Here it is! Our last episode ever. A look back on 4+ years of Pioneer stories, as well as two new pieces to take us into the sunset.

This week: truths are revealed. We cover secret hobbies, coming-of-age angst, sex talk, the Switch Witch, and low-level illegal activity. Shh….

From food to romantic partners, hobbies to insensitive jokes: this episode aims to discover whether or not taste is something you can calculate.

A math problem that holds out for 358 years, tech support bruhaha (told through sound art), obsessive neuroses, an Ontario town called Swastika that refuses to change its name, and girl problems like you can’t imagine.

Why are we drawn to touch, stroke, pat, nuzzle, scratch, and “scoogie” our pets? What lies beneath the tactile bond between humans and non-human animals? (Produced by Rachel Elliott)

Stories of cemeteries, explicit lyrics, patents and podcasting laws, driving and old age, and what it’s like to imagine one’s own wake…

Featuring stories from independent producers JP Davidson and Sean Rasmussen.

Our theme for today is…“Are You Gonna Finish That?” We’ll hear stories of collecting, recollecting, unfinished projects of various types, and a story about waiting impatiently for the end of it all.

 Our first story comes from guest producer Sarah Geis for This Land Press, a multi-media company out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. For more great stories from This Land, visit: http://thislandpress.com/

This week: stories inspired by (and parodying) the Hindenburg disaster, parallels between ‘real human life’ and literature, physics and human evolution, and the possibility of cyborgs.

This week: things that you probably shouldn’t have done (but maybe you don’t regret). We’ve got invasive species, hijinx, potentially rabid kids, SUPERBUGS!, and….flaming wieners. Featuring guest stories from Christopher Dale Ryan (of Deer Tick, http://www.deertickmusic.com) and JP Davidson (freelance producer out of Toronto and creator of “I Like You,” a podcast on dating and relationships).

This week on Pioneer Radio: stories of bearing witness to pure evil, gossip, dangerous plants, cursed canoes, common misconceptions of Satan v. the traditional Christian outlook, the Devil in Italian cinema, and Norwegian Death Metal! \m/

Featured Tunes (Artist – Album – Song):

i am robot and proud – the Electricity in Your House Wants to Sing – Save Your Neck, Save Your Brother

Tom Waits – Franks Wild Years – Way Down in the Hole

Dimmu Borgir – Enthrone Darkness Triumphant – Spellbound (By the Devil)

Le Vent Du Nord – La Part Du Feu – La Mine

Le Vent Du Nord – Maudite Moisson! – La Reve II

William Basinski – The River – The River I

Bry Webb – Provider – Lowlife