Audibly Speaking: Listening to History

Audibly Speaking: Listening to History


Latest Episodes

The Enhanced “Man With the Twisted Lip,” A Sherlock Holmes Story
January 14, 2023

This new version of a recording only published last week features audio enhancements and sound effects that put you in the time and place of the story, more dramatically than ever. One of the most pop

New! The Man with the Twisted Lip, a Sherlock Holmes Story
January 10, 2023

One of the most popular, and certainly most socially-conscious, of the Sherlock Holmes stories is The Man with the Twisted Lip, by Arthur Conan Doyle. A man disappears, a beggar enters the picture,

A Listener’s Introduction to “The Red-Headed League,” by Arthur Conan Doyle
December 30, 2022

Conan Doyles choice for second favorite short story in his collection of 56 Sherlock Holmes tale was The Red-Headed League. In this brief introduction and commentary on this story, I point out its

An Audio Narration of Chapter One, “The Big Lie,” from the January 6 Report of the House Select Committee on the Attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021
December 27, 2022

The January 6th report by the Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol was published December 22nd, 2022. The document consists of eight chapters of more than 800 pages

A New Reading of “The Adventure of the Red-Headed League,” by Arthur Conan Doyle
December 16, 2022

In this, one of the funniest of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes must unravel a preposterous tale of a charity for red-headed men, in order to foil a bank robbery of enormous proportions. Truly, th

New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 15: “A Retrospection”
October 17, 2022

In this, the final chapter, Holmes explains to Dr. Watson how he cracked the case of the Hound of the Baskervilles, and how all the proverbial loose ends may be tied uponce and forever.

New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 14: “The Hound of the Baskervilles”
October 16, 2022

In this, the penultimate chapter of the novel, Holmes and Watson together solve the crime and save Sir Henry Baskerville.

New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 13: “Fixing the Nets”
October 12, 2022

Holmes and Watson prepare a trap for the evil one who hails from Merripit House, in this pivotal chapter of the book, now nearing its fateful conclusion.

New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 12: “Death on the Moor”
October 09, 2022

Sherlock Holmes makes his return in the novel, and not a moment too soon. After a frightful scare, the chapter moves closer to the storys exciting denouement.

New Reading of “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 11: “The Man on the Tor”
October 08, 2022

Watson pursues both leads, the identity of L.L. and that of the man on the Tor, and he unravels both mysteries in this important chapter.