Mike Sandwich comes to town and a young boy saves the day. 

A tale of uprising, murder, and a healthy dose of alcohol for all. The fabric mines will never be the same after young Danny inspires the townspeople to be all they can be. Famous detective Mike Sandwich comes to the town of Foley. He’s in New York City to solve an unidentified crime… but will Mike take enough notes before he gets blackout drunk? And can his notes be understood even if he does?!  Listen to find out who survives their Love of Drinks… and Denim!

Host – Chuck Cotterman

Foley – Katlin Schneider

Ed Zak – Live Production

Shelby Burton – Opening Narrator, Shielah Ellington, Foreman Foreman

Eric Pedersen –  D. Livery, Erine the Miner 

Joe Hartenstine – Mike Sandwich 

Philip Amler – Paw Paul

Ben Vigeant –  Drunk Mr.Ellington, Jacob the Miner,

Peter Corey – Danny, Barry Simpson the Bartender 

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A coal town curls under a glittering ski resort, and the line between survival and spectacle gets razor thin. We kick off with audience prompts, a crackling live radio vibe, and a title you helped name—then drop into a story where denim, corduroy, and power are all louder than they look. Danny, a nine-year-old slated for the mines, wants the slopes instead; Paw Paul wants one day he doesn’t spend choking coal dust. Above them, Steve and Sheila Ellington toast their view from the lodge, right before a suspicious drink and a ski lift turn wealth into a headline.

Enter our legend with clay feet: Detective Mike Sandwich—famous, charming, and hilariously unhelpful—stumbles into a barroom duel with Sheila while cats, coffee, and vanity tighten the trap. Down below, the mine breathes like a beast: dead canaries, translucent skin, and veterans who fear daylight more than collapse. The tension splits into two climbs—one toward truth, the other toward power—as Danny sparks a strike that pulls the town uphill in every sense. When a body appears on the snow, inheritance law takes center stage, and the question shifts from “who did it” to “who gets to keep doing it.”

The chase that follows—broken glass, hawk calls, makeshift skis—careens into a reckoning underground, where the people who do the work finally dictate the ending. We fuse noir tropes, labor politics, and golden‑age sound to land a punchline with teeth: sometimes the hero doesn’t save the day because a town decides to save itself. Along the way, our faux ads for Crystal Mountain Corduroy swish with satire about heat, sweat, and the industries that sell both.

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