The Voice of the Arts

Joe Weber - The Voice of the Arts

An eclectic blend of short stories, music, and comedy to bring you comfort as the world grows coarser, angrier, and louder.

  1. JAN 15

    Black Bart and Emilio Kosterlitzky

    Our resident Wild West historian Jim Dunham joins us once again to discuss two characters of the Old West, one an outlaw and the other a lawman.

    25 min

  2. 12/18/2025

    My Oedipus Complex

    “Never, never had anyone spoken to me in that tone before. I looked at him incredulously and saw his face convulsed with rage. It was only then that I fully realized how God had codded me, listening to my prayers for the safe return of this monster.” — 7-year-old Larry, speaking of his father, in Frank O’Connor’s “My Oedipus Complex.”

    31 min

  3. 10/23/2025

    Axis

    We feature another great short story by Alice Munro titled “Axis,” first published in The New Yorker in 2011. As in many of Alice Munro’s short stories, the characters aren’t like anyone I know, but they never seem contrived or invented. I would say that she loves creating characters and then observing them as they go their own way.

    41 min

  4. 09/18/2025

    Return to M&M World

    Kate Walbert’s 2012 New Yorker short story is set on a buzzing early spring day in Times Square, evoking the unique sense of renewal and energy palpable in New York when the city finally begins to thaw out from a long winter. While dutifully fulfilling her youngest daughter’s wish of visiting the hectic M&M World, Ginny’s day turns tense as she struggles to keep track of her kids and revisits memories of her estranged husband.

    38 min

  5. 08/04/2025

    Geronimo Rides Again

    The life and times of the Apache warrior and his involvement in the longest armed conflict in U.S. History.

    39 min

  6. 06/30/2025

    The Babes Return

    Flora and Terry were both born out of wedlock and have been sent to live far from their families to hide the shame. Flora reveals to Terry that his auntie is really his mother and crushes his dream of someday living with her and the English gentlemen that takes them out on a jaunt to the beach.

    31 min

  7. 05/28/2025

    Everything Still Rises

    A fateful bus ride provides the backdrop for an exploration of early ’60s race relations and the differing beliefs between a mother and her son in Flannery O’Connor’s award-winning 1961 short story.

    37 min

  8. 05/06/2025

    Haven Redux

    Spending time with Uncle Jasper and Aunt Dawn.

    44 min
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About

An eclectic blend of short stories, music, and comedy to bring you comfort as the world grows coarser, angrier, and louder.

Information

  • Creator
    Joe Weber - The Voice of the Arts
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    92
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    The Voice of the Arts

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