Uncle Scott Reads

Uncle Scott Reads

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Uncle Scott Reads episodes

  • Episode 4: A Day in the Country

    Here I will disabuse you of our excessive focus on productivity. You are not primarily designed for productivity. On this episode I read A Day in the Country by Anton Chekhov

    26 min
  • Episode 2: The Bet

    In this episode, I'll tell you why I like to smoke a pipe and assure you that trouble appear to inflate at night, then I read The Bet by Anton Chekhov

    27 min
  • Episode 1: Araby

    Premier of a podcast to help you fall asleep, where I try to assure you that you are going to be OK. Then I will read Araby, by James Joyce, and will do it so cleanly and gently you won't be able to stay awake.

    25 min
  • Episode 26: Mademoiselle Olympe Zabriksi
    On this final episode it is time to talk about anxiety over illness. We all suffer a bit of hypochondria and so it's time to deal with it. Then let's listen to another short story from the late 1800's about a high-born man's fascination with a trapeze artist.
    41 min
  • Episode 25: A Yellow Dog
    Let's talk about our kindred relationship with the animal kingdom as we drift to sleep. What about imagining peace and harmony with our favorite animal sleeping next to us? Then let me read A Yellow Dog by Bret Harte
    41 min
  • Episode 24: X: A Fabulous Child's Story
    Do you ever ask, "who am I?" Are we just the person our family and friends want us to be? Let me talk to you about the question of identity and belonging and then read to you a story by Louis Gould called X: A Fabulous Child's Story.
    40 min
  • Episode 23: The Wreck
    Do you notice how angry and vitriolic people's responses have become. What is this over-the-top anger that gets triggered in ourselves? If your anger or someone elses anger is keeping you awake, let me talk you to sleep and help you release the anger event that is keeping you awake. I'll read Guy de Maupassant's story The Wreck. It's romantic ... at least in that 1800's European sort of way.
    41 min

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Having trouble setting aside the anxieties of the day or silencing the conversations in your head before bedtime? Uncle Scott Reads will help you relax while listening to a classic short story.…