2025 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL !

<p><em><strong>A Christmas Gift, From Your Hosts, Jim and Kit Caren!</strong></em></p><p>Back by Popular Demand:</p><p>On this episode, we feature our<strong> Seventh</strong> presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of <em>&quot;A Christmas Carol&quot;</em>, by Charles Dickens, featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore. Complete, and uncut.</p><p>ENJOY !!!</p><p><strong>Merry Christmas! </strong><em> </em></p><p><a href="paypal.me/forgottennewspodcast" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Support this podcast⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>====</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>HISTORICAL REFERENCES:</strong></p><p><a href="https://dn720703.ca.archive.org/0/items/CampbellPlayhouseAChristmasCarol12241939/AChristmasCarolCampbellPlayhouse.mp3" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>A Christmas Carol</em>, </a> The Campbell Playhouse, CBS Radio Network, December 24, 1939 (radio play, audio).⁠</p><p>O’Leary, Dorothy, <em>Barrymore’s Scrooge</em>, New York Times, December 21, 1947 (interview with Lionel Barrymore).</p><p>Chesteron, G.K., <a href="https://tinyurl.com/jyvbnuum" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠<em>The Wrong Books at Christmas</em>⁠⁠</a>, Illustrated London News, January 09, 1909 (column / commentary).</p><p>Dickens, Charles, <a href="http://www.stormfax.com/1dickens.htm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠<em>A Christmas Carol</em>⁠⁠</a> (1843) (complete text of book). <strong> PLEASE NOTE: </strong>The radio play is a shortened and adapted version of the book. </p><p><em>We claim NO ownership interest in any of the above material - whether audio or print.</em></p><p><strong>====</strong></p><p><strong>GUEST VOICES:</strong></p><p><em>Lionel Barrymore - </em><strong>Pete Lutz, </strong>voice artist and producer, <a href="https://podbay.fm/p/narada-radio-company-audio-drama" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠</a><a href="mailto:f6point3@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Mutual Audio Network</strong></a><strong>, </strong>an<strong> </strong>audiodrama podcast.</p><p><br></p><p><em>G.K. Chesterton - </em><a href="mailto:lbsmith1124@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠<strong>Logan Smith</strong>⁠⁠</a><em> - </em>free-lance professional voice actor.</p><p><strong>====</strong></p><p><strong>MISCELLANEOUS:</strong></p><p><em>Exit Aphorism </em>(voice) – <strong>Kit Caren</strong>, co-host <a href="https://player.fm/series/for