Operation Skill Shot

The Truth

Film, Public, Mitchell, Prx, Fiction, Drama, Radio, Storytelling, Audio, Radiotopia, Story, Jonathan

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A pinball obsessive is enlisted by the police to help lure a mob boss out of hiding, giving him a chance to prove that pinball isn't just a game. Written by Hunter Nelson, with direction, sound design, and original music by Jonathan Mitchell. Performed by David Bluvband, Ben Rameaka, Samantha Nugent, Jordan Mahome, Drew Reilly, Sebastian Conelli, Josh Tobin, Bill Rohlfing, and David Deblinger. We're very excited to be making stories for you again! You can help make sure we're able to continue, by subscribing to our ad-free feed. It’s $5, or $50 a year. You’ll get every story without interruption, but more than that, you’ll be supporting the survival of our show. Go to: thetruthpodcast.supportingcast.fm Follow us on...INSTAGRAMBLUESKYTHREADSREDDIT To learn more about our show, go to our website: thetruthpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of The Truth includes strong language.
0:04.0	The truth.
0:06.0	Hey, you're pretty good.
0:21.6	All that on your first ball. Nice.
0:24.6	Spy chase is a sophisticated objective system for a table that came out in 72.
0:31.6	The innovation is all about the replay looper in the missile silo.
0:36.6	You know, rewards long-term strategy.
0:40.3	Next year, though, 79, that's going to be all about solid-state.
0:44.3	Microchips, achievements that roll over ball to ball.
0:48.3	This machine will be able to remember your high score.
0:51.3	God damn it.
0:52.3	Hey, could you back off? I don't care about that shit.
0:55.6	Okay.
0:59.4	But don't use language like that in my establishment.
1:03.1	Harry, phones for you.
1:05.3	Yeah.
1:08.4	Hey, who is it?
1:09.5	I don't know.
1:10.1	Some guy.
1:10.7	You don't really tell me anything, just that it's important.
1:12.6	Ah!
1:13.6	Hey, Dorothy, could you watch that kid back there?
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