Dr Embers Verse and Tales
Dr Embers: Verse & Tale stories and poetry told by the fire.
Each week begins with a single thought — a line from a philosopher, poet, or thinker — and journeys through classic tales and original works that explore the themes shaping our lives.
Here, not all stories are told the same way.
Here, you are invited to sit by the fire.
Here, you may unwind and let your imagination wander to places you may never have been.
Ideas you may never have considered.
New episodes every Sunday.
The fire is lit.🔥
Episodes
13 episodes
By the hearth 03
From The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?”
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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8:57
Dr Embers Presents - The Merchant of Wapping: The Hargreaves Recordings
Recently, I led my first historical walk through Wapping—exploring the lives of those who once called those streets home.To bring that world closer, I made use of a set of restored wax recordings belonging to a Mr Jonathan Hargreaves, a ...
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29:15
Dr Embers Presents - Sonnet 97 W.Shakespere and Other Poems
“We who survived the camps are not true witnesses. This is an uncomfortable notion… we survivors are only a small and abnormal minority.” Primo LeviIn this episode of Verse &...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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7:46
Dr Embers Presents - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin and The Island by Armin Greder
“All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.” — Viet Thanh NguyenYet it is not only soldiers who carry those battles with them. For many who flee the chaos, the war follows close behi...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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25:30
Dr Embers Presents – The Hollow Men by T. S. Eliot
“I have had 80 years to forget it… I still can’t.” — Harry PatchTonight, we take our humble flame into the long shadow cast after war.For as Harry Patch — the last surviving British soldier of...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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6:42
Dr Embers Presents - A Man in Winter by E. Embers
“What happens in war isn’t just what you do. It’s what you become.” — Karl Marlantes, Vietnam veteranIn this episode of Verse & Tales, we journey into a frozen landscape gripped by winter....
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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16:21
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This episode is a companion piece to the previous four episodes of the season.Tonight, there is no poem. No dramatic reading. No new tale brought to the fire.Instead, we pause.By the Hearth is a reflective...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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19:24
Dr Embers Presents: The Highwayman — Alfred Noyes
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” — Søren KierkegaardIn this episode, we return to The Highwayman — a tale of love, inevitability, and the cruel arithme...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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10:23
Dr Embers presents: Invictus by William E. Henley and Other Poems
“If you let one ant stand up to us, they all stand up to us.”Tyranny does not rise with banners or chants — it rises quietly, through silence.In this episode of By the Hearth, I bring three poems to life: In...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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8:02
Dr Embers Presents: The Monkeys Paw — W. W. Jacobs
"We are our choices" - Jean-Paul SartreThree wishes offered.Each seems harmless.Each carries a cost unseen.In this episode of Dr Embers: Verse & Tale, W. W. Jacobs’ classic short story The Mo...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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23:45
Dr Embers Presents: The Raven — Edgar Allan Poe
“He who fights with monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster.” — Friedrich NietzscheMany know The Raven for its gothic beauty and haunting rhythm. But beneath the darkness lies something e...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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