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Three British friends Mikey, Burf & Chris sit down each week to talk all about Chelsea FC, the trio discuss the latest news, matches and weekly topics every Saturday morning.Follow us at @AtTheBridgePod on Twitter and Instagram.

Beyond Famous pulls back the curtain of history to bring you face-to-face with the voices of the past. In this original podcast, host Dorian Blake sits down with legendary figures long gone—artists, rulers, revolutionaries, visionaries, and icons—to ask the questions no one else ever could.Through vivid storytelling, each episode resurrects a world-changing personality—from emperors and inventors to poets and prophets. They share their triumphs, regrets, mysteries, and secrets in their own “voices,” offering listeners a hauntingly intimate conversation that bridges centuries.If you...

Set during the American Civil War, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is the classic short story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to death by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. Flashing between the present and the past - from Peyton's thoughts as he stands on the bridge to his memories as a major Confederate supporter in the South - he creates parallel realities in which truth and fantasy become indistinguishable.

A man stands on Owl Creek Bridge with his hands tied, preparing to face death by hanging. Then the ground slips out from under him, the rope breaks, and he has a moment to reimagine his future. Praised for its experimental shifts in time and surprise ending, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is not one to miss. It has been hailed by Kurt Vonnegut as “the greatest American short story.”

The time is the American Civil War: Southern plantation-owner Peyton Farquahr has been condemned to death for spying against the Union cause. As he prepares to be hanged from the Owl Creek Bridge, Farquahr morosely contemplates his fate and fondly recalls his loving wife.