The Best of 2024 hosted by Leandra Engelbrecht
Podcast · Media24
A festive season special podcast that explores the top trends and highlights of 2024, hosted by Leandra Engelbrecht.
Arts
The Comedy of Errors
Book · Librivox
The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's earliest plays, believed to have been written between 1592 and 1594. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word…
The Divine Comedy
Book · Librivox
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance…
The Feel Good Drive
Podcast · 919 FM
If it's interesting, Nicole is all about it. The Feel Good Drive with Nicole da Silva is every weekday from 3-6PM. She promises a fun, engaging and judgment free zone. Staying in touch with the community, cool lifestyle trends and venues and fun chats are also part of the package.
The First Page
Podcast · The First Page
The First Page offers poetry for the everyday. This is not a lesson or a lecture—we're here to carve out a small space for delight, for reflection, for good attention. Each episode, writer and poet Hailey Gaunt chooses a poem to read and explore, drawing listeners further into a poem…
The Hidden Lives of Writers
Podcast · Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard
How and why writers write. Fiona Snyckers and Gail Schimmel are working writers - and their favourite people are writers. Join them as they dive deep into HOW and WHY successful writers write. Mail us at hiddenlivesofwriters@gmail.com
The Importance of Being Earnest
Book · Librivox
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is subtitled "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People," and has proved immensely popular since its first performance in 1895. The play certainly has its farcical and comic elements, such as the witty banter exchanged by the characters and the flippant attitude towards love…
The Invisible Man
Book · Librivox
Terrifically popular science fiction novel by renowned writer HG Wells, about a scientist discovering how to achieve invisibility. But, in his case, being out of sight evidently does NOT mean out of mind. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Book · Librivox
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and first published in 1820. It was based on a German folktale set in the Dutch culture of Post-Revolutionary…
The Metamorphosis
Book · Librivox
"The Metamorphosis" is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915 and one of his best known works. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a horrible verminous creature. Terrifying in its banal simplicity, it became one of the seminal works…
The Monthly Review
Podcast · TimesLIVE Podcasts
Every month, Mark Gevisser writes an in-depth essay for Business Day about new literature, art, theatre or culture. Gevisser then hosts a public discussion about the issues the essay raises to which he invites some of South Africa's most interesting thinkers. This podcast is a recording of those discussions. The…
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Book · Librivox
Dorian Gray, a young man of wealth and stature in late 1800's London, meets Lord Henry Wotton while posing for a portrait by his friend Basil Hallward. Once the painting is complete, Dorian realizes that it will always be young and attractive, while he will be forced to age and…
The Prince
Book · Librivox
The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (About Principalities). However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after…
The Scene
Series · News Talk 94.1
The Upper Cumberland is home to artists, painters, craftsmen, musicians, and performers. Playhouses, performance halls, outdoor venues, gallery showings, craft centers... our community has many talented people and events happening and we take you to meet these performers and artists who are on The Scene with your host Jane Ellen.
The Scene
Podcast · News Talk 94.1
Spotlight a growing and vibrant arts community in the Upper Cumberland with The Scene on Lite Rock 95.9. Host Laura Holloway interviews local artists, performers, and more to learn what goes into their craft and why. Find out where their ideas and talents originate, while also keeping a pulse on…
The Secret Agent
Book · Librivox
The Secret Agent is Conrad's dark, and darkly comic story of a band of spies, anarchists, agents-provocateurs plotting and counter-plotting in the back streets of London in the early 20th Century. The novel centers on Verloc, a shop-owner, phony-anarchist and double-agent, who becomes embroiled in an ambitious terrorist plan to…
The Secret Garden
Series · StoryNory
The classic story of a spoilt girl who learns to love life, people and nature when she discovers a secret garden.
The Secret Garden
Book · Librivox
Orphaned Mary Lennox is sent to live with her uncle in Yorkshire, and finds herself in a house full of secrets and mysteries.
The Story Explorer
Podcast · Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard
What is the outlook of a story? Hello listener, welcome to my podcast series: The Story explorer. I am a reader who has the need to talk with others about what I’ve read. I have started and joined many book clubs. I now run one in a little café in…
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Book · Librivox
Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. Set in Scotland, the play dramatizes the corroding psychological and political effects produced when its protagonist, the Scottish lord Macbeth, chooses evil as the way to fulfill his ambition for power…