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Caloroga TV SundaysIntroducing Caloroga TV SundaysYou know how Sunday night TV used to feel?That sense that something big was dropping, and the week didn’t start until you’d watched it? Now imagine that, but you don’t have to look at anyone’s face.Caloroga TV brings our best scripted series together in one prestige feed.Each season airs weekly, one episode every Sunday, so you can savor it like premium television.Same binge energy, better sound, no studio notes
2025-11-0200 min
Hitmaker ChroniclesSUMMER'S GREATEST SONGS COUNTDOWN: The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The CityWelcome back to Hitmaker Chronicles' countdown of the Top 20 Songs of the Summer, as voted by the staff of Caloroga Shark Media! I'm your host, Garrett Fisher. Coming in at number 14, we're diving into The Lovin' Spoonful's sweltering 1966 classic "Summer in the City" — a track that captured urban heat and desire with groundbreaking production techniques. We'll trace how John Sebastian's Greenwich Village folk-rockers created the definitive city summer anthem while "Batman" dominated TV screens and The Beatles released "Revolver." Break out the fire hydrants — we're heading into the concrete jungle where the nights are hotter than the days.Un...
2025-06-2916 minHitmaker ChroniclesSUMMER'S GREATEST SONGS COUNTDOWN: Harry Stiles - "As It Was"Welcome back to Hitmaker Chronicles' countdown of the Top 20 Songs of the Summer, as voted by the staff of Caloroga Shark Media! I'm your host, Garrett Fisher. Coming in at number 16, we're diving into Harry Styles' melancholic masterpiece "As It Was" — a track that dominated 2022's summer with its deceptively upbeat melody wrapped around themes of change and loss. We'll trace how Styles evolved from One Direction heartthrob to sophisticated solo artist, creating a song that soundtracked our collective emergence from the pandemic while "Top Gun: Maverick" ruled theaters and the world processed two years of unprecedented change. Grab your vi...
2025-06-2216 minHitmaker ChroniclesSUMMER'S GREATEST SONGS COUNTDOWN: Sam Cooke - "Summertime"Welcome back to Hitmaker Chronicles' countdown of the Top 20 Songs of the Summer, as voted by the staff of Caloroga Shark Media! I'm your host, Garrett Fisher. Coming in at number 15, we're diving into Sam Cooke's transcendent 1957 interpretation of "Summertime" — a performance that transformed Gershwin's opera aria into a soul masterpiece. We'll trace how the son of a Baptist preacher evolved from gospel's golden voice to the architect of soul music, creating a definitive version of this American standard while "American Bandstand" debuted and Elvis dominated the charts. Grab your best Sunday clothes — we're heading to church with the King of S...
2025-06-1516 minHitmaker ChroniclesSUMMER'S GREATEST SONGS COUNTDOWN: Taylor Swift - "Cruel Summer"Welcome back to Hitmaker Chronicles' countdown of the Top 20 Songs of the Summer, as voted by the staff of Caloroga Shark Media! I'm your host, Garrett Fisher. Coming in at number 17, we're diving into Taylor Swift's "Cruel Summer" — a track with one of the most unusual summer song trajectories ever, becoming a massive hit four years after its release. We'll trace how Swift's collaboration with Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent created a masterstroke of summer heartbreak that initially lived in "You Need to Calm Down's" shadow before finding its true audience during 2023's Eras Tour. Grab your friendship bracelets — we're head...
2025-06-0816 minHitmaker ChroniclesSUMMER'S GREATEST SONGS COUNTDOWN: Superchunk - "This Summer"Welcome back to Hitmaker Chronicles' countdown of the Top 20 Songs of the Summer, as voted by the staff of Caloroga Shark Media! I'm your host, Garrett Fisher. Coming in at number 18, we're diving into Superchunk's bittersweet indie rocker "This Summer" — a 2012 gem that captures both the season's euphoria and its fleeting nature. We'll trace how these Chapel Hill indie pioneers evolved from scrappy punk upstarts to elder statesmen of alternative rock, releasing the perfect summer anthem just as "Call Me Maybe" dominated airwaves and "The Avengers" assembled in theaters. Grab your sunglasses — we're heading into the heart of indie summer.
