Episode 332: The Magic City, chapters 7-8

The Dwellers by the Sea. Ups and Downs.
In which we help deal with The Fear.

Episode 332, The Magic City, chapter 7-8
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Book Information

• Story rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.

Episode 331: The Magic City, chapter 6

The Lions in the Desert.
In which we encounter camels and parrots and lions. Oh my!

Episode 331, The Magic City, chapter 6
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Book Information

• Story rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.

Movie Highlights

• Hell or High Water
• The Petrified Forest
• The Train

Episode 330: The Magic City, chapter 5

On the Carpet.
In which we have a banquet, tea, and embark on the quest of the Mazy Carpet.

Episode 330, The Magic City, chapter 5
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.

Highlight

• Mrs. Pollifax series

Episode 329: The Magic City, Chapter 4

The Dragon-Slayer.
In which we encounter a dragon, a princess, and a mysterious claimant to the title of Deliverer.

Episode 329, The Magic City, chapter 4
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.

Episode 328: The Magic City, Chapter 3

Lost.
In which there is poetry, breakfast, a missing person, and Mr. Noah.

Episode 328, The Magic City, chapter 3
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.

Listening Highlight

• Heroes and Legends: The Most Influential Characters of Literature — a Great Course taught by Thomas Shippey

Episode 327: The Magic City, chapter 2

Deliverer or Destroyer.
In which we find out where we are, hear prophecies, and plan an escape!

Episode 327, The Magic City, chapter 2
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.

Podcast Highlight

• Presidential podcast by the Washington Post

Episode 326: The Magic City, chapter 1

The Beginning. In which we meet Philip and Helen and 
build an amazing sounding city out of household items.

Episode 326, The Magic City, chapter 1
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for blended families, mean nurses, nice parlor maids, the Destroyer and Deliverer, and quests in magical cities.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Read by Ruth Golding at LibriVox.

Episode 325: Oh, Murderer Mine, Finale

In which Doan and Carstairs exhibit dazzling teamwork, a murderer is unmasked, and all is explained.

Episode 324, Oh, Murderer Mine, finale
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for sassy girl teachers, Handsome Lover Boys, gigantic Great Danes, and deceptively pudgy detectives.
• This story is in the public domain.

Highlight

• The Good Place

Episode 324: Oh, Murderer Mine, chapter 5

In which we encounter deserted mansions, flying bullets, dancing, and arms about each other.

Episode 324, Oh, Murderer Mine, chapter 5
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for sassy girl teachers, Handsome Lover Boys, gigantic Great Danes, and deceptively pudgy detectives.
• This story is in the public domain.

Podcast Highlight

• The First

Episode 323: Oh, Murderer Mine, chapter 4

In which we see Carstairs thrown off his stride.

Episode 323, Oh, Murderer Mine, chapter 4
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for sassy girl teachers, Handsome Lover Boys, gigantic Great Danes, and deceptively pudgy detectives.
• This story is in the public domain.

Episode 322: Oh, Murderer Mine, chapter 3

In which we fix Carstairs breakfast. And find out more about Heloise and Handsome Lover Boy.

Episode 322, Oh, Murderer Mine, chapter 3
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for sassy girl teachers, Handsome Lover Boys, gigantic Great Danes, and deceptively pudgy detectives.
• This story is in the public domain.

Podcast Highlight

• The Halloween Haunt
• The Lost Cat Podcast

Episode 321: Oh, Murderer Mine, chapter 2

In which Doan and Carstairs show their mettle in the chase. 
 And Melissa acquires an interesting bodyguard.

Episode 321: Oh, Murderer Mine, chapter 2
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for sassy girl teachers, Handsome Lover Boys, gigantic Great Danes, and deceptively pudgy detectives.
• This story is in the public domain.

Podcast Highlight

• CraftLit - Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (premium audio)

Episode 320:Oh, Murderer Mine, chapter 1

In which Doan and Carstairs find themselves on a college campus.

Episode 320, Oh, Murderer Mine, chapter 1
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for sassy girl teachers, Handsome Lover Boys, gigantic Great Danes, and deceptively pudgy detectives.
• This story is in the public domain.

