpiece was performed by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and Michael Rose.</li><li>All other sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</li><li>bplayers for the door open close w/bell</li><li>kupper for horse trampling</li><li>foxen10 for horse whinny</li><li>gipsi for ponies</li><li>craigsmith for horse whinny</li><li>jmbphilmes for brazilian jail walla</li><li>georgisound for footsteps</li><li>derjuli for footsteps in hallway</li><li>borjan for stairway walk</li><li>alienistcog for quacking squirt bottle</li><li>buzzatsea for spray bottle spritz water</li><li>trp for water gun squirts</li><li>kyles for street small town traffic birds table saw spanish voices saravena colombia 201601</li><li>Sound design by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S3E6 - A Very Special Exploration of Medusapause</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 07:44:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to The Middle-Aged Candy Store!</p><br><p>In this very special episode, Medusa confronts her mortality with the help of Dr. Sex, overly forward herpetologist Dr. Sangfroid, and a surprise visit from a very special guest.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>A Very Special Exploration of Medusapause was written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Rachel Perry, and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>All sound effects licensed under Creative Commons Zero and available on freesound.org. Thank you to the following creators:</li><li>joedeshon for film static</li><li>yetcop for shower sounds</li><li>buzzc0x for intermission music</li><li>navadeaux for metallic transition music</li><li>craigsmith for feet scuffling</li><li>samsterbirdie for laser</li><li>borgory for crunch</li><li>emyildirim for paper ripping</li><li>seansecret for violently closing door</li><li>belanhud for raygun zap</li><li>Sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to The Middle-Aged Candy Store!</p><br><p>In this very special episode, Medusa confronts her mortality with the help of Dr. Sex, overly forward herpetologist Dr. Sangfroid, and a surprise visit from a very special guest.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>A Very Special Exploration of Medusapause was written by The Gathering and performed by Tony Culverwell, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Rachel Perry, and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>All sound effects licensed under Creative Commons Zero and available on freesound.org. Thank you to the following creators:</li><li>joedeshon for film static</li><li>yetcop for shower sounds</li><li>buzzc0x for intermission music</li><li>navadeaux for metallic transition music</li><li>craigsmith for feet scuffling</li><li>samsterbirdie for laser</li><li>borgory for crunch</li><li>emyildirim for paper ripping</li><li>seansecret for violently closing door</li><li>belanhud for raygun zap</li><li>Sound design by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S3E5 - Two Girls No Graydar/Murderous Meg: The Car</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:43:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to The Middle-Aged Candy Store!</p><br><p>In this episode, Karen receives a visit from her least favourite employee - the spectre otherwise known as the Baron - and Rachel and Candybot attempt to repair their working relationship. We also learn that some girls have absolutely NO greydar, and that you should probably think twice if Meg invites you for a romantic drive.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Two Girls No Graydar was written by Rachel Perry, performed by Rachel Perry, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Donnie Febbleston, and produced by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Murderous Meg: The Car was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Donnie Febbleston and Megan Liley, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, Rachel Perry, and Tony Culverwell.&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>All sound effects licensed under Creative Commons Zero and available on freesound.org. Thank you to the following creators:</li><li>daveanders for the house music drum loop wet</li><li>dylanthefish for weird spaceship</li><li>gerainsan for spaceship fly long sci fi whoosh</li><li>soundsexciting for party sounds</li><li>kvgarlic</li><li>endritprenku</li><li>craigsmith</li><li>Sound design by Donnie Febbleston</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to The Middle-Aged Candy Store!</p><br><p>In this episode, Karen receives a visit from her least favourite employee - the spectre otherwise known as the Baron - and Rachel and Candybot attempt to repair their working relationship. We also learn that some girls have absolutely NO greydar, and that you should probably think twice if Meg invites you for a romantic drive.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Two Girls No Graydar was written by Rachel Perry, performed by Rachel Perry, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Donnie Febbleston, and produced by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Murderous Meg: The Car was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Donnie Febbleston and Megan Liley, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, Rachel Perry, and Tony Culverwell.