Narrated Archives
Narrated Archives explores the extensive public domain library to offer listeners both enduring classics and forgotten tales. The content spans genres including adventure, mystery, horror, love, and the human spirit, all waiting to be rediscovered.
With each episode a brief biography of the author(s) introduces the episode.
Podcasting since 2025 • 15 episodes
Narrated Archives
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Prairie Gold - Iowa Authors
In this episode I’ve pulled a few stories and poems from an anthology called Prairie Gold, an anthology of Iowan authors and artists. Created during the social upheaval of World War I, the collection emphasizes cooperation and humanitarian i...
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Episode 14
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45:59
The Enchanted Bluff by Willa Carter
"The Enchanted Bluff" by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Willa Cather, a bittersweet story about a group of Nebraska boys on the cusp of adulthood, whose friendship and grand adventure plans are contrasted with the reality of their adult live...
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Episode 13
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27:41
Happy New Year x2
This week we bring in the New Year with two optimistic New Year’s stories. Cressy's New Year's Rent by Albert Lee revolves around a kind-hearted newspaper reporter who helps a poor tenant named Cressy on New Year’s Ev...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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34:02
5 of the Shortest Stories from Life Magazine
This episode includes a few stories from “Short Stories From Life" a collection of short stories of under 1,500 words were compiled from “Life” magazine’s Shortest Story Contest published in 1916. The contest received over 30,000 entries fro...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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30:54