Podcast Highlight
CraftLit - The War of the Worlds (premium audio)

Episode 319: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, Finale

In which we dash across the Pacific and the U.S. to try to meet the deadline.

Episode 319, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, Finale
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for plucky girl journalists, adventurous travel, and only one dress.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Book read by Mary Reagan at LibriVox
• This book may contain outdated ways of expression or of talking about other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Podcast Highlight
The Land of Desire

Episode 318: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, chapters 13-15

In which we have Christmas in Canton and explore Japan.

Episode 318, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, ch. 13-15
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for plucky girl journalists, adventurous travel, and only one dress.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Book read by Mary Reagan at LibriVox
• This book may contain outdated ways of expression or of talking about other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Audio Highlight
The Help audiobook

Episode 317: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, chapters 11-12

In which we ride out a monsoon at sea and discover we're racing more than Time.

Episode 317, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, ch. 11-12
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for plucky girl journalists, adventurous travel, and only one dress.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Book read by Mary Reagan at LibriVox
• This book may contain outdated ways of expression or of talking about other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Podcast Highlights

• RadioLab - From Tree to Shining Tree 
• Martini Shot
• 99% Invisible: America's Last Top Model / On Average
• Desert Island Discs - Nadiya

Episode 316: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, chapters 9-10

In which we become addicted to curry and a five day delay endangers the journey.

Episode 316, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, ch. 9-10
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for plucky girl journalists, adventurous travel, and only one dress.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Book read by Mary Reagan at LibriVox
• This book may contain outdated ways of expression or of talking about other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Episode 315: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, chapters 7-8

In which we see Port Said, the Suez Canal, and Aden.

Episode 315, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, ch. 7-8
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for plucky girl journalists, adventurous travel, and only one dress.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Book read by Mary Reagan at LibriVox
• This book may contain outdated ways of expression or of talking about other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Episode 314: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, chapters 4-6

In which we meet Jules and Madame Verne,
avoid an international incident over a compliment,
and take a risk to send a message.

Episode 314, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, ch. 4-6
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for plucky girl journalists, adventurous travel, and only one dress.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Book read by Mary Reagan at LibriVox
• This book may contain outdated ways of expression or of talking about other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Episode 313: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, chapters 1-3

In which we set off with the intrepid Nellie Bly on a journey around the world
with one bag, one dress, and a whole lotta spunk.

Episode 313, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, ch. 1-3
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for plucky girl journalists, adventurous travel, and only one dress.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Book read by Mary Reagan at LibriVox
• This book may contain outdated ways of expression or of talking about other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Episode 312: Mrs. Bullfrog - The Wonderful Window

In which we encounter an unlikely and humorous marriage 

and a fantastical view into another world. 

Mrs. Bullfrog by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Wonderful Window by Lord Dunsany.

Episode 312, Mrs. Bullfrog - The Wonderful Window
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for interesting marriages and unusual windows.
• These stories are in the public domain.

Movie Highlight

• Ushpizin

Episode 311, The Bat, finale

In which we discover the identity of the Bat!

Episode 311, The Bat, finale
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.
• This book may contain outdated ways of expressing or viewing other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Podcast Highlight

• The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Episode 310: The Bat, chapters 15-17

Unknowns, and Ghosts, and Hidden Rooms. Oh my!

Episode 310, The Bat, chapters 15-17
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.
• This book may contain outdated ways of expressing or viewing other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Podcast Highlight

• Revisionist History

Episode 309: The Bat, chapters 13-14

In which Miss Cornelia gets sneaky.

Episode 309, The Bat, chapters 13-14
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.
• This book may contain outdated ways of expressing or viewing other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Podcast Highlight

• The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry

Episode 308: The Bat, chapters 11-12

In which Billy does jujitsu, Dale asks for yet more advice, and
someone mysterious sneaks in.

Episode 308, The Bat, chapters 11-12
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.
• This book may contain outdated ways of expressing or viewing other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Highlight

• Tell No One
• Mythgard Academy - Dracula

Episode 307: The Bat, chapters 9-10

In which we witness murder most foul!

Episode 307, The Bat, chapters 9-10
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.
• This book may contain outdated ways of expressing or viewing other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Highlight

• King Solomon's Mines read by Patrick Tull
• A Princess of Mars read by Mark Nelson

Episode 306: The Bat, chapters 7-8

In which Lizzie gets the third degree, Brooks shares a secret,
and a shadowy figure is glimpsed.

Episode 306, The Bat, chapters 7-8
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.
• This book may contain outdated ways of expressing or viewing other people. It's an accurate picture of how things were back then and we can be happy things have changed for the better. No editing or censoring will occur in the reading.

Episode 305: The Bat, Chapters 5-6

In which the biggest mystery now is how many times
Billy can retrieve and return the front door key before he collapses.

Episode 305, The Bat, chapters 5-6
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.

Podcast Highlight

• Tom Hanks on Desert Island Discs
• Cracker Barrel story on Gravy

Episode 304: The Bat, chapters 3-4.

In which we pull out the Ouija board and listen for ghosts.
While sipping lemonade. We are at a country home, after all.

Episode 304, The Bat, chapters 3-4
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.

Podcast Highlight

• Myths and Legends

Episode 303: The Bat, chapters 1-2

In which Cornelia Van Gorder discovers a mystery at her rented summer home.
Is it that dreaded criminal The Bat?
We also try to live up to noble standards already set for this book,
which was released in 1933 as one of the earliest talking book recordings.

Episode 303, The Bat, chapters 1-2
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for battling evil, luxurious country homes, bank robbery, and spunky spinsters.
• This story is in the public domain.

Sweet, Sweet Doubletake — Forgotten Classics is "What's Hot" at iTunes

I was looking through What's Hot in Literature podcasts when I did a doubletake. I'm used to seeing CraftLit and The Classic Tales but not little, ol me! Nice! I guess when you get past 300 episodes you get a nod sometimes.

Episode 302: Talents Incorporated, finale

In which we see what happens when you depend on Talents,
only to find Talents missing when they are needed!

Episode 302, Talents Incorporated, finale
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion, straining incredulity by Talents, and space battles.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox.

Highlights

• Mark Nelson

Episode 301: Talents Incorporated, chapters 9-10

In which King Humphrey snatches defeat from the jaws of victory. 
And we learn more about precognition.

Episode 301, Talents Incorporated, chapters 9-10
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion, straining incredulity by Talents, and space battles.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox.

Highlights

• The Green Book  (99% Invisible)
• K-poparazzi (Radiolab)

Episode 300: Talents Incorporated, chapters 7-8

In which we see how a Talent gets you there faster.
And how to fight like a space pirate.

Episode 300, Talents Incorporated, chapters 7-8
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion, straining incredulity by Talents, and space battles.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox.

Highlights

• Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian, narrated by Patrick Tull

Episode 299: Talents Incorporated, chapters 5-6

In which we discover how a victory can be a catastrophe. 
Can Captain Bors turn it back into a victory again?

Episode 299, Talents Incorporated, chapters 5-6
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion, straining incredulity by Talents, and space battles.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox.

Podcast Highlights

• The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart at LibriVox

Episode 298: Talents Incorporated, chapter 4

In which we battle the Mekin space fleet, using Talents Incorporated information.

Episode 298, Talents Incorporated, chapter 4
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion, straining incredulity by Talents, and space battles.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox.

Podcast Highlights

• The Mad King at The Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs

Episode 297: Talents Incorporated, chapters 2-3

In which we meet the talents of Talents Incorporated --
who come up with an interesting idea about fighting Mekin.

Episode 297, Talents Incorporated, chapters 2-3
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion and straining incredulity by Talents.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox.

Podcast Highlights

• Mythgard Academy - Dracula
• H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast - Carmilla, begins on episode 298
• Dante's Inferno read by Heathcote Williams

Episode 296: Talents Incorporated, chapter 1

In which planetary invasion is imminent. 
Can Talents Incorporated information save Kandar? 
You can depend on it!

Episode 296, Talents Incorporated, chapter 1
(download or listen via this link)

Book Information

• Story rating: G for avoiding planetary invasion by Talents.
• This story is in the public domain.
• Narration by Mark Nelson is from LibriVox.

Podcast Highlight

• Classic Tales Podcast: The Wind in the Willows