BRASS

"What is a ghost?" asks this exquisite and little-known story by Virginia Woolf. In a few short pages, Woolf creates a comic, thoughtful, yet ultimately disturbing portrait of the woman always on the outskirts of the party, the ever-present but unknowable Miss V. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We turn again to our favorite Stacks writer, Saki, for this deliciously subversive tale of a unconventional fable shared with some rambunctious children on a train ride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The great French writer Maupassant is the author of this charming tale recounting an afternoon of idle gossip between two ladies of leisure, and of a mistress/servant relationship that goes quite wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We begin this special series of readings from great Victorian and Edwardian authors with two very early stories by poet, playwright and fantasist Lord Dunsany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Snowman” tells the melancholy story of a snowman’s ill-suited romance with a kitchen stove. Read by special BRASS Stacks guest Billie Wildrick in a co-production with Utter Love audio experiences. (And thanks to Wildrick for the original music and soundscape in this special episode.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Dean Howell’s 1892 story about a little girl who wished it could be Christmas every day has an interesting moral or two for adults as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor Challenger meets an inventor whose creation may prove so catastrophic as to imperil the entire British Empire, in this classic short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Read by acclaimed voice actor Larry Albert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A witty parable about the problem of assuming too much about one’s spouse, “When the Door Opened” was written by the Irish author Sarah Grand, one of the pioneers of fiction dealing with the “New Woman.” It’s read by renowned radio actor Larry Albert, best known for playing the titular detective in “The Adventures of Harry Nile” as well as Dr. Watson in Imagination Theatre’s long-running “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special seasonal BRASS Stacks, our Lord Brass (Charles Leggett) reads M.R. James' wonderfully spooky tale of a academic's unlucky find at an archaeologicall dig--and what finds him after. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the conclusion to our Missives mini-series, the Angel of Blood writes a final letter to Lady Brass–but will it receive a reply?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A correspondence between Lady and Lord Brass reveals yet another mystery, and another clue in solving the greater question: who is the Angel of Blood?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lady Brass delves into a correspondence kept in a locked drawer of her House of Memory–letters from the woman who taught her how to truly use a sword. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The (other) Great Detective shares her thoughts on what clues are and how to know when you’ve encountered one–and encounters more than a few herself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyril Brass, fashion-plate and formidable fighter, shares his thoughts upon being selected as Dandy of the Year by Jim Dandy Magazine (The Magazine for Dandies). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest in our new BRASS miniseries features special guest Larry Albert (Harry Nile, Dr. Watson in Imagination Theatre’s Sherlock Holmes) in the role he originated, the loathsome Antiquarian. When an assassin arrives at his bookstore, the bilious bibliophile must find a way to turn a killer into a customer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the third episode of our new mini-series, the plot thickens as two rogues-for-hire compare notes on their new employer, the enigmatic Angel of Blood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

London’s most louche crime lord Vincent Law shares thoughts from his private diary, including meditations on style, crime and the shocking revelation that he is being stalked by an unlikely admirer. Featuring Tadd Morgan, with original music by Bruce Monroe.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first of our new BRASS limited series, Lady Brass gives a short primer in how to solve mysteries–or at least, the ones she considers worth solving. Starring Kate Kraay as Lady Brass, with original music by Bruce Monroe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The story of the Brass Family returns for its final (for now) chapter, Season Four, starting in two weeks. If you could use a gentle reminder of a plot line or two, give this a listen! (Though no guarantee that it won’t leave you MORE confused….) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Need a refresher on the world of BRASS? Here’s a fully-produced synopses featuring some of our favorite scenes from Season One. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Second Coming: Lord and Lady Brass rush across London trying to save both a missing child and an abducted poet, while Yeats comes face-to-face with the mysterious Master and learns his occult plans! Bickering cultists, unnatural rituals and the timely return of Loveday Brooke as our BRASS Miniseries comes to an end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Salons and Seances: The Brasses visit the salon of Victorian Renaissance man William Morris, have some harrowing conversations with a firebrand anarchist, and meet a guide to occult London, a young poet with a supernatural bent, William Butler Yeats.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Falling Rocks and Flying Knives. Trapped in The Spookhouse, the deathtrap-laden lair of the villainous Peck-in-the-Crown, the Brasses have their ingenuity tested to the shattering point, while a sinister conspiracy stays one step ahead of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crooks and Nannies: Lord and Lady Brass pay a visit on a grieving widow, and find themselves drawn head-first into the mystery of a missing child. Cast List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lord Whitestone visits Parliament, Gwendolyn has some social calls, and the family has breakfast together. Pretty much how you might imagine things conclude. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lord Brass has tea, Lady Brass sees to an an exit, Gwendolyn arranges an entrance, and Mechanical Badgers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lord Brass gives a speech, Cyril visits a newspaper, and the Crime Minister reveals his plans for retribution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The cat-and-mouse games continue between Lord Brass and the Crime Minister, Gwendolyn visits a policeman, and Lord Trent arrives for another interview in the dark room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lord Brass and Ab’d discuss realpolitik, Cyril has an audience with an archbishop, the Crime Minister gives a geometry lesson, and Gwendolyn plans a heist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The intrigue continues as Gwendolyn goes street peddling, Cyril has a romantic ocean crossing and Lady Brass meets with the infamous leader of Edinburgh’s Chinatown, Madame Hao. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lord Brass examines some craft, Gwendolyn leads a meeting, and a mystery emerges regarding Professor Von Hoffmann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lord Brass talks to the aviatrix, the Crime Minister moves some pieces, and Vincent Law shares a secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyril and Whitestone meet mysterious priests, Gwen and Tesla finish a project and things look poorly for Ponder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A collection of cliffhangers are rapidly resolved–though with some dire consequences for some of our heroes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Royal Rescue Mission, A Meeting of Continental Spies, and an Identity Revealed in our Season Three Finale! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lady Brass inspects a velodrome, Lord Brass surveys a conference room and Ponder and Dan pay a visit to the Ministry of Science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyril and Lord Whitestone make a nighttime foray into a Parisian cemetery, while Gwendolyn infiltrates a “monthly lottery” of the greatest villains in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gwendolyn and Dan get a backstage pass in pursuit of the mysterious Kensington Gore, while Ponder Wright has a drink with his brother Mordecai. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lord Brass and Conrad speak with a delegate of American radicals, while Gwendolyn and Dan seek out the lair of Kensington Gore, Crime Boss of the theatre gangs.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is now 1886, and a new Prime Minister is in power. Arriving in Scotland, Lady Brass gets an update from the staff, while back in London, Ponder meets with a retired pugilist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyril and Lord Brass bring their friends to the Department of Topography and Statistics, and a conversation takes place on a ship leaving England. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lord Whitestone has visitors and Lord Trent bridles at the Crime Minister’s plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lord Whitestone goes drinking with an aviator chum, and Lord Trent delivers a significant speech in the House of Lords. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A solemn memorial is held for the Brass family in the final resting place of English heroes, Westminster Abbey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A listing of our actors and crew for our second season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As news of the approaching catastrophe spreads, our friends seek escape, while high above the melee, Lord Whitestone attempts a difficult negotiation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ponder and Cyril have a conversation, unwanted guests are rather insistent, and Lord Whitestone performs an aeronautical feat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lord Whitestone makes a purchase, the Brasses contemplate more extreme measures and Ponder Wright visits a street fair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The enemies are at the door, and Gwendolyn and Cyril make a trip across the street as things get stickier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lord Brass sends a distress call out through unconventional means, and Ponder Wright hears it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The assault on the Brass home begins, and Mrs. Drake handles a difficult situation adroitly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a lovely September morning in London. But while the Brasses prepare for their day, something’s afoot on Babbage Street. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over breakfast, the family discusses politics, philosophy and wardrobe, while downstairs, talk among the servants hints at a gathering storm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A gathering of London’s criminal bosses by the Crime Minister reveals his plans to destroy the Brass family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some dangers are averted, but others reveal themselves as Season 2 begins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gwendolyn faces a problem head-on, while her parents prepare to visit the Graveyard King. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyril meets a theater phantom while his parents pay a trip to the morgue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyril witnesses an unusual audition and Gwendolyn gets a tour of the back rooms of the Blackfire Club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gwendolyn visits London’s most exclusive gambling club while Cyril makes a midnight visit to a theatre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyril is taken to the world of the theatre and meets Oscar Wilde, while a conversation takes place in a pitch-dark room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gwendolyn and Lord Whitestone have a conversation in an unconventional location, and Lord Brass receives a friend in his laboratory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Family meet a mechanical detective and receive a police briefing, and Gwendolyn has a surprise visitor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Family are received by the Queen and Royal Consort and learn of the resurgence in London of the criminal underworld. Meanwhile Gwendolyn and Cyril meet the intriguing Lord Whitestone, and Crawford gets some news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yes, yes, we know that BRASS concerns a family of Victorian science heroes matching wits and weapons with a mysterious Crime Minister, but what’s it ABOUT? Here’s a quick Season One teaser to give you a taste! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Brass Family’s return to London turns out to be a bit of a sticky wicket, due to some trouble with an ambush. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first of this original alternative history series, the Brass Family return to London after years abroad, little suspecting that a sinister conspiracy plots against them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices