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As Read By Me
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Welcome to As Read By Me, the podcast where writers read and readers listen. As Read By Me celebrates the art of storytelling, with author-voiced essays, poems and stories, artfully presented to invigorate your imagination. This podcast was born with two interlocking goals; to help writers share their work with new audiences and to expose readers to an eclectic and ever-growing collection of stories, poems and essays, that might otherwise not be discovered. Each episode is a stand alone collection of writing, so feel free to start enjoying episodes at random. Most episodes are around 15 minutes in length and are perfect for your next drive, walk or nap in the hammock. We are attempting to keep this podcast commercial free via the ”value for value” model, as made infamous by Adam Curry, aka ”The Podfather.” It‘s simple, if you receive value from this show, please consider sending some value back. And that can be in the form of recommending us to friends, recommending a writer t
Episodes
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ARBM Episode 403:Light, Shadow and Earth
Episode 403: Light, Shadow and Earth Join us for a special Earth Day-themed episode of the As Read By Me podcast, where we take a journey through awe-inspiring landscapes that will leave you speechless. Follow along as Mike Archer shares his vivid exploration of America in his piece titled Light,...
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ARBM Episode 402: Redemption
Episode 402: Redemption Finally, after a brief hiatus Bill Rausch is back to help us resurrect our show, just in time for Easter. While he's full of surprises, there is always one thing you can count on with a Bill Rausch story, he will remind you of the power of storytelling to touch hearts and...
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ARBM Episode 401: A Raisin In The Sun
Episode 401: A Raisin In The Sun In this episode, we continue our collaboration with Bristol Riverside Theater. Join us as we glean insights from director Lisa Strum, who shares her production notes, illuminating the importance of this enduring masterpiece. Set against the backdrop of Bristol...
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ARBM Episode 322: Season 3 Readers Round Up
Episode 322: Readers Round Up Well, our third season is officially in the books. Special thanks to all the writers for sharing your work with us. And thanks to all of our listeners for your continual support! This year-end compilation episode consists of over 3 hours of short stories and poems…
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ARBM Episode 321: Holiday Depression
Episode 321: Holiday Depression Bill Rausch is back with a blender full of Egg Nog, just in time for Christmas. And his gift to you this week is a story entitled Holiday Depression. Don't forget to hit the subscribe button on your podcast app for future episodes. You can also catch us on Twitter...
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ARBM Episode 320: Snow Bully
Episode 320: Snow Bully Snowball fights, snowmen, and a touch of mischief—Rich Hosek is back to bring some winter-themed intrigue with Snow Bully! Grab your hot cocoa and get ready for a chilly adventure filled with humor and snow-covered mayhem. It's a winter tale that'll warm your spirits and...
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ARBM Episode 319:Turkey Day
Episode 319: Turkey Day Bill Rausch is back just on time to join us for Thanksgiving dinner. Tom Turkey stars in this good old-fashioned barnyard tale, entitled Turkey Day. Don't forget to hit the subscribe button on your podcast app for future episodes. You can also catch us on Twitter and enjoy...
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ARBM Episode 318:The Gargoyle’s Bread
Episode 318: The Gargoyle's Bread Rich Hosek is back to celebrate Halloween with an old-fashioned monster tale, entitled The Gargoyle's Bread. Author: Rich Hosek: Rich is a television writer and novelist. You can read this story and others on Medium at https://medium.com/@RichHosek. His novels…
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ARBM Episode 317:Hofbrauhaus
Episode 317: Hofbrauhaus Join us for a wild ride as we venture into the uproarious world of the Hofbrauhhaus and the unexpected journey of the "Five Fat Fraulein" polka band. Bill Rausch is back with an Octoberfest story that's anything but ordinary! Don't forget to hit the subscribe button on…
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ARBM Episode 316: Interview With The Alien
Episode 316: Interview With The Alien Rich Hosek joins us once again with an out-of-this-world tale of human curiosity, entitled Interview With the Alien. Author: Rich Hosek: Rich is a television writer and novelist. You can read this story and others on Medium at https://medium.com/@RichHosek.…
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ARBM Episode 315: The Mystery of Irma Vep
Episode 315: The Mystery of Irma Vep This week, we're excited to embark on a new collaboration with Bristol Riverside Theater as Victoria Rae Sook, the director of the upcoming play, "The Mystery of Irma Vep," shares her production notes and a sneak peek behind the curtains of this side-splitting...