2025-06-0115 minHitmaker ChroniclesSUMMER'S GREATEST SONGS COUNTDOWN: B-52's - "Rock Lobster"Welcome back to Hitmaker Chronicles' countdown of the Top 20 Songs of the Summer, as voted by the staff of Caloroga Shark Media! I'm your host, Garrett Fisher. Coming in at number 19, we're diving into The B-52's quirky new wave classic "Rock Lobster" — that delightfully bizarre underwater dance party that emerged from Athens, Georgia during the summer of 1978. We'll trace how five friends with thrift-store aesthetics and zero musical training created an otherworldly sound that influenced everyone from John Lennon to RuPaul, all while "Grease" dominated theaters and "Shadow Dancing" topped the charts. Break out your beehive wigs — this party's just...
2025-05-2514 minHitmaker ChroniclesSUMMER"S GREATEST SONGS COUNTDOWN: Nelly - "It's Getting Hot In Here"Welcome to Hitmaker Chronicles' countdown of the Top 20 Songs of the Summer, as voted by the staff of Caloroga Shark Media! I'm your host, Garrett Fisher. Coming in at number 20, we're diving into Nelly's sweat-inducing 2002 smash "Hot in Here" — that club anthem that had us all contemplating our clothing choices during a summer when Tobey Maguire was swinging through theaters and Kelly Clarkson was just becoming a household name. We'll trace how a St. Louis rapper and Virginia Beach producers transformed a go-go classic into the inescapable soundtrack of pool parties, road trips, and nights you might only half-remember from a...
2025-05-1813 min
Ghost - Scary StoriesWhispers In The Dark Part 3 - "Possession" A Supernatural Love Story Crossover Series From "Romance Weekly"Please enjoy this 4 part supernatural crossover series from Caloroga Shark Media's sister series "Romance Weekly".After discovering Alexander's hidden journal, Elise learns the disturbing truth: he accidentally summoned an ancient entity that feeds on fear, desire, and death. When Alexander attempted to bind this entity to Blackwood Estate, he was murdered by someone he trusted. Now the entity reveals itself directly to Elise, offering a terrible bargain—become its vessel in exchange for preserving her connection with Alexander, or lose him forever. Desperate to find another solution, Alexander reveals his final secret: the medieval text that st...
2025-04-2032 minGhost - Scary StoriesWhispers In The Dark Part 2 - The Visitation. A Supernatural Love Story Crossover Series From "Romance Weekly"Please enjoy this 4 part supernatural crossover series from Caloroga Shark Media's sister series "Romance Weekly".As Elise's connection with Alexander deepens through increasingly passionate dream encounters, physical evidence—bruises, marks, lingering sensations—confirms their supernatural relationship is more than imagination. By day, her research reveals Alexander's reputation as a war hero with mysterious interests in ancient texts and occult knowledge before his unexplained death in 1920. When a cryptic elderly woman breaks into Blackwood Estate warning Elise of danger and urging her to find Alexander's hidden journal, the threat becomes real. That night, Alexander's ghost protects Elise from...
2025-04-1326 minGhost - Scary StoriesWhispers In The Dark Part 1 - The Inheritance. A Supernatural Love Story Crossover Series From "Romance Weekly"Please enjoy this 4 part supernatural crossover series from Caloroga Shark Media's sister series "Romance Weekly".When art restorer Elise Morgan inherits the mysterious Blackwood Estate from a great-uncle she never knew existed, she expects an old house—not vivid dreams of a handsome stranger. Her first night in the coastal Maine mansion brings intensely sensual visions that feel more real than dreams should. While exploring the estate, Elise discovers a hidden portrait of Alexander Blackwood, who died mysteriously in 1920—and is unmistakably the man from her dreams. When Alexander's ghost appears to her, claiming he's been wait...
