Welcome to the Storytime for Grown-Ups Podcast!

Stories have the power to inspire and change us; being read to stimulates our brains, expands our imaginations and is just plain fun! Click on an episode below to listen and enjoy.

Season Two

Episode 10…

Wikipedia Brown 
by B. J. Novak
A View of the Earth
by Michael Massimino
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Episode 9…

Alphabetical
by Duard Mosley
Here Lies Another Blackmailer
by Bill Ponzini
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Episode 8…

The Fear of Morgan the Fearless
by Max Brand
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Episode 7…

Insurance
by Charles Osgood
Poison
by Roald Dahl
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Episode 6…

Modern Man
by George Carlin
A Rose for Emily
by William Faulkner
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Episode 5…

Circumcision
by Jim Gaffigan
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
by Ambrose Bierce
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Episode 4… holiday special!

Christmas and Me
by Neil Gaiman
A Letter from Santa Claus
by Mark Twain
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Episode 3…

Colonoscopy
by Dave Barry
The Mug Shot
by Steve Osborne
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Episode 2…

Cure for a Grumpy Man
by Duard Mosley
The Cookie Lady
by Philip K. Dick
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Episode 1…

A Work of Art
by Anton Chekhov
The King
by Max Brand
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Season One

• Episode 1…

  I’m My Own Grandpa
  by Moe Jaffe and Dwight Latham
  The Landlady by Roald Dahl
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• Episode 2…

  Yellow Panties
  by Duard Mosley
  James’s Arrival  by Paul Heinz
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• Episode 3…

  [a variety of selections] by Shel Silverstein
  The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe
  Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer
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• Episode 4…

  The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
  The Hangman by Ian Rankin
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• Episode 5…

  Father of the Groom by Dave Barry
  Wasps’ Nest by Agatha Christie
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• Episode 6…

  Donkey Business by Rick Bragg
  The Bet by Anton Chekhov
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• Episode 7…

  The Black Pumpkin by Dean Koontz
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• Episode 8…

  The Lake by Ray Bradbury
  The Emissary by Ray Bradbury
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• Episode 9…

  My Life with R. H. Macy by Shirley Jackson
  The Witch by Shirley Jackson
  The Terrible Old Man by H. P. Lovecraft
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• Episode 10…

  In Praise of Dinner Table Silence by Shirley Jackson
  Our Daily Bread by Max Brand
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• Episode 11…

  [2 essay selections] by Nora Ephron
  The Cycle by Duard Mosley
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• Episode 12…

  The Car Door Ding by Paul Reiser
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Storytime for Grownups is recorded at Elmhurst Public Library’s Creative Studio Lab.
Season 2 directed and edited by Jeremy Slayton | Season 1 directed and edited by Josh Jurss • Produced and hosted by Margie Kollbocker • Stories narrated by Duard Mosley.
Works read in this podcast may be protected under copyright law.  These podcasts are reserved for the education of Library patrons only. EPL receives no commercial gain from these recordings. No unauthorized further dissemination of these works is permitted.