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The Little Prince: What Grown-Ups Forget
A child draws a boa constrictor swallowing an elephant.
The grown-ups see a hat.
And with that little misunderstanding, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry opens …
2 months ago
They Fell in Love Through a Jukebox — In 1951
In 1951, Night Beat told a remarkably modern love story.
George walks up to a jukebox and hears Julie’s voice. She’s miles away, working for a music s…
2 months ago
The Last Train from Bellweather: Why We Still Love a Mystery in the Dark
A railway station is closing for good. A murder reaches back to the war. A young woman returns twenty-one years after she disappeared.
And somewhere b…
2 months ago
Daybreak: What Is Worth Holding Onto?
Good morning from the little station on Commercial Street in Atchison, Kansas.
What is worth holding onto?
That’s the question running quietly through …
2 months ago
From Dickens to Substack: Is the Future of Books an Old Idea?
What if the future of publishing looks surprisingly like its past?
After more than a decade away from fiction, billionaire novelist and philanthropist…
2 months ago
Beg for Scraps—and Get God
What happens when you pray—and God seems not to answer?
A desperate mother follows Jesus, pleading for help. At first, He says nothing. The disciples …
2 months ago
Daybreak: Some Things Are Worth Letting Go
Good morning from the little station on Commercial Street in Atchison, Kansas.
Today Peter asks Jesus a wonderfully human question: How many times do …
2 months ago
Keep the Light On
There’s a little station on Commercial Street.
The light is on. The microphones are warm. Somewhere inside, an old radio drama is playing, a forgotten…
2 months, 1 week ago
Donovan’s Brain and the Dawn of Living Computers
In 1944, Suspense presented one of old-time radio’s strangest and most unsettling experiments.
What if a human brain could remain alive after the body…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Lady from Alfaqueque: The Forgotten Comedy That Found Its Way to the BBC
What is Alfaqueque—and how did a Spanish comedy from another age find its way onto BBC radio on a Saturday night in 1966?
In this episode of The Commo…
2 months, 1 week ago