Podcast Episodes

Red Death - Part Two

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Season 1 Episode 15

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Episode Fourteen: Red Death (Part Two)

This is the second and final episode (for now) regarding The Masque of the Red Death - The story ends with a deadly confrontation between the Red D…

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Red Death - Part One

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Season 1 Episode 14

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Episode Thirteen: Red Death (Part One)

After an explanation of why Celebrate Poe is abandoning its chronological format (for only a week or two) this episode delves into what many schola…

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Two Heroes (The Blacksmith and the Gay Priest)

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Season 1 Episode 13

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Episode Twelve: Two Heroes (A Blacksmith and the Gay Priest) 

In this episode, Mr. Poe and George discuss two American Heroes:

Gilbert Hunt - an African American blacksmith who saved seve…

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America's First Disaster

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Season 1 Episode 12

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Episode Eleven   America’s First Major Disaster

In this episode, Mr. Poe and George discuss America’s First Major Disaster - the Richmond Fire of 1811 in which over 70 of the most influe…

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Mother's Death

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Season 1 Episode 11

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In this episode, Mr. Poe and Mr. Bartley discuss the tragic life of his mother, Eliza, as well as his brother and sister.

Mr. Poe poignantly relates the horrible illness of his mother.  …

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Conspiracy Theory?

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Season 1 Episode 10

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/michael-daly

This episode begins with an apology, and story about a rowdy gro…

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Poe Is Born

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Season 1 Episode 9

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It is 1809, and Mr. Poe is born in Boston on January 9 in the cold of winter (naturally.)

And Mr. Poe talks about the fact that his mother often played classic roles where she died on st…

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Poe's Parents, Shakespeare, and Lady Gaga

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Season 1 Episode 8

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This episode deals with 

the conflicts between Eliza (Poe's mother) and David (Poe's father) as stage actorsa comparison of Eliza and David to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in A Star Is B…

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Poe's Ancestors

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Season 1 Episode 7

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Episode Seven

This episode begins a look at Poe’s ancestors - the people who made him who he became.

Mr. Poe talks about his grandfather - David Poe, Sr. - definitely a strong and decisiv…

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Revolution Generation

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Season 1 Episode 6

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Encapsulating the American Revolution in the story of two men both named Lafayette

General Lafayette from FranceJames Lafayette - American member of the enslaved population

Mr. Poe's opin…

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