about the porcupine

“The Porcupine Presents ...” is the creative home of Corie Schweitzer—a writer, editor, former academic, and lifelong listener of stories. After a brain injury reshaped how I read and write, audio, collaboration, and curiosity became not just creative choices, but necessities.This site is where those necessities turned into projects.

“The Porcupine Presents ...” isn’t a single show or a static format. It’s a small studio for ideas—a place where history, storytelling, humor, and analysis overlap. Some projects are scripted. Some are curated. Some are experimental. All of them are made with care for language, context, and the people listening.

Current Projects

🦔 The Porcupine Presents ...

Curated vintage radio, original commentary, and historical context—exploring how old stories still shape modern fears, desires, and ideas.

🎭 “The World’s Worst Docent”

Satirical audio tours led by hilariously unqualified guides, exposing how institutions talk when they stop making sense.

🐾 “Detective Steve”

A noir comedy mystery series starring a grumpy, aging dog detective — funny, melancholy, and unexpectedly sincere.

🧠 Essays & Experiments

Occasional writing and audio projects about genre, technology, memory, and the strange ways humans make meaning.

🕵️ Original Fiction & Screenplays

Narrative fiction and scripted audio, including “Sherlock Holmes: The Last Analysis”—reworking classic genres to explore memory, psychology, and moral consequence.

🗺️ A Ramble Through Victorian London

An interactive map project tracing nineteenth-century London through its institutions, streets, and fault lines—where power, poverty, culture, and violence intersected.