431 episodes

Share the joys-and sharpen the skills-of deep reading. In each weekly half-hour podcast, Eric Rabkin and Jesse Willis mine together the riches of another marvelous short story, poem, or video. Each work, freely available on the RSD website, can be read in half an hour or less, and discussed for hours.

Reading Short and Deep Jesse Willis

    • Arts
    • 4.8 • 26 Ratings

Share the joys-and sharpen the skills-of deep reading. In each weekly half-hour podcast, Eric Rabkin and Jesse Willis mine together the riches of another marvelous short story, poem, or video. Each work, freely available on the RSD website, can be read in half an hour or less, and discussed for hours.

    Reading, Short And Deep #431 - The Man On The Ground by Robert E. Howard

    Reading, Short And Deep #431 - The Man On The Ground by Robert E. Howard

    Share the joys-and sharpen the skills-of deep reading. In each weekly half-hour podcast, Eric Rabkin and Jesse Willis mine together the riches of another marvelous short story, poem, or video. Each work, freely available on the RSD website, can be read in half an hour or less, and discussed for hours.

    • 34 min
    Reading, Short And Deep #430 - The Giantess by Charles Baudelaire

    Reading, Short And Deep #430 - The Giantess by Charles Baudelaire

    Share the joys-and sharpen the skills-of deep reading. In each weekly half-hour podcast, Eric Rabkin and Jesse Willis mine together the riches of another marvelous short story, poem, or video. Each work, freely available on the RSD website, can be read in half an hour or less, and discussed for hours.

    • 30 min
    Reading, Short And Deep #429 – Graph by Stanley G. Weinbaum

    Reading, Short And Deep #429 – Graph by Stanley G. Weinbaum

    Share the joys-and sharpen the skills-of deep reading. In each weekly half-hour podcast, Eric Rabkin and Jesse Willis mine together the riches of another marvelous short story, poem, or video. Each work, freely available on the RSD website, can be read in half an hour or less, and discussed for hours.

    • 30 min
    Reading, Short And Deep #428 - The Pearl Of Love by H.G. Wells

    Reading, Short And Deep #428 - The Pearl Of Love by H.G. Wells

    Share the joys-and sharpen the skills-of deep reading. In each weekly half-hour podcast, Eric Rabkin and Jesse Willis mine together the riches of another marvelous short story, poem, or video. Each work, freely available on the RSD website, can be read in half an hour or less, and discussed for hours.

    • 32 min
    Reading, Short And Deep #427 - Co-Incidence by Edward D. Hoch

    Reading, Short And Deep #427 - Co-Incidence by Edward D. Hoch

    Share the joys-and sharpen the skills-of deep reading. In each weekly half-hour podcast, Eric Rabkin and Jesse Willis mine together the riches of another marvelous short story, poem, or video. Each work, freely available on the RSD website, can be read in half an hour or less, and discussed for hours.

    • 34 min
    Reading, Short And Deep #426 - Piety by Margaret St. Clair

    Reading, Short And Deep #426 - Piety by Margaret St. Clair

    Share the joys-and sharpen the skills-of deep reading. In each weekly half-hour podcast, Eric Rabkin and Jesse Willis mine together the riches of another marvelous short story, poem, or video. Each work, freely available on the RSD website, can be read in half an hour or less, and discussed for hours.

    • 31 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
26 Ratings

26 Ratings

Rj Texas ,

Wonderful - the best ever, stories, discussions

I love this podcast. The format is: Introduction of author and story background, discussion, Reading of the Story or parts of it and more discussion. Entertaining and informative with a short format.

Soulaco ,

Fantastical

I discovered this podcast after listening to Eric Rabkin’s “Masterpieces of the imaginative mind”. Eric and Jesse elevate the reading of these wonderful stories through a deep dive into symbolism and historical meaning. Thank you for uncovering the stories I hadn’t found yet.

Aaron Irber ,

Truly Short and Deep

This is one of the hidden gems of the podcast world. Both of the hosts are incredibly knowledgeable and engaging. The length of the podcast is perfect and I appreciate when they read the story out loud before the discussion begins. They analyze each story from different perspectives, both traditional and modern. As a Catholic, I appreciate the seriousness the hosts take when dealing with Christian themes as literary elements. They don’t hand wave or dismiss something because they themselves don’t personally adhere to or agree with a particular belief system. It’s very refreshing. The depth of analysis always leaves me with a greater understanding of the story and of literature in general. It is truly short and deep. Keep up the good work!

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