&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>All sound effects licensed under Creative Commons Zero and available on freesound.org. Thank you to the following creators:</li><li>daveanders for the house music drum loop wet</li><li>dylanthefish for weird spaceship</li><li>gerainsan for spaceship fly long sci fi whoosh</li><li>soundsexciting for party sounds</li><li>kvgarlic</li><li>endritprenku</li><li>craigsmith</li><li>Sound design by Donnie Febbleston</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S3E4 - Les Bananes Dangereuses/Murderous Meg: The Boat</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, Karen’s attempts to join the Tic Tac dance troupe have provoked the ire of the all-powerful Choreographer, and the Baron interferes with Skip’s attempt to help. Also, experience a scintillating amourous intrigue among a bunch of bananas, and thrill to the sad fate of Murderous Meg’s latest paramour.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Les Bananes Dangereuses was written by Tony Culverwell, performed by Donnie Febbleston, Rachel Perry, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Tony Culverwell, Megan Liley, and Amanda Matalanis, and produced by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Murderous Meg: The Boat was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Donnie Febbleston and Megan Liley, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, Michael Giel, Rachel Perry, and Tony Culverwell.&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>The following sound effects are licenced under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Commons 4 licence</a> and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:</li><li>klankbleed for water sounds</li><li>juskiddink for boat sounds</li><li>The following sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</li><li>felix-blum for thunder in the tropical forest of Gran Sabana Venezuela</li><li>zerolagtime for harpsichord dream enter</li><li>craigsmith for R10-06-Dance Steps</li><li>wlabarron for Door sliding along a metal track</li><li>Sheyvan for Sliding Elevator Door</li><li>Lupardy for six.wav</li><li>lwdickens for rotary phone ring</li><li>jmbphilmes for walla-of-brazilian-jail-01</li><li>dudamix98 for 3 tone chimeInterstital:</li><li>Cookiespolicy for rotary phone pick up and hang up</li><li>Ramicio for dial tone</li><li>kyles for street small town or city light throaty traffic birds table saw spanish voices saravena colombia</li><li>trp for crows park urban stratford 10</li><li>Sound design by Megan Liley.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, Karen’s attempts to join the Tic Tac dance troupe have provoked the ire of the all-powerful Choreographer, and the Baron interferes with Skip’s attempt to help. Also, experience a scintillating amourous intrigue among a bunch of bananas, and thrill to the sad fate of Murderous Meg’s latest paramour.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Les Bananes Dangereuses was written by Tony Culverwell, performed by Donnie Febbleston, Rachel Perry, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Tony Culverwell, Megan Liley, and Amanda Matalanis, and produced by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Murderous Meg: The Boat was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Donnie Febbleston and Megan Liley, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, Michael Giel, Rachel Perry, and Tony Culverwell.&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>The following sound effects are licenced under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Commons 4 licence</a> and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:</li><li>klankbleed for water sounds</li><li>juskiddink for boat sounds</li><li>The following sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</li><li>felix-blum for thunder in the tropical forest of Gran Sabana Venezuela</li><li>zerolagtime for harpsichord dream enter</li><li>craigsmith for R10-06-Dance Steps</li><li>wlabarron for Door sliding along a metal track</li><li>Sheyvan for Sliding Elevator Door</li><li>Lupardy for six.wav</li><li>lwdickens for rotary phone ring</li><li>jmbphilmes for walla-of-brazilian-jail-01</li><li>dudamix98 for 3 tone chimeInterstital:</li><li>Cookiespolicy for rotary phone pick up and hang up</li><li>Ramicio for dial tone</li><li>kyles for street small town or city light throaty traffic birds table saw spanish voices saravena colombia</li><li>trp for crows park urban stratford 10</li><li>Sound design by Megan Liley.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S3E3 - Nasal Fest/Murderous Meg - The Plane</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 08:37:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, Karen makes contact with Joliette Deep Dish Prison’s famous (or infamous) dance troupe, and Crystal Ball and Monkey Paw are up to their usual tricks in the store. Meanwhile, come on down to NasalFest, the world’s premiere nose-picking festival and trade show, and steer clear of Murderous Meg’s latest romantic venture.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Nasal Fest was written, performed, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Murderous Meg was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Megan Liley and Donnie Febbleston, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments were written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, Tony Culverwell, and Linda Febbleston..&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>The following sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</li><li>seth_makes_sounds for hype-background-track</li><li>kyles and trp for background ambience</li><li>jmbphilmes walla-of-brazilian-jail-01</li><li>dudamix98 for 3 tone chime</li><li>beerbelly38</li><li>kvgarlic</li><li>craigsmith</li><li>derplayer</li><li>Truss88</li><li>SimbertoB</li><li>elfstonepress</li><li>taure</li><li>The following sound effects are licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Commons 4.0</a> and found on freesound.org:</li><li>Cheeseheadburger</li><li>Anikadl</li><li>LG</li><li>Justinvoke</li><li>The following sound effects are licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Commons 3.0</a> and found on freesound.org:</li><li>sanus_excipio</li><li>Mrauralization</li><li>Sound design by Megan Liley.