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Classic lit with a modern tone, every other week. From the creators of Myths and Legends, comes an altogether same-but-different podcast set in the world of classic lit. These are the stories of Dracula, The Time Machine, The Three Musketeers. They're stories written by Jane Austen, Shakespeare, and H.P. Lovecraft, but with a casual, modern tone. Listen as Jason and Carissa Weiser breathe new life into the classics and tell the stories of some of the greatest books ever written.

  1. OCT 15

    Wizard of Oz: The Great and Terrible (Part 3 of 3)

    On the season six finale of Fictional, the Wicked Witch of the West is dead, but it came at a terrible cost. Still, Dorothy needs only to travel back to the Emerald City to finally make her way home. If only things were so simple. Adapted from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum: https://myths.link/oz Myths and Legends: https://www.mythpodcast.com

    51 min

  2. OCT 1

    Wizard of Oz: Witchhunters (Part 2 of 3)

    Dorothy and the party make their way via crumbling yellow brick to the Emerald City, but all is not what it seems, and Oz, the Great and Terrible, has a gruesome request for them. Adapted from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum: https://myths.link/oz

    43 min

  3. SEP 17

    Wizard of Oz: Defying Gravity (part 1 of 3)

    A girl from Kansas takes a ride on a cyclone to a bizarre, ridiculous, and dangerous land.  Adapted from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum: https://myths.link/oz

    37 min

  4. SEP 3

    Arsene Lupin: Unseen

    Two stories of Arsene Lupin. In the first, the Queen's necklace has gone missing from a locked and guarded room. On the second, a man just wants to relax on the train where he won't be crowded by loud, smoking people...or getting tied up and repeatedly punched in the face.   Sources: Arsene Lupin: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6133/pg6133-images.html

    41 min

  5. AUG 7

    O. Henry: Desperate Men

    Two stories of crime and punishment and why kidnapping is wrong and dangerous but not for the reasons that you think. By American author O. Henry.  Stories: The Ransom of Red Chief: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Whirligigs/The_Ransom_of_Red_Chief After Twenty Years: https://americanliterature.com/author/o-henry/short-story/after-twenty-years/

    39 min

  6. JUL 23

    Sherlock Holmes: Burn

    A man discovers something reading the paper on his train ride into London: he's wanted for murder. What does he do next? Lead police on a low-speed chase to 221B Baker Street. Say hi on discord: https://myths.link/discord

    37 min

  7. JUL 9

    Edgar Allan Poe: The Forgotten

    Two stories from Edgar Allan Poe about the masks we wear and the work we do and the profound consequences of both. Today's stories were adapted from: "Hop-frog" by Edgar Allan Poe: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poe%27s_Tales_of_Mystery_and_Imagination/Hop-Frog "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Works_of_the_Late_Edgar_Allan_Poe_(1850)/Volume_1/The_Oval_Portrait

    37 min

  8. JUN 25

    Philip K. Dick: Veg

    Dr. Henry Harris has been called to the outpost for asteroid Y-3, humanity's first line of defense against a vast, strange galaxy, because there's a strange infection growing among the soldiers of the outpost: they think they're turning into plants. Adapted from "Piper in the Woods" by Philip K. Dick: (Warning, link NSFW as it contains a drawing of a nude alien) https://myths.link/piper

    36 min
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Classic lit with a modern tone, every other week. From the creators of Myths and Legends, comes an altogether same-but-different podcast set in the world of classic lit. These are the stories of Dracula, The Time Machine, The Three Musketeers. They're stories written by Jane Austen, Shakespeare, and H.P. Lovecraft, but with a casual, modern tone. Listen as Jason and Carissa Weiser breathe new life into the classics and tell the stories of some of the greatest books ever written.

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  • Channel
    Nextpod
  • Creator
    Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser | Nextpod
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    58
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2017-2023 Nextpod, All Rights Reserved
  • Show Website
    Fictional
  • Provider
    Daniel Weiser

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