Ben Franklin Timetraveler

Podcast #12: The embarrassing time when we showed up one day early for Halloween, and became the laughingstock of grade school. Tom Nielson tells stories, shares memories, and concocts whimsical tales inspired by his travels and life adventures, reminiscent of the late Jean Shepherd.

Podcast #11: Taking off for a getaway in the country isn't always the dream we imagine -- especially when you accidentally annoy nearby fishermen with the drone of an outboard motor. Tom Nielson tells stories, shares memories, and concocts whimsical tales inspired by his travels and life adventures, reminiscent of the style of the late Jean Shepherd.

Podcast #10: A special tribute to Jean Shepherd -- humorist, writer, WOR Radio personality, and creator of the movie A Christmas Story. Includes an encounter with Shep at an autograph signing. Tom Nielson tells stories, shares memories, and concocts whimsical tales inspired by his travels and life adventures, reminiscent of the style of the late Jean Shepherd. Stories are true, but names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Podcast #9: A look behind the scenes at one of the original monster movie hosts, Alan Milair, excerpted from an interview in 1972 at the Channel 3 studios in Syracuse. Includes Milair's famous "monster laugh." Photo of Alan Milair by #JeffBlumenfeld. Tom Nielson tells stories, shares memories, and concocts whimsical tales inspired by his travels and life adventures, reminiscent of the style of the late Jean Shepherd of WOR Radio in New York.

Podcast #8: Moviemaking isn't always as glamorous as it seems. Sometimes nitty gritty details can do in a film before it even makes it to the lab, as in this story of a student film that was shut down due to a bureaucratic snafu. Tom Nielson tells stores, shares memories, and concocts whimsical tales inspired by his travels and life adventures, reminiscent of the style of the late Jean Shepherd of WOR Radio in NY.

Podcast #7: What happens when two young kids brave the jungle of a large, weed-infested vacant lot? Adventures aplenty abound, including a scary visit to an unfinished home under construction. Tom Nielson tells stories, shares memories, and concocts whimsical tales inspired by his travels and life adventures, reminiscent of the style of the late Jean Shepherd of WOR Radio in New York.

Podcast #6: A few stories about some memorable characters met on the elevator during college days. Tom Nielson tells stories, shares memories, and concocts whimsical tales inspired by his travels and life adventures, reminiscent of the style of the late Jean Shepherd of WOR Radio in New York.

Podcast #5: Recalling the time when four young boys tried to form a Beatles-inspired band, along with a first trip to the record store. Tom Nielson tells stories, shares memories, and concocts whimsical tales inspired by his travels and life adventures, reminiscent of the style of the late Jean Shepherd of WOR Radio in New York.

Podcast # 4: A story from college days, when we learned from experience that directing TV shows was not a viable career option. Tom Nielson tells stories, shares memories, and concocts whimsical tales inspired by his travels and life adventures, reminiscent of the style of the late Jean Shepherd of WOR Radio in New York.

Podcast #3 in our ongoing series, a "cow-tale" about the day the dairy cows got loose in our little New Jersey community. Tom Nielson tells stories, shares memories, and concocts whimsical tales inspired by his travels and life adventures, reminiscent of the style of the late humorist Jean Shepherd of WOR Radio in New York.

Podcast # 2 in the series, "A Look Behind in Rewind," with Tom Nielson. This episode is a continuation of questions from teenagers fielded by Dick Clark in September 1975, along with a clip from a Las Vegas interview by Nielson. Tom Nielson tells stories, shares memories, and concocts whimsical tales inspired by his travels and life adventures, reminiscent of the style of the now-departed humorist Jean Shepherd of WOR Radio in New York.

Podcast # 1 in the series, "A Look Behind in Rewind," with Tom Nielson. The debut episode features questions that Dick Clark fielded from teenage journalists in September 1975, when he visited Huntington, West Virginia as part of a promotional trip to plug the newly-reinvented ABC affiliate WOWK-TV. Tom Nielson tells stories, shares memories, and concocts whimsical tales inspired by his travels and life adventures, reminiscent of the style of the now-departed humorist Jean Shepherd of WOR Radio in New York.

A quick sound check of some of the many character voices Tom Nalesnik can do -- for advertising, podcasts, web content, presentations, digital productions, and more.

Brief sample of Tom Nalesnik on-air reporting

Time traveler Ben Franklin guest hosts on a morning radio show, and discovers how music has evolved since his time in the 1700s. DJ Big Bob plays a tune from J.S. Bach that was remade in the 1960s and became a hit on the Top 40 charts.

Episode 7: After witnessing the Battle of Lexington and a plot to blow up the House of Lords thanks to a mysterious sphere, Ben is transported into space, where he is about to reconnect with the mysterious blue box that's bigger on the inside than on the outside.

Episode 6: Ben survives the coal mine cave-in, but now finds himself in a mysterious white room, gazing at a crystal globe that ominously predicts trouble ahead for the colonial Minutemen as well as the British House of Lords — all the while offering more clues as to his possibly otherworldly origins.

Episode 5: Ben, finding himself in a coal mine in the England of 1772, tries to save his future self - the other "Doctor Franklin" - from the green people he previously encountered in Boston, by distracting them away with his creative American ingenuity and skills in impersonation.

Episode 4: Ben finds himself whisked 50 years into the future, where he encounters his future self on a mountain near Whitehaven, England - only to discover the same green people he faced in Boston are now here, too. See Ben's blog at http://benfranklinexclusive.weebly.com/

Episode 3: After escaping from a motley crew of odd-looking strangers in colonial Boston, Ben makes it back to the Tardis and wonders whether his time travels have changed history... resulting in young Franklin's absence from his father's candle shop of 1716. See blog at http://benfranklinexclusive.weebly.com/bens-new-blog/new-podcast-explains-origin-of-first-doctor-ben-franklin and Episode 1 on Youtube https://youtu.be/axy5rx33Ajo