Audibly Speaking: Listening to History
277 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe nexus between history and the news is the focus of this podcast by Dr. Rick Reiman
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A Personal View of the JFK Assassination, 61 Years On
April 23, 2024 03:15 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBWe have an intermission episode in this series on the JFK assassination, with a personal view of the memories of the host on the assassination and why he was not taken in by conspiracy theories, in contrast to so many of his boomer cohorts along the way.
The Book that Destroyed the JFK Conspiracy Theories: Vincent Bugliosi’s “Reclaiming History” (2007)
April 17, 2024 20:17 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MBToday, Audibly Speaking reviews the magisterial book by famed prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. We revisit the things that make it unique and utterly unanswerable as a riposte to the crazy conspiracy theories that still pollute the writings about the 35th US President.
Why is the JFK Assassination Still Relevant? And Why is the Warren Commission’s Still Strong? Listen to One of My Best
April 06, 2024 02:03 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBIn this sidebar episode tracing the movements of Lee Harvey Oswald and we step back from the forest to examine the trees of the story. In this politically portentous year of 2024, learn what the conspiracy nonsense can do to help us save American democracy. And begin to learn why the strengths of the Warren … Continue reading Why is the JFK Assassination Still Relevant? And Why is the Warren Commission’s Still Strong? Listen to One of My Best →
“Moving East to Go West: Oswald’s Twisted Path Pre-Tippit”
March 30, 2024 00:41 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBWhy did Lee Harvey Oswald go east from his boarding house in the aftermath of the JFK assassination, only to go west before his fatal encounter with Police Officer J.D. Tippit on November 22, 1963? The only possible answer was that his plans must have changed, along with his destination, at least temporarily. Ironically, however, … Continue reading “Moving East to Go West: Oswald’s Twisted Path Pre-Tippit” →
“Assassination and Escape: Oswald’s Actions, 12:30 pm to 1:50 pm, November 22”
March 26, 2024 00:44 - 38 minutes - 53 MBWe have now arrived at the critical moments. What happened as the assassination occurred and what do we know of Oswald’s behavior during these most important of minutes? It turns out we know a great deal–so much in fact that we can even infer what was going on in Oswald’s mind on a minute by … Continue reading “Assassination and Escape: Oswald’s Actions, 12:30 pm to 1:50 pm, November 22” →
Evidence Against Oswald: 8:00 AM, November 21, to 12:30 PM CST, November 22
March 23, 2024 00:28 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MBHow to help students understand the overwhelming evidence against Lee Harvey Oswald (and Oswald alone)? Given the power of the evidence, no help ought be needed! Perhaps a concise run-through will do the trick? Or a solemn and stately documentary? In a time when facts alone hold no sway, what is an historian to do? … Continue reading Evidence Against Oswald: 8:00 AM, November 21, to 12:30 PM CST, November 22 →
Lee Harvey Oswald and Edwin Walker Redux: Resume Building and Plotting in New Orleans, April to October 1963
March 17, 2024 01:47 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MBWhat was Lee Harvey Oswald up to in New Orleans between his failed assassination attempt against Retired General Edwin Walker in April 1963 and his trip to Mexico City in late September in pursuit of a visa to Communist Cuba? What was the mix of motives that drove Oswald in these critical months prior to … Continue reading Lee Harvey Oswald and Edwin Walker Redux: Resume Building and Plotting in New Orleans, April to October 1963 →
Final Episode: Oswald’s Mind in the Assassination Weekend
February 10, 2024 01:15 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBIn this final part of the three-part podcast series, we look at Oswald’s interior concerns in the days and hours before 12:30 pm CST on November 22, 1963. In so doing we elucidate the most elusive of questions, the question of motive.
