Uncle Scott Reads

By Scott Bessenecker

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. Doctor... more

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The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.

Uncle Scott Reads episodes:

April 15, 2022 Episode 6: First Confession
I reflect on the sacred Celtic view on thresholds. Then I read First Confession by Frank O'Connor
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29min
April 15, 2022 Episode 5: The Elephant's Child
Your problem is not as big as you think, take my word for it. And let me read The Elephant's Child to you. It's by Rudyard Kipling.
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31min
April 15, 2022 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
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26min
April 15, 2022 Episode 3: Christmas Day in the Morning
Here I talk about the beauty of being "in between." You are between today and tomorrow, in a liminal space. Then I read a fabulous short story by Pearl Buck
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24min
April 15, 2022 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
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27min
April 14, 2022 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.
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25min
December 21, 2021 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.
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41min
December 05, 2021 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
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41min
November 13, 2021 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.
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40min
November 03, 2021 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.
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41min

FAQs about Uncle Scott Reads:

How many episodes does Uncle Scott Reads have?

The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.