• 22 minutes 2 seconds
    An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
    A man being hanged finds himself escaping back home in one last desperate hope.
    5 May 2026, 1:00 pm
  • 25 minutes 20 seconds
    Peter Rugg: The Missing Man by William Austin
    Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, one of the most famous stories in its time about the most travelled man in the original American colonies that became au urban legend without ever existing.
    7 April 2026, 1:00 pm
  • 25 minutes 13 seconds
    Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

    Sometimes you love your sister so much you use a publicity agent to ruin the career of her guitarist boyfriend because he doesn't love her like you do, and that's creepy and everyone involved is horrible.

    5 March 2026, 6:14 pm
  • 21 minutes 20 seconds
    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

    The loose autobiographical fiction of James Joyce at his most palatable in long form, Portrait tells the story of Stephen Dedalus and how he contends with being a human who sees the world differently than those around him.

    1 May 2025, 12:29 am
  • 32 minutes 54 seconds
    Ireland's Lucky Lady, Shamrock

    We talk about Ireland's Lucky Lady, the Marvel superhero known as Shamrock.

    15 April 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 18 minutes 4 seconds
    Oral History - Library Anna, Ghost Librarian

    This episode we will be going on a bit of a bawdy journey into the library archive not meant for children. Sorry for the sound.

    8 April 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 18 seconds
    My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville

    The library looks at a pre-YA classic about an alien invasion, talks about our favorite alien invasion movies, and discusses some potential ways to stop aliens in their tracks.

    5 March 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 20 minutes 16 seconds
    The Glove by Fritz Leiber

    After a neighbor's assault, a young man must wrestle with the supernatural possibilities of a glove the attacker left behind.

    25 April 2023, 1:56 pm
  • 24 minutes 56 seconds
    The Island by Alice Brown

    A man hears a tale of a shipwreck, a legendary island, and a lost love from a survivor of all three.

    18 April 2023, 11:21 am
  • 21 minutes 26 seconds
    Square of Canvas by Anthony M. Rud

    A female art student listens to artist Hal Pemberton tell his life story in an insane asylum.

    11 April 2023, 1:12 pm
  • 20 minutes 18 seconds
    Ruby Bridges Goes to School by Ruby Bridges

    A little girl did a brave thing, and the world should remember to be kind.

    4 April 2023, 1:58 pm
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