Lee Harvey Oswald and the JFK Assassination: The Stories Not Told
February 01, 2024 22:44 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBIn this three-part series, we go into the mind of the assassin and try to understand Oswald’s motives. This helps us understand why conspiracy thinking about the assassination makes no sense. If you believe that Oswald lacked motive, ability or opportunity to shoot JFK, a conspiracy seems to be a necessary alternative. In fact none … Continue reading Lee Harvey Oswald and the JFK Assassination: The Stories Not Told →
Announcing a New Series on my YouTube Channel, “JFK Demystified”
January 16, 2024 18:56 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MBThis is your host, historian Rick Reiman. Go to my YouTube Channel, “JFK Demystified,” to view the first episode of a series of short videos called “On Background: Seeking the Hidden JFK Assassination.” The series is on the evidence that is hiding in plain sight, namely the factors that block our view from the evidence … Continue reading Announcing a New Series on my YouTube Channel, “JFK Demystified” →
“Into the Mind of the Assassin: Oswald’s Last Month, October-November 1963”
December 22, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBContinuing the series of JFK assassination episodes in this, the 60th year since the assassination, we look not at the thinking of the CIA, FBI, Warren Commission, Mob, Cuba, Russia or any of the other institutions that have been falsely imagined as being behind it, but inside the mind of the man who actually did … Continue reading “Into the Mind of the Assassin: Oswald’s Last Month, October-November 1963” →
“Final Word: The Landis Claim,” by Rick Reiman
December 15, 2023 00:03 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBToday, your host on Audiblyspeaking, Dr. Rick Reiman narrates his assessment of this year’s surprising news in the JFK assassination folklore: the claim by former secret service agent Paul Landis that he found a backseat bullet that allegedly refutes the famous “single bullet theory.” The subtitle of today’s show might appropriately be, “Not so Fast.”
Half-Story Hoaxes, 2023: A Critique of Rob Reiner’s JFK Conspiracy Theories
December 06, 2023 21:15 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBMost of the thousands of books on the JFK assassination are re-cyclings and re-spinnings of the foundational myths of the first generation of conspiracy fabulation tales. To hear Rob Reiner’s repetition of the tired magic bullet trope that we have heard before–you know the one that has long since been debunked–it seems that the half-story … Continue reading Half-Story Hoaxes, 2023: A Critique of Rob Reiner’s JFK Conspiracy Theories →
Dum-Dum Bullets or Dum-Dum Fabulists? Half-Story Hoaxes in the JFK Assassination
December 04, 2023 00:50 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBOne of the chief reasons why people still believe the nonsense of a conspiracy in the assassination of John F. Kennedy is because of the fiendishness of those, out of malice or effort at pecuniary gain, deliberately lie to their readers and tell only half of a story they know too well to be false. … Continue reading Dum-Dum Bullets or Dum-Dum Fabulists? Half-Story Hoaxes in the JFK Assassination →
Chapter 2 of “The Great Gatsby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, an Audio Narration
December 02, 2023 03:08 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBTom Buchanan moves his sad life from East Egg to New York City, and all those in his orbit pay the price in chapter two of this archetypal novel of the Jazz Age. The contrast between the glitter and the gutter, and the sadness of the last chance is seen in Myrtal, another person used … Continue reading Chapter 2 of “The Great Gatsby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, an Audio Narration →
“The Great Gatsby,” Chapter One
November 29, 2023 21:16 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBF. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, was both a product of, and epitaph for, the Jazz Age of the Roaring ’20s. Journey to West and East Egg again, as your host Rick Reiman narrates one of the great American novels of the twentieth (or any other) century.
Revisiting the Warren Commission, Part One: Mistakes?
November 20, 2023 15:09 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBToday is November 20, 2023, two days before the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. On the eve of this event, we look at the flagship government investigation of the crime, the Warren Commission and its work. Ironies abound in discussing the Commission. Its Report has been savaged by many, most … Continue reading Revisiting the Warren Commission, Part One: Mistakes? →
NEW! The Annotated “Disappearance of the Lady Frances Carfax!”
