Spoken Wikipedia Podcast

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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. 3h ago

    Steele's Greenville expedition

    Steele's Greenville expedition took place from April 2 to 25, 1863, during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Union forces commanded by Major General Frederick Steele occupied Greenville, Mississippi, and operated in the surrounding area, to divert Confederate attention from a more important movement made in Louisiana by Major General John A. McClernand's corps. Minor skirmishing between the two sides occurred, particularly in the early stages of the expedition. Over 1,000 slaves were freed during the operation, and large quantities of supplies and animals were destroyed or removed from the area. Along with other operations, including Grierson's Raid, Steele's Greenville expedition distracted Confederate attention from McClernand's movement. Some historians have suggested that the Greenville expedition represented the Union war policy's shifting more towards expanding the war to Confederate social and economic structures and the Confederate homefront. Read by AsaQuathern. Recorded August 19, 2026; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281774560 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steele%27s_Greenville_expedition Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:En-Steele%27s_Greenville_expedition-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.

    Steele's Greenville expedition

  2. 17h ago

    1968 Illinois earthquake

    The U.S. Midwestern state of Illinois was struck by its largest recorded earthquake (a New Madrid event) in 1968. Striking at 11:02 a.m. on November 9, it measured 5.3 on the Richter scale. Although no fatalities occurred, the event caused considerable structural damage to buildings, including the toppling of chimneys and shaking in Chicago, the region's largest city. The earthquake was one of the most widely felt in U.S. history, largely affecting 23 states over an area of 580,000 sq mi (1,500,000 km2). In studying its cause, scientists discovered the Cottage Grove Fault in the Southern Illinois Basin. Within the region, millions felt the rupture. Reactions to the earthquake varied; some people near the epicenter did not react to the shaking, while others panicked. A future earthquake in the region is extremely likely; in 2005, seismologists and geologists estimated a 90% chance of a magnitude 6–7 tremor before 2055, likely originating in the Wabash Valley seismic zone on the… Read by PopularOutcast. Recorded October 17, 2009; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=318988311 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Illinois_earthquake Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1968_Illinois_earthquake.ogg License: GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html). 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.

    1968 Illinois earthquake

  3. 17h ago

    Wiki

    A wiki ( WIK-ee) is a form of hypertext publication on the internet which is collaboratively edited and managed by its audience directly through a web browser. A typical wiki contains multiple pages that can either be edited by the public or any organization. The name derives from the first user-editable website called WikiWikiWeb – wiki being a Hawaiian word meaning 'quick' (pronounced [ˈviti]). Wikis are powered by wiki software, also known as wiki engines. Being a form of content management system, these differ from other web-based systems such as blog software or static site generators in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader. Wikis have little inherent structure, allowing one to emerge according to the needs of the users. Wiki engines usually allow content to be written using a lightweight markup language and sometimes edited with the help of a rich-text editor. There are dozens of different wiki engines in use, both standalone and part of other… Read by Mellerbeck. Recorded March 14, 2007; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=115104476 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:En-Wiki2.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.

    Wiki

  4. 1d ago

    SummerSlam (2003) (Part 3 of 3)

    The 2003 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 16th annual SummerSlam, and took place on August 24, 2003, at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. Seven professional wrestling matches were set on the event's supercard, a scheduling of multiple high-level matches. The first main event, which was for Raw, was an Elimination Chamber match in which Triple H defeated Chris Jericho, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels to retain his World Heavyweight Champion title. In the other main event, which was for SmackDown!, Kurt Angle, the defending WWE Champion, defeated Brock Lesnar in a standard wrestling match. The undercard included a bout from Raw in which Kane defeated Rob Van Dam in a No Holds Barred match, and Eddie Guerrero retained SmackDown!'s United States Championship against Chris… Read by Darrenhusted. Recorded September 16, 2008; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=234261844 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_(2003) Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SummerSlam2003_56_260808.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.

