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Set in 1940s Hollywood, this comedic film noir mystery follows hardboiled private eye Ford Phillips and his feisty, fast-talking partner Fig Wineshine as they delve into the seedy underbelly of Tinsel Town while trying to solve the murder of famed novelist-turned-screenwriter F. Scott Fitzgerald. Featuring a coterie of wacky characters - including real actors and public figures from the time - and original musical numbers, The Case of The Greater Gatsby turns historical fiction and genre tro ...
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"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic novel that delves into the extravagant, tumultuous world of the wealthy during the Roaring Twenties. Through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway, the story unravels the enigmatic Jay Gatsby's pursuit of the American Dream, entwined with themes of love, wealth, and the illusion of success in the Jazz Age. Visit https://krity.app/ for more books and to become a narrator. Follow us on Instagram @krity.app and stay updated with the latest rel ...
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In 1929 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote Ernest Hemingway that because his short stories now earned $4000 a pop he was "an old whore" who had "mastered the 40 positions" when "in her youth one was enough." But were the upwards of 180 stories he cranked out when not writing The Great Gatsby really the work of a literary prostitute selling out his talent for a fast buck? Kirk Curnutt and Robert Trogdon don't think so. Each episode they draw a random title from a hat and explore its place in Fitzgeral ...
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The podcast consists of short excerpt readings from classic world literature in the public domain. It also includes insightful background information and tidbits about the various novels. The authors featured include Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mark Twain, Sun Tzu, Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allan Poe and many more. The podcast has listeners throughout the United States and in over 30 nations.
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The CodeX Cantina

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Literature discussions on James Joyce, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway and more. If you are into Literary Fiction, let's start talking! Join us in a conversational approach to literature! Find us on various platforms here: https://linktr.ee/thecodexcantina Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecodexcantina/support
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The work of Alabama authors deserves to be read out loud - and now it is! Join host Don Noble as he reads the diverse and extensive work of Alabama’s finest authors. (All works appear with permission of the authors and publishers.)
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**YouTube Description for 'Sleepy Time Tales' Podcast:** Welcome to 'Sleepy Time Tales,' your go-to podcast for soothing bedtime stories! 🌙✨ Each week, we bring you calming readings of classic books, both fiction and non-fiction, designed to help you unwind and drift into a peaceful sleep. Whether you prefer timeless novels or insightful non-fiction, our gentle narrations will guide you into a restful night. Subscribe now and let the magic of literature lull you to sleep every week. Sweet dr ...
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History through Pop Culture The term primary source unlocks memories from social studies class, going over things like old newspapers, letters, and diary entries. But a primary source is simply any item that comes from a time period, making movies, tv shows, books, music, toys, games, people, places…EVERYTHING documents of the past. Join me and my guests as we break down these pop culture artifacts to see what history can be forged from them. Find out more at everything-history.com
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The "Be Here" storytelling project, in conjunction the Peale, Baltimore's Community Museum, and the Smithsonian's Stories from Main Street initiative, is an effort to gather and distribute stories about community life and places across the United States. The first version of this project began in 2011 with the Stories from Main Street storytelling initiative, the brainchild of the Smithsonian's Museum on Main Street (MoMS) team. Today, the Peale is partnering with Museum on Main Street to co ...
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audiostory.ai

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audiostory.ai by Eleven Labs is a project for reviving news and books from the past by reading them aloud using our proprietary, long-form speech synthesis software. We’re the first AI platform to bring the most natural, rich and emotionally compelling voices to creators and publishers seeking the ultimate quality in storytelling. Join beta at elevenlabs.io
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A book club where we (those who identify as men and those who want to understand men better) review great works of literature and discuss what they have to say about masculine archetypes. We are two life-long friends, one straight, one gay; a writer, and a doctor of computer science and philosophy, who have vastly different ideas of what it means to be a man. We’re here to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly and to grow along the way.
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Back to the F**kture

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In our Back to the F**kture podcast, hosted by The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond, we ask a future-thinker to put foresight predictions under the hindsight spotlight and explore how trends were disrupted and what this has meant for the future.