October 31, 2023 20:39 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBYou may have seen and heard the classic story of “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax” here on History Revisited and Audibly Speaking before, but this is a new version, now with annotations included from the observations in Leslie S. Klinger’s The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume II (New York: Norton’s, 2005). Listen to the … Continue reading NEW! The Annotated “Disappearance of the Lady Frances Carfax!” →
Deja Vu History: The Biden Oval Office Speech on Israel and Ukraine of 2023 and the FDR “Arsenal of Democracy” Speech of 1940
October 21, 2023 18:48 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBNo one has caught the similarities between the Biden Oval Office Speech on Israel and Ukraine of 2023 and the FDR “Arsenal of Democracy” Speech of 1940, other than the use of the phrase “Arsenal of Democracy.” Yet the parallels are eery and uncanny. They are also portentous for revealing the resonance of the world … Continue reading Deja Vu History: The Biden Oval Office Speech on Israel and Ukraine of 2023 and the FDR “Arsenal of Democracy” Speech of 1940 →
Fresh for Halloween! “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box!”
October 01, 2023 01:09 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBIn the run up to Halloween, there no more terrifying, thrilling and horrifying story in the Sherlock Holmes canon than this, “The Cardboard Box.” Publishers were frightened to publish it and its author, John Watson, was persuaded to do so only on his deathbed. Listeners are strongly encouraged to listen only at noon, in the … Continue reading Fresh for Halloween! “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box!” →
The Landis Claim: Paul Landis and the New “Magic Bullet” Myth in the JFK Assassination
September 15, 2023 03:04 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBIn advance of the publication of Paul Landis’s new book on his memory as a Secret Service agent in the JFK detail on November 22, 1963, Landis has made a claim that has roiled the class of people interested in the controversies involving the JFK assassination. In response to those parts of the claim that … Continue reading The Landis Claim: Paul Landis and the New “Magic Bullet” Myth in the JFK Assassination →
For Constitution Day 2023: An Abridged Audio Narration of the National Archives’ Public Domain Document, “Putting the Bill of Rights to the Test”
September 10, 2023 22:05 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBThis is Dr. Rick Reiman, professor of History at South Georgia State College. Here I narrate sections from the National Archives’ public domain publication, “Putting the Bill of Rights to the Test.” I read sections on the application of the First and Fifth Amendments. Listeners are encouraged to download the complete publication on the National … Continue reading For Constitution Day 2023: An Abridged Audio Narration of the National Archives’ Public Domain Document, “Putting the Bill of Ri...
Observations on Christopher Nolan’s Film, “Oppenheimer:” Was Oppenheimer Autistic, and Other Questions?
September 03, 2023 00:57 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBHere is my review of the blockbuster movie by Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer.” It is a tour de force for so many reasons, but gaps in Oppenheimer’s biography still remains, as I try to show in this review.
The Georgia Indictment Against Donald Trump: An Abridged Audio Narration of the Indictment by D.A. Fani Willis, Fulton County, Georgia
September 01, 2023 13:36 - 1 hour - 102 MBThe Georgia Indictment against Donald J. Trump may be the first indictment against Trump to go to trial. It also may be the only trial of Trump to be televised, and televised live. Unabridged audio narrations of the indictment are numerous online, but to my knowledge, this unabridged recording by your host, Rick Reiman, which … Continue reading The Georgia Indictment Against Donald Trump: An Abridged Audio Narration of the Indictment by D.A. Fani Willis, Fulton County, Georgia →
Hurricane Idalia’s Invisible Victims: The Derelict- for-Duty Mainstream Media
August 30, 2023 18:03 - 8 minutes - 8.12 MBAs Hurricane Idalia continues to blast the Southeastern United States, at this hour a Category 1 Hurricane devastating hundreds of thousands of human beings in Georgia, it is worth an audio opinion piece to remind the mainstream media of the invisible victims that they have chosen to remain invisible in their reporting of the storm. … Continue reading Hurricane Idalia’s Invisible Victims: The Derelict- for-Duty Mainstream Media →
