Episodes

  • Holiday Round-A. A. Milne

    Holiday Round-A. A. Milne
    Nov 12 2026
    Holiday Round by A. A. Milne.

    Alan Alexander Milne, popularly known as A. A. Milne, is best known – perhaps to most people only known – for his children’s book, Winnie the Pooh. Yet he was an incredibly prolific author. He published dozens of successful plays, myriad humorous articles written for internationally prominent journals, a wide range of social, political, and other nonfiction works, and even a murder mystery. This collection is humorous throughout, but humorous in a particularly Milnesque way: he consciously and quite openly rejected the bitterness of satire in favor of a peculiarly gentle, often self-deprecating humor. Included here are dozens of short essays showing, among other things, Milne’s extraordinary capacity to understand – and be understood by – children, and his special affinity for women, as friends and as lovers.

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    8 hrs and 14 mins
  • Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories-P. G. Wodehouse

    Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories-P. G. Wodehouse
    Nov 11 2026
    Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

    The Man With Two Left Feet, and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on March 8, 1917 by Methuen & Co., London, and in the United States in 1933 by A.L. Burt and Co., New York. All the stories had previously appeared in periodicals, usually the Strand in the UK and the Red Book magazine or the Saturday Evening Post in the US. It is a fairly miscellaneous collection — most of the stories concern relationships, sports and household pets, and do not feature any of Wodehouse's regular characters; one, however, "Extricating Young Gussie", is notable for the first appearance in print of two of Wodehouse's best-known characters, Jeeves and his master Bertie Wooster (although Bertie's surname isn't given and Jeeves's role is very small), and Bertie's fearsome Aunt Agatha.

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    8 hrs and 49 mins
  • Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others-John Kendrick Bangs

    Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others-John Kendrick Bangs
    Nov 10 2026
    Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others by John Kendrick Bangs.

    New York-born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Humour department. Here he began to write his own satire and humour. Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others is a delightfully humourous collection of short tales relating encounters with ghosts.

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    3 hrs and 2 mins
  • Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories-Bill Nye

    Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories-Bill Nye
    Nov 9 2026
    Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Bill Nye.

    Bill Nye was a respected journalist who also became known as a humorist. His short pieces range from a description of a visit to a friend residing in Ludlow prison, to “advice” to a son, to a wry commentary on his visits to Oakland, California. From real estate “investments” to accounts of less than ideal train passengers, Mr. Nye had his eye trained on the ironies of life, addressing them in the only sure way to preserve sanity, with humor.

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    4 hrs and 28 mins
  • Wit and Humor of America, Vol 10-Various

    Wit and Humor of America, Vol 10-Various
    Nov 8 2026
    Wit and Humor of America, Vol 10.

    The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the tenth volume, 62 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners.

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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • O. Henryana-O. Henry

    O. Henryana-O. Henry
    Nov 7 2026
    O. Henryana by O. Henry.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Wit and Humor of America, Vol 03-Various

    Wit and Humor of America, Vol 03-Various
    Nov 6 2026
    Wit and Humor of America, Vol 03.

    The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the third volume, 45 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners.

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    5 hrs and 29 mins
  • Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06-Various

    Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06-Various
    Nov 5 2026
    Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06.

    The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners.

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    6 hrs and 20 mins