What’s Inside Every Episode
Episode 90 | Sink or Sprint
Episode Notes: One cannot swim, the other cannot run, and summer camp is about to break two best friends as they navigate the ultimate scouting gauntlet. Tune into “Lifesaving” by Peter S. Bernard, a hilarious look at …
Episode 89 | Rays of Ravishing Light: Inside the Minds of 1776
Travel back to 1776 to hear the personal doubts, fierce convictions, and visionary hopes of the people who risked everything for freedom …
Episode 88 | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
A vivid and haunting dramatization of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s tale of a sailor who stops a wedding guest to recount his supernatural sea voyage …
Episode 87 | “Winnie-the-Pooh” Chapters 6 & 7
Chapters 6 & 7 from A. A. Milne’s beloved collection of short stories following the adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh, and his friends Christopher Robin …
Episode 86 | The Langston Hughes Blues
Transformative poetry swirls around the joys and hardships of working-class black lives from James Mercer Langston Hughes - an American poet, leader of the Harlem Renaissance, and father of what came to be known as “jazz poetry” …
Episode 85 | Agatha Christie’s “THE JEWEL ROBBERY AT THE GRAND METROPOLITAN”
Hercule Poirot can’t resist a case, even when holidaying in Brighton with his dutiful friend Captain Hastings. When a precious pearl necklace vanishes from a locked hotel room …
Episode 84 | “Winnie-the-Pooh” Chapters 4 & 5
Chapters 4 and 5 from A. A. Milne’s beloved collection of short stories following the adventures of an anthropomorphic teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, and his friends Christopher Robin …
Episode 83 | “Once More Around the Sun”
The gentle wit and wisdom of Charles Lamb muses on humanity’s celebration of a new year …
Episode 82 | Should Your Spirits Fall Again…
A celebration of Christmas and the holiday season …
Episode 81 | It’s a Dog’s Life
A look at mankind’s deep and enduring connection to dogs through the eyes of two literary masters…
Episode 80 | “Winnie-the-Pooh” Chapters 2 & 3
Chapters 2 and 3 from A. A. Milne’s beloved collection of short stories following the adventures of an anthropomorphic teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, and his friends Christopher Robin …
Episode 79 | Agatha Christie’s “THE ADVENTURE OF THE EGYPTIAN TOMB”
During an archeological expedition to Egypt, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is called upon to investigate the ominous deaths …
Episode 78 | THE SUN ALSO RISES CH. 19 - End of Story
The exciting last chapter of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work…
Episode 77 | The Lincoln Logs
Episode Notes: Reflections from the American Civil War including President Abraham Lincoln’s poignant plea for national unity from his Second Inaugural Address, and remarkable account of men in war …
Episode 76 | THE SUN ALSO RISES CH. 18
The next to last chapter of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work…
Episode 75 | “Winnie-the-Pooh” Chapter One
Chapter one from A. A. Milne’s beloved collection of short stories of Winnie-the-Pooh …
Episode 74 | Agatha Christie’s “THE MILLION DOLLAR BOND ROBBERY”
Philip Ridgeway is suspected of stealing over a million dollars in Liberty Bonds as they were being taken to America by ship. His fiance Esmee appeals to the great Belgian detective Hercule Poirot to clear his name and find the culprit before Scotland Yard arrests the wrong man …
Episode 73 | THE SUN ALSO RISES CH. 17
Chapter 17 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work…
Episode 72 | Letters Live at The Rose - “John & Abigail Adams: America’s Sweethearts”
In this episode: The intimate correspondence between John and Abigail Adams as Independence Day and America’s deliverance from British tyranny approaches…
Episode 71 | ANIMAL CRACKERS!
Episode Notes: Three amusingly tall animal tales and adventures from the creators at The Rose Theatre…