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Saving of the Democratic Way of Life: Fireside Chat of December 1940
August 23, 2023 15:18 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBIn 1940, American democracy was gravely threatened as never before, and only the American people stood against it as a reliable line of defense. Could we say the same today if American democracy were similarly threatened? Here is an analysis of the famous “Arsenal of Democracy” speech, annotated by your host, Rick Reiman
New! Audio Narration of the Sherlock Holmes Short Story, “The Resident Patient,” by Arthur Conan Doyle
July 23, 2023 02:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBA Russian Count and his mysterious son make an appointment with a doctor to examine the Count for catalepsy. Catalepsy being the doctor’s speciality, it makes sense. But the resident patient who lives at the doctor’s office may have a lively, or is it deadly, interest in the Russian visitors, unbeknownst to the doctor. What … Continue reading New! Audio Narration of the Sherlock Holmes Short Story, “The Resident Patient,” by Arthur Conan Doyle →
NEW! An Audio Narration of Conan Doyle’s “The Stockbroker’s Clerk,” a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
July 10, 2023 00:51 - 44 minutes - 41 MBYour audio narrator, Rick Reiman, takes you from London to the English Midlands, as we journey with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson and “the stockbroker’s clerk,” in quest of the solution to a mystery and a hideous crime. Sherlock Holmes solves it only at the very end, and only with the aid of one of the … Continue reading NEW! An Audio Narration of Conan Doyle’s “The Stockbroker’s Clerk,” a Sherlock Holmes Short Story →
Reflection on “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and the Raiders of Memory in our MAGA Moment
July 03, 2023 17:01 - 26 minutes - 24 MBMovies may entertain us, but they also reflect our innermost thoughts and feelings in the time in which we make and watch them. Here I, a Professor of History, reflect on how the themes in the new movie, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” whether consciously or unconsciously meant by its makers, possess undercurrents … Continue reading Reflection on “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and the Raiders of Memory in our MAGA Moment →
NEW!! “The United States versus Donald J. Trump,” Federal Indictment of the Department of Justice, on Audio
June 12, 2023 18:06 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBI narrate the watershed indictment, the first federal prosecution of a former President of the United States in American history. Every American should read this document to understand and appreciate the gravity of the crimes alleged to have been committed by Donald F. Trump. This is necessary because Trump’s defenders have been distorting the charges. … Continue reading NEW!! “The United States versus Donald J. Trump,” Federal Indictment of the Department of Justice, on Audio →
NEW! Rick Reiman Narrates the Sherlock Holmes Story, “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,” by Arthur Conan Doyle
June 04, 2023 01:08 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBThe odyssey is almost complete: Virtually the entire canon of Sherlock Holmes stories by Conan Doyle have now been recorded, available free to the public, by the work and from the voice of audio narrator Rick Reiman. You can also catch the classic Hound of the Baskervilles, either here on AudiblySpeaking (available at the podcast … Continue reading NEW! Rick Reiman Narrates the Sherlock Holmes Story, “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax,” by Arthur Conan Doyle →
The COMPLETE Audio narration of the Sherlock Holmes Story, “The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter”
June 02, 2023 18:20 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBYou listened to the sneak preview of this Arthur Conan Doyle classic a few days ago. Now here is the complete recording to enjoy.
Sneak Preview of Sherlock Holmes in “The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter,” by Arthur Conan Doyle
May 30, 2023 20:52 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBOther than horse-racing, this is is the only Sherlock Holmes story featuring sports. In this case it is a missing football player, not a race horse, that confounds Holmes. Listen to this preview now. The complete audio narration will be released on June 1. Get the jump with this swift and breezy preview, now.
