Episodes

  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
    May 5 2026
    A man being hanged finds himself escaping back home in one last desperate hope.
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    22 mins
  • Peter Rugg: The Missing Man by William Austin
    Apr 7 2026
    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.
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    25 mins
  • Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
    Mar 5 2026

    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.

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    25 mins
  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
    May 1 2025

    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.

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    21 mins
  • Ireland's Lucky Lady, Shamrock
    Apr 15 2025

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

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    33 mins
  • Oral History - Library Anna, Ghost Librarian
    Apr 8 2025

    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.

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    18 mins
  • My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville
    Mar 5 2024

    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.

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    35 mins
  • The Glove by Fritz Leiber
    Apr 25 2023

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

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    20 mins