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. </em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, Karen makes contact with Joliette Deep Dish Prison’s famous (or infamous) dance troupe, and Crystal Ball and Monkey Paw are up to their usual tricks in the store. Meanwhile, come on down to NasalFest, the world’s premiere nose-picking festival and trade show, and steer clear of Murderous Meg’s latest romantic venture.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Nasal Fest was written, performed, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Murderous Meg was written by Donnie Febbleston, performed by Megan Liley and Donnie Febbleston, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments were written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Megan Liley, Tony Culverwell, and Linda Febbleston..&nbsp;</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.&nbsp;</li><li>The following sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on freesound.org. Special thanks to:&nbsp;</li><li>seth_makes_sounds for hype-background-track</li><li>kyles and trp for background ambience</li><li>jmbphilmes walla-of-brazilian-jail-01</li><li>dudamix98 for 3 tone chime</li><li>beerbelly38</li><li>kvgarlic</li><li>craigsmith</li><li>derplayer</li><li>Truss88</li><li>SimbertoB</li><li>elfstonepress</li><li>taure</li><li>The following sound effects are licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Commons 4.0</a> and found on freesound.org:</li><li>Cheeseheadburger</li><li>Anikadl</li><li>LG</li><li>Justinvoke</li><li>The following sound effects are licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Creative Commons 3.0</a> and found on freesound.org:</li><li>sanus_excipio</li><li>Mrauralization</li><li>Sound design by Megan Liley.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month. </em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title><![CDATA[S3E2 - 10 Shoemakers/The Candy Salesman's Brother]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 09:55:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p>In this episode, Jimmy Rash sings us his smash hit, “Wholesome Prison Blues”, and twin supermodels Dave and Avialannia take Karen’s one phone call from the prison…with mixed results. We also learn a valuable lesson about productivity from the 10 Shoemakers, and go on a rather rambling drive with the Candy Salesman’s brother.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>10 Shoemakers written by Karen Loomer and performed and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>The Candy Salesman’s Brother was performed by Tim Vant and written and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, Tony Culverwell, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Adam Bailey.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>Mechanical street organ sounds were obtained from&nbsp;<a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freesound.org</a>&nbsp;by RTB45 and modified for use: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a></li><li>All other sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero. Special thanks to:</li><li><strong>jmbphilmes&nbsp;</strong>for walla of Brazilian jail</li><li><strong>tenkism&nbsp;</strong>for winding old alarm clock</li><li><strong>flashtrauma&nbsp;</strong>for clock ticking</li><li><strong>kyles&nbsp;</strong>for street small town or city walla</li><li><strong>keekee&nbsp;</strong>for telephone ringing</li><li><strong>cookiespolicy&nbsp;</strong>for rotary phone pick-up and hang-up</li><li>desupersanton for starting engine car</li><li>modman34 for car engine.</li><li>Sound design by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p>In this episode, Jimmy Rash sings us his smash hit, “Wholesome Prison Blues”, and twin supermodels Dave and Avialannia take Karen’s one phone call from the prison…with mixed results. We also learn a valuable lesson about productivity from the 10 Shoemakers, and go on a rather rambling drive with the Candy Salesman’s brother.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>10 Shoemakers written by Karen Loomer and performed and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>The Candy Salesman’s Brother was performed by Tim Vant and written and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, Tony Culverwell, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Adam Bailey.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>Mechanical street organ sounds were obtained from&nbsp;<a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freesound.org</a>&nbsp;by RTB45 and modified for use: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a></li><li>All other sound effects are licenced under Creative Commons Zero. Special thanks to:</li><li><strong>jmbphilmes&nbsp;</strong>for walla of Brazilian jail</li><li><strong>tenkism&nbsp;</strong>for winding old alarm clock</li><li><strong>flashtrauma&nbsp;</strong>for clock ticking</li><li><strong>kyles&nbsp;</strong>for street small town or city walla</li><li><strong>keekee&nbsp;</strong>for telephone ringing</li><li><strong>cookiespolicy&nbsp;</strong>for rotary phone pick-up and hang-up</li><li>desupersanton for starting engine car</li><li>modman34 for car engine.