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ARBM Episode 314: The Picker
Episode 314: The Picker Bill Rausch is back with a new story about drinkin' booze and playing the blues, entitled The Picker. Author: William Rausch: Bill started writing his five-minute flash-fiction podcasts three years ago. Bill is a firm believer in Shakespeare's insight: "Brevity is the soul...
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ARBM Episode 313: New Pants Trance
Episode 313: New Pants Trance Paul Camarata is back to share 3 short poems exploring self-expression, specialized medicine and fashion faux pas. Whether you're a seasoned poetry aficionado or a curious soul dipping into the world of verse for the first time, Paul's trio of poems are sure to...
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ARBM Episode 312: Lunch With Mr. Boyd
Episode 312: Lunch With Mr. Boyd We're slinging hash today with a waitress war story from Barb Stakes. Lunch With Mr. Boyd is a familiar story for those of us who have served time in the restaurant business, and a cautionary tale for those who haven't yet. Author: Barbara Stakes: Barbara spent a...
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ARBM Episode 311: Reset
Episode 311: Reset In this thought-provoking installment, Rich Hosek takes us on an extraordinary journey into the realm of simulation theory. Prepare to have your mind stretched and the boundaries of reality blurred as Rich reads for us his story entitled Reset. Author: Rich Hosek: Rich is a...
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ARBM Episode 310: The Prize
Episode 310: The Prize In this episode, first time contributor Julius Scissor shares the story of the contest that launched his hairdressing career, entitled The Prize. Author Info: Julius Scissor: Julius Scissor has been one of Philadelphia’s most notorious hairdressers for over 50 years. His…
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ARBM Episode 309: HAL 9000 And His Cousins Have Arrived
Episode 309: HAL 9000 and His Cousins Have Arrived In this episode, Peter Waitze shares his reluctance to embrace technology with his story HAL 9000 and His Cousins Have Arrived. Author Info: Peter Waitze: Peter has been recounting his short, tall tales in monthly letters for over 40 years, and...
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ARBM Episode 308:Breaking Free Part 1
Episode 308: Breaking Free Part 1 This week's story is written and read by Sara Colvin and is the first of several upcoming excerpts from her book entitled Breaking Free. Be warned that this story contains drug use and violence, so use the same discretion as you would for an R-rated movie when...
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ARBM Episode 307: The Patient
Episode 307: The Patient Our old friend Rich Hosek is back this week, reading his story entitled The Patient. Author: Rich Hosek: Rich is a television writer and novelist. You can read this story and others on Medium at https://medium.com/@RichHosek. His novels are available at Amazon...
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ARBM Episode 306: Nature’s Cathedrals
Episode 306: Nature's Cathedrals This week's Earth Day inspired selection is written and read by Mike Archer and is entitled Nature's Cathedrals. Mike Archer: Mike is a retired television news executive who spent over 40 years working in local television news in Detroit, New York, and…
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ARBM Episode 305: Dog Tales
Episode 305: Dog Tales This week's story is written and read by Bill Rausch and is entitled Dog Tales. Author: William Rausch: Bill started writing his five-minute flash-fiction podcasts three years ago. Bill is a firm believer in Shakespeare's insight: "Brevity is the soul of wit." His podcasts...
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ARBM Episode 303: Mope Time
Episode 303: Mope Time Grab your slippers and a cup of coffee; it's Mope Time, as read by Heidi Bahnck. Author: Heidi Bahnck: You can find more about Heidi at her website HeidiBahnck.com. Have you considered a donation to help us remain ad-free? If you enjoy what we’re doing and would like to…
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ARBM Episode 302: The Coolest Kid In School
Episode 302: The Coolest Kid In School Greetings! In this episode, we're kicking off our our new format that will feature just one bite-sized story per episode. This week's story is written and read by Frank Goldstein and is entitled The Coolest Kid In School. Author: Frank Goldstein: Frank is a...
