Spoken Wikipedia Podcast

Spoken Wikipedia Podcast Project
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New recordings from Wikimedia Commons publish promptly. Earlier recordings are released in a roughly shuffled order, paced to average about thirty minutes of listening per day. A long recording may therefore be followed by one or more quiet days. Each episode credits its reader and links to the original recording, the article as recorded, and the current article. This show is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

  1. 19h ago

    Samantha Smith

    Samantha Reed Smith (June 29, 1972 – August 25, 1985) was an American peace activist and child actress who became famous for her anti-war outreaches during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 1982, Smith wrote a letter to the newly appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply with an invitation to visit the Soviet Union, which she accepted. Smith attracted extensive media attention in both countries as a "Goodwill Ambassador", becoming known as America's Youngest Ambassador and subsequently participating in peacemaking activities in Japan. With the assistance of her father, Arthur (an academic), she wrote a book titled Journey to the Soviet Union, which chronicled her visit to the country. She later became a child actress, hosting a child-oriented special on the 1984 United States presidential election for The Disney Channel and playing a co-starring role in the television series Lime… Read by Chris Roy. Recorded May 2, 2005; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=155070137 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Smith Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samantha_Smith.ogg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). This episode is a format-shifted (MP3) copy redistributed under the same license. This show is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

  2. 19h ago

    C. S. Lewis

    Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, but he is also noted for his other works of fiction, such as The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, including Mere Christianity, Miracles and The Problem of Pain. Lewis was a close friend of J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings. Both men served on the English faculty at the University of Oxford and were active in the informal Oxford literary group known as the Inklings. According to Lewis's 1955 memoir Surprised by Joy, he was baptized in the Church of Ireland but lost his faith and became an atheist during adolescence. Lewis returned to Anglicanism at the age of 32, owing to the influence of… Read by sethda. Recorded November 20, 2005; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=28863521 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:En-CSLewis.ogg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). This episode is a format-shifted (MP3) copy redistributed under the same license. This show is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

  3. 1d ago

    Lake Nyos

    Lake Nyos ( NEE-ohs) is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, located about 315 km (196 mi) northwest of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. Nyos is a deep lake high on the flank of an inactive volcano in the Oku volcanic plain along the Cameroon line of volcanic activity. A volcanic dam impounds the lake waters. A pocket of magma lies beneath the lake and leaks carbon dioxide (CO2) into the water, changing it into carbonic acid. Nyos is one of only three lakes known to be saturated with carbon dioxide in this way, and therefore prone to limnic eruptions (the others being Lake Monoun, also in Cameroon, and Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda). In 1986, possibly as the result of a landslide, Lake Nyos suddenly emitted a large cloud of CO2, which suffocated 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock in nearby towns and villages, the most notable one being Chah, which was abandoned after the incident. The limnic eruption not only devastated human and livestock… Read by S Whistler. Recorded June 11, 2012; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=603019493 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Nyos.ogg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0). This episode is a format-shifted (MP3) copy redistributed under the same license. This show is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

  4. 1d ago

    Atlantic City–Brigantine Connector

    The Atlantic City–Brigantine Connector, officially the Atlantic City Expressway Connector, is a connector freeway in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. It is a 2.37-mile (3.81 km) extension of the Atlantic City Expressway, connecting it to New Jersey Route 87, which leads into Brigantine via the Marina district of Atlantic City. Locally, the freeway is known as "the Tunnel", due to the tunnel along its route that passes underneath the Westside neighborhood. The freeway is owned and operated by the South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA); it has an unsigned state highway designation of Route 446X. Proposals for a similar connector road in Atlantic City date to 1964; planning began in 1995 after businessman Steve Wynn proposed a new casino hotel in the Marina district. The goals were to reduce traffic on Atlantic City streets and improve access to the Marina district and Brigantine. It was supported by Governor Christine Todd Whitman and Mayor Jim Whelan, but faced major… Read by TahnDomín. Recorded July 25, 2023; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1167057596 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City%E2%80%93Brigantine_Connector Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spoken_Wikipedia_-_Atlantic_City%E2%80%94Brigantine_Connector.ogg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0). This episode is a format-shifted (MP3) copy redistributed under the same license. This show is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

  5. 2d ago

    One World Trade Center

    One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh-tallest in the world. The supertall structure has the same name as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The skyscraper stands on the northwest corner of the 16-acre (6.5 ha) World Trade Center site, on the site of the original 6 World Trade Center. It is bounded by West Street to the west, Vesey Street to the north, Fulton Street to the south, and Washington Street to the east. The construction of below-ground utility relocations, footings, and foundations for the new building began on April 27, 2006. One World Trade Center became the tallest structure… Read by alexkillby. Recorded April 30, 2006; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=50962707 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_World_Trade_Center Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:En-freedomtower.ogg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). This episode is a format-shifted (MP3) copy redistributed under the same license. This show is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

  6. 3d ago

    Simulacra (video game)

    Simulacra (stylized in all caps) is a 2017 detective-horror game developed and published by Malaysian video game developer Kaigan Games. It was released for the Windows, iOS, Android, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Read by Humanoidstellar. Recorded October 30, 2026; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1382869127 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_(video_game) Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:En-Simulacra-Narration.ogg License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This episode is a format-shifted (MP3) copy redistributed under the same license. This show is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

  7. 3d ago

    Pronunciation of GIF

    The pronunciation of GIF, an acronym for the Graphics Interchange Format, has been disputed since the 1990s. Popularly rendered in English as a one-syllable word, the acronym is most commonly pronounced GHIF (with a hard g as in gig) or JIF (with a soft g as in gin), differing in the phoneme represented by the letter G. Many public figures and institutions have taken sides in the debate; Steve Wilhite, the computer scientist who created the Graphics Interchange Format, gave a speech at the 2013 Webby Awards arguing for the soft-g pronunciation. Others have pointed to the term's origin from abbreviation of the hard-g word graphics to argue for the other pronunciation. Some speakers pronounce GIF as an initialism rather than an acronym, producing . The controversy stems partly from the fact that the pronunciation of an initial g is not standardized; the hard g prevails in words such as gift, while the soft g is used in others such as ginger. Linguistic analyses show no clear… Read by Howardcorn33. Recorded March 16, 2024; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1206673329 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_GIF Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:En-Pronunciation_of_GIF-article.ogg License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This episode is a format-shifted (MP3) copy redistributed under the same license. Chapter images come from the recorded article via Wikimedia Commons; each chapter links its file page for credits. This show is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

    Pronunciation of GIF

  8. 3d ago

    Curling

    Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called rocks, across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The goal is to accumulate the highest score for a game; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones once. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends. The player throwing the stone creates a curved trajectory, known as "curl", by gently rotating the stone as they release it. The stone's path can also be influenced by two sweepers using brooms or brushes, who move alongside it and sweep the ice in its path. Sweeping reduces… Read by DRJacobson. Recorded June 16, 2005; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=15841245 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curling.ogg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). This episode is a format-shifted (MP3) copy redistributed under the same license. Chapter images come from the recorded article via Wikimedia Commons; each chapter links its file page for credits. This show is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

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New recordings from Wikimedia Commons publish promptly. Earlier recordings are released in a roughly shuffled order, paced to average about thirty minutes of listening per day. A long recording may therefore be followed by one or more quiet days. Each episode credits its reader and links to the original recording, the article as recorded, and the current article. This show is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

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    Spoken Wikipedia Podcast Project
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    222
  • Rating
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    © Recordings by their credited readers, CC BY-SA and similar free licenses; see each episode.
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