Audibly Speaking: Listening to History

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NEW! An Abridged Overview of Chapter 7 from “The American Yawp” Textbook: “The Early Republic”
This is your narrator for this series, Dr. Rick Reiman. Americans know too little about the Early American Republic, the Republic of President Thomas Jefferson, leading to the War of 1812 and its afte
NEW! A New Recording of “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” a Sherlock Holmes Classic
Hello, everybody! Rick Reiman here, audio narrator for Audibly Speaking. On rare occasions, I re-record a short story in the Sherlock Holmes series written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Not that I think
NEW: Audio Narration of Chapter One from “The American Yawp,” INDIGENOUS AMERICA, Narrated by Dr. Rick Reiman
The story of American history, the American Yawp, begins with this chapter, Indigenous America, spanning 10,000 years of history. There is nothing quite like it in history, as you will hear when you
NEW! My Interview with Laura Malvoyante, a YouTube Leader in the Digital Minimalism Movement
What a pleasure it was for me to interview Laura Malvoyante about her insights into societys growing need for digital minimalism in the face of the addictiveness of tech. Technology is a voracious fe
NEW! A Sherlock Holmes Christmas Story: “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”
Move over Charles Dickens! Stand aside, Scrooge! For a nineteenth century English Christmas tale without parallel, you cannot do better than Sherlock Holmess conveying of the Christmas message in h
NEW! Oh, Those Medicare Advantage TV Commercials (from One Not a Fan of Medicare Advantage)!
This opinion piece on Medicare Advantage concerns the hard-sell that private insurance companies make this time of year on behalf of Medicare Advantage, the private insurance alternative to Origin
NEW! Stupid, Idiotic Ideas about Medicare: Facebook Complaints About Medicare and their Ignorance
In our post-truth world, ignorance about Medicare has reached avalanche proportions. The greatest and most secure health care system in the world is now suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous
NEW! 2024 Repeats the 1963 Calendar: JFK, Oswald and Veterans Day Weekend, From Sunday, November 10 to Tuesday, November 12
Today, Sunday, November 10, 2023, I reflect on the events of Veterans Day Weekend 1963, when JFK and Oswald lived out their last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, November 10-12, 1963. We review what we kno
NEW! About the Part D Madness in Medicare this Annual Election Period for 2025
In this final episode about my opinions and experience with learning Medicare for retirement, I spread the word that many people are talking about: Medicare Advantage plans and Part D Prescription Dr
Medicare Musings, Part Three: Myths about Medicare Advantage and Part B
In this third part of my series on what I have learned, or thought I have learned, about Medicare I talk about some myths I have discovered about Medicare Advantage and Part B. While Medicare Advanta