• SYSR 035: The Man Who Would Be King (Conclusion)

    SYSR 035: The Man Who Would Be King (Conclusion)

      We read the conclusion to Rudyard Kipling’s The Man Who Would Be King. India wasn’t big enough for our adventurous loafers. But will Afghanistan be big enough? Nation building in Afghanistan in Kipling’s short story from the waning days of Empire.   Credits: Produced by: Tim Flanagan and Pat Howe< < Edited by: Pat more »

  • SYSR 034: The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling

    SYSR 034: The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling

    We read part one of   The Man Who Would Be King   by Rudyard Kipling, complete and unabridged. Two loafers head out for a remote corner of Afghanistan, intent on claiming a crown. Like an old-time radio drama with the music and foley, but none of the breathless corniness, see.   Credits: Produced by: Tim Flanagan more »

  • Episode 33b: Notes on A Modest Proposal

    Episode 33b: Notes on A Modest Proposal

    Notes, summary, analysis and synopsis of A Modest Proposal. We discuss child-rearing with Dr. Jonathan Swift, Juvenal, Stephen Colbert, Monty Python and other satirical descendants of Swift.

  • Episode 33a: A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

    Episode 33a: A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

    Audio for A Modest Proposal  by Jonathon Swift – read to you unabridged. Originally published in the early 1700s, this biting satire still has the ability to shock. 

  • Episode 032b: Notes on Ambrose Bierce's Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

    Episode 032b: Notes on Ambrose Bierce’s Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

    The Twilight Zone Wins at Cannes   Summary, notes, commentary, and analysis of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce. The Twilight Zone wins at the Cannes Film Festival, the French perform a blues number in a crazy, syrupy forced American accent, and Flanagan renames M. Night Shyamalan – and this all ties more »

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Description: A podcast that’s a book club. It’s really two clowns with some cheap equipment reading classic literature – the stuff we were supposed to have read already.
The Idea: Since we skipped reading most of what we were supposed to read, we wanted to read all the classics we dodged out on in school – the stuff we claim we’ve read when asked at a cocktail party. We add some sound effects, some music and some different voices to make it a little more accessible. Then we discuss it: summary, themes, analysis, all the stuff for which we are completely unqualified.
Awards: Flanagan received a World’s Best Dad mug for Father’s Day. He has submitted it to experts to test its authenticity.
Howe’s high school yearbook is crammed with falsified awards, forged certificates and made-up athletic accomplishments.
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