</li><li>Sound design by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S3E1 - Bunkford Report/Time Management for Ghosts</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:30:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p>In this episode, we learn that beloved store manager Karen is in prison, and meet her roomate, famed country singer Jimmy Rash. We also check in with everyone’s favourite talking monkey podcaster, Bunkford, and learn about his new employment opportunity, and learn some valuable tips from Clive and LInda Barbabbalston on how you can live your best afterlife</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The Bunkford Report and Time Management for Ghosts written, performed, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, Tony Culverwell, and Michael Giel.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>Sound design by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Water drip sound effect by tosha73, available at freesound.org, and licenced under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License</p><p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a></p><p>All other sound effects are licensed under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on&nbsp;<a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">freesound.org</a>.</p><p>Special thanks to:</p><ul><li>dudamix98 for 3 tone chime</li><li>jmbphilmes for walla of brazillian jail 01</li><li>kyles for outside street sound</li><li>bplayers for the door open close w/bell</li><li>kupper for the horse hooves foxen10 for the horse whinny</li><li>gipsi for the ponies</li><li>Dalibor</li><li>Klangkobold</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em>&nbsp;</p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p>In this episode, we learn that beloved store manager Karen is in prison, and meet her roomate, famed country singer Jimmy Rash. We also check in with everyone’s favourite talking monkey podcaster, Bunkford, and learn about his new employment opportunity, and learn some valuable tips from Clive and LInda Barbabbalston on how you can live your best afterlife</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The Bunkford Report and Time Management for Ghosts written, performed, and produced by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and interstitial segments written by The Gathering and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, Tony Culverwell, and Michael Giel.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>Sound design by Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Water drip sound effect by tosha73, available at freesound.org, and licenced under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License</p><p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a></p><p>All other sound effects are licensed under Creative Commons Zero and can be found on&nbsp;<a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">freesound.org</a>.</p><p>Special thanks to:</p><ul><li>dudamix98 for 3 tone chime</li><li>jmbphilmes for walla of brazillian jail 01</li><li>kyles for outside street sound</li><li>bplayers for the door open close w/bell</li><li>kupper for the horse hooves foxen10 for the horse whinny</li><li>gipsi for the ponies</li><li>Dalibor</li><li>Klangkobold</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Podcasts appear every first and third Tuesday of the month.</em>&nbsp;</p><br><p><br></p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>SEASON THREE PREMIERE ANNOUNCEMENT</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:22:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>S2E12 - Space Karen/Pizza Cops: Episode 4</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 18:21:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>S2E11: I do not live/He reaches out</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:12:24 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle-Aged Candy Store.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>I do not live was written and performed by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>He reaches out was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and performed by Megan Liley. Incidental music by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and Interstitial writing by Megan Liley, performed by Megan Liley, Linda Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip. Sound effects by Planet-leader,  _stubb,<em>&nbsp;</em>mono_near_, and giddster. All sound effects licenced under Creative Commons 0 and available at freesound.org.</li><li>Theme song written by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle-Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. New episodes appear the first and third Tuesday of each month.&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle-Aged Candy Store.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>I do not live was written and performed by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>He reaches out was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and performed by Megan Liley. Incidental music by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Intro and Interstitial writing by Megan Liley, performed by Megan Liley, Linda Febbleston, and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip. Sound effects by Planet-leader,  _stubb,<em>&nbsp;</em>mono_near_, and giddster. All sound effects licenced under Creative Commons 0 and available at freesound.org.</li><li>Theme song written by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle-Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. New episodes appear the first and third Tuesday of each month.&nbsp;</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S2E10: Cake Baby 3/Pizza Cops 3: Out of the Pizza Pan, Into the Fire</title>
