Podcast Episodes

THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP by BRET HARTE

In this short story by Bret Harte, first published in the August 1868 issue of Overland Monthly, a baby boy is born an orphan in a gold mining camp i…

6 years, 8 months ago

GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS by LEO TOLSTOY

In this excellent Tolstoy short story, an innocent man is imprisoned for 26 years for a crime he did not commit. Then he is faced with the man who ac…

6 years, 8 months ago

THE CRUISE OF THE SNARK by JACK LONDON

Did you ever have that great urge to get away on what might be the adventure of a lifetime? When an already established and successful Jack London an…

6 years, 8 months ago

THE CALL OF THE TAME and THE CHAMPION OF THE WEATHER by O.HENRY

In THE CALL OF THE TAME a Rough Rider is in New York City for Teddy Roosevelt's inaugaration when he meets an old friend who had once worked with him…

6 years, 9 months ago

THE LITTLE MERMAID (PT 2) by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON

Explicit: Original text contains references to violence. Use judgement with young ones.

Warning: Atheists and agnostics my find references to God, Ch…

6 years, 9 months ago

THE LITTLE MERMAID by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON (PT 1)

In this story originally written by Hans Christian Anderson and later made popular by Disney, a young mermaid dreams of what life would be like as a …

6 years, 9 months ago

LONG ODDS by H.RIDER HAGGARD

EXPLICIT (Hunting). Big-game hunter Allan Quartermaine was a featured character in our King Solomon's Mines series at 1001 Stories for the Road (see …

6 years, 9 months ago

AN ADJUSTMENT OF NATURE by O.HENRY

Three friends living in New York City become infatuated with a waitress at their local diner and go to great lengths to keep her from running off wit…

6 years, 9 months ago

CHARLIE'S COUP by JACK LONDON

Another great Jack London short story culled from his adventures as a fish commission warden in the Oakland CA area.

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6 years, 9 months ago

YOUTH by JOSEPH CONRAD (PT 2)

Marlow continues the story of his experiences on a burning merchant ship as the captain and crew finally leave the ship in three life boats knowing t…

6 years, 10 months ago