Antiques Freaks

Consider a variety of texture viewpoints in this controversial episode exploring both mold-blown and art glass. Or as we like to call it, Danger Play-Doh.

The greatest bookshelf ever invented! Perfect for lawyers and laypeople alike. And uniquely suited for apartment-dwellers and folks who live on the go. You want modular storage solutions with style? You want a barrister bookcase. Join us, won’t you? Thank you.

Wherein the Antiques Freaks come into possession of a curious little book and recite the scintillating tale of Dinorah.

It’s frog weather, y’all. Join us on our voyage to discover the root of scarcity.

Tarra (wellntruly) joins the Antiques Freaks for a very early draft of Interview with the Vampire. To instantly unlock over a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon!

Or as we like to call ‘em, the No-Rat Box. (Patent pending.) Tune in to learn all about this Pennsylvania Dutch and/or Mennonite and/or Amish handmade furniture classic. (Rivalry ENDED with Martha Stewart! Now PIONEER WOMAN is our new nemesis.)

Orlop. Over-boyed. To open lower deckers. Out-licker. Special guest Hannah Haverkamp joins the Antiques Freaks to help define all these nautical terms and more! (Press-Ganged into His Majesty's Royal Navy by One Direction. 150k words, Chapter 1/?) (Henry Peglar sails by either tack, pass it on.)

90s kids remember. 90s kids will always remember. 90s kids have tried to forget but nothing will scrub this toy commercial jingle from their heads. With bonus valuations for vintage TV Guide magazines.

Move over, pomanders - there’s a new stink in town!

The Antiques Freaks are answering YOUR listener questions! From obscure blow molds to painful Victorian literature and everything between and beyond. What is Myrtle the Beetle and why is she so friend-shaped? What do Dee and Ken want buried with them when they die? What whimsical nonsense do they have planned for listeners in a post-Varney-the-Vampire podcasting landscape? Inquiring minds must know.

While Dee recovers from surgery, please enjoy this episode from our Varney vaults. Our friend Olivia rejoins us for Charles Holland's NaNoWriMo project, aka The Count of Monte Crisco. Check out Olivia's short speculative fiction and essays at ofcieri.com, and buy her spooky novels LORD OF THUNDERTOWN and BACKMASK! To instantly unlock a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

Dee puts Ken in the torment nexus to teach him all about mid-century mod art glass. Someone free him. Please.

Nancy Dawson. Neptune’s goblets. North-West Passage.Nuts of an anchor. All these nautical terms and more defined at long last in this, the Nth chapter of the Sailor’s Word Book! (With special guest Hannah Haverkamp.)

You're not wamping high enough. You need to wamphigher. Our friends Chris and Paris from the Terrible Book Club podcast join us for the arrival of Admiral Bell and Jack Pringle at Bannerworth Hall and a wild ride through the particulars of Charles Holland's inheritance. To instantly unlock a hundred more chapters (literally), check out our Patreon.

Our most contentious episode yet! Does your kitty, ferret, or hedgehog require a fancy lil dish for their fancy lil dinner? Consider, the humble butter pat.

Dee and Ken explore the forecast for the 2024 antiques market. Cottagecore? Shaker? Maximalism? Yes please!

Terrible Book Club is back to help the Antiques Freaks cope with William Hope Hodgson’s non-Carnacki fiction. Come for the crossdressing sailors, stay for the true story of how Dee got banned from the mantis shrimp facebook group.

Wherein an oil baron sells collectible commercial products branded with his company name and logo out of the sheer goodness of his heart and not for any crude capitalist purposes. With bonus digressions into Polly Pocket and the Marx brothers.

Despite Ken’s grinching, Dee is determined to tell you all about the history of vintage and antique nutcrackers. (With bonus diversions into the absurdity of the Yankee Candle flagship store.)

Hannah has rejoined the Antiques Freaks to delve into nautical nonsense! Marling-spike. Midshipman. Mollymauk. Mosquito fleet. With bonus diversions into Master & Commander, Moby-Dick, AMC’s cult horror hit The Terror (2018), and Dee’s insatiable hunger for mackerel.