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Living With Capone
Read by John R. Swift
John R. Swift
A fortunate son and failed lawyer turned failed banker turned struggling stockbroker inexplicably marries well, crosses paths with Al Capone…
The Chicago Connection
Read by John R. Swift
John R. Swift
A teenager in Prohibition Chicago, haunted by disasters, breaks all his childhood vows of clean living and becomes a minor hoodlum. When he …
The Bickersons
Read by John Rensenhouse
Philip Rapp
Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre presents new performances of classic radio plays of intrigue, mystery, suspense, and comedy from the 1930s,…
Buried Alive
Read by John Rowe
Arnold Bennett
Buried Alive is a dramatization of Arnold Bennett’s 1912 novel, adapted by James Duckett. This charming and witty satire tells the story of …
Anticipations of a World Peace
Read by John Schuurman
H. G. Wells
In the Fourth Year is a collection H.G. Wells assembled in the spring of 1918 from essays he had recently published discussing the problem o…
Oriel College
Read by John Stevenson and Moira Wallace
John Stevenson and Moira Wallace
University of Oxford Podcasts
On Liberty
Read by John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
"On Liberty," a seminal work by philosopher John Stuart Mill. Mill felt there were no definite standards for defining what societ…
Beyond Infinity
Read by John Sunier
H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke and Mildred Clingerman
Beyond Infinity is a captivating science fiction radio drama directed by John Sunier. This collection features three intriguing stories: A V…
The Wolf-Leader
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
Part local legend of a dark and dangerous Wolf-Leader, part childhood memories of his home near Villers-Cotterets, in Aisne, Dumas here penn…
Moral letters to Lucilius
Read by John Van Stan
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca the Younger’s letters to his friend, Lucilius Junior, appear to have been written with a broad audience in mind. These letters introd…
The Massacres of the South
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent …
Marguerite de Valois
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
A historical fiction novel set in Paris (1572) during Charles IX's reign and the French Wars of Religion. Marguerite de Valois, daughter of …
Thus Spake Zarathustra
Read by John Van Stan
Friedrich Nietzsche
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche’s opus magnum.” However, he warns the …
Chicot the Jester
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This sequel to Dumas' “Marguerite de Valois” begins four years after the sudden death of King Charles IX and succession of his brother Henry…
Candide
Read by John Van Stan
Voltaire
Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world …
Twenty Years After
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
Volume 2 of The d'Artagnan Romances begins twenty years after "The Three Musketeers." Since then, d'Artagnan's career has stagnate…
The House on the Borderland
Read by John Van Stan
William Hope Hodgson
This story helped propel 19th Century gothic fiction in the direction of “cosmic” horror. In fact, H.P. Lovecraft lists it as among his grea…
The Three Musketeers
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of th…
Short Stories
Read by John Van Stan
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
This is a collection of short stories written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Dostoevsky), who is arguably better-known for his lengthy, contemplativ…
The Birth of Tragedy
Read by John Van Stan
Friedrich Nietzsche
This is one of Nietzsche's early academic writings - a scholarly theory about Ancient Greek theatre, specifically tragedies. In a nutshell, …