Ron Reads Boring Books
Are you tired? You will be. Because I will read to you a boring book and it will be worse than you doing nothing. This podcast is not intended to entertain you. It is intended to bore you. The length of each podcast will vary so you cannot plan your listening easily. Some reads will be short. Some will be excruciatingly long. There will be no intro or outro music. The only sound is my voice and other random sounds as they happen. I change my voice as I read the dialog. Also, I have a southern accent and do not read well. Thank you for listening.
Episodes
31 episodes
When Power Preys on Innocence
In this final installment of Aesop's fables, we present "The Wolf and the Lamb," a timeless tale about power, false accusations, and the arbitrary nature of tyranny. The story culminates with the profound dying words of the lamb: "Any excuse wi...
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3:23
A Snake in Your Bosom
This podcast challenges categorization as a sleep aid, positioning itself instead as a space for practicing boredom together through Aesop's fables. Ron reads "The Woodman and the Serpent," a tale about kindness betrayed and the nature of wicke...
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3:13
When We Deny Others What We Cannot Use
Ron Reads presents Aesop's fable "The Dog in the Manger," exploring the timeless lesson about selfishly preventing others from enjoying what we ourselves cannot use. This brief yet profound tale reminds listeners of the human tendency to begrud...
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2:03
Revenge Served Cold
A classic Aesop's fable brings timeless wisdom about reciprocity and treating others as we wish to be treated. The Fox and the Stork demonstrates that what goes around comes around through a simple tale of dinner invitations gone wrong....
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3:26
One Good Plan Beats a Hundred
Ron stumbles through an introduction before reading Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Cat," a tale about a boastful fox with numerous escape plans and a practical cat with just one reliable strategy.• Fox boasts about having "a hundred way...
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3:05
If You Can't Have It, Hate It
In Aesop's fable The Fox and the Grapes, a fox spots a bunch of ripe grapes hanging high on a vine. Hungry and eager, he jumps repeatedly to reach them but fails each time. Frustrated, he walks away, convincing himself that the grapes were prob...
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1:22
The Flatterer's Trap
Ron reads Aesop's classic fable "The Fox and the Crow," sharing the timeless tale of a cunning fox who uses flattery to trick a vain crow into dropping her cheese. The story delivers the ageless wisdom to beware of those who use excessive prais...
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2:53
The Gods Help Those Who Help Themselves
Ron delivers another intentionally boring reading of Aesop's "Hercules and the Wagoner," a classic fable about self-reliance and the importance of taking action before seeking divine intervention.• A wagoner gets his cart stuck in deep ...
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2:41
Borrowed Plumes
Ron narrates Aesop's fable "The Jay and the Peacock," exploring themes of authenticity and the folly of pretending to be something you're not.• A jay finds peacock feathers in a yard and attaches them to his tail• The jay struts tow...
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2:10
Farmyard Philosophy
We continue our series of Boring Reads with Aesop's fable "The Cock and the Pearl," a short tale about a rooster who finds a precious pearl but would rather have a barleycorn instead.• Part of our ongoing Boring Reads series designed to...
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2:34
The Greedy Dog's Mistake
Ron presents Aesop's fable "The Dog and the Shadow," a timeless tale about a dog who loses his meat when he tries to grab what appears to be another piece of meat in his reflection.• A dog carrying meat in his mouth wants to eat it in p...
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2:17
Perseverance in a Pitcher
Ron dramatically reads Aesop's fable "The Crow and the Pitcher," delivering the timeless lesson that persistence and incremental progress can solve seemingly impossible problems.• Ron opens with his trademark dry humor, warning listener...
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2:29
The Lion's Debt
Ron narrates Aesop's classic fable "The Lion and the Mouse," illustrating how acts of mercy can return unexpected rewards. When a mighty lion spares a tiny mouse who promises to help him someday, the seemingly absurd promise becomes a life-savi...
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2:42
Donkey Business: A Lesson in Ignoring Public Opinion
Ron Reeds brings to life Aesop's timeless fable "The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey," exploring how trying to please everyone leads to pleasing no one. The story follows a father and son's journey to market with their donkey, where their attempts...
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3:44
Creepy Clergy
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil" tells the story of Reverend Hooper who mysteriously begins wearing a black veil over his face, transforming his relationship with his congregation and exploring the hidden nature of sin and secr...
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43:10
The Heartless Garden Party
Ron reads Katherine Mansfield's "The Garden Party," a poignant short story exploring class divisions, mortality, and a young woman's awakening to life's harsh realities beyond her privileged existence.• The Sheridan family prepares for ...
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40:30
When Death Unlocks Life's Cage
Ron quietly reads Kate Chopin's revolutionary short story "The Story of an Hour," a tale about a woman who discovers a sense of freedom after learning of her husband's supposed death. The story unfolds with a shocking twist ending that reveals ...
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9:28
Holy Fire and Hidden Horror
Ron reads Mark Twain's powerful anti-war short story "The War Prayer," which exposes the hidden, devastating consequences behind prayers for military victory. The story forces us to confront the reality that when we pray for our side's triumph ...
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10:39
The Price of Pretense
Mathilde Loisel's desire to appear wealthy leads to borrowing a necklace that changes her life forever when she loses it after a grand ball. After ten years of grueling poverty to repay the debt for a replacement, she discovers the original nec...
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22:54
Echoes of War
A deaf-mute child plays soldier in the woods during the Civil War, encountering wounded men crawling back from battle without understanding the horror surrounding him, only to discover his home burned and his mother dead from an artillery shell...
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20:26
When Innocent Stories Create Perfect Horror
Ron reads H.H. Munro's "The Open Window," a masterful short story about deception and the power of suggestion. Nervous visitor Frampton Nuttall receives more than he bargained for when he meets fifteen-year-old Vera during a country visit.<...
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10:12
Freak in Captivity
Ron Reads narrates Anton Chekhov's thought-provoking short story "The Bet," a tale of an impulsive wager between a wealthy banker and a young lawyer about whether fifteen years of voluntary imprisonment is preferable to death.• Wealthy ...
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19:36
Midnight Reflections
Ron Reed reads Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Haunted Mind," a hypnotic meditation on that strange moment between sleep and wakefulness when time seems suspended and our deepest thoughts rise to the surface.• Exploration of that singular mo...
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