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ARBM Episode 301: The Big Game
Episode 301: The Big Game We're kicking off season 3 with an episode entitled The Big Game. Sure, there’s a big football game coming up in February, but life is an even bigger game. In this episode, we’ll explore both, starting with everybody’s favorite bedtime storyteller, Rich Hosek. Rich is…
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ARBM Episode 213: Season 2 Readers Round Up
Episode 213: Readers Round Up Well, our second season is officially in the books. Special thanks to all the writers for sharing your work with us. And thanks to all of our listeners for your continual support! This year-end compilation episode consists of 3 1/2 hours of all the short stories and...
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ARBM Episode 212: Spinning the Globe
Episode 212: Spinning The Globe Greetings and welcome back to As Read By Me. In this episode we welcome a new contributor, William Rausch. Bill is a prolific writer of flash fiction, he has his own podcast called Read My Shorts and he'll start off our show today reading his story entitled...
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ARBM Episode 211: Tricked
Episode 211: Tricked Greetings and welcome to our second annual super-creepy Halloween episode! First we’re going to stop by the old ‘Grunt for a repeat visit to one of our favorite poems of all time, Horror Story by Paul Camarata. And then Rich Hosek tells us the story of Harrison Hartigan who…
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ARBM Episode 210: Dog Days
Episode 210: Dog Days Not only is it the dog days of summer, it's also the 1 year anniversary of the As Read By Me Podcast. Thanks to all the listeners and contributors for supporting and encouraging this endeavor so far!!! And speaking of which, we received a suggestion from one of our…
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ARBM Episode 209
Episode 209: And... we're back! In this episode, three of your favorite writers are back with tales of the birds and the bees, dandelions and tea leaves. Leading off this week, Peter Waitze shares some of his wisdom from 60 years of marriage in his story The Looks Women Give Men. Up second, is…
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ARBM Episode 208
Episode 208: Greetings earthlings! This week we’re celebrating our home planet, with all Earth Day inspired pieces. First up is Paul Camarata with a poem entitled, Johnny Cork For Brains Goes Green. Then Melinda Gordan is back to read her story about attending the very first Earth Day entitled…
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ARBM Episode 207
Episode 207: Greetings friends! In this episode, we’ve got cotton tails, bunny ears and sweet revenge?! Up first is Paul Camarata, with a poem entitled Hippitty Stopitty. Then, Rich Hosek is back with a grim tale entitled Sweet Revenge. And finally, Melinda Gordon ties the episode in a bow with…
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ARBM Episode 206
Episode 206: Welcome back! We've got Angles, Saints and an Epistle in today’s episode of As Read By Me. First, Peter Waitze is back to share some big news in his story Two Degrees of Separation from Me and a Saint. Then Melinda Gordan makes a plea for peace and harmony with a poem entitled…
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ARBM Episode 205
Episode 205: Just like the month of March, this week’s episode comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. Well, more like in like a snow beast and out like a tulip. But that’ll make more sense later. It all begins with Rich Hosek’s snow-packed tale of terror entitled White. Then, Don Tollefson...
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ARBM Episode 204
Episode 204: In today's adventure, Peter Waitze shares some insight from his ongoing analysis of the many differences between men and women, in his story entitled My Whine Day. Then, Paul Camarata delivers his ode to elbows with a poem entitled Get Bent. And finally, Mike Archer takes us out into...
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ARBM Episode 203
Episode 203: For most Philadelphian’s, the name Frank Rizzo probably rings a bell. The City of brotherly love had a love-hate relationship with its infamous Mayor and Police Chief for many, many years. And lucky for us, our own Frank Goldstein was shooting news in Philadelphia during that time…
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ARBM Episode 202
Episode 202: Greetings and welcome to As Read By Me episode 202, coming to you from the icy shores of the mighty Neshaminy creek. We have a flurry of writers reading this week, beginning with Heidi Bahnck who will start us off with her poem entitled Snow, Don Tollefson will be reading his essay…
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ARBM Episode 201
Episode 201: Happy New Year and welcome to As Read By Me Season 2. In this first episode of the season, we have two other firsts. This will be our first show to feature only one writer and he will be reading our very first science fiction story. Joe Murphy is a teacher, a musician and a novelist....
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ARBM Episode108 (Season 1 Recap)
Episode 108: Welcome to our first annual season wrap up episode! This 93 minute show contains every story, essay and poem from As Read By Me Season 1, without interruption. We're proud of this first season and hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it. This extra-long episode...
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ARBM Episode 107
Episode 107: Welcome back! We've got two new writers for you in this episode and three great stories. First up, Joyce Hadley shares a terrifying tale that hits very close to home for Pennsylvanians in “The Tornado Story.” Then, Peter Waitze shares his insights on the nature of celestial beings in...
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ARBM Episode 106
Episode 106: Back by popular demand this week is writer and founding member of the ARBM team, Peter Waitze with his short story "Getting Screwed." Then, Paul Camarata shares his poem about a group of industrious kids entitled “The Lemonade Link.” And finally, Don Tollefson, is back to report his...
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ARBM Episode 105
Episode 105: Pull up a hay bale and enjoy some spooky, fall fun in our First Annual Super-Creepy Halloween Episode. First up is Paul Camarata with his Poem "Horror Story." Next, Perry Genovesi reads his eerie story of "T.H. Barlow's Dying Wish." And then, Hedi Bahnck breathes a little peace back...
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ARBM Episode 104
Episode 104: In this episode, we present a thought-provoking book excerpt entitled "The Second Mirror," read by Frank Goldstein, followed by "Numbers Crunch," a poem about America's favorite mobster from Paul Camarata and finally, "The Cure For The Common Cold," the true story of a speedy…
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ARBM Episode 103
Episode 103: First up, Jay Silber recounts a personal story about the evolution of ethics in journalism with his reading of “Loretta Swit and Me.” Then, Paul Camarata shares his poem about the magic of the baby bjorn in “The Greatest Houdini.” And finally, Peter Waitze shares his story about the...
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ARBM Episode 102
Episode 102: In this episode, Peter Waitze shares one of his many stories about his lifelong frugality in “I Figured It Out.” Then, Heidi Bahnck contemplates her own aging and mortality in “Forty.” And finally, Paul Camarata shares his poem about a cement worker turned yogi in “The Decline and…
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ARBM Episode 101
Episode 101: We are very excited to bring you the debut episode of As Read By Me. First, we explore direct democracy in action with an amusing tale of local government in a small Massachusetts beach town, entitled “Go To Hull” by Peter Waitze. Then, Paul Camarata shares his poem “A Song for the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to As Read By Me, the podcast where writers read and readers listen. As Read By Me celebrates the art of storytelling, with author-voiced essays, poems and stories, artfully presented to invigorate your imagination. This podcast was born with two interlocking goals; to help writers share their work with new audiences and to expose readers to an eclectic and ever-growing collection of stories, poems and essays, that might otherwise not be discovered. Each episode is a stand alone collection of writing, so feel free to start enjoying episodes at random. Most episodes are around 15 minutes in length and are perfect for your next drive, walk or nap in the hammock. We are attempting to keep this podcast commercial free via the ”value for value” model, as made infamous by Adam Curry, aka ”The Podfather.” It‘s simple, if you receive value from this show, please consider sending some value back. And that can be in the form of recommending us to friends, recommending a writer t
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Welcome to As Read By Me, the podcast where writers read and readers listen. As Read By Me celebrates the art of storytelling, with author-voiced essays, poems and stories, artfully presented to invigorate your imagination. This podcast was born with two interlocking goals; to help writers share...
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