Story Capsule

Story Capsule

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Story Capsule episodes

  • Thanksgiving Day Poem by Thomas Frederick Young
    God of the harvest, once again
    Our joyful tones we raise,
    For all Thy goodness, day by day,
    We give Thee thankful praise.
    With blessings rich, from fertile field,
    And gifts from fruitful tree,
    We wish, this day, our thanks to yield
    With earnest hearts, to Thee.
    We plough'd the ground, we sow'd the seed,
    But Thou didst send the rain
    In grateful show'rs, in time of need,
    And now we've reap'd the grain.
    The sun with grateful heat did shine;
    The dew did nightly fall;
    And now, for loaded tree and vine -
    We give Thee thanks for all.
    The bee, in well-fill'd honey cells,
    Her sweets for us hath stow'd,
    The crystal water in the wells,
    For us from springs hath flow'd.
    The lowing herd, the prancing steed
    Receiv'd we from Thy hand,
    And we, this day, return our meed
    Of praise, throughout the land.
    Then let us sing with earnest hearts,
    Tho' joyful be each lay,
    And thankful ev'ry song that starts
    On this Thanksgiving Day.
    3 min
  • The UFO Detector by Dan Gadd

    We live on a planet with complex intelligence and life, is earth the only planet with this privilege? Is it logical or crazy to think of the possibility of life outside our galaxy? Let's hear Dan Gadd's side of the story from the late 1960s in Ohio.

    7 min
  • Don’t Envy by Taras Shevchenko

    Don't Envy by Ukrainian poet, Taras Shevchenko

    Don’t envy, friend, a wealthy man:

    A rich man’s life is spent
    Without a friend or faithful love —
    Those things he has to rent.
    Don’t envy, friend, a man of rank,
    His power’s based on force.
    Don’t envy, too, a famous man:
    The man of note well knows
    The crowd’s acclaim is not for him,
    But for that thorny fame
    He wrought with labour and with tears
    So they’d be entertained.
    But then, when young folk gather ’round,
    So fine they are and fair
    You’d think it’s heaven, — ah, but look:
    See evil stirring there …

    Don’t envy anyone my friend,

    For if you look you’ll find
    That there’s no heaven on the earth,
    No more than in the sky.


    Mirhorod, October 4th, 1845.

    2 min
  • Just an Average Saturday
    It’s the early 90’s. Walk down memory lane of this true story on an average Saturday morning.
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    6 min

About Story Capsule

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Like a time capsule, Story Capsule Podcast is a collection of nostalgic short memoirs and poems from all over the globe.