Podcast Episodes

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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 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…

4 years 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…

4 years 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…

4 years 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 …

4 years 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, 2 months ago

WILL STUTELY RESCUED BY HIS COMPANIONS THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD

The Sheriff of Nottingham has offered a reward for the capture of any of Robin Hood's men and Will Stutely falls into the net, requiring Robin to mou…

4 years, 3 months ago

TENNESSEE'S PARTNER by BRET HARTE

When old Tennessee was arrested for robbery and hauled into court in that little mining community, only one man showed up to speak in his defense, an…

4 years, 4 months ago