Oh, Sironia!

ohsironiapodcast
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  • Semiweekly Series

What happens when a local historian and author sits down to narrate the longest book ever written in English (when it was published in 1952)? We'll all find out together on "Oh, Sironia!" Follow us on Instagram @ohsironiapodcast!

Season 1

  1. Episode 1

    The "Oh, Sironia!" Podcast Episode 01: Why Am I Doing This to Myself ... Again!

    In which your host introduces the basic facts behind the genesis of "Sironia, Texas," which was the longest book ever published in the English language when it was launched in 1952.

  2. Episode 2

    The "Oh, Sironia!" Podcast Episode 02: A Brofest, Some Racism, and a (Literal) Cliffhanger

    In which we meet several more characters, learn about how guys ca. 1900 used to "bro out" together - hint: not much different than today, honestly - and a mysterious conversation is begun ... but not completed!

  3. Episode 3

    "Oh, Sironia!" Episode 03: Circus Roustabouts and Other Social Stigmas

    In which a secretive conversation is finally revealed, Bill visits East Sironia for