			<itunes:title>S2E10: Cake Baby 3/Pizza Cops 3: Out of the Pizza Pan, Into the Fire</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2022 14:42:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Middle-Aged Candy Store! Episode credits:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Cake Baby 3 Written by Karen Looper, Performed by Rachel Parry, Sound Design by Donnie Febbleston &amp; Music written and performed by Donnie Febbleston</li><li>Intro &amp; Interstitial written by Donnie Febbleston, Performed by Donnie Febbleston &amp; Karen Loomer</li><li>Pizza Cops Episode 3 written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and performed by Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Karen Loomer, and Megan Liley</li><li>Sound effects (Cake Baby 3): NY Jazz Loop&nbsp;<a href="http://viafreesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">viaFreesound.Org</a>&nbsp;by FoolBoyMedia under&nbsp;<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Attribution Noncommercial 4.0 License</a></li><li>Sound effects for Pizza Cops via&nbsp;<a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freesound.Org</a>: CastIronCarousel under Creative Commons license 3.0; newagesoup&nbsp;under Creative Commons license 0; PBRProductions&nbsp;under Creative Commons license 0</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle-Aged Candy Store is a production of The Gathering. New episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S2E9: Fae Gate-Away 3: Pixie Dust to Pixie Dust/Alfred</title>
			<itunes:title>S2E9: Fae Gate-Away 3: Pixie Dust to Pixie Dust/Alfred</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 17:25:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Come on in to the Middle-Aged Candy Store. We're so glad you stopped by. Sit down and rest a spell and try this tasty little treat. Only you never know, is it going to be sour or sweet? The only way to find out is to listen.The Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p><strong>Fae Gate-Away - Pixie Dust To Pixie Dust</strong></p><p>Written by Megan Liley</p><p>Performed by Rachel Perry, Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Megan Liley</p><p>Sound design by Megan Liley</p><p><strong>Alfred</strong></p><p>Written by Karen Loomer</p><p>Performed by Donnie Febbleston</p><p>Sound design by Tony Culverwell</p><p>(<strong>Sugar Protester) Intro and interstitials</strong></p><p>Written by Tony Culverwell</p><p>Performed by Karen Loomer and Tony Culverwell</p><p>Sound design by Tony CulverwellAll sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 via&nbsp;<a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freesound.org</a>.</p><p>A big middle-aged Thank You to:</p><ul><li><strong>BPlayers</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Sugar Protester</strong>&nbsp;door open close w/bell sound.</li><li><strong>kyles</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Sugar Protester</strong>&nbsp;outside street sound.</li><li><strong>TRP</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Sugar Protester</strong>&nbsp;crow sound.</li><li><strong>paraplex&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;A2 bass sound.</li><li><strong>tommccann&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;Explosion_01 sound.</li><li><strong>flashdeejay&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;Bird flying away sound.</li><li><strong>Lavinci&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;Alien Voice sound.</li><li><strong>squeakdamouse&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;soulsofthedamned sound.</li><li><strong>Josh74000MC&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;thunder3 sound.</li><li><strong>blaukreuz&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;120908-1835-FG-TDS-Obermarkt sound.</li><li><strong>SamsterBirdies</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;laser sound.</li><li><strong>mrrap4food&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;crowdcheer sound.</li><li><strong>klavo1985&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;techno by kk rise loop final sound.</li><li><strong>szegvari&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;club live concert DJ DeeJay EDM People's crowd chats party techno house music atmo atmosphere sound.</li><li><strong>Teacoma&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;Straight techno beat sound.</li><li><strong>DrToast&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;Techno Warning 125 bpm sound.</li><li><strong>Stereo Surgeon</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;Techno horn 1 sound.</li><li><strong>FlashTrauma</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Alfred</strong>&nbsp;clock ticking sound.</li><li><strong>tenkism</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Alfred&nbsp;</strong>clock winding sound.Links</li></ul><p><a href="https://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://freesound.org/</a></p><p>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</p><p>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</p><br><p><em>The Middle-Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We're Still Cool podcast network. New episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Come on in to the Middle-Aged Candy Store. We're so glad you stopped by. Sit down and rest a spell and try this tasty little treat. Only you never know, is it going to be sour or sweet? The only way to find out is to listen.The Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><br><p><strong>Fae Gate-Away - Pixie Dust To Pixie Dust</strong></p><p>Written by Megan Liley</p><p>Performed by Rachel Perry, Tony Culverwell, Donnie Febbleston, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Megan Liley</p><p>Sound design by Megan Liley</p><p><strong>Alfred</strong></p><p>Written by Karen Loomer</p><p>Performed by Donnie Febbleston</p><p>Sound design by Tony Culverwell</p><p>(<strong>Sugar Protester) Intro and interstitials</strong></p><p>Written by Tony Culverwell</p><p>Performed by Karen Loomer and Tony Culverwell</p><p>Sound design by Tony CulverwellAll sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 via&nbsp;<a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freesound.org</a>.