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These Small Hours

37 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -

These Small Hours podcast is the direct outlet for essays written and read by Russell Cordell Staker. Here are short-form pieces of thought about life and letters, art and humanity in the small hours of living. The language and voice of this writer blend into a naturally melodic emotional depth and resonance.

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Episodes

What Fresh Hell Is This?!

November 27, 2023 21:52 - 36 minutes - 50.1 MB

Essay and Commentary by Russell Cordell Staker

Welcome To Wichita!

November 17, 2023 18:16 - 5 minutes - 6.88 MB

Essay written and read by Russell Cordell Staker

Contented With The Time, Here And Now At Christmas

December 19, 2022 05:56 - 1 hour - 109 MB

Some thoughts at Christmas and A Reading of Charles Dickens by Russell Cordell Staker

Narrative Cat

October 31, 2022 04:49 - 50 minutes - 70 MB

Essay "Narrative Context In Words" by Russell Cordell Staker and a reading of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"

While It Is Still Good Dark--An Afterword To Whitman

August 23, 2022 18:02 - 52 minutes - 72.8 MB

Some thoughts and considerations by Russell Cordell Staker

Reading Whitman (portion-6) 1855 Leaves of Grass

July 14, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 95.4 MB

Sixth portion of 1855 Edition of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Read by Russell Cordell Staker

Reading Whitman (portion-5) 1855 Leaves of Grass

July 07, 2022 04:54 - 1 hour - 91.9 MB

Fifth portion of 1855 Edition of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Read by Russell Cordell Staker

Reading Whitman (portion-4) 1855 Leaves of Grass

June 21, 2022 21:18 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MB

Fourth portion of 1855 Edition of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Read by Russell Cordell Staker

Reading Whitman (portion-3) 1855 Leaves of Grass

June 09, 2022 18:56 - 55 minutes - 76.9 MB

Third portion of 1855 Edition of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Read by Russell Cordell Staker

Reading Whitman (portion-2) 1855 Leaves of Grass

May 24, 2022 17:18 - 50 minutes - 70.9 MB

Second portion of 1855 Edition of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Read by Russell Cordell Staker

Reading Whitman (portion-1) 1855 Leaves of Grass

May 04, 2022 03:54 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MB

First portion of 1855 Edition of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Read by Russell Cordell Staker 

Some Thoughts & A Prelude To Whitman

April 14, 2022 03:15 - 23 minutes - 33.9 MB

A Consideration And A Prelude To Now by Russell Cordell Staker

...it doesn't matter (part ii)

February 17, 2022 04:48 - 31 minutes - 44 MB

Column Essay by Russell Cordell Staker

...it doesn't matter (part ii)

February 17, 2022 04:48 - 31 minutes - 44 MB

Column Essay by Russell Cordell Staker

...it doesn't matter (part i)

February 08, 2022 04:37 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MB

Column Essay by Russell Cordell Staker

Segment 6 - Afterword to Novella "In These Small Hours" by Russell Cordell Staker

November 20, 2021 06:16 - 5 minutes - 9.12 MB

Segment 6: Afterword to Novella "In These Small Hours" by Russell Cordell Staker

Segment 5 - Reading of Novella "In These Small Hours" by Russell Cordell Staker

November 20, 2021 05:40 - 31 minutes - 44.2 MB

Segment 5: Reading of Novella "In These Small Hours" by Russell Cordell Staker

Segment 4 - Reading of Novella "In These Small Hours" by Russell Cordell Staker

November 18, 2021 03:11 - 38 minutes - 53.7 MB

Segment 4: Reading of Novella "In These Small Hours" by Russell Cordell Staker

Segment 3 - Reading of Novella "In These Small Hours" by Russell Cordell Staker

November 17, 2021 20:49 - 49 minutes - 69.5 MB

Segment 3: Reading of Novella "In These Small Hours" by Russell Cordell Staker

Segment 2 - Reading of Novella "In These Small Hours" by Russell Cordell Staker

November 17, 2021 18:11 - 40 minutes - 57.3 MB

Segment 2: Reading of Novella "In These Small Hours" by Russell Cordell Staker

Segment 1 - Trailer & Author's Note to Novella "In These Small Hours" by Russell Cordell Staker

November 16, 2021 20:02 - 9 minutes - 14.6 MB

Trailer & Author's Note to Novella "In These Small Hours" by Russell Cordell Staker

A Reading of Washington Irving's The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow

October 31, 2021 06:15 - 1 hour - 119 MB

Reading and Literary Discourse by Russell Cordell Staker

Frontier Individualism & Larry McMurtry

September 08, 2021 03:39 - 1 hour - 83.8 MB

Literary Discourse by Russell Cordell Staker

Approaching That Naked Reality

July 29, 2021 03:45 - 48 minutes - 67.8 MB

Literary Essay & Expression by Russell Cordell Staker

A Fortunate Shore

June 21, 2021 03:34 - 28 minutes - 40.3 MB

Literary Essay & Discourse by Russell Cordell Staker

Worth The Trouble--A Hymn Of Sorts

May 03, 2021 05:32 - 1 hour - 89.8 MB

Literary Essay by Russell Cordell Staker

Whate'er The Course The End Is The Renown

April 17, 2021 05:51 - 1 hour - 143 MB

An Oratorical Essay by Russell Cordell Staker

Nuance

March 22, 2021 03:57 - 1 hour - 92 MB

Essay by Russell Cordell Staker

The Unknown Trumpeter

January 31, 2021 05:12 - 58 minutes - 81 MB

Reading & Discourse

A Decent Patriot--A Consideration Of Seymour Krim

January 24, 2021 06:30 - 1 hour - 90.8 MB

Reading & Discourse

A Reading Of Dylan Thomas

December 16, 2020 22:14 - 23 minutes - 33.5 MB

A Reading Of Dylan Thomas

Soul Coaxing

October 20, 2020 03:17 - 49 minutes - 68.9 MB

Essay by Russell Cordell Staker

English Major

July 21, 2020 03:30 - 46 minutes - 65.3 MB

Essay by Russell Cordell Staker

All American

June 11, 2020 05:10 - 40 minutes - 56.7 MB

Essay by Russell Cordell Staker

Dead Reckoning

May 28, 2020 04:07 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MB

Essay by Russell Cordell Staker

The Slippery Craft

May 13, 2020 03:51 - 18 minutes - 26.9 MB

An Essay by Russell Cordell Staker

Big Pockets

May 02, 2020 16:53 - 11 minutes - 17.3 MB

These Small Hours podcast is the direct outlet for essays written and read by Russell Cordell Staker.  Here are short-form pieces of thought about life and letters, art and humanity in the small hours of living.  The language and voice of this writer blend into a naturally melodic emotional depth and resonance.