2025-04-0619 min
Hitmaker ChroniclesA Christmas Song: Bing Crosby - "White Christmas"This heartwarming narrative unwraps how Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" became an immortal yuletide standard. Tracing his unique baritone's evolution from rowdy 1920s nightclubs to transporting WWII-era audiences with nostalgic seasonal solace, it explores the song's origins as an Irving Berlin tonic for troops abroad. Deconstructing Crosby's unmatched ability to vocally evoke the kaleidoscopic nostalgia, wonderment and familial warmth of idyllic Christmases past, the episode enshrines how his resonant croon transformed "White Christmas" into an eternal musical Christmas card rekindling our holiday's boundless magic each year. As new generations discover its timeless reverence, the serenade remains our yuletide hearth's illuminating lodestar.
2024-12-0607 min
Romance Weekly - Short Stories of Love, Erotic and Paranormal ThrillersFrost and Fire: (Xmas episode 1 of 4) - "Ice and Embers"Master jeweler and reformed thief Lucia Frost's carefully constructed world at an exclusive Aspen resort begins to crack when FBI Agent Gabriel Chase arrives for the Christmas season. She recognizes him not only as the agent who almost caught her years ago, but as the mysterious "Adam" with whom she shared an unforgettable night in Monaco. As they circle each other with equal parts suspicion and desire, a daring jewelry heist bearing the mark of Lucia's former crew forces them into a dangerous alliance.Between heated encounters in her workshop and revelations about a larger conspiracy, Lucia must...
2024-12-0517 minGhost - Scary StoriesMall Santa Massacre: (Episode 1 of 4) - "Black Friday Forever"New episodes every Thursday.Chris Chen's mundane night security shift at Last Stop Shop turns into retail hell when a cursed Santa mannequin comes to life, transforming the store manager into a twisted holiday display. As the curse spreads, store mannequins begin to animate, turning the mall into a nightmare of plastic horror. Chris watches helplessly as his fellow night shift workers are "perfected" into display models, while the Santa-thing reveals its plan to make everyone part of its permanent Christmas collection. With four days until Christmas, the mall becomes ground zero for a holiday horror that gives...
2024-12-0514 minHitmaker ChroniclesA Christmas Song: Wham! - "Last Christmas"This soulful narrative unwraps how Wham!'s 1984 smash "Last Christmas" became an immortal yuletide epiphany. Tracing George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's unbreakable bond from working-class London youths experimenting with punk and ska to pop's cheekily subversive teen idols, it explores Michael's vocal genius elevating the song's nostalgic melancholy into profoundly relatable romantic lament. His exquisite vocals confronting past heartbreaks and yearning for new beginnings add gravitas missing from most holiday fare. Ultimately, Michael's boundless artistic evolution and tragic passing further enshrine "Last Christmas" as an eternal invitation to renew self-acceptance and loving all your truth each season....
2024-11-2907 minRomance Weekly - Short Stories of Love, Erotic and Paranormal ThrillersThe Grateful Game: (Thanksgiving Episode 4 of 4) - "The Final Course"On the night of her most exclusive underground dinner, Maya Chen serves up more than just exquisite cuisine – she delivers justice with a side of sweet revenge. As masked power players gather for what they think is their triumph, Maya and Marcus execute their dangerous plan between stolen moments of passion in the wine cellar. Each course reveals another layer of Katherine's corruption, while the heat between the chef and her critic threatens to boil over. Maya must maintain her composure as she serves her father his crimes, confronts Katherine's schemes, and fights her growing hunger for Marcus. The evening bu...
2024-11-2815 minGhost - Scary StoriesBeneath: A Thanksgiving Horror (Episode 6 of 6) - "Leftovers"New shows Monday and Thursday.Dawn breaks as the feast begins, with guests arriving to consume processed human flesh and undergo their own transformations. Katherine faces a final confrontation with Ravenscroft's monstrous kitchen-hybrid form while witnessing the horrific truth of her grandmother's fate. Using her last doses of serum and grandmother's surgical tools, Katherine triggers a catastrophic system overload that causes the facility to consume itself. As transformed guests and staff are destroyed in the collapse, a faint sound of machinery beneath the rubble suggests the horror may not be fully ended.Unlock an ad-free...
