buddug's bedtime stories

buddug's bedtime stories


Latest Episodes

The Man Who Would Be King, by Rudyard Kipling
March 04, 2023

Parents, I leave it up to your discretion as to whether your child should hear this. There is casual racism and misogyny in this tale, but I am intentionally reading from famous authors of days pasty

The Death Of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy—Final Chapters
February 24, 2023

Did not realize this "short story" would be so long! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buddigsbedtime/message

The Death of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy: parts 7–9
February 19, 2023

Ivan's poor health continues to decline, and he begins to feel disconnected from everyone. As his suffering continues, he begins to ask why this has happened to him, and if he brought this onto himsel

The Death of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy–4-6 PG
February 10, 2023

Ivan Ilych finds that he is changing, and not for the better  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buddigsbedtime/message

The Death of Ivan Illych, by Leo Tolstoy, parts 1–3
February 04, 2023

Apologies for the late upload. I am not familiar with this powerful story, and didn't realize it would result in *over four hours* in reading length, total. Here are parts 1–3, with a running time

The Necklace, by Guy de Maupassant
January 27, 2023

A tale of one woman’s happiness turning to misery with a surprise ending --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buddigsbedtime/message

Bartleby the Scrivener, by Herman Melville
January 20, 2023

A short story of a lawyer in NYC and his strange employee. The setting is mid-1800’s --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buddigsbedtime/message

The Black Cat, by Edgar Allen Poe
January 13, 2023

i’m a big lover of poe, and have his complete works. tonight, i read a horror story about a man and his relationship with his cat. hint—the cat wins --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spo

The College Essay Is Dead
January 06, 2023

an article from The Atlantic, written by Stephen Marche --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buddigsbedtime/message

27 Ways to Stop Overthinking
January 04, 2023

Tonight I read you an article from Medium to help you stop overthinking --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buddigsbedtime/message