The Great Stories

PODCAST · arts

The Great Stories

Is there anything better than being told a good story? Well, yes. Being told one of the truly great stories probably beats it. In this podcast, Trev Downey reads the very best in the genre and discusses them with his guests.

  1. 70

    Episode 70: The School by Donald Barthelme

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The School by Donald Barthelme

  2. 69

    Episode 69: The Gospel According To Mark by Jorge Luis Borges

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Gospel According To Mark by Jorge Luis Borges

  3. 68

    Episode 68: The Landlady by Roald Dahl

    Trev Downey reads and discusses The Landlady by Roald Dahl

  4. 67

    Episode 67: The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen

    Trev Downey reads and discusses The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen

  5. 66

    Episode 66: Game by Donald Barthelme

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Game by Donald Barthelme.

  6. 65

    Episode 65: The Color Out Of Space by H P Lovecraft

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Color Out Of Space by H P Lovecraft

  7. 64

    Episode 64: Reunion by John Cheever

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Reunion by John Cheever.

  8. 63

    Episode 63: The Man Of The World by Frank O'Connor

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Man Of The World by Frank O'Connor

  9. 62

    Episode 62: A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

  10. 61

    Episode 61: The Summer People by Shirley Jackson

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Summer People by Shirley Jackson.

  11. 60

    Episode 60: Korea by John McGahern

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Korea by John McGahern

  12. 59

    Episode 59: Who's-Dead McCarthy by Kevin Barry

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Who's-Dead McCarthy by Kevin Barry

  13. 58

    Episode 58: A Painful Case by James Joyce

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Painful Case by James Joyce

  14. 57

    Episode 57: Casting The Runes by M R James

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Casting The Runes by M R James

  15. 56

    Episode 56: The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

  16. 55

    Episode 55: The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

  17. 54

    Episode 54: The Creature by Edna O'Brien

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Creature by Edna O'Brien

  18. 53

    Episode 53: Pretty Mouth And Green My Eyes by J D Salinger

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Pretty Mouth And Green My Eyes by J D Salinger

  19. 52

    Episode 52: Shooting An Elephant by George Orwell

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Shooting An Elephant by George Orwell

  20. 51

    Episode 51: Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang

  21. 50

    Episode 50: Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad by MR James

    Trev Downey reads and then briefly discusses Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad by MR James

  22. 49

    Episode 49: Sea Oak by George Saunders

    Trev Downey reads Sea Oak by George Saunders

  23. 48

    Episode 48: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

  24. 47

    Episode 47: A Cruelty by Kevin Barry

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Cruelty by Kevin Barry

  25. 46

    Episode 46: Dagon by H P Lovecraft

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Dagon by H P Lovecraft

  26. 45

    Episode 45: Baster by Jeffrey Eugenides

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Baster by Jeffrey Eugenides

  27. 44

    Episode 44: A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka

  28. 43

    Episode 43: To Build A Fire by Jack London

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses To Build A Fire by Jack London

  29. 42

    Episode 42: The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

  30. 41

    Episode 41: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

  31. 40

    Episode 40: All You Can Do Is Breathe by Kaaron Warren

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses All You Can Do Is Breathe by Kaaron Warren

  32. 39

    Episode 39: The Million Pound Bank-Note by Mark Twain

    Trev Downey reads and then very briefly reacts to The Million Pound Bank-Note by Mark Twain 

  33. 38

    Episode 38: Button, Button by Richard Matheson

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Button, Button by Richard Matheson

  34. 37

    Episode 37: My Father's Life by Raymond Carver

    Trev Downey reads and then briefly discusses My Father's Life by Raymond Carver

  35. 36

    Episode 36: The Signalman by Charles Dickens

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Signalman by Charles Dickens

  36. 35

    Episode 35: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K Le Guin

    Trev Downey reads The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K Le Guin and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

  37. 34

    Episode 34: Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King

    Trev Downey reads Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King

  38. 33

    Episode 33: Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been? by Joyce Carol Oates

    Trev Downey reads Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been? by Joyce Carol Oates and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

  39. 32

    Episode 32: The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

  40. 31

    Episode 31: Cathedral by Raymond Carver

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses Cathedral by Raymond Carver.

  41. 30

    Episode 30: The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs

    Trev Downey reads and then discusses The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs

  42. 29

    Episode 29: The Man In A Case by Anton Chekhov

    Trev Downey reads and then briefly discusses The Man In A Case by Anton Chekhov

  43. 28

    Episode 28: Fjord of Killary by Kevin Barry

    Trev Downey reads Fjord of Killary by Kevin Barry and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

  44. 27

    Episode 27: The Dune by Stephen King

    Trev Downey reads The Dune by Stephen King

  45. 26

    Episode 26: Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler

    Trev Downey reads Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

  46. 25

    Episode 25: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

    Trev Downey reads The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  47. 24

    Episode 24: The Dead by James Joyce

    Trev Downey reads The Dead by James Joyce in this special feature-length, story-only episode.

  48. 23

    Episode 23: The Five Forty Eight by John Cheever

    Trev Downey reads The Five Forty Eight by John Cheever and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

  49. 22

    Episode 22: Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Trev Downey reads Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

  50. 21

    The Man In The Black Suit by Stephen King

    Trev Downey reads The Man In The Black Suit by Stephen King and then discusses it with Neil Poole.

Type above to search every episode's transcript for a word or phrase. Matches are scoped to this podcast.

Searching…

No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.

Showing of matches

No topics indexed yet for this podcast.

Loading reviews...

ABOUT THIS SHOW

Is there anything better than being told a good story? Well, yes. Being told one of the truly great stories probably beats it. In this podcast, Trev Downey reads the very best in the genre and discusses them with his guests.

HOSTED BY

Trevor Downey

CATEGORIES

URL copied to clipboard!