2024-11-2809 minGhost - Scary StoriesBeneath: A Thanksgiving Horror (Episode 5 of 6) - "Dessert"New episodes Monday and Thursday.Armed with her grandmother's serum and surgical tools, Katherine fights back against the processed patients, violently reversing their transformations. As the facility enters "maximum preparation mode," she battles through increasingly horrific kitchen staff - their bodies permanently fused with industrial cooking equipment. In Ravenscroft's private tasting room, she discovers wall-mounted trophies of failed preparations begging to be "finished." The episode culminates in Katherine reaching Ravenscroft's inner sanctum, where she confronts the doctor's true form: a monstrous fusion of industrial kitchen equipment and surgical machinery preparing for tomorrow's dawn feast.Unlock...
2024-11-2510 minHitmaker ChroniclesAdam Sandler - "The Thanksgiving Song"This hilarious narrative toasts Adam Sandler's beloved novelty "The Thanksgiving Song" and his iconoclastic comedy rise. Tracing his days doing grungy Boston comedy clubs to his big Saturday Night Live break unveiling his signature silly musical antics, it explores how Sandler's childlike reverence for the holiday's traditions birthed an enduring anthem. Deconstructing the song's celebration of turkey gluttony and family bonding, the episode salutes how Sandler smuggles profound gratitude within his refreshingly irreverent prism. As his blockbuster movie career soared, the way he channeled humble appreciation for life's simple pleasures only solidified "The Thanksgiving Song's" evergreen spirit....
2024-11-2206 minRomance Weekly - Short Stories of Love, Erotic and Paranormal ThrillersThe Grateful Game: (Thanksgiving Episode 3 of 4) - "Sweet and Sour"Late at night in her empty restaurant, Maya Chen receives an urgent message from Marcus Reid that leads to a clandestine meeting in her private kitchen. As professional boundaries dissolve into a passionate encounter, crucial truths about the restaurant industry conspiracy begin to surface. Through intimate revelations and heated memories of their first masked liaison, Maya discovers her father's true role in Katherine Reid's dangerous insurance scheme.The episode weaves between past and present, building erotic tension as Maya and Marcus navigate their complex attraction while plotting to expose the corruption at Tuesday's underground dinner. But when news...
2024-11-2117 minGhost - Scary StoriesBeneath: A Thanksgiving Horror (Episode 4 of 6) - "Side Dish"New episodes Monday and Thursday.Katherine finds temporary refuge with a group of resistant patients led by Dr. Sarah Webb, hiding in the morgue's cold storage to slow their transformation. Through an old video, she learns her grandmother tried to stop the first feast with an anti-transformation serum. After a violent assault by processing staff, Sarah sacrifices herself to help Katherine escape, only to return as a horrifically transformed kitchen apparatus. In her grandmother's hidden lab, Katherine discovers the serum just as processed patients attack. Armed with the cure and her grandmother's tools, she prepares to fight back...
2024-11-2112 minGhost - Scary StoriesBeneath: A Thanksgiving Horror (Episode 3 of 6) - "Main Course"New episodes Monday and Thursday!Katherine makes a violent escape through the facility's processing areas, witnessing the horrific "preparation" of patients for tomorrow's feast. After discovering her grandmother's original preparation room and its torture-meets-cooking implements, she's confronted by the transformed Ravenscroft and her kitchen staff. A desperate fight ends with Katherine exposed to the facility's "gratitude solution," which begins breaking down her mental and physical resistance. As her muscles start tenderizing and her mind fills with unwanted thankfulness, she's cornered in the basement's main processing center, where tomorrow's gruesome feast awaits its prime ingredient.Unlock...