NEW! Audio narration of “The Adventures of the Six Napoleons,” a Sherlock Holmes Story by Arthur Conan Doyle
May 14, 2023 15:06 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBInspector Lastrade of Scotland Yard informs Holmes that someone is robbing people’s houses of their busts of Napoleon and smashing them to bits in situ or a little distance away. What can be the meaning of this? Lastrade only really becomes interested when the affair is entangled in murder–the burglar knifed an Italian on his … Continue reading NEW! Audio narration of “The Adventures of the Six Napoleons,” a Sherlock Holmes Story by Arthur Conan Doyle →
Audio Narration of the Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes Short Story, “The Adventure of Black Peter”
May 09, 2023 01:46 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBPeter Carey, an English Sea Captain, with the reputation of being tyrannical and hard-hearted, is given the name “Black Peter” before he is killed by an unknown visitor to his home. Sherlock Holmes must help the novice detective, Stanley Hopkins, unravel the mystery of Peter Carey’s strange ending. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sprinkles clues to … Continue reading Audio Narration of the Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes Short Story, “The Adventure of Black Peter” →
Audio Narration of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Short Story, “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”
April 20, 2023 00:36 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB“The Adventure of the Copper Beeches” was the last short story published in Conan Doyle’s first book-length collection of short stories, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892). It does not follow the usual pattern of opening with a brief Sherlock Holmes deduction that shows his brilliance, but focuses on Holmes’s tendency toward morose depression. Holmes … Continue reading Audio Narration of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Short Story, “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches” →
“What the Dickens” is “A Tale of Two Cities” All About? Hear the In’s and Out’s Here!
April 16, 2023 22:25 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBHere is my “take” on one of the most famous novels of all time, “A Tale of Two Cities,” by Charles Dickens. Why is it so great? What the dickens was Dickens up to when he wrote it? And what should be our takeaway today. Tune in here, and listen, learn and, most importantly, enjoy! … Continue reading “What the Dickens” is “A Tale of Two Cities” All About? Hear the In’s and Out’s Here! →
Puzzle Pieces, Episode 2: The Warren Commission as History
April 14, 2023 23:22 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBIn this, our second episode of “Puzzle Pieces,” in which we examine a separate mystery in American history, we look at the weaknesses of the Warren Commission’s efforts in 1964. This first investigation of the JFK assassination suffered from mistakes of its own making and errors over which it had little if no control whatsoever. … Continue reading Puzzle Pieces, Episode 2: The Warren Commission as History →
Audio Narration of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Short Story, “The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb”
April 04, 2023 02:07 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBYour host, Rick Reiman, narrates “The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb,” by Arthur Conan Doyle. This is rather one of the more graphic of the Sherlock Holmes tales, not for the faint of heart. But it contains several of Holmes’s most ingenious deductions along the way. My narrations of the Holmes stories must be nearing … Continue reading Audio Narration of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Short Story, “The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb” →
Puzzle Pieces: How Historians Work, Episode 1: “Today is the 60th Anniversary of the Backyard Photographs in the JFK Assassination”
March 31, 2023 00:45 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBThis is your host on “Audibly Speaking,” Rick Reiman. Today, March 31, 2023, is the 60th anniversary of the taking of the famous backyard photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald, holding the rifle he would later use to kill President Kennedy and the pistol he would use to murder Officer J.D. Tippit forty-five minutes after that … Continue reading Puzzle Pieces: How Historians Work, Episode 1: “Today is the 60th Anniversary of the Backyard Photographs in the JFK Assassination” →
New! Audio Narration of “The Boscombe Valley Mystery,” A Sherlock Holmes Short Story
March 28, 2023 01:30 - 1 hour - 60 MBYour host on this podcast, “Audibly Speaking,” Rick Reiman, narrates this classic by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. That master of all detectives in literature, Sherlock Holmes, has once again to deal with the imbecility of the Scotland Yard detective, Lastrade, and the amateur cluelessness of the otherwise-devoted John Watson. Holmes once again defends an accused … Continue reading New! Audio Narration of “The Boscombe Valley Mystery,” A Sherlock Holmes Short Story →
