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First Confession

Thursday, August 27, 2026 • Duration 27:04

Originally published in 1950, Frank O’Connor’s “First Confession” uses humor and playfulness to tell the story of a young boy’s fears over going to give his first ever confession at Church. This wonderful story sharply exhibits O’Connor’s wit and shows real sympathy for Jackie, his seven-year-old protagonist.

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The Genius

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 • Duration 41:06

Among his many talents, Irish writer Frank O’Connor had a particular gift for showing the world through the eyes of young, precocious, often naive protagonists, like Larry Delaney of his 1954 story “The Genius.” Larry wants to be the town’s first proper genius and win the affections of Una Dwyer — first, he just has to find out where babies come from.

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A Late Encounter with the Enemy

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 • Duration 31:19

This week’s episode features a reading of Flannery O’Connor’s “A Late Encounter with the Enemy.” Written in 1953 and published in 1955 in her short story collection “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” this is O’Connor’s only story dealing with the American Civil War.

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A Cure for Fevers and Heartburn

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 • Duration 28:37

Is it humanly possible to have too much cowbell? I mean is it physically, psychologically, emotionally, and morally possible to have too much cowbell?

A Thespian Super Bowl Pits Glenn Close Against Jon Lovitz

Thursday, February 26, 2026 • Duration 32:10

Acting at its finest, and a story about an imaginary playmate who can’t play because he has to take a meeting.

Black Bart and Emilio Kosterlitzky

Thursday, January 15, 2026 • Duration 24:43

Our resident Wild West historian Jim Dunham joins us once again to discuss two characters of the Old West, one an outlaw and the other a lawman.

My Oedipus Complex

Thursday, December 18, 2025 • Duration 31:23

“Never, never had anyone spoken to me in that tone before. I looked at him incredulously and saw his face convulsed with rage. It was only then that I fully realized how God had codded me, listening to my prayers for the safe return of this monster.” — 7-year-old Larry, speaking of his father, in Frank O’Connor’s “My Oedipus Complex.”

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Axis

Thursday, October 23, 2025 • Duration 40:44

We feature another great short story by Alice Munro titled “Axis,” first published in The New Yorker in 2011. As in many of Alice Munro’s short stories, the characters aren’t like anyone I know, but they never seem contrived or invented. I would say that she loves creating characters and then observing them as they go their own way.

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Return to M&M World

Thursday, September 18, 2025 • Duration 37:50

Kate Walbert’s 2012 New Yorker short story is set on a buzzing early spring day in Times Square, evoking the unique sense of renewal and energy palpable in New York when the city finally begins to thaw out from a long winter. While dutifully fulfilling her youngest daughter’s wish of visiting the hectic M&M World, Ginny’s day turns tense as she struggles to keep track of her kids and revisits memories of her estranged husband.

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Geronimo Rides Again

Monday, August 4, 2025 • Duration 39:29

The life and times of the Apache warrior and his involvement in the longest armed conflict in U.S. History.

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First Confession

Thursday, August 27, 2026 • Duration 27:04

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The Genius

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 • Duration 41:06

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A Late Encounter with the Enemy

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 • Duration 31:19

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A Cure for Fevers and Heartburn

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 • Duration 28:37

Is it humanly possible to have too much cowbell? I mean is it physically, psychologically, emotionally, and morally possible to have too much cowbell?

A Thespian Super Bowl Pits Glenn Close Against Jon Lovitz

Thursday, February 26, 2026 • Duration 32:10

Acting at its finest, and a story about an imaginary playmate who can’t play because he has to take a meeting.

Black Bart and Emilio Kosterlitzky

Thursday, January 15, 2026 • Duration 24:43

Our resident Wild West historian Jim Dunham joins us once again to discuss two characters of the Old West, one an outlaw and the other a lawman.

My Oedipus Complex

Thursday, December 18, 2025 • Duration 31:23

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Axis

Thursday, October 23, 2025 • Duration 40:44

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Return to M&M World

Thursday, September 18, 2025 • Duration 37:50

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Geronimo Rides Again

Monday, August 4, 2025 • Duration 39:29

The life and times of the Apache warrior and his involvement in the longest armed conflict in U.S. History.

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