2024-11-1816 minHitmaker ChroniclesLinkin Park - "In The End"This seismic narrative detonates how Linkin Park's 2000 smash "In the End" scorched youth consciousness through radical vulnerability. Tracing the nu-metal revolutionaries' molten forging within LA's 90s underground and Chester Bennington's spiritually-cleansing howls embodying trauma's darkest shades, it explores their unique sound merging genres into cathartic demoliton rituals. Deconstructing the song's harrowing exorcisms of pain's roots and creation of a mainstream portal for audacious emotional emancipation, the episode ultimately honors how Bennington's tragic passing only intensified their music's role as a lodestar guiding millions through authenticity's fires. For "In the End" remains a soul-shaking initiation to confront weakness through transcendent fortitude.
2024-11-1508 minGhost - Scary StoriesBeneath: A Thanksgiving Horror (Episode 2 of 6) - "First Course"New episodes are now Monday and Thursday!Trapped inside the transforming facility, Dr. Katherine Chen discovers the horrifying truth about her grandmother's 1922 "gratitude therapy" through disturbing photographs and journals. The building's modern renovation has awakened something ancient and hungry, while the kitchen staff undergo grotesque transformations as they prepare patients for tomorrow's feast. Katherine finds her former patient Marcus partially transformed by enforced thankfulness, leading her to a terrible revelation - she wasn't summoned to investigate, but to serve as a crucial ingredient in her grandmother's recipe. Her own blood makes her the perfect final course.
2024-11-1511 minRomance Weekly - Short Stories of Love, Erotic and Paranormal ThrillersThe Grateful Game: (Thanksgiving Episode 2 of 4) - "Heat and Spice"During Marcus Reid's official review dinner at Sweet/Heat, Maya must maintain her professional facade while serving seven intimate courses to the man she shared a passionate night with in her wine cellar. But when Marcus's ex-wife Katherine appears at the bar with warnings about Tuesday's upcoming underground dinner, and disturbing revelations about her father's scandal come to light, Maya realizes she's caught in a web of corruption larger than she imagined. As each course builds in intensity, Maya discovers that her elaborate game of masked desires might have deadly stakes, and the man she's falling for could be investigating...
2024-11-1414 minGhost - Scary StoriesBeneath: A Thanksgiving Horror (Episode 1 of 6) - "Appetizer"Dr. Katherine Chen arrives at the newly renovated Ravenscroft Wellness Center following a desperate call from her former patient. As she investigates the facility's disturbing "gratitude therapy" program, she discovers a horrifying connection to her own family - her grandmother was behind the infamous 1922 Thanksgiving feast that ended in tragedy. The building itself seems alive, preparing for tomorrow's Thanksgiving celebration, while patients exhibit terrifying symptoms of forced "gratitude." Deep in the basement, Katherine finds her grandmother's original kitchen, still hungry after all these years, and learns the true purpose of the facility's treatments: preparing patients for a feast decades in...
2024-11-1312 minGhost - Scary StoriesFeast: A Thanksgiving Horror Story (Episode 6 of 6) - "Seconds"New episodes Monday, Wednesday and Friday.The Blackwood family gathers for a final feast where reality itself is on the menu. As Grace takes her place as the Final Word, the dining room becomes an infinite library and each family member transforms into their true textual form. Elizabeth's baby emerges as perfect punctuation while the children become living verse. Through consuming possibility itself, the true nature of the Text is revealed - not just a story about transformation, but a transformation of story itself. In a meta-narrative twist, the horror reaches through the fourth wall, suggesting readers themselves...
2024-11-1110 minHitmaker ChroniclesRadiohead - "Creep"This existential narrative deconstructs how Radiohead's breakthrough "Creep" became a seismic generational reckoning. Tracing the band's origins as alienated Oxfordshire youths finding transcendence through music's vulnerability, it explores Thom Yorke's anguished vocals and disillusionment-fueled lyrics delivering a countercultural meteor. Deconstructing the song's spiraling existential guitars and dynamics elevating self-loathing into metaphysical catharsis, the episode celebrates how "Creep" demolished rock theater's artifice. Ultimately, the anthem's awakening spirit of radical authenticity and impact sculpting Radiohead's boundless future path is enshrined as a seminal unveiling of rock's existential disruptors.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all...
