Ulysses Columbo

This Day in History # 19: The Dutch Adopt the Metric System

Ulysses — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:53:51 +0000

In a very special installment of the multi-award-winning “This Day in History,” I talk about Dutch King Louis Napoleon’s surrender of his Imperial Army to the Spanish Metric army in 1809.

Theme Music for “This Day in History” is “Daughters of History,” by “Morning Spy”

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Show #13: Two Weeks in The South Pacific

Ulysses — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:31:04 +0000

On January 26, 2006, I am returning from a two-week stint in the South Pacific, where I performed in a movie being filmed on a boat, and found myself stranded on an island shaped eerily like a skull.

Theme Music is “Burn Tampa,” by The Cult of Sue Todd

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Ulysses Columbo’s Tips For Better Living #3: How to Get Rid of The Skunk Under Your Stairs

Ulysses — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 04:37:29 +0000

Today I talk about how to get rid of any unwanted skunks that might try to make a home under your steps. Every homeowner in the world should listen to this, several times.

Theme music for this show is “Ballad To The Frogs,” by Chub Creek Music.

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Show #12: Ephram The Revolutionary Cow

Ulysses — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:31:22 +0000

Wherein I talk about the mandatory-condom proposal in Tulua, Columbia, talk a little about my crime-fighting days as a youth, and also I touch on my time training revolutionary cows in Montana.

Music in today’s show, via the excellent Podsafe Music Network (http://music.podshow.com) is:
“Burn Tampa,” by The Cult of Sue Todd,
and “High Cotton,” by Jim Suhler.

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(Promotional Considerations this week by the Tulua Tourism Board.)

Show #11: New Year’s Was Invented in 1715

Ulysses — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:14:51 +0000

Wherein I talk about my missed week, my holiday celebrations, and how my great-great-great-grandfather Zachariah Jedediah Columbo invented the concept of New Year’s in 1715. Also, what historical contributions have your family made? Mine have made a lot.

A lot.

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Theme music, as ever, by Cult of Sue Todd.

Ulysses Columbo’s Tips For Better Living #2: How to Prepare a Turkey

Ulysses — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:43:08 +0000

The second episode of my Tips For Better Living show is online, and the subject is turkey: I talk about how to prepare a turkey for your holiday meals. This is perhaps the greatest guide to turkey preparation ever produced.

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Bon Appetit!

Show #10: New York Transit Strike, Or, Death To Posties

Ulysses — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:54:04 +0000

Wherin I am back from New York City, where I served briefly as a bus to alleviate the stress of the ongoing transit strike, and on my return I learn that Colleen Nestler has secured a restraining order against me. Also, there is talk of the geography of my home, and my pet eels, Andy and Amos.

Also, a patchwork plot to put hits out on all of the mail carriers in North America is discussed.

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Promotional considerations for this week’s show courtesy of The International Association for the Abolition of Global Christmas Festivities.

Ulysses Columbo’s Tips For Better Living #1

Ulysses — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 03:29:20 +0000

I decided to be an upstanding citizen, and give you fine people something useful to listen to, and not just my endlessly fascinating tales of adventure and derring-do. So, without further delay, I present Ulysses Columbo’s Tips For Better Living! That’s right, it’s a brand new show, and in each episode I’ll give you useful — and easy — tips you can use to make your life better. It’s on a different feed than the main show is (http://feeds.feedburner.com/TipsForBetterLiving, or click on the feed buttons to the right), so if you only want to listen to one, and not the other, you can.

In the very first episode, “How to Find an Exorcist,” I tell you how you can tell if little Billy is possessed, and, if he is, how you can find a great Exorcist to send that spawn of satan straight back to hell!

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Some Odeo Lovin’

Ulysses — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:04:15 +0000

The nice folks at Odeo have put me in their staff picks section, which warms the cockles of my heart. I am here.

That brightened my day a little bit.

Show #9: The Rocquefort Heist

Ulysses — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:55:08 +0000

On December 14, 2005, I have very little to talk about, because nothing remarkable happened to me this week, aside from going to the grocery store, being hired to steal cocaine from some drug dealers, and sending Santa to the emergency room (and being chased and shot at by his reindeer-riding, gun-wielding elves). My life is boring, as you can plainly see.

Music in today’s show, via the excellent Podsafe Music Network (http://music.podshow.com) is:
“Burn Tampa,” by The Cult of Sue Todd, and
“Ya You Betcha Christmas,” by Gary Sundblad.

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Promotional Considerations this week courtesy of Sal, who works at the laundromat in my neighborhood.