</p><p>A big middle-aged Thank You to:</p><ul><li><strong>BPlayers</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Sugar Protester</strong>&nbsp;door open close w/bell sound.</li><li><strong>kyles</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Sugar Protester</strong>&nbsp;outside street sound.</li><li><strong>TRP</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Sugar Protester</strong>&nbsp;crow sound.</li><li><strong>paraplex&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;A2 bass sound.</li><li><strong>tommccann&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;Explosion_01 sound.</li><li><strong>flashdeejay&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;Bird flying away sound.</li><li><strong>Lavinci&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;Alien Voice sound.</li><li><strong>squeakdamouse&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;soulsofthedamned sound.</li><li><strong>Josh74000MC&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;thunder3 sound.</li><li><strong>blaukreuz&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;120908-1835-FG-TDS-Obermarkt sound.</li><li><strong>SamsterBirdies</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;laser sound.</li><li><strong>mrrap4food&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;crowdcheer sound.</li><li><strong>klavo1985&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;techno by kk rise loop final sound.</li><li><strong>szegvari&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;club live concert DJ DeeJay EDM People's crowd chats party techno house music atmo atmosphere sound.</li><li><strong>Teacoma&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;Straight techno beat sound.</li><li><strong>DrToast&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;Techno Warning 125 bpm sound.</li><li><strong>Stereo Surgeon</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Fae Gate-A-Away</strong>&nbsp;Techno horn 1 sound.</li><li><strong>FlashTrauma</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Alfred</strong>&nbsp;clock ticking sound.</li><li><strong>tenkism</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>Alfred&nbsp;</strong>clock winding sound.Links</li></ul><p><a href="https://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://freesound.org/</a></p><p>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</p><p>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</p><br><p><em>The Middle-Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We're Still Cool podcast network. New episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S2E8: Fishing Derby/Pizza Cops 2: Here today, gone tomato</title>
			<itunes:title>S2E8: Fishing Derby/Pizza Cops 2: Here today, gone tomato</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:19:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Come on in to the Middle-Aged Candy Store. We're so glad you stopped by. Sit down and rest a spell and try this tasty little treat. Only you never know, is it going to be sour or sweet? The only way to find out is to listen.</p><br><p>The Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><ul><li>Fishing Derby was written by Karen Loomer and performed by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Pizza Cops Episode 2: Here Today, Gone Tomato was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, and Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Intro and interstitials written by Tony Culverwell and performed by Tony Culverwell, Amanda Matalanis and Karen Loomer.</li><li>All sound effects licensed via Creative Commons&nbsp;via&nbsp;<a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freesound.org</a>.</li><li>Thanks to soundmary for Aliens Hitting The Wall cat purring sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to mafon2 for Aliens Hitting The Wall cat purring sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to spacejoe for Aliens Hitting The Wall birdcall sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to chridoff for Aliens Hitting The Wall cat space bloop sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to danlucaz for Aliens Hitting The Wall laser sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to chungus43a for Aliens Hitting The Wall laser sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to wcoltd for Aliens Hitting The Wall cat laser sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to FlashTrauma for Isabelle and Fishing Derby clock ticking sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to tenkism for Isabelle and Fishing Derby clock winding sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle-Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We're Still Cool podcast network. New episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Come on in to the Middle-Aged Candy Store. We're so glad you stopped by. Sit down and rest a spell and try this tasty little treat. Only you never know, is it going to be sour or sweet? The only way to find out is to listen.