2024-11-0807 minGhost - Scary StoriesFeast: A Thanksgiving Horror Story (Episode 5 of 6) - "Grace"New episodes Monday, Wednesday and Friday.As Grace delves into the Blackwood archives, a devastating truth emerges - the family's horrific legacy was orchestrated by its historians, not its bloodline. Through centuries of careful documentation, each witness has been feeding something far older than the family itself: a hungry Word that devours transformation and possibility. The house reveals itself as a living text, the children become ancient letters, and Grace discovers she is no mere recorder but the Final Word - destined to complete a narrative that will consume all reality. Harry's control crumbles as he realizes he's...
2024-11-0812 minRomance Weekly - Short Stories of Love, Erotic and Paranormal ThrillersThe Grateful Game: (Thanksgiving Episode 1 of 4) - "Amuse Bouche"In her upscale Chicago restaurant's hidden basement kitchen, pastry chef Maya Chen prepares for her exclusive underground supper club, where the city's elite dine in masks and anonymity reigns. But tonight's preparation is interrupted by news that notorious restaurant critic Marcus Reid has made a reservation – the same man who destroyed her father's empire. As Maya reflects on her passionate encounter with a mysterious masked stranger at last month's dinner, she realizes her dangerous game of power and pleasure is about to become more complicated. When the man in the wolf mask arrives, Maya must navigate the thin line between re...
2024-11-0711 minGhost - Scary StoriesFeast: A Thanksgiving Horror Story (Episode 4 of 6) - "Inheritance"As Elizabeth merges with Blackwood House itself, the mansion's walls become transparent, revealing centuries of family feasts and transformations. Grace discovers her true purpose - she was chosen to be the family's historian, destined to document their terrible legacy. The children lead her through temporal breaches showing the family's origin in 1847, while Harry's careful control crumbles as ancient memories surface. The house reveals itself as a living archive of preserved family history, with Grace's role as witness being part of a carefully orchestrated plan generations in the making.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media...
2024-11-0713 minGhost - Scary StoriesFeast: A Thanksgiving Horror Story (Episode 3 of 6) - "Family Recipe"As Thanksgiving preparations begin, Sarah discovers her mother Margaret's true cookbook - a living tome bound in something unspeakable. Through its blood-inked pages, the horrifying truth about the Blackwood family's culinary traditions emerges. In the east wing, Elizabeth's pregnancy reaches a terrifying culmination as she begins a transformation that Grace desperately tries to prevent. The children assist with preparations that blur the line between cooking and ritual, while Michael finally embraces his heritage. Ancient recipes reveal that in the Blackwood family, a mother's love takes on a terrifyingly literal form of preservation.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience...
2024-11-0613 minGhost - Scary StoriesFeast: A Thanksgiving Horror Story (Episode 2 of 6) - "The Harvest"The day before Thanksgiving brings terrible revelations as the Blackwood family's true nature begins to surface. Grace's investigation into family history uncovers disturbing patterns, while the children's behavior grows more synchronized and sinister. Elizabeth's pregnancy takes a dark turn, and Michael's discovery in the root cellar reveals the horrifying truth about their mother's disappearance. Ancient recipes, moving photographs, and the house's living nature converge to expose the price of the Blackwood family's survival. As night falls, the family begins a transformation generations in the making, and Grace learns what it truly means to join this bloodline.Unlock...
2024-11-0511 minGhost - Scary StoriesFeast: A Thanksgiving Horror Story (Episode 1 of 6) - "The Gathering"Patriarch Harrison Blackwood welcomes his family home for Thanksgiving at their ancestral estate. As his pregnant daughter Elizabeth, troubled son Michael, perfectionist daughter Sarah, and others arrive with their families, something stirs within Blackwood House. Young Emily sees her long-missing grandmother in mirrors, while her cousins display disturbing behaviors. Harry's careful preparations hint at darker purposes, and the house itself seems to hunger. Through his sophisticated but increasingly unsettling narration, we learn that every family has traditions, and every feast requires a sacrifice.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on...
2024-11-0413 min