Podcast Episodes

ROBIN HOOD AND ALLAN A DALE from THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD

Robin Hood sends out some of his men to waylay a cash rich traveler but having no luck, they do manage to find a young man who is pining over his los…

3 years, 8 months ago

SUSIE ROLLIFF'S CHRISTMAS by EDWARD PAYSON ROE

Two young men from a small Connecticut town named Opinquake join General Putnam's army as it digs in around Boston in an effort to disrupt the Britis…

3 years, 8 months ago

HOW THE FIRST LETTER WAS WRITTEN by RUDYARD KIPLING

In this delightful tale, which is one of Kipling's beloved "Just So Stories", a neolithic father and daughter are fishing far from their cave when he…

3 years, 8 months ago

THREE VERY OLD TALES THE WIVES OF WEINSBURG-THE MOST PRECIOUS THING-ADMETUS AND ALCESTIS

Three Very Old Tales

The Wives of Weinsburg- A kingdom falls but the women plea to the attackers to let them carry out their most cherished possessio…

3 years, 9 months ago

THE PHANTOM COACH by AMELIA EDWARDS

In this tale a young man out grouse hunting on the moor finds himself lost with snow coming fast, and seeking shelter, he meets an old man who leads …

3 years, 9 months ago

A TINY LITTLE THING and ANDROCLUS AND THE LION

A Tiny Little Thing - (anonymous) A father teaches his young daughter an important llesson about small creatures...

Androclus and The Lion- (James Ba…

3 years, 10 months ago

THE HEATHEN by JACK LONDON

In this South Seas story, our protagonist befriends an island man named Otoo and they become3 inseparable for years . Otoo becomes a stalwart protect…

3 years, 10 months ago

BIG TWO-HEARTED RIVER (PT 2) by ERNEST HEMINGWAY

In Part 2 we offer some history on the town of Seney, Michigan, when it served as home for three thousand loggers, becoming a North Central version o…

3 years, 10 months ago

BIG TWO-HEARTED RIVER (PT 1) by ERNEST HEMINGWAY

Big Two-Hearted River is one of Hemingway's first stories, written upon his return from the Italian Front in 1919, and released in 1924 as a part of …

3 years, 10 months ago

TWO THOUSAND STIFFS by JACK LONDON

Jack London tells us what it what like to join "Kelly's Army" , also called "Kellys Industrial Army" as one of two thousand unemployed men riding the…

4 years ago