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Let's take a deep dive into the weird and unknown history of classic books in literature and everything that's book-related. Grab a drink, and maybe a snack too, and let's figure out what made literary history tick. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookfix/support
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Bob Neufeld from Vintage Audiobooks is your host and storyteller. He reads favorites and lesser-known gems in multiple genres, including children's works, American and international fiction, history/biography, and philosophy With episodes from the Sleep Time Edition, you can fall asleep listening to classic stories told in a calm, gentle style that will help you relax from your long, hard day and drift into dreamland.
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Book-ish

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From The Daily Princetonian, Book-ish is more than a book review podcast: every other Saturday, listen for a candid discussion of a great book –– ranging to thoughts inside and outside the text at large. Book-ish is written and hosted by Gabriel Robare and produced by Francesca Block under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian. The theme was composed and performed by Robare, and the cover art is by Sydney Peng. Have a book you want us to review, or want to talk about a previous ...
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – The ‘Truth’ about Gatsby For this week’s bedtime storyu we pick up at the end of one of Gatsby’s legendary parties which finishes off with a (minor) car accident. We learn more about Nick Carraway’s life as you drift off to sleep and Gatsby tells Nick about his life, although is any of it true? We may learn…
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S4E5: "Younger and More Vulnerable Years: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald as a Primary Source" Just like last week's episode about Charlotte's Web, this week is about a book and is comprised of two separate conversations that were recorded on the same day. Listen and enjoy Marcus's and then Andrew's insights about F. Scott Fitzgerald's The …
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located at Staffor…
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Claudette helps with a break in the case while Fig meets a new coworker. Episode transcripts can be found here: https://shipwrecked-comedy.squarespace.com/gg-transcripts THE CASE OF THE GREATER GATSBY Written and Directed by Sean Persaud and Sinéad Persaud Featuring: Sinead Persaud as Fig Wineshine Sean Persaud as Ford Phillips Julia Cho as Mover a…
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Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we discuss "The Mortal Immortal" by Mary Shelley.Mary Shelley Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45pyFRuPzbQ&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YDNmxTlNJv6ZbT4tbVZrY…
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S4E6: "Miller Time: Batman Year One comic book as a Primary Source" 'Tis the season of bats and people dressing up like them...or this guy, Batman. Spencer of Dime Bros. Comics Podcast joined me at Free Comic Book Day back in May to talk about the book that changed the character of Batman forever, and how that is reflective of the era of the late 1…
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Fig and Ford visit some friends in jail. If you enjoyed this episode, consider supporting us on Patreon to receive bonus content and early access to future episodes: www.patreon.com/shipwreckedcomedy Visit our youtube channel to view the prequel film for this series, The Case of the Gilded Lily, as well as our many other series and shorts: https://…
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Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we discuss "A Ghost Story" by Mark Twain.Mark Twain Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duybn46818E&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YCrKfmv61-nqWNOSGPbsFfF✨Do you …
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In this week’s sleep time non-fiction, we learn about the activities of the Persian emperor Darius with the Greek States of Asia Minor. And as you drift off on your restful night he will turn his eyes to the European Greek states and Athens. Learn about he battle of Marathon, to which the Spartans showed up nearly a week late, Darius’ failure and t…
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Actor, author, and former Auburn University football player Thom Gossom, Jr. will be on stage at the Southside Center for the Arts in Opelika, Thursday, October 10th for a celebration of the Alabama Aloud podcast. Gossom will join AA host Don Noble and read one of his stories, “Mother's Day.” Recently, Carolyn Hutcheson spoke with Gossom Jr. about …
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located at 215 Eas…
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located at 14 East…
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located at Belvede…
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located at Emmanue…
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located at Baltimo…
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located at 704 Cat…
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located at Mount V…
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located at George …
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located at Corner …
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located 417 North …
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located at 11 West…
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The Mount Vernon Literary Tour is created by The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), which promotes, preserves, and enhances Baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations. A site-by-site walking tour of this and other destinations is available at www.https://bnha.visit.zone/Located at Enoch P…
