THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

Announcing The Kraken Busters: The Comic

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:07:56 +0000

Short version: I've started making a comics adaptation of the first season of The Kraken Busters; 6 episodes or installments or whatever are done and you can find them at https://www.keithpille.com or just google "Keith Pille" (the comics will be pretty easy to spot once you're on my site). For the longer version, listen to the update!

Announcing Forgotten Scenes

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 06:59:00 +0000

To be honest, this isn't so much an episode as it is an announcement for an entirely new show. But if you like The Kraken Busters, you'll dig this new one!

Whoops! Missing episodes!

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:09:27 +0000

I just realized that a wordpress setting had made the first season slowly disappear from the feed. DAMMIT! Should be fixed now. Sorry, confused new listeners!

215 Apocrypha, 1987-Style

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 06:36:00 +0000

Every word I've said to you for the past 14 episodes has been 1000% true. But just for the sake of argument.... Also: the future!

214 The Sweet Hereafter

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 06:45:00 +0000

You all remember what happened next, right?

213 The Brink

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:56:00 +0000

Juliana Burke tries to stop a misunderstanding about sea monsters from ending the world

212 How I Learned to Stop Worrying

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 06:44:00 +0000

Matters come to a head in the north Atlantic.

211 Pirate Radio

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:44:46 +0000

Two fleets stare at each other across choppy waters. And a crab visits a pleasant fishing village in Iceland

210 Operation TREBLEHOOK

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 06:41:00 +0000

RFK lets the Navy off the leash.

209 Two Guys Walk Into a Bar

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 09:11:00 +0000

The Russians are getting tired of Kennedy's BS.

208 The Washington View

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 07:32:00 +0000

Kennedy prepares to go public with his bullshit, to the disbelief of Colorado's most colorful senator. But first: let's talk about repelling sea monsters

207 Going Back In

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 07:40:00 +0000

Detachment 69 heads into the sea monster exclusion zone to plant some evidence. Also: a digression on ship names

206 Setup

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 07:49:00 +0000

It turns out that it takes a lot of work to get an international maritime cover-up rolling!

205 Cover-up

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:42:00 +0000

Robert Kennedy asks himself (and his advisors): what if I didn't have to tell the public that there was a sea monster outbreak?

204 Decisions

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 08:27:00 +0000

They saw a WHAT?!?

203 Blood in the Water

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 11:08:00 +0000

Delgado and the Fearless Freaks arrive in the waters off Iceland and ponder psychedelic literature, among other things

202 The Fearless Freaks

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 08:42:00 +0000

Unsure of what's actually going on in the North Atlantic, Robert Kennedy has only one resource he can turn to for clarity: the shadowy detachment known (currently) as Detachment 69.

201 A Press Conference in Reykjavik

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 10:57:00 +0000

In May of 1987, a government minister in a minor country (sorry, Iceland, still love you) schedules a press conference and ruffles feathers in Washington.

21 Announcing Kraken Busters Season 2

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:16:26 +0000

January of 2023 we're journeying back (or forward, I guess) to 1987!

20 Apocrypha, 2021

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 13:37:32 +0000

Every word I've said to you was 1000% true. But for the sake of argument...

19 Endgame, 1951-52

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 11:51:00 +0000

Dewey defeats monsters

18 The Clouds Part, 1950-51

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 12:17:00 +0000

Victory is within reach, despite a setback in Long Beach. Also: enter Richard Nixon.

17 The Fall of Black Jack Kraken, 1950

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 13:37:00 +0000

The war in the Pacific reaches a major turning point.

16 Renewed Vigor, 1949

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 13:06:00 +0000

15 Operation Mousetrap, 1949

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:45:00 +0000

The Trumble Group and Kay Hendry's office hatch a simple plan for blowing up monsters. But will it blow up enough of them? And will it blow them up hard enough?

14 Dewey, 1949

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 13:21:00 +0000

As the nation reels from the combined disasters surrounding San Francisco, a new president takes office and sees both gloom and points of light within it. Also, Woody Guthrie writes a song.

13 Unthinkable, 1948

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 12:28:00 +0000

Once the sea creatures are in possession of San Francisco Bay, what do they want with it? CONTENT WARNING: THIS EPISODE INCLUDES AN ACT OF EXTREME SELF-HARM.

12 San Francisco, 1948

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 13:32:00 +0000

Harry Truman hoped for a decisive encounter with the sea creatures before the election. Then he got one.

11 The Incumbent, 1948

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:33:00 +0000

Is losing a war to sea monsters a good reelection campaign strategy? Also: enter Ernest Hemingway.

10 Secession, 1947

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 13:44:58 +0000

Dominoes continue to fall throughout the Pacific after it becomes the sea monsters' private lake. Also, the Navy reorganizes some deck chairs and tries out some new accessories.

09 The Breakdown, 1947

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 01:46:00 +0000

After the confluence of disasters in February 1947, the American presence throughout the Pacific withers away, with catastrophic results. Can wealthy aviator Howard Hughes help?

08 The Second Battle of Pearl Harbor, 1947 (part 2)

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:20:22 +0000

After laying waste to the handful of ships and boats on hand to defend Pearl Harbor, the Kelp Man and a mass of sea creatures move deeper into the base.

07 The Second Battle of Pearl Harbor, 1947 (part 1)

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 13:34:00 +0000

While Operation TYPHOON had been a debacle, the Navy had thought that Adm. Halsey had at least tied down all of the major creatures for a while. The Navy was wrong.

06 Operation TYPHOON, 1947

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 13:04:00 +0000

At a high-level conference in Washington, one of America's best-known naval warriors says he has a plan to deal with the sea monsters. Can he deliver?

05 Evacuation, 1946

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 13:54:52 +0000

Facing a de facto blockade by sea monsters, the American presence on Hawaii becomes untenable.

04 The Wrong Tools for the Job, 1946

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 14:16:35 +0000

After President Truman insists that somebody do something about the sea monster problem, the Navy tries to do something about the sea monster problem. And Adm. Marc Mitscher and the Third Fleet learn some harsh truths in the process.

03 Panama, 1946

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:38:00 +0000

The Navy brass felt that the best thing to do with the sea monster problem was to try to sweep it under the rug. The creatures had other ideas, and it's hard to sweep the wreckage of a major canal under a rug.

02 This Might Be a Problem, 1945

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 20:30:00 +0000

The US Navy has its first direct encounter with the sea creatures as Black Jack Kraken attacks a convoy and is driven off by the USS Dahlgren.

01 The Missing Ships, 1944-45

THE KRAKEN BUSTERS — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:08:27 +0000

We begin our exploration of the US-Sea Monster Conflict with a look at the murky origins of the crisis, a rash of missing ships during the end of World War 2. Also, a short overview of the project.