    SummerSlam (2003) (Part 3 of 3)

  5. 1d ago

    SummerSlam (2003) (Part 2 of 3)

    The 2003 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 16th annual SummerSlam, and took place on August 24, 2003, at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. Seven professional wrestling matches were set on the event's supercard, a scheduling of multiple high-level matches. The first main event, which was for Raw, was an Elimination Chamber match in which Triple H defeated Chris Jericho, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels to retain his World Heavyweight Champion title. In the other main event, which was for SmackDown!, Kurt Angle, the defending WWE Champion, defeated Brock Lesnar in a standard wrestling match. The undercard included a bout from Raw in which Kane defeated Rob Van Dam in a No Holds Barred match, and Eddie Guerrero retained SmackDown!'s United States Championship against Chris… Read by Darrenhusted. Recorded September 16, 2008; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=234261844 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_(2003) Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SummerSlam2003_34_260808.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.

    SummerSlam (2003) (Part 2 of 3)

  6. 1d ago

    SummerSlam (2003) (Part 1 of 3)

    The 2003 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 16th annual SummerSlam, and took place on August 24, 2003, at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. Seven professional wrestling matches were set on the event's supercard, a scheduling of multiple high-level matches. The first main event, which was for Raw, was an Elimination Chamber match in which Triple H defeated Chris Jericho, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels to retain his World Heavyweight Champion title. In the other main event, which was for SmackDown!, Kurt Angle, the defending WWE Champion, defeated Brock Lesnar in a standard wrestling match. The undercard included a bout from Raw in which Kane defeated Rob Van Dam in a No Holds Barred match, and Eddie Guerrero retained SmackDown!'s United States Championship against Chris… Read by Darrenhusted. Recorded September 16, 2008; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=234261844 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_(2003) Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SummerSlam2003_Intro_12_260808.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.

    SummerSlam (2003) (Part 1 of 3)

  7. 2d ago

    Fried chicken

    Fried chicken, commonly known as Southern fried chicken, is a dish consisting of chicken pieces, coated with seasoned flour or batter, that are pan-fried, deep-fried, pressure-fried, or air-fried. The breading adds a crisp coating or crust to the exterior of the chicken while retaining juices in the meat. Broiler chickens are most commonly used. The first dish known to have been deep-fried was fritters, which were popular in the European Middle Ages. However, the Scottish were the first to have been recorded as deep-frying their chicken in fat with breadcrumbs and seasonings, as evidenced by a recipe in a 1747 cookbook by Hannah Glasse and a 1773 diary entry describing fried chicken on the Isle of Skye. The first known recipe in the US did not contain the seasonings that were in the earlier Scottish recipe. There is an English cookbook from 1736 which mentions fried chicken, the "Dictionarium Domesticum", by Nathan Bailey, where it is called "a marinade of chickens". Read by Peppage. Recorded January 8, 2021; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=999041435 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_chicken Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:En-Fried-Chicken-article.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. 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.

    Fried chicken

  8. 2d ago

    Coconut crab

    The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest living terrestrial arthropod, with a weight up to 4.1 kg (9 lb). The distance from the tip of one leg to the tip of another can be as wide as 1 m (3 ft 3 in). It is found on islands across the Indian and Pacific Oceans, as far east as the Gambier Islands, Pitcairn Islands, and Caroline Island, and as far west as Zanzibar. While its range broadly shadows the distribution of the coconut palm, the coconut crab has been extirpated from most areas with a significant human population such as mainland Australia and Madagascar. The coconut crab is the only species of the genus Birgus, and is related to the other terrestrial hermit crabs of the genus Coenobita. It shows a number of adaptations to life on land. Juvenile coconut crabs use empty gastropod shells for protection like other hermit crabs, but the adults develop a tough exoskeleton on… Read by Macropode. Recorded August 14, 2006; the article may have changed since. The article as it stood when recorded: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=69390140 Article today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_crab Original recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coconut_crab.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
    92
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Recordings by their credited readers, CC BY-SA and similar free licenses; see each episode.
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