</p><br><p>The Middle Aged Candy Store, produced by The Gathering.</p><ul><li>Fishing Derby was written by Karen Loomer and performed by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip.</li><li>Pizza Cops Episode 2: Here Today, Gone Tomato was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, and Tony Culverwell.</li><li>Intro and interstitials written by Tony Culverwell and performed by Tony Culverwell, Amanda Matalanis and Karen Loomer.</li><li>All sound effects licensed via Creative Commons&nbsp;via&nbsp;<a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freesound.org</a>.</li><li>Thanks to soundmary for Aliens Hitting The Wall cat purring sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to mafon2 for Aliens Hitting The Wall cat purring sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to spacejoe for Aliens Hitting The Wall birdcall sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to chridoff for Aliens Hitting The Wall cat space bloop sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to danlucaz for Aliens Hitting The Wall laser sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to chungus43a for Aliens Hitting The Wall laser sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to wcoltd for Aliens Hitting The Wall cat laser sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to FlashTrauma for Isabelle and Fishing Derby clock ticking sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Thanks to tenkism for Isabelle and Fishing Derby clock winding sound, licenced under Creative Commons 0.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle-Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We're Still Cool podcast network. New episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S2E6: Sally Surrealist/Pizza Cops Episode 1</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 06:42:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>S2E5: Fae Gate-Away/My Nervous Owl</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 08:31:53 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle-Aged Candy Store.</p><p> </p><ul><li>Fae-Gate-Away Episode 1 was written by Megan Liley and performed by Rachel Perry, Donnie Febbleston, Tony Culverwell, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Karen Loomer.</li><li>My Nervous Owl was written and performed by Donnie Febbleston.</li><li>Intro and Interstitial segments were written by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Donnie Febbleston, and Karen Loomer.</li><li>Theme music written by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston.</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis.</li><li>The Middle-Aged Candy Store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle-Aged Candy Store is a project of The Gathering. Episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title><![CDATA[CANDY HEARTS: A Narcissist's Valentine]]></title>
			<itunes:title><![CDATA[CANDY HEARTS: A Narcissist's Valentine]]></itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Relationbot/Mobster Thermidor</title>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for listening to the Middle Aged Candy Store!</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Relationbot was written by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Rachel Perry and Donnie Febbleston</li><li>Mobster Thermidor was written and performed by Donnie Febbleston</li><li>Intro and interstitial writing by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and performed by Karen Loomer and Donnie Febbleston</li><li>Incidental music in Mobster Thermidor by Fool Boy Media, licenced under Creative Commons. www.foolboymedia.co.uk</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Donnie and Linda Febbleston</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis</li></ul><p><br></p><p>The Middle Aged Candy Store is produced by The Gathering and is a proud member of the We're Still Cool podcast network. Episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>S2E2: Medusa/Cake Baby/Balloon Dogs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Middle Aged Candy Store! Episode credits:</p><ul><li>Cake Baby written by Karen Loomer and performed by Rachel Perry. </li><li>Balloon Dogs written and performed by Donnie Febbleston. </li><li>Intro and Interstitial segments written by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Karen Loomer and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis</li><li>Original music by Donnie Febbleston</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Middle Aged Candy Store! Episode credits:</p><ul><li>Cake Baby written by Karen Loomer and performed by Rachel Perry. </li><li>Balloon Dogs written and performed by Donnie Febbleston. </li><li>Intro and Interstitial segments written by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Karen Loomer and Kristin Mueller-Heaslip</li><li>Cover art by Amanda Matalanis</li><li>Original music by Donnie Febbleston</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>The Middle Aged Candy store is a proud member of the We’re Still Cool podcast network. Episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Scrap Metal Woman/The Bunkford Report/French Classic Rock DJ</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2022 05:01:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: The Mandible Diaries</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Episode 13: SEASON 1 FINALE feat. Zing Bombie, Pizza Cops, Emotional Support Animals, and more!