Audibly Speaking: Listening to History
287 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe nexus between history and the news is the focus of this podcast by Dr. Rick Reiman
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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...
A New Reading of “The Adventure of the Red-Headed League,” by Arthur Conan Doyle
December 16, 2022 19:12 - 1 hour - 58 MBIn this, one of the funniest of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes must unravel a preposterous tale of a charity for red-headed men, in order to foil a bank robbery of enormous proportions. Truly, this is one of the favorites in the Sherlock Holmes canon.
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 15: “A Retrospection”
October 18, 2022 01:53 - 24 minutes - 28.4 MBIn this, the final chapter, Holmes explains to Dr. Watson how he cracked the case of the Hound of the Baskervilles, and how all the proverbial loose ends may be tied up–once and forever.
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 14: “The Hound of the Baskervilles”
October 16, 2022 22:29 - 26 minutes - 30.5 MBIn this, the penultimate chapter of the novel, Holmes and Watson together solve the crime and save Sir Henry Baskerville.
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 13: “Fixing the Nets”
October 13, 2022 00:50 - 21 minutes - 24.4 MBHolmes and Watson prepare a trap for the evil one who hails from Merripit House, in this pivotal chapter of the book, now nearing its fateful conclusion.
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 12: “Death on the Moor”
October 09, 2022 19:08 - 32 minutes - 36.8 MBSherlock Holmes makes his return in the novel, and not a moment too soon. After a frightful scare, the chapter moves closer to the story’s exciting denouement.
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 11: “The Man on the Tor”
October 08, 2022 19:29 - 27 minutes - 31.4 MBWatson pursues both leads, the identity of “L.L.” and that of the man on the Tor, and he unravels both mysteries in this important chapter.
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 10: “Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson”
October 05, 2022 22:37 - 21 minutes - 24.7 MBWe are rapidly nearing the end of our mystery. But Watson continues to collect new questions along with new clues. One is the mysterious identity of “L.L.,” a woman who somehow lured Sir Charles to the moor gate where he died his horrible death. The other is the identity of the mysterious man on the … Continue reading New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 10: “Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson” →
Chapter 16 from The American Yawp, a U.S. History Open Educational Resource Textbook
October 03, 2022 03:07 - 50 minutes - 57.5 MBCapital and Labor This is a reading of Chapter 16, on Capital and Labor, of The American Yawp, a free Open Educational Resource U.S. History textbook. This reading is by Dr. Richard Reiman, Ph.D., History. Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Chapter 15 of “The American Yawp.” A U.S. History Textbook:
September 28, 2022 19:39 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBReconstruction This is a reading of Chapter 15, on Reconstruction, of The American Yawp, a free Open Educational Resource U.S. History textbook. This reading is by Dr. Richard Reiman, Ph.D., History. Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 9: “The Light Upon the Moor”
September 17, 2022 13:13 - 38 minutes - 44.5 MBThe gloom of the moor and the Great Grimpin Mire deepen as Watson explores the light upon the moor. Two terrible apparitions rise up before him. Listen–if you dare.
“Cassandras of the Constitution: Politics and the Decisions of the Supreme Court”
September 15, 2022 01:05 - 19 minutes - 21.9 MBCassandra was a Trojan priestess whose warnings to the Trojans of looming disaster were both true and ignored, Ever since a Cassandra is one who warns of a coming catastrophe that inevitably happens even as it is dismissed at the time. In this podcast episode for Constitution Day 2022, Dr. Richard Reiman tells the story … Continue reading “Cassandras of the Constitution: Politics and the Decisions of the Supreme Court” →
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 8: “The First Report of Dr. Watson”
August 27, 2022 00:06 - 16 minutes - 18.8 MBRead for you by Rick Reiman. The plot thickens.
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter Seven: “The Stapletons of Merripit Hall”
August 24, 2022 22:23 - 30 minutes - 34.6 MBRead for you by your host, Rick Reiman.
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter Six: “Baskerville Hall”
August 23, 2022 01:12 - 22 minutes - 25.4 MBRead for you by Rick Reiman. Subscribe and automatically receive the next episode in the series, Chapter 7, coming soon.
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter Five: “Three Broken Threads”
August 21, 2022 02:47 - 21 minutes - 24.7 MBRead for you by your host, Rick Reiman.
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter Four: “Sir Henry Baskerville”
August 19, 2022 17:46 - 24 minutes - 28.2 MBRead for you by Rick Reiman.
