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 …

Travel back to 1776 to hear the personal doubts, fierce convictions, and visionary hopes of the people who risked everything for freedom …

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 …

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” …

The gentle wit and wisdom of Charles Lamb muses on humanity’s celebration of a new year …

A celebration of Christmas and the holiday season …

A look at mankind’s deep and enduring connection to dogs through the eyes of two literary masters…

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 Notes: Three amusingly tall animal tales and adventures from the creators at The Rose Theatre…

A majestic old oak contemplates the cycle of life in this poignant fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen …

Transformative prose swirls around the meaning of life and loss from playwright, poet and composer, Richard C. Washer ...

A widely distributed essay written by Elbert Hubbard in 1899, extolling the value of individual initiative and conscientiousness in work ...