</title>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Middle-Aged Candy Store! Episode credits:</p><ul><li>Season Finale written by Martin Loomer, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, and Donnie Febbleston</li><li>Performed by Karen Loomer, Donnie Febbleston, Rachel Perry, Tony Culverwell, Linda Febbleston, Megan Liley, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Adam Bailey, and Michael Giel</li><li>All sound effects licensed under Creative Commons</li><li>Incidental music by Donnie and Linda Febbleston</li><li>Cover image by Amanda Matalanis</li></ul><p><br></p><p>The Middle Aged Candy Store will return with Season 2 later in 2021. Stay tuned for bonus episodes throughout the summer.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Episode 12: Pizza Cops Episode 4; Freudian Communion</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Episode 10: Pizza Cops episode 3; The Baron Changes his Ways</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2021 12:53:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Episode 9: Interregn-gum 3; Duets</title>
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			<title>Episode 8</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:53:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:53:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Episode 6</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:53:17 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Middle-Aged Candy Store!</p><p>Episode credits:</p><ul><li>Interregn-gum was written by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Karen Loomer and Donnie Febbleston</li><li>Date with Memory was written by Karen Loomer and performed by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and Donnie Febbleston, with audio production by Tony Culverwell</li><li>Intro and interstitial writing by Donnie Febbleston</li><li>The character of Karen was played by Karen Loomer</li><li>Cover image by Amanda Matalanis</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Linda and Donnie Febbleston</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>A project of The Gathering. Episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Episode 4</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:53:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Middle-Aged Candy Store!</p><p>Episode credits:</p><ul><li>"Littlest Hobo Wine Review" was written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and performed by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and Tony Culverwell</li><li>"Commercial" was written and performed by Donnie Febbleston</li><li>Intro and interstitial was written and performed by Donnie Febbleston</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Linda Febbleston</li><li>Cover image by Amanda Matalanis</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>A project of The Gathering. Episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Episode 3</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:53:36 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Episode 2</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:53:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Middle-Aged Candy Store!</p><br><p>Episode credits:</p><ul><li>The character of Karen was performed by Karen Loomer</li><li>"Isabelle" was written by Karen Loomer and performed by Linda Febbleston</li><li>"Pirate Gnome Jeopardy" was written by Linda Febbleston and performed by Donnie Febbleston, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Linda Febbleston, and Karen Loomer</li><li>Interstitial writing by Marc Gorcey and performed by Donnie Febbleston</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Linda Febbleston</li><li>Cover image by Amanda Matalanis</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>A project of The Gathering. Episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Middle-Aged Candy Store!</p><br><p>Episode credits:</p><ul><li>The character of Karen was performed by Karen Loomer</li><li>"Isabelle" was written by Karen Loomer and performed by Linda Febbleston</li><li>"Pirate Gnome Jeopardy" was written by Linda Febbleston and performed by Donnie Febbleston, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Linda Febbleston, and Karen Loomer</li><li>Interstitial writing by Marc Gorcey and performed by Donnie Febbleston</li><li>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Linda Febbleston</li><li>Cover image by Amanda Matalanis</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>A project of The Gathering. Episodes appear the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Middle-Aged Candy Store, by The Gathering! </p><br><p>Episode credits:</p><p>Karen performed by Karen Loomer</p><p>"Lifeslotter" written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and performed by Karen Loomer, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Tony Culverwell, Linda Febbleston, and Donnie Febbleston</p><p>Interstitial writing by Marc Gorcey</p><p>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Linda Febbleston</p><p>Cover image by Amanda Matalanis</p><br><p>New episodes every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Middle-Aged Candy Store, by The Gathering! </p><br><p>Episode credits:</p><p>Karen performed by Karen Loomer</p><p>"Lifeslotter" written by Kristin Mueller-Heaslip and performed by Karen Loomer, Kristin Mueller-Heaslip, Tony Culverwell, Linda Febbleston, and Donnie Febbleston</p><p>Interstitial writing by Marc Gorcey</p><p>Theme music by Donnie Febbleston and performed by Linda Febbleston</p><p>Cover image by Amanda Matalanis</p><br><p>New episodes every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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