W. F. Strong에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 W. F. Strong 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.
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W. F. Strong에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 W. F. Strong 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.
As I already have a podcast produced by the Texas Standard, Stories from Texas, I wanted to launch a new one that would go beyond the limits of where my stories are typically corralled. I'm calling it Beyond Texas so that I can share the many inspirational and astounding stories I know that don't fit the theme I'm most known for. Here you will get me, for better or worse, unabridged.
W. F. Strong에서 제공하는 콘텐츠입니다. 에피소드, 그래픽, 팟캐스트 설명을 포함한 모든 팟캐스트 콘텐츠는 W. F. Strong 또는 해당 팟캐스트 플랫폼 파트너가 직접 업로드하고 제공합니다. 누군가가 귀하의 허락 없이 귀하의 저작물을 사용하고 있다고 생각되는 경우 여기에 설명된 절차를 따르실 수 있습니다 https://ko.player.fm/legal.
As I already have a podcast produced by the Texas Standard, Stories from Texas, I wanted to launch a new one that would go beyond the limits of where my stories are typically corralled. I'm calling it Beyond Texas so that I can share the many inspirational and astounding stories I know that don't fit the theme I'm most known for. Here you will get me, for better or worse, unabridged.
Guy de Maupassant wrote some 300 short stories in his short life. Most he wrote within a ten year period. This story, the Necklace, is generally considered his best known short story. Support the show
Often listed as one of the top ten best short stories ever written in America, The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by Ambrose Bierce remains, even today, a particularly haunting story for everyone who has ever read it, or seen the Twilight Zone episode based on the story which Rod Serling aired in 1961. Support the show…
Excerpts from the extraordinarily poignant book by Nobel Prize winning Spanish author, Juan Ramón Jiménez. I call it a children´s book for adults, but children can certainly enjoy it, too. Like all great literature, it works on many levels. Support the show
Jack London's To Build a Fire is often listed among the top 100 of best short stories ever written. Now that North America and Europe are in the deep freeze of winter, it seemed to me a great time, given the natural ambiance, to share London's masterpiece. wfstrongpodcast@gmail.com Support the show
An interview with best-selling author Daniel Brown concerning his book, now a movie, The Boys in the Boat. This interview is ten years old but has fresh relevance given that the book is once again a best-seller, thanks to Clooney's film. In this interview Daniel shares the story of how this inspiring saga found him and how he was deeply moved by the then old men who told him, in intimate interviews, about their magical win at the 1936 Olympics, and the incredible bonds that took them there. Support the show…
Part Two of our conversation with Lindsay Powell, an expert on classical Roman history and co-author of a book about Julius Caesar, as well as a solo author of a book about his successor, Caesar Augustus. In this episode we talk about the events that led up to the assassination of Caesar and the general incompetence of the assassins in preparing for the power vacuum that would follow. They did not anticipate the chaos of Rome without Caesar, nor did they realize that the majority of Romans would not see them as liberators, but rather, as traitors Support the show…
A reading and brief analysis of the one of the best short stories of all time, "The Yellow Wall Paper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Contact: wfstrongpodcast@gmail.com Support the show
Interview with Bill Steele, a man National Geographic has called one of the world's leading speleologists, tells all about his 30 years of exploring the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere, Huautla, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. To great photos of Huautla check out peshcaving.org Support the show…
Adam Shepherd arrived by bus at midnight in Charleston , SC, with only $25.00 in his pocket. He gave himself one year to pull himself up by his bootstraps. Relying only on his high school diploma and with no skilled labor background to claim, he had to rise up out of homelessness, get himself an apartment, furnish it, buy a car and put 2500 dollars in savings as a safety net, all within one year. This the story of how he tried to do this. Support the show…
A good long informative chat about Julius Caesar with author, Lindsay Powell, who is an expert on Julius Caesar and who has just released a new book on the life of the great politician and military leader. Support the show
Sharing a wonderful, now iconic short story, by Jorge Luis Borges, It is representative of the sort of mesmerizing short-stories that he regularly produced in the middle of the last century. Support the show
A conversation with Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, Elad Yom-Tov, about big data and what we are learning from it that can improve our lives in many ways. Support the show
An interview with Paul Craddock, PhD, concerning his page-turner of a best-selling book about the fascinating history of transplant surgery. Support the show
This is Alyona's story of surviving the Russian bombing and shelling of her beloved Mariupol and her harrowing escape to safer territory. You can write to her here: alenarromanovaa@gmail.com wfstrongpodcast@gmail.com Support the show
The second half of Saint-Exupéry and Prevot's struggle to survive the brutal challenges of the Libyan desert after they're plane crashed there. Support the show
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, along with his co-pilot and mechanic, Andre Prevot, crashed in the North African Desert in 1935 while trying to set an air speed record between Paris and Saigon. They survived the crash, but barely survived the desert. They walked 120 miles and came within hours of dying of thirst and exposure to the unrelenting sun. This is the story, in his words, of how they survived. Support the show…
An interview with former NPR reporter, Pam Fessler concerning her captivating book, Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice. To comment write to: wfstrongpodcast@gmail.com Support the show
This is Hemingways' famous Switzerland Christmas post which he wrote for the Toronto Star in 1923 when he was 24 years old. He was on a skiing holiday with his first wife Hadley and his best friend, Chink. I posted it an earlier version a last Christmas, but before it was remastered with appropriate sounds by my buddy Daryl Missen, audio guru down under in Melbourne, Australia. I think it's truly worthy of the Christmas season, now. Enjoy. To comment write to: wfstrongpodcast@gmail.com Support the show…
An interview with the gifted memoirist, Cherly Strayed, about her now classic nonfiction work, WILD, which has been a decade long bestseller and popular movie starring Reese Witherspoon. To comment write to: wfstrongpodcast@gmail.com Support the show
My interview with Amor Towles about his exquisitely flawless novel, A Gentleman in Moscow. To comment write to: wfstrongpodcast@gmail.com Support the show
Edgar Allan Poe's frightening tale about premature burials is a perfect Halloween treat. My suggestion is that you listen to it in the dark, lying on your bed in silence, if possible. as you know, the right ambiance is everything with horror fiction. To comment write to: wfstrongpodcast@gmail.com Support the show…
Rainer Maria Rilke's famous advice to a young poet is great advice for us all, and particularly for young artists, not matter their passion. He advises to look within and tells you how. If you downloaded this episode before 8:00 p.m. October 8th, you might want to download it again for the new improved version. Only 1% of the whole was changed, mostly deletions of unintended duplicate narration. For comments and questions: wfstrongpodcast@gmail.com Support the show…
A short biopic of Johnathon Edwards with a focus on his most famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. " This was the prototypical "hell fire and brimstone sermon" that became afterwards a popular salvation strategy by priests and ministers who preferred the power of fear over love in their preaching. For comments and questions: wfstrongpodcast@gmail.com Support the show…
An examination of one of the most famous essays ever written, "A Message to Garcia." Was it true? Was it accurate? Why was Elbert Hubbard inspired to write it and how did it affect his life? For comments and questions: wfstrongpodcast@gmail.com Support the show
First Part of a two part series examining Munchausen Syndrome and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy and its origins, tracing the phenomenon all the way back to the fabulous storyteller himself, Baron Munchausen. Support the show
Here's a commencement speech that is to my mind the best ever because it is short and packed with extraordinary advice that is truly useful to young graduates. Support the show
The 19th century wasn't ready for Kate Chopin - so it was the latter 20th century that rediscovered her and the 21st that continues to embrace her groundbreaking perceptions. This is one of her best short stories, often listed among the very best in the world - and of all time. Support the show
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