The Twilight Zone Podcast

It's good that you're listening to this podcast...real good. Join Tom Elliot on a journey celebrating It's a Good Life, one of The Twilight Zone's most revered episodes. But this journey goes beyond just the episode itself and Tom explores the different versions of the tale. That's all the podcasting there is!

In part two of my epic chat with Arlen Schumer, we talk about what makes The Twilight Zone "look" different from other shows of the time, Arlen's own experiences in The Twilight Zone and bringing Arlen Schumer and The Twilight Zone to the UK.

It's with great pleasure that I welcome Arlen Schumer to The Twilight Zone Podcast. Artist, comic book and pop culture historian and author of Visions From The Twilight Zone, Arlen is a lifelong fan and commentator on the show. His accomplishments not only include his book Visions From The Twilight Zone, but also his multi media lecture Twilight Zone Forever.

It's with great pleasure that I welcome Amy Boyle Johnston, the author of Unknown Serling: An Episodic History vol. 1, a fascinating look into Rod Serling's life before The Twilight Zone. Including excerpts of documents from the Rod Serling archives, interviews with friends and colleagues of Serling who have never been interviewed before.

One of the most revered and celebrated episodes of The Twilight Zone had its beginnings with this 1953 short story by Jerome Bixby: It's a Good Life. Before our examination of the Twilight Zone classic, Tom Elliot reads that story....It's a good story....a really GOOD story... (No animals were harmed during the making of this podcast)

Tom Elliot dons his cowboy hat and heads out west to meet a stellar cast of western regulars in an unusual Twilight Zone. Lee Marvin stars in The Grave.

The Twilight Zone gets political when Peter Falk plays Clemente, a thinly veiled version of Fidel Castro for The Mirror, but is TZ's reach exceeding it's grasp? Tom Elliot finds out.

A teaser for the new Patreon exclusive show Twilight Zone Aftermath where Tom Elliot reviews the stories from the 80s and 2000s Twilight Zone reboots. Starting with Shatterday...

Having paid his Twilight Zone dues, George Clayton Johnson writes one of the most famous episodes of all time. But does it deserve its legendary status? Tom Elliot finds out when he plays A Game of Pool.

The TZ tapes return with conversations between Rod Serling and the students at Ithaca College in 1968 and Tom reads some listener emails.

Marc Zicree comes down hard on The Passersby in The Twilight Zone Companion - Tom Elliot sees if he agrees.

Rod Serling returns to some familiar themes in The Shelter, but does he push them too far? Tom Elliot finds out...

Before moving on to the next episode The Shelter, Tom opens up the mail bag to read some listener thoughts...

Season three continues with another Twilight Zone aviation mystery, The Arrival. The critics of the day were harsh, Tom Elliot sees if he agrees.

Tom Elliot begins Season Three with a timely reminder about the costs of war in the episode Two. Please consider supporting The Twilight Zone Podcast on Patreon

To celebrate episode 100 of The Twilight Zone Podcast, Tom Elliot reads two stories from podcast listeners: Periphery by Marc Allie The Note Writer by David Jones The subject matter in this episode of The Twilight Zone Podcast may be upsetting to some. If you are struggling with feelings of depression and are considering harming yourself, please visit http://www.samaritans.org/ who can offer support and help.

Tom Elliot is joined by special guest Rick Harris in this feature length episode where they visit The Forgotten Twilight Zone...

To cap off the Season Two celebrations, former host of The Twilight Zone Podcast, Luke Owen, returns to give his thoughts on the best and worst of Season Two.

With Season Two of The Twilight Zone now complete, some listeners to The Twilight Zone Podcast reflect on the past season and look forward to the season to come.

Season two finally draws to a close with a vision of a dystopian future in the vein of Kafka and Orwell. Tom Elliot meets The Obsolete Man.