Arts – Finlande – Nouveaux podcasts
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Prestwick Academy library is at the heart of our South Ayrshire school. We are passionate about reading for pleasure and will be sharing short interviews with authors using this podcast.
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This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends, heroes, myths, and ancient lore from many different cultures. (Lynette Caulkins)
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Writer/entertainer Garrison Keillor (A Prairie Home Companion) on “The Innocents Abroad”: “…one of the best selling travel books of all time.” (The Writer’s Almanac, June 8, 2012) When you dive into Mark Twain’s (Samuel Clemens’) The Innocents Abroad, you have to be ready to learn more about the unadorned, ungilded reality of 19th century “touring” than you might think you want to learn. This is a tough, literary journey. It was tough for Twain and his fellow “pilgrims”, both religious and otherwise. They set out, on a June day in 1867, to visit major tourist sites in Europe and the near east, including Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, “the Holy Land”, and Egypt. What Twain records, in often humorous, sometimes grotesque but always fascinating detail, are the day-to-day ups and downs of discovering the truth about people and places. The truths they learn are often far different than their education and rumor have made them preconceive. This is a voyage of discovery. It’s long and, in places, tiresome. But it’s revelatory about so much. As with some of his other works, Twain includes popular prejudices of his time, which are today considered socially unacceptable. His references to “Indians”, “Negroes” and “infidels” come to mind. Beyond the lows, though, there are the highs of Twain’s cutting wit and insight as he guides us along the bumpy and often dangerous voyage. No need to buckle up. Just take it slow, and steady…like the journey itself. (Summary by John Greenman)
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This podcast is an introduction to the Cherry Cake and Tea show where we talk about Fashion, Beauty and Top trends.
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girly chats about style, fashion, and life
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Our Old Nursery Rhymes (1911) is a book of 30 of folkloric songs arranged by Alfred Moffatt and beautifully illustrated by H. Willebeck Le Mair. You and your child can listen and sing along as you read the facsimile edition online from the Children's Digital Library.
These nursery rhymes were performed by 17 talented university student musicians who are sisters in the Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity for Women at California State University-Stanislaus. The project was conceived as an opportunity to offer service to the music-loving community around the world and to children everywhere. [Summary written by Dennis Sayers]. -
Let's continue the D'Artagnan Romances that we've already started with The Three Musketeers.
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The plot centres around Laevsky, who is living in a small seaside town in the Caucasus after running away with another man's wife, Nadyezhda Fyodorovna, amid dreams of starting a new life.
The dreams have come to nothing as Laevsky idles away his life drinking and playing cards, and Nadyezhda begins to have other affairs.
Laevsky's scheme to run away again, this time without his mistress, brings him into conflict with the rationalist Von Koren, who believes in Darwinian principles of natural selection and extinction of the weak and useless.
Matters come to a head when an outburst from Laevsky leads to a duel. Von Koren is determined to teach Laevksy a lesson. (Introduction by Phil) -
This controversial literary classic paints the portrait of a man who perceives himself to live in two worlds, that of the idealist, cowed and comfortable living amongst the bourgeoisie, and that of the steppenwolf, a wild and untrammelled soul at odds with the world around it which leads him to severe disfunction and thoughts of suicide. Through a surreal journey into dance halls, bed chambers and endless corridors of alternate realities, he comes to understand the world better and his place in it. (Summary by Ben Tucker)
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One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were talking over the war, as soldiers and sailors love to do, and somebody said: "Who, of all the workers in the Crimea, will be longest remembered?" Each guest was asked to give his opinion on this point, and each one wrote a name on a slip of paper. There were many slips, but when they came to be examined there was only one name, for every single man had written "Florence Nightingale." Every English boy and girl knows the beautiful story of Miss Nightingale's life. Indeed, hers is perhaps the best-loved name in England since good Queen Victoria died. It will be a great pleasure to me to tell this story to our own boys and girls in this country; and it shall begin, as all proper stories do, at the beginning. - Summary by the author
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This is a collection of twelve original and entertaining little romances. Literature is an important anchor that helps us understand society in the American Gilded Age in the late ninteenth century, and these stories allow us to understand the marriage market of the time. - Summary by Carolin"Miss Ticknor, well known as one of the most promising of the younger school of American writers, has never done better work than in the majority of these clever stories, written in a delightful comedy vein." - The Publisher
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a haunting portrait of ambition, love, and illusion in 1920s America. Narrated by Nick Carraway, the novel follows the enigmatic Jay Gatsby—a self-made millionaire whose lavish parties mask a singular obsession. As Gatsby chases his dream, Nick becomes both captivated and disillusioned by Gatsby's idealism. Through glittering excess and quiet despair, Fitzgerald exposes the emptiness and elusiveness of the American Dream, the moral corruption involved in the pursuit of wealth, and the deep divide between old money privilege and the striving self-made man. - Summary by TJ Burns Cast: Jay Gatsby: Tomas Peter Daisy Buchanan, Pammy, Boy 1: Jasmin Salma Nick Carraway: TJ Burns Tom Buchanan: Larry Wilson Jordan Baker: Jenn Broda George Wilson: Alan Mapstone Myrtle Wilson: Matea Bracic Meyer Wolfshiem: False Citrine Catherine: Kim Lamb Mr. McKee, Chauffeur: Chuck Williamson Mrs. McKee, Horse Woman: Amelia Chesley Ewing Klipspringer: Andrew Gaunce Michaelis: KevinS Owl Eyes: Matthew Reece Nick’s Dad, Drunk Driver, Witness: Craig Franklin Mr. Sloane, Police Officer: Kyle Donelan Doctor Civet, Man 2, Elevator Boy, Waiter: Diana Helen Kennedy Lucille, Stella: Magda Wilde Girl 1: Michele Eaton Reporter, Orchestra Leader, Conductor: David Purdy Dan Cody, Tom’s Butler, Gardener: realisticspeakers Mr. Gatz: Retroindiereader Slagle: Son of the Exiles Miss Baedeker, Woman 1: Sirena Rose Woman 2, Motorist, Nurse: Eleonora Bettenzoli Woman 3, Operator: Hannah F Gatsby’s Butler: Weston L Dog Breeder: ambsweet13
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Truman Capote once wrote, "I don't care what anybody says about me, as long as it isn't true." But more times than not, it's the hidden truths that turn out to be the most interesting.
As Long As It Isn't True is a literary podcast that delves into some of literature's biggest scandals and controversies, both those well known and those less remembered.
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We explore the wonders of non-licensed, indie comics in Comics Deserve Better. Everything from Image to Webtoon is game in this show that discusses old favorites, the new hotness, and books that might be a little bit off the beaten path. (Logo by Winston Gambro)
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August Strindberg's naturalistic one-act drama has only three characters: Julie, a passionate young noblewoman; Jean, her father's ambitious valet; and Kristin, the cook, who is also Jean's fiancee. The play is set on Midsummer Eve, when everyone is reveling, and Julie and Jean get a bit too intimate - with tragic results. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Characters: Julie - Elizabeth Klett Jean - mb Kristin - Miriam Esther Goldman Narration - Availle Audio edited by mb
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A podcast about art and power for anyone with a little extra time after school.
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The Spike Podcast makes sense of the chaos of contemporary aesthetic culture, from one of art and art criticism’s leading independent magazines. Expect pop, theory, critique, and the insights of madness from artists, writers, and other arts practitioners with strong views about the present and its place in history – we even promise to leave the arguments in.
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