New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter Three: “The Problem”
August 18, 2022 01:24 - 18 minutes - 21.4 MBRead for you by Rick Reiman.
“The Hound of the Baskervilles,” Continued, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Chapter Two, “The Curse of the Baskervilles”
August 17, 2022 00:39 - 24 minutes - 28 MBThe story continues, read for you by Rick Reiman.
A New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Chapter One
August 13, 2022 14:47 - 15 minutes - 17.3 MBRead for you by Rick Reiman.
Unit 2, Episode 3: The French Revolution, Causes
August 06, 2022 14:39 - 4 minutes - 5.58 MBn this brief essay we review your textbook’s list of causes of the French Revolution.
NEW! “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,” a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
August 01, 2022 15:31 - 49 minutes - 57 MBRead for you by Rick Reiman. This is another classic from “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” by Arthur Conan Doyle.
“The Game is Afoot!” A NEW Narration of “The Adventure of the Abbey-Grange,” a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
July 19, 2022 20:58 - 63.1 MBArthur Conan Doyle intended this story to be his final official entry in the Holmes canon. He later added “The Adventure of the Second Stain” (also in this narrated collection) to serve that distinctive role. Holmes and Watson spar over the latter’s dramatic depiction of Holmes’s detective methods and Holmes uncharacteristically gets on Watson’s nerves. … Continue reading “The Game is Afoot!” A NEW Narration of “The Adventure of the Abbey-Grange,” a Sherlock Holmes Short Story →
NEW! “The Adventure of the Second Stain,” a diplomatic Sherlock Holmes mystery story by Arthur Conan Doyle
July 09, 2022 15:41 - 74.8 MBRead by Rick Reiman. In this story, one of Doyle’s favorites, Sherlock Holmes must avert a European war by solving a mystery absolutely befuddling to all but this greatest “consulting detective” of all time. At once full of high tension and broad comedy, the autistic Holmes must navigate through the tangling murky politics of sexual … Continue reading NEW! “The Adventure of the Second Stain,” a diplomatic Sherlock Holmes mystery story by Arthur Conan Doyle →
An Introduction to “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot,” notes written and read by the narrator, Rick Reiman
July 05, 2022 19:06 - 4.93 MBEvery Doyle story contains slips and errors, whether of outrageous fortune or simply haste. In this four-minute introduction to the complete story, which I narrate next in this series on AudiblySpeaking, I bring the listener’s attention not only to some of these mistakes but also to some foregrounding of the backstory surrounding its writing and … Continue reading An Introduction to “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot,” notes written and read by the narrator, Rick Reiman →
NEW! “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot,” a Sherlock Holmes mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle
July 04, 2022 13:46 - 78.7 MBRead for you by Rick Reiman. This excellent addition to the Sherlock Holmes canon contains many of the aspects that delight his readers. It is set in a macabre and romantic setting, the moors of Cornwall; it has Holmes pitting himself against the common feeling that there must be something supernatural afoot. These traces of … Continue reading NEW! “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot,” a Sherlock Holmes mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle →
The Fourth of July and “1776”
July 02, 2022 01:45 - 8.78 MBSome reflections on July 4, its historical significance and its changing meaning yesterday and today in American culture. The Declaration of Independence, painted by John Trumbull
NEW! “The Greek Interpreter,” a Sherlock Holmes Story by Arthur Conan Doyle
July 01, 2022 01:29 - 52.4 MBOne of Doyle’s favorite Holmes stories is this one, about an interpreter who gets caught up in a strange “country house” mystery, replete with plaster of paris victims and giggling villains. We also are introduced to Sherlock’s brother, Mycroft, and the hilarious Diogenes Club, the favorite of unsociable, “unclubbable,” men– such as Mycroft and Sherlock … Continue reading NEW! “The Greek Interpreter,” a Sherlock Holmes Story by Arthur Conan Doyle →
The Incredible, Shrinking, Supreme Court: Thoughts on the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
June 25, 2022 19:17 - 10.2 MBHere is my editorial on the Supreme Court’s decision today, June 24, 2022, overturning a Supreme Court decision of nearly fifty years’ standing, and, for the first time, restricting an individual right that it had once recognized itself. The Court’s reputation will likely fall in the days ahead, in no small part because of the … Continue reading The Incredible, Shrinking, Supreme Court: Thoughts on the Overturning of Roe v. Wade →