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The Case of the Greater Gatsby is returning October 16th! If you enjoyed this episode, consider supporting us on Patreon to receive bonus content and early access to future episodes: www.patreon.com/shipwreckedcomedy Visit our youtube channel to view the prequel film for this series, The Case of the Gilded Lily, as well as our many other series and…
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Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we discuss "The Devil in the Belfy" by Edgar Allan Poe. A utopian work where a mysterious stranger introduces chaos.Edgar Allan Poe Playlist: https://www…
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We pick up in the middle of a conversation between Ralph Denham and Mary Datchet as they await the evening’s entertainment. A presentation and discussion of English literature! But if you stay awake through that you will find some prickly interpersonal relationships and uncomfortable conversations. Is romance in the air? Or something unhealthier? Y…
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Come spend an evening with Troy Public Radio and Alabama Aloud! Join us at the Arts Association of East Alabama on Thursday, October 10th, at 7:00 p.m. for an evening of short stories and refreshments! Actor and author Thom Gossom Jr. will read one of his short stories and take questions from the audience. 1103 Glenn Street, Opelika, AL 36801…
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Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below!Top 5 Lists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0sBuXIX0qM&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YC6l8JsJPFQb6fZdnLpCU9V✨Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or wou…
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Finding the Fakes - Old Glass and How to Collect it by J. Sydney Lewis In the final reading from this popular guide we are going to explore what to look for when looking to collect old glass, and the philosophy of building a quality collection. This will truly help you sleep as there’s nothing exciting, yet it is strangely compelling. Story (02:59)…
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S4E3: "Star Tracks: Dissecting The Star Wars Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, composed and conducted by John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra as a Primary Source." Recorded with Peter Vinton, Jr. at Free Comic Book Day, in Rochester, NH, on Star Wars Day, May 4, 2024 Add to the conversation and help build educational materials at every…
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne – Pt 3 – All at sea! We pick up part way through the hunt for the mysterious ‘whale’ and things get serious. I try not to let it get too exciting at he Abraham Lincoln gives chase, to end with the protagonist getting washed off the ship! All works out so far though as he drifts on the ocean as yo…
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In this special episode, we move the discussion out of the Stardust Lounge and into the soulless void of a podcast studio... mostly to address the first three seasons' alcohol budget imbalance. We share our thoughts about the New York Times "Best Books of the 21st Century." A list which includes works by Alison Bechdel and Cormac McCarthy. (Does Mc…
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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Fallout of the South Sea Bubble This week we return to the bizarre economic bubble that rose up around the opening of the South Sea trade, based on fraudulent claims of treaties and access it was ultimately a method for some people to get very rich, then very poor. And while it reflects modern society in…
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For this week’s bedtime story we pick up after Colin’s tantrum and Mary gets him to settle down and fall asleep. The staff in the Manor are mystified at Colin’s relatively good health and humour and Mary and Dickon decide that they can tell Colin about the garden and prepare to take him there. Story (02:47) Find The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson…
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Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Let's talk about the play "The Proposal" by Anton Chekhov.Anton Chekhov Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7cp5AOk0jg&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YCv7SwjKQiStbL6od…
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The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton 07 This geological work is popular with the listeners as the life of rivers and rocks is the idea background for a sleepy night. Listen in as the role of rivers in erosion and geology gets expanded on, we learn more than we ever need to know about glaciers, and find ourselves drifting to the sea, fas…
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Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Today we discuss the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman.Walt Whitman Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyh50J9q9F4&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YAUsgVDur…
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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World by Duchess Margaret Cavendish I got a fright when reading this section this week. If Jewish people get mentioned in works this age it’s usually a bad thing, but I stuck with it and I felt it was quite respectful as the Empress of the Blazing World summons the spirits and asks them to teach he…
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Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Let's discuss "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.F. Scott Fitzgerald Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFpaXkAFjAU&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YD6X6xsPr20PQPD1…
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