Tom Reads Your Story

Episode 121: recalling his Arab-American roots, Tom plays music from a rare 50's Lebanese pop music album from his childhood known as "An Evening In Beirut".  He also refers to it's star, later affectionately crowned "the Soul of Lebanon".

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Episode 120: In keeping with the Spoken Word purpose of his podcast, Tom tells us the tragic story behind the Gordon Lightfoot song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" with a reading from The Shipwreck Museum website entry called "The Fateful Journey".

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In episode 119, Tom replays (with a few new touches added), the episode about the fond memories from one of his favorite movies, My Dinner With Andre.

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Episode 118: Tom plays the first audio-book he read for Author John Isaac Jones called GOING HOME.  The story of the final moment of a death row prisoner that takes an unexpected, and unfamiliar turn.

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In episode 117 Tom digs into the '70s and '80s Swedish vocal group ABBA, their music, and recent mass media re-birth thanks in large part to the Broadway musical, Mama Mia.

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In episode 116 Tom plays another chapter from an excellent Bill Soldan book, In Just the Right Light, that Tom narrated several years ago.  This chapter (called The Nest, The Cage) is a heart wrenching letter from an incarcerated son to his Mother.

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Episode 115:  Tom tells us of the author Bill Soldan, and plays a chapter of his book of interconnected short stories called In Just the Right Light.  Tom narrated it several years ago...

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In episode 114 Tom revisits his favorite classical piece, Rhapsody in Blue, and introduces us to the brilliant piano soloist Khatia Buniatishvili. VISIT OUR NEW FB GROUP PAGE!

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Episode 113: Tom plays another of his audio-book recordings, this time a dark comedy by John Isaac Jones called BLOOD ON THE SALAD.  Four chapters long, all for your listening enjoyment...

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Episode 112:  WELCOME TO SEASON 3!  Thanks to a recent Facebook posting, Tom learns for the first time of Michigan poet Jim Harrison.  Here we have a mere smattering of readings of his work in poetry, including "7 in the Woods", "Molly the Brave" and others...

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