Ep. 839, Riders of the Purple Sage, Part 7 of 12, by Zane Grey
Release Date: 05/19/2023
Ep. 1033, Indiscretions of Archie, Part 2 of 8, by P.G. Wodehouse
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Roscoe Sherriff, a public relations rep, has a brilliant little job for Archie. Now Archie doesn’t necessarily need to steal anything, he just needs to, you know, lend a hand. P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. For the past few months, I’ve been working on a way to create a kind of all-you-can-hear, streamable plan for The Classic Tales. So, coming soon, there will be a way to sign up for a subscription that will give you `on demand access to the entire Classic Tales Audiobooks library. The...
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Ep. 1032, The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe VINTAGE
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Pets can definitely brighten a dark life. Just make sure you treat them kindly. Or else. Edgar Allan Poe, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. For the past few months, I’ve been working on a way to create a kind of all-you-can-eat plan for The Classic Tales. So, coming soon, there will be a way to sign up for a subscription that will give you access to the entire Classic Tales Audiobooks library. The library contains dozens of titles that have never been on the podcast. And you’ll be...
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Ep. 1031, Indiscretions of Archie, Part 1 of 8, by P.G. Wodehouse
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What starts as a dripping faucet winds up in an impromptu marriage, and Archie’s American adventures begin…appropriately. P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Okay, this is exciting. For the past few months, I’ve been working on a way to create a kind of all-you-can-eat plan for The Classic Tales. So, coming soon, there will be a way to sign up for a subscription that will give you access to the entire Classic Tales Audiobooks library. The library contains dozens of titles that have never...
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Ep. 1030, Jeeves Takes Charge, by P.G. Wodehouse VINTAGE
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Bertie is positively knee deep in the old boullion. Can his new man Jeeves help him out? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, , and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. And now, Jeeves Takes...
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Ep. 1029, One Touch of Nature, by P.G. Wodehouse
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There’s nothing like a true baseball fan, especially in London. P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, classictalesaudiobooks.com (http://classictalesaudiobooks.com/), and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. Today’s story is from...
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Ep. 1028, The Flying Stars, by G.K. Chesterton VINTAGE
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The Flying Stars are missing. Three brilliant diamonds have been purloined during an innocent Christmas pantomime. Can Father Brown discover the culprit before the curtain falls? G.K. Chesterton, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, , and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an...
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Ep. 1027, The Wake, by Donn Byrne
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Wakes are worse when seasoned with vengeance. Donn Byrne, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, , and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne, who lived from 20 November 1889 – 18 June 1928 was...
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Ep. 1026, Death at the Excelsior, by P.G. Wodehouse VINTAGE
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Can detective Paul Snyder discover why a sea captain mysteriously died? P.G. Wodehouse, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, , and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. Today’s story is Wodehouse’s only effort in...
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Ep. 1025, The Headswoman, by Kenneth Grahame
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What happens when the hereditary office of village executioner falls to a woman? Kenneth Grahame, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, , and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. Kenneth Grahame is most famous for his superb fantasies, “The...
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Ep. 1024, The Horror of the Heights, by Arthur Conan Doyle VINTAGE
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Is there some sort of monster that lurks around 30,000 feet? One brave aviator is about to find out. Arthur Conan Doyle, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to this VINTAGE episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. If you’d like to ensure the future of The Classic Tales, please visit the website, , and either make a donation, buy an audiobook, or pick up one of our many support options. And if you can’t support us monetarily, leave us a review or share an episode with a friend. It all helps. Thank you so much. Today’s story...
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It looks like it’s time to talk about the elephant in the room: The Mormonism in this story.
First of all, I’ve got to say that Mormon people are some of the best people I’ve known. My parents, friends, colleagues, neighbors - I have a Mormon background. Most of the people I know locally are Mormon. And they’re wonderful – I love them dearly! Mormons, or members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are great. They’re my folks. The fact that I’m producing this book now isn’t any reflection on them.
The thing that’s so nefarious about this book is its villain. It’s not a person – it’s systemic religious extortion used to build wealthy empires, while neglecting the poor and needy. That’s what it’s all about – when the institutions we trust to take care of us that actually take way more than they give. Now, is this a uniquely Mormon/LDS problem? No! But it happened then, and it’s happening now. Don’t believe me? Check out 60 Minutes on CBS last week. This religious empire building they talk of in the book is still happening today.
And so, like other topics that we’ve discussed over the years - racism, classism, poverty, - things that these classic authors wrote about over 100 years ago that were a problem then and are still a problem now, I’m afraid religious-oriented extortion is among them. I wish it wasn’t but here we are.
Let’s see if we can do better.
And now, Riders of the Purple Sage, part 7 of 12, by Zane Grey
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