NEW! “The Musgrave Ritual,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, a Sherlock Holmes Story
June 24, 2022 00:57 - 52.2 MBIn this early entry in the Sherlock Holmes canon, Doyle has Sherlock Holmes doing most of the talking. That’s unusual in the canon, because it is typically John Watson who tells the story, not Holmes. This was on Doyle’s short list of favorite stories, and it is easy to see why. It has elements of … Continue reading NEW! “The Musgrave Ritual,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, a Sherlock Holmes Story →
Watergate at Fifty: June 17, 1972 to June 17, 2022
June 20, 2022 03:21 - 63.3 MBWhat was Watergate all about? What was Nixon guilty of and how was he brought to heel? What are the myths that still encrust the story of Watergate? In this episode, this historian fills in the background, exposes the “Woodstein” myths that conceal the truths about Watergate, and briefly makes some cursory comparisons and contrasts … Continue reading Watergate at Fifty: June 17, 1972 to June 17, 2022 →
NEW! “The Adventure of the Three Students,” a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle
June 17, 2022 20:59 - 44.5 MBIn this rather offbeat addition to the Sherlock Holmes Canon, Holmes somehow finds himself on a college campus battling the timeless forces of student cheating. Three students are each suspected of taking an advance and fraudulent peek at test questions for an exam qualifying them for an important scholarship. Only one can be guilty. When … Continue reading NEW! “The Adventure of the Three Students,” a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle →
Regarding “Juneteenth,” Our Newest Federal Holiday
June 14, 2022 15:28 - 5.97 MB“Juneteenth,” a Podcast Episode for North Square The Emancipation Proclamation, from The Library of Congress
“The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,” a Sherlock Holmes Story
June 13, 2022 17:11 - 43 MBREAD FOR YOU BY RICK REIMAN. In this story by Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes must represent a client being blackmailed by the notorious criminal, Charles Augustus Milverton. Once again, Holmes uses the practices of the criminal himself, something he seems all too eager to employ in more than one of the stories in the Sherlock … Continue reading “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,” a Sherlock Holmes Story →
Narrating a Sherlock Holmes Short Story: The Clues behind the Clues
June 03, 2022 00:23 - 19.4 MBHere I share some insights into what I have learned about the hidden Sherlock Holmes, from reading and narrating the Conan Doyle stories. To do this I use one of his most popular stories by way of illustration, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band.” You can listen to my narration of this classic short story … Continue reading Narrating a Sherlock Holmes Short Story: The Clues behind the Clues →
NEW! “The Five Orange Pips,” A Sherlock Holmes Story, read by Rick Reiman
June 01, 2022 16:57 - 55.8 MBOnce again, as in “A Study in Scarlett,” Arthur Conan Doyle reaches across the pond for material for a Sherlock Holmes story. In this case, it is a short story, about the long reach of the past and the legacy of the Ku Klux Klan in America. Three generations of Englishman face death from the … Continue reading NEW! “The Five Orange Pips,” A Sherlock Holmes Story, read by Rick Reiman →
NEW! “The Final Problem,” A Sherlock Holmes Story by Arthur Conan Doyle
May 30, 2022 03:02 - 44.8 MBRead by Rick Reiman, this was Doyle’s anticipated ending to the Sherlock Holmes story, the story that would “finish” Holmes off in the early 1890s, and leave Doyle free to write about other characters whom he was not so tired of. But it was not to be. Doyle’s readers, including Queen Victoria, insisted that Doyle … Continue reading NEW! “The Final Problem,” A Sherlock Holmes Story by Arthur Conan Doyle →
NEW! “The Bruce-Partington Plans,” a Sherlock Holmes Story by Arthur Conan Doyle
May 24, 2022 20:56 - 69.8 MBRead for you by Rick Reiman Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes’s Older Brother, who “is” the British Government in the case of the Bruce-Partington Plans
NEW! “The Reigate Squires,” A Sherlock Holmes mystery, read by Rick Reiman
May 17, 2022 15:04 - 44.5 MB“I think that we are both agreed, Inspector that the fragment of paper in the dead man’s hand, bearing, as it does, the very hour of his death written upon it, is of extreme importance.” -Sherlock Holmes
NEW! “The Dancing Men,” A Sherlock Holmes Story, read for you by Rick Reiman
May 12, 2022 23:43 - 70.9 MBPrevious Next