The Classic Tales Podcast

Ep. 924, The Machine Stops, by E.M. Forster VINTAGE

The earth's surface is no longer habitable, and all humanity is sequestered beneath the ground,...

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Ep. 923, A Voyage to Lilliput, Part 3 of 3, from Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift

With capital punishment in the offing, how can Gulliver escape the land of Lilliput?  Jonathan...

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• 6 días

Ep. 922, Leave It to Jeeves, by P.G. WodehouseVINTAGE

Can the artistic Corky court his bird-loving uncle to continue supporting him? Maybe Jeeves can...

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• 9 días

Ep. 921, A Voyage to Lilliput, Part 2 of 3, from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

How can Gulliver stop a war without any bloodshed? Jonathan Swift, today on The Classic Tales...

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• 13 días

Ep. 920, The Yellow Wallpaper VINTAGE, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

What does our nervous heroine see in the yellow wallpaper, that no one else can?  Charlotte...

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• 16 días

Ep. 919, A Voyage to Lilliput, Part 1 of 3, from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

How can Lemuel Gulliver escape from the Lilliputians? They’re only six inches tall – should be a...

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• 20 días

Ep. 918, Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, and A Horseman in the Sky, by Ambrose BierceVINTAGE

What knavery occurred during the Civil War at Owl Creek Bridge? Ambrose Bierce, today on The...

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• 23 días

Ep. 917, Green Tea, by Sheridan LeFanu

Why is Reverend Jennings so distracted when he gives his sermons? Is it just because he’s...

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• 27 días

Ep. 916, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, from The Arabian NightsVINTAGE

Can Ali Baba discover the secret words that open the den of the forty thieves? The Arabian...

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• 30 días

Ep. 915, The Prussian Officer, by D.H. Lawrence

Why does the Prussian officer pick on his orderly so much? Seriously, what’s eating the guy?...

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Ep. 914, The Million-Pound Bank Note, by Mark Twain VINTAGE

An outrageously generous gift proves increasingly inconvenient, when no one has change for a...

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Ep. 913, The Wrong Shape, by G.K. Chesterton

Can Father Brown solve a murder in a curious household? G.K. Chesterton, today on The Classic...

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Ep. 912, The Man Upstairs, by P.G. Wodehouse VINTAGE

Annette Brougham can't get any composing done with all the racket from the apartment upstairs....

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Ep. 911, Referent, by Ray Bradbury

Roby Morrison attends a very privileged boarding school. But when a spherical space ship lands,...

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• 2 meses

Ep. 910, The Man Who Would Be King, by Rudyard Kipling VINTAGE

Adventurers Dravot and Carnehan have decided to take over a country. Not a big country, just a...

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Ep. 909, Clouds of Witness, Part 9 of 9, by Dorothy Sayers

All is revealed. Buckle up. Dorothy Sayers, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.  Welcome to...

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Ep. 908, The Body Snatcher, by Robert Louis Stevenson VINTAGE

Is an anatomy professor having murder done to secure his specimens? Robert Louis Stevenson,...

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Ep. 907, Clouds of Witness, Part 8 of 9, by Dorothy Sayers

Peter runs off in a final mad dash to secure a secret testimony. But will it be enough to save...

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• 2 meses

Ep. 906, The Blue Cross, by G.K. Chesterton VINTAGE

Why does Inspector Valentin, while following the track of the thief Flambeau, keep crossing...

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• 2 meses

Ep. 905, Clouds of Witness, Part 7 of 9, by Dorothy Sayers

How can Wimsey escape the sucking mud pits of Peter’s Pot?  Dorothy Sayers, today on The Classic...

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• 2 meses