Two major themes in this podcast:   How Twain became a celebrity and how he nurtured and maintained his enormous fame and a look at his most famous book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and how it contributed to the lasting fame he achieved. 

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Somerset Maugham shortest short story, and some say the most shocking. 

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Twain's unique humor as demonstrated in his live performances and short stories.  He was the paradigm shift that moved American humor from European to a truly American style. 

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A brief overview of Somerset Maugham's genius as a writer accompanied by a reading of one his best short stories, The Verger.  

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How Joan of Arc was captured and tried, resulting in her being burned at the stake as a heretic.  This episode covers also how she was fully exonerated by the church 25 years after she died and was canonized as a Saint in 1920.  

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The second in the series on Joan of Arc.   This episode includes perspectives shared by the famous  British historian,  Dan Snow.  In part 2 we take a look at Joan's religious visions and voices and her astounding skills as a military tactician.  

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Part One of a Three Part Series.   This podcast concerns Mark Twain's adoration of the Maid of Orleans and presents Twain's introduction of her in the last novel he ever wrote,  which was essentially a creative biography of Joan of Arc. 

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A couple of short pieces that have been inspirational for me and I hope they will be for you.
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This podcast is a thorough interview with Dr.  Ramsland, serial killer expert, who discusses her book, The Confession of a Serial Killer, which she calls an
autobiography of Dennis Raider, the BTK Killer.   Dr. Ramsland also provides psychological insights into the minds of serial killers in general.  

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This short story by Tolstoy is regarded as one of the finest in all of literature.  I've always admired it for its O'Henry-like ending.  It would have made a fitting story for The Twilight Zone or for today's Black Mirror.  I present it here in a shortened 12 minute version.  The full story takes about 40 minutes to read.   

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