Audibly Speaking: Listening to History

Recent Episodes

FDR Fireside Chat, December 9, 1941

Posted July 7, 2021 • 00:22:12

In this classic Fireside Chat, FDR rallies the Nation two days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. One of his finest Fireside Chats, Roosevelt...

Review: “King Richard,” by Michael Dobbs

Posted June 23, 2021 • 00:14:49

Rick Reiman reviews “King Richard,” Michael Dobbs’s just-published micro-history of a selected phase of the Watergate scandal, now approaching...

Sherlock Holmes Explains the “JFK Assignment”

Posted June 18, 2021 • 00:19:29

In this “tongue in cheek” audio narration, Dr. Reiman portrays Sherlock Holmes as he would have sounded had he lived in 2021, and had he agreed...

Sherlock Holmes in “Silver Blaze”

Posted June 14, 2021 • 01:02:38

“Silver Blaze,” written by Conan Doyle in 1888, was one of his most popular short stories. Listen here and enjoy!

First Fireside Chat, The Banking Crisis, March 1933

Posted May 17, 2021 • 00:14:07

Roosevelt’s first “fireside chat,” delivered just days after being sworn in as president, was one of his finest. The entire banking system had...