Sounding Out! “Six ‘Shots”in Dallas: ‘Framing’ the Perpetrator of the Kennedy Assassination through the Zapruder Film, 1963-2013:” Read by the Author
March 12, 2023 21:52 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBIn this unabridged audio narration, I read my article for The Journal of Perpetrator Research (2019) Vol: 2 Issue: 2. There were only three actual “shots” in Dealey Plaza on that dark day, of course. They were the bullets fired by Lee Harvey Oswald from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building. … Continue reading Sounding Out! “Six ‘Shots”in Dallas: ‘Framing’ the Perpetrator of the Kennedy Assassination through the Zapruder Film, 1963-2013:” Read by the Author →
“The Riddle of Lee Harvey Oswald,” My Book Review on This Month’s Washington Decoded (www.washingtondecoded.com)
February 14, 2023 16:41 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBThis is my audio narration of my book review of Paul R. Gregory’s The Oswalds: An Untold Account of Marina and Lee, a newly published account of Gregory’s brush with Lee and Marina Oswald in 1962, a year before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Listeners can read the full review, of which this … Continue reading “The Riddle of Lee Harvey Oswald,” My Book Review on This Month’s Washington Decoded (www.washingtondecoded.com) →
The New “Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,” a Sherlock Holmes Story
February 08, 2023 22:42 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBHere is my audio narration of Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.” This is Doyle’s Dickensian Christmas time story, one of many in which Holmes at first believes no crime has occurred, and later introduces a note of Christian charity in his resolution of the case. It involves a Christmas goose and a … Continue reading The New “Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,” a Sherlock Holmes Story →
The Enhanced “Adventure of the Golden Pence-Nez,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
January 25, 2023 01:36 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBJoin Holmes and Watson, and a sound show of horses hooves, Watson typing, and a crackling fire on a stormy night in Baker Street, as Holmes and Watson embark on one of their creepiest mysteries of the Sherlock Holmes canon!
Is There Such a Thing as “Collective Memory?” Presenting a Summary of “Reframing Memory,” The Classic Affirmative Response
January 24, 2023 21:59 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBIn 2006, Prof. Aleida Assmann, the premier authority in the field of Cultural Memory, explained how memory works at different levels and in different formats. Here is a summary of her 2006 article, “Reframing Memory,” which dissects the different kinds of memory and how it is a special view to argue, as some academics have, … Continue reading Is There Such a Thing as “Collective Memory?” Presenting a Summary of “Reframing Memory,” The Classic Affirmative Response →
The Enhanced “Man With the Twisted Lip,” A Sherlock Holmes Story
January 14, 2023 15:22 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBThis new version of a recording only published last week features audio enhancements and sound effects that put you in the time and place of the story, more dramatically than ever. One of the most popular, and certainly most socially-conscious, of the Sherlock Holmes stories is “The Man with the Twisted Lip,” by Arthur Conan … Continue reading The Enhanced “Man With the Twisted Lip,” A Sherlock Holmes Story →
New! The Man with the Twisted Lip, a Sherlock Holmes Story
January 11, 2023 01:33 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBOne of the most popular, and certainly most socially-conscious, of the Sherlock Holmes stories is “The Man with the Twisted Lip,” by Arthur Conan Doyle. A man disappears, a beggar enters the picture, and Holmes and Watson are caught between the devil and the deep, brown opium den called “The Bar of Gold.” Of course … Continue reading New! The Man with the Twisted Lip, a Sherlock Holmes Story →
A Listener’s Introduction to “The Red-Headed League,” by Arthur Conan Doyle
December 30, 2022 20:58 - 8 minutes - 7.4 MBConan Doyle’s choice for second favorite short story in his collection of 56 Sherlock Holmes tale was “The Red-Headed League.” In this brief introduction and commentary on this story, I point out its distinction as one of the most light-hearted and merry entries into the Holmes canon, a perfect “gift” for the present holiday season. … Continue reading A Listener’s Introduction to “The Red-Headed League,” by Arthur Conan Doyle →
An Audio Narration of Chapter One, “The Big Lie,” from the January 6 Report of the House Select Committee on the Attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021
December 28, 2022 01:17 - 2 hours - 113 MBThe January 6th report by the Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol was published December 22nd, 2022. The document consists of eight chapters of more than 800 pages, documenting President Donald Trump’s attempt to thwart the will of the people by overturning the election of 2020 with lies plots, … Continue reading An Audio Narration of Chapter One, “The Big Lie,” from the January 6 Report of the House Select Committee on the Attack on the U.S. Capitol on Ja...