Back in the Day: Confederate Winter and Freedom Spring

Tue, 04/30/2019 - 12:00 Back in the Day: Confederate Winter and Freedom Spring Back in the Day Author Kurt Vetters discusses his newest books, Confederate Winter and Freedom Spring.

Back in the Day

Fri, 08/02/2019 - 12:00 Back in the Day Back in the Day In this episode, Metro Archivist Ken Fieth talks with local historian, author and Professor Todd Van Beck on funeral practices during the American Civil War, 1861-1865.

"The Devil and Tom Walker"

Wed, 02/20/2019 - 12:00 "The Devil and Tom Walker" Just Listen Podcast The story of Tom Walker is a variation on the legend of Faust, a l6th-century magician and astrologer who was said to have sold his soul to the devil for wisdom, money, and power. …

"The Happy Prince"

Fri, 08/17/2018 - 12:00 "The Happy Prince" Just Listen Podcast The fairy tales of the notorious Oscar Wilde are considered by many to be among his best writings.  Today we consider two stories that fall somewhere in the area of fairy tales, love stories,…

"The Nightingale and the Rose"

Wed, 02/06/2019 - 12:00 "The Nightingale and the Rose" Just Listen Podcast In “The Nightingale and the Rose,” the conflict between science and faith that so marked Oscar Wilde’s own era is mirrored in the conflict between love and philosophy as a young man tries…

"The Necklace"

Sun, 09/16/2018 - 12:00 "The Necklace" Just Listen Podcast Famous for its surprise ending and the author’s majestic use of irony, “The Necklace” remains a favorite story in anthologies and textbooks for its eminent readability. The moral of Guy de Maupassant'…

"The Open Window"

Wed, 09/26/2018 - 12:00 "The Open Window" Just Listen Podcast Saki is the pen name of the British writer Hector Hugh Munro, also known as H. H. Munro (1870 - 1916). In"The Open Window," possibly his most famous story, social conventions and proper…

"The Schartz-Metterklume Method"

Sun, 10/07/2018 - 12:00 "The Schartz-Metterklume Method" Just Listen Podcast At a railway station an arrogant and overbearing woman, Mrs Quabarl, mistakes the mischievous Lady Carlotta, who has been inadvertently left behind by a train, for the governess, Miss…

The Story of an Hour

Thu, 08/16/2018 - 12:00 The Story of an Hour Just Listen Podcast "The Story of an Hour," by Kate Chopin, was controversial by American standards of the 1890s because it features a female protagonist who feels liberated by the news of her husband's death. In her…

"Theft"

Sun, 10/21/2018 - 12:00 "Theft" Just Listen Podcast In “Theft,” Katherine Anne Porter’s widely-anthologized short story, the protagonist must grapple with a host of emotions and circumstances:  loneliness, uncertainty, struggle, trust, independence, love…

"My Dead Brother Comes to America"

Sat, 08/18/2018 - 12:00 "My Dead Brother Comes to America" Just Listen Podcast Joseph Katz, writing under the pen name of Alexander Godin, immigrated to the United States from the Ukraine with his family in l922.  “My Dead Brother Comes to America” was…

"The Empty House"

Wed, 11/14/2018 - 12:00 "The Empty House" Just Listen Podcast Algernon Henry Blackwood, a Commander of the British Empire, was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also a…

"Transcendental Wild Oats"

Wed, 09/12/2018 - 12:00 "Transcendental Wild Oats" Just Listen Podcast Louisa May Alcott, most famous for her coming of age novel Little Women, wrote in a variety of genres to support her family, including humor.   As a child of the…

"A Ghost"

Mon, 10/29/2018 - 12:00 "A Ghost" Just Listen Podcast Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant  was a French writer, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the naturalist school of writers, who depicted human lives and…

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Mon, 01/28/2019 - 12:00 "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" Just Listen Podcast "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) is a short story by the American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce. Regarded as "one of the most famous and frequently…