Ep 461 - The Blue Castle, by L.M. Montgomery

Ilya Rozanov. Shane Hollander. Two of hockey's greatest young goal scorers are also trying to score...with each other?? Reid's breakthrough hockey romance has become a true pop culture phenomenon, so we figured it was time to lace up the skates and see what the puck is going on w ...  Show more

Usually when robots gain sentience in fiction, they rise up and slay or otherwise subjugate their human creators, but this week's book dares to imagine what might happen if they stood up, looked around, said "thanks but no thanks," and left. It also ponders the meaning of existen ...  Show more

Tonight's bedtime story is the continuation of The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for writing Anne of Green Gables. This romance novel was published in 1926 and is set in a fictional Canadian town. In this episode, Valancy reflects on her life so far and her r ...

Tonight's bedtime story is the continuation of The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for writing Anne of Green Gables. This romance novel was published in 1926 and is set in a fictional Canadian town. In this episode, Valancy settles in at Roaring Abel's but her ...

A bonus episode! In honor of Shel Silverstein's birthday, we've written and recorded five short and silly poems for you. Support the show at Patreon.com/stories 

Billy and Adam are just kidding. In this episode, they reference Red Tricycle's, "Top 249 Jokes for Kids" to see if they can guess the punchlines to the setups. It's harder than it sounds. Plus, the physical toll of when it rains men, a Billy and Adam switch-a-roo, gritty voice m ...  Show more