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Mysteries, Myths & More

by Joyce Keller Walsh

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Each month, the author, Joyce Keller Walsh, will present a new story –sometimes fiction, sometimes not. The narratives are intended to be entertaining, engaging, and sometimes provocative.

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  1. Hooray for Hoosiers

    In December of 2025, 21 Republican Senators in Indiana’s General Assembly did the most patriotic thing they could do: They put country—in this case, State—over political party. Despite forceful pressure from President Trump’s administration to strong-arm them into drawing a new voting map, they...

  2. Cry the Beloved Country

  3. It Can’t Happen Here: Part 2 – Betrayal -024

    1Shorer, Mark; Sinclair Lewis, an American Life, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, London: 1961, p. 610. 2Ibid., p. 608. 3Lewis, Sinclair; It Can’t Happen Here (1935), Signet Classics, Penguin Group, New York:1970, Chapter 1, p. 9. 4Ibid.; p. 8. 5Rowling, J.K., Harry Potter, the series,...

  4. It Can’t Happen Here: Part 1 – “I Saw Hitler” -023

    1Shorer, Mark; Sinclair Lewis, an American Life, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, London: 1961. 2 “Americans and the Holocaust,” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; https://exhibitions.ushmm.org/americans-and-the-holocaust/personal- story/dorothy-thompson 3Thompson, Dorothy; I Saw...

  5. Willy for Home: an Irish Tale -022

    Welcome back!

  6. Bond, Jane Bond -021

    Joyce Keller Walsh is back!

  7. Jersey Girls -020

    Mysteries, Myths & More will take a short hiatus. My episodes will return early in 2021. Thank you for listening!

  8. Requiem for a Rooster -019

    Cohen, Roger, “The Last Testament of Maurice the Rooster,” in Opinion, p. A22, The New York Times, Saturday, June 27, 2020.

  9. The Thing About Dogs . . . -018

    a “Animals have complex dreams, MIT researcher proves. Study may advance understanding of human learning and memory,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, News Office, January 24, 2001. b “Do animals dream?,” Posted by EarthSky in EARTH, February 7, 2019. c American Psychiatric Association,...

  10. The Writing Journey -017

    • “Walking,” an essay (also called, “The Wild”) by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1862, but delivered as lectures prior to that. • Rabbit-Proof Fence, 2002; produced by Phillip Noyce based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara in 1996. • 1917, 2019; writers…

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  11. Forgotten Lives, Part 4 Sylvia Hanish Berlin -016

    Fiddler on the Roof, the musical, was first produced on Broadway in 1964 — with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein (who also wrote Zorba). It is based on the story Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Dairyman) and other tales, published in 1894 by Sholem...

  12. Epidemiology and COVID-19 -015

    SHOW NOTES • https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm • Defoe, Daniel, A Journal of the Plague Year, 1722. • MacMahon, Brian, and Trichopoulos, Dimitrios, Epidemiology. Principles and Methods, 2nd Edition, J.P. Lippincott, 1996. • “Outbreak, On Assignment with...

  13. The World of Peter Wong -014

    The World of Peter Wong

  14. Willie Wideman Pleasants -013

    Willie Pleasants is a longtime resident of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and an educator who holds a degree from the University of Massachusetts. As President of the Friends of the Uphams Corner Branch Library for the last 5 years, she was instrumental in finding funds to offer two Respite workshops...

  15. Hope is the Thing With Feathers -012

    We haven’t kept up with the Sally-B for many decades, but as I was researching this, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the plane is still flying. Although Ted White has died, Ellie Sallingboe continues to operate the B-17 with a faithful crew of pilots (apart from herself) and other...

  16. Dead Horse Swamp and the Feather Tree -011

    Robert Burns, “To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785. a www.Ancestry.com, Otto Rainer Burger, Passenger Lists. b Wikipedia, “Selective Training and Service Act of 1940,” online. c Berkshire Evening Eagle, Science Service, “James Bay Isle To Be Studied For…

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  17. Forgotten Lives, Part 3 Valerie Burger Spiess -010

    A Swiss woman honored by the First Nations people of Quebec. a www.Ancestry.com, Otto Rainer Burger, Passenger Lists. b Wikipedia, “Selective Training and Service Act of 1940,” online. c Berkshire Evening Eagle, Science Service, “James Bay Isle To Be Studied For Botany Lore,” 27 August 1946. d…

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  18. Memoir Writing, An interview with author, Alberta Sequeira -009

    Memoirs of an alcoholic family in crisis. Alberta’s books include the following~ On alcoholism • Someone Stop This Merry-Go-Round; An Alcoholic Family in Crisis • Please, God, Not Two; This Killer Called Alcoholism • What is and isn’t Working for the Alcoholics and Addicts; Their Own Personal...

  19. Forgotten Lives, Part 2 -008

    Books/Articles a Lucy Frucht, video interview, USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive, recorded 12 October 1995 (Miryam Rabner, interviewer); viewed at Brandeis University, 7 August 2019. b Lucy Frucht, video interview, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University;...

  20. Forgotten Lives, Part 1 -007

    Books/Articles a Lucy Frucht, “Varian Fry” tribute (1991) and personal communication. b Hertha Pauli, Break of Time, Hawthorn Books, Inc., New York, 1972 (English version). c Hertha Pauli, Cry of the Heart;: The story of Bertha von Suttner, I. Washburn, New York, 1957 (English version). d Varian...

  21. Anna Garrity’s School of Dance -006

    Little Architects of Time and Space: Poems by Susan Nissenbaum Becker (non-fiction) Published by WordTech Communications/Word Poetry (2013)

  22. La Pedicure, A Symphony in Four Movements -005

    “Finding Wabi-Sabi,”Lauren Hendrick, p. “Z1,” Better Homes & Gardens, June 2019. (Fiction)

  23. Life Upon the Wicked Stage -004

    A standing ovation is a playwright’s dream. (non-fiction)

  24. Time is Short and the Water Rises -003

    Describes the largest jungle-animal rescue project ever undertaken (nonfiction). To see the Walter Cronkite Documentary, go to YouTube “Operation Gwamba.” For the web article on Montserrat, see Sarah Schweitzer on the website, Truly Adventurous.

  25. Penelope’s Tapestry -002

    “Penelope’s Tapestry” is the story of The Odyssey from Ulysses’ wife’s point-of-view (fiction)

  26. What Ever Happened To Tommy Johnson -001

    Recounts one small, brave event in the 1950’s, an error of racial tensions (non-fiction)

About this show

Each month, the author, Joyce Keller Walsh, will present a new story –sometimes fiction, sometimes not. The narratives are intended to be entertaining, engaging, and sometimes provocative.

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Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Mysteries, Myths & More have?

Mysteries, Myths & More has 26 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on January 20, 2026.

What is Mysteries, Myths & More about?

Each month, the author, Joyce Keller Walsh, will present a new story –sometimes fiction, sometimes not. The narratives are intended to be entertaining, engaging, and sometimes provocative.

How often does Mysteries, Myths & More release new episodes?

Mysteries, Myths & More publishes about every 101 days, based on its 26 episodes since March 2019.

Who hosts Mysteries, Myths & More?

Mysteries, Myths & More is created and hosted by Joyce Keller Walsh.
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