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Episode 160: "The Storyteller" by H. H. Munro

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Episode 159: "The Father" by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

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Episode 158: Summertime Memories

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Episode 157: Wedding Traditions: The Stories Behind the Ceremony

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Episode 156: In Honor of Fathers' Day: A Memory

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Episode 155: "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar: A Dystopian Story

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Episode 154: Small Stories About Mothers

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Episode 153: Poetry Part Two: The Healing Power of Poetry: Poems That Carry Us Through

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Episode 152: Poetry Part One: The Power of Poetry

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Episode 151: Freedom in an Hour: Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour"

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Episode 150: Doris Lessing: "Flight" and Letting Go

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Episode 149: Love Potions in Literature: The Power of Aphrodisiacs

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Episode 148: Micro Fiction: The Art of Compressing

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Episode 147: Ernest Hemingway: "Hills Like White Elephants"

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Episode 146: Toni Morrison: "The Work You Do, The Person You Are"

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Episode 145: The Brothers Grimm and "The Robber Bridegroom"

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Episode 144: J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas"

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Epsidoe 143: Hans Christian Anderson: "The Little Match Girl"

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Episode 142: James Baldwin: "Why He Carried the Turkey"

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Episode 141: Luisa Morales: "The Wine Bottle: A Quest"

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Episode 140: Luisa Morales: "The Lonely Trail: In Search of Angela"

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Episode 139: Shirley Jackson: "The Witch"

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Episode 138: O. Henry: "Hearts and Hands"

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Episode 137: Katharine Brush: "Birthday Party"

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Episode 136: Anton Chekov: "A Nincompoop"

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Episode 135: Gwendolyn Brooks: "Home"

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Episode 134: Shirley Jackson: "Charles"

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Episode 133: James Thurber: "The Princess and the Tin Box"

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Episode 132: Liam O'Flaherty: "The Sniper"

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Episode 131: Mona Gardner: "The Dinner Party"

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Episode 130: Leonard Q Ross: "The Path Through the Cemetery"

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Episode 129: John Collier: "The Chaser"

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Episode 128: Bertrand Russell: "How to Grow Old"

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Episode 127: Quentin Reynolds: "A Secret for Two"

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Episode 126: Eva-Lis Wuorio: "You Can't Take It With You"

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Episode 125: Isaac Asimov: "The Fun They Had"

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Episode 124: Edgar Allan Poe and "The Oval Portrait"

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Episode 123: Ernest Hemingway: "The Old Man at the Bridge"

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Episode 122: Toni Morrison: "Sweetness"

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Episode 121: Oscar Wilde- "The Selfish Giant"

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Episode 120: William Faulkner - "A Rose for Emily"

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Episode 119: O. Henry and "The Gift of the Magi"

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Episode 118: Thomas Hardy: "The Thieves Who Couldn't Help Sneezing"

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Episode 117: Leo Tolstoy: Greed - "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"

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Episode 116: Amy Tan and "Two Kinds"

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Episode 115: Maya Angelou and "Mrs. Flowers"

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Episode 114: Langston Hughes: "Thank You, Ma'am"

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Episode 113: Ray Bradbury: A Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Episode 112: F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby and The Jazz Age

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Episode 111: Richard Connell and his "Most Dangerous Game"

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Episode 110: H.H. Munro (Saki) and "The Open Window"

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Episode 109: Charlotte Brontë's World Through the Eyes of Jane Eyre

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Episode 108: Lewis Carroll - A Mad Tea Party

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Episode 107: J.R.R Tolkien: The Man Behind the Myth

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Episode 106: C.S. Lewis: Influential Writer/Intellectual Giant

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Episode 105: Neil Gaiman: The Master of Modern Fantasy

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Episode 104: P.D. James: Crime Novelist

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Episode 103: Agatha Christie: Mystery Writer Extraordinaire

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Episode 102: Christina Rossetti: A Woman of her Time

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Episode 101: April-National Poetry Month

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Episode 100: The Twins' Night Out

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Episode 99: The Sub

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Episode 98: Love and Hate on the Playground

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Episode 97: Adriana and Mia: Heavenly Thoughts

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Episode 96: Another New Year (Resolutions)

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Episode 95: The Ghosts of New Year's Eve

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Episode 94: Revisiting We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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Episode 93: Classroom Chronicles Advanced on Gothic Literature

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Episode 92: "The Judge's House" Radio Drama: Reactions

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Episode 91: Bram Stoker's "The Judge's House" - A Radio Drama

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Episode 90: Scary Toys (Students' Experiences)

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Episode 89: A Taste of Gothic

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Episode 88: Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen’s Universal Truths

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Episode 87: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry - Reviewing a Dystopian Novel

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(Bonus) Episode 86: Students' Endings to "An Old-Fashioned Knight and a Damsel in Distress" (12-Nil)

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Episode 85: Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief: A Review

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Episode 84: The Chronicles of Narnia: A Review

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Episode 83: The Scent of Orange

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Episode 82: Upon Closing the School Year 2022-2023

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Episode 81: Tuesdays with Morrie: On the topic of money

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Episode 80: The Empty Chair

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Episode 79: The Twins

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Episode 78: The People in Our Lives (a reflective essay)

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Episode 77: The Time Keeper Game Show (Group 3)

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Episode 76: The Twelfth Hour

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Episode 75: Upon Closing Season 3

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Episode 74: A Matter of Time

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Episode 54: Living 'la vida' with Tech (essay)

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Episode 73: Ghosts in the Attic

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Episode 72: An Old-Fashioned Knight and a Damsel in Distress

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Episode 71: The Sands of Time in Mitch Albom's The Timekeeper

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Episode 70: Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Views on Jews

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Episode 69: Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle: A Review

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Episode 68: What should a Viking Warrior be able to do?

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Episode 67: Upon Writing a Viking Tale

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Episode 66: Wrapping Up Another School Year with Speeches

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Episode 65: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Fifth Person

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Episode 64: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Fourth Person

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Episode 63: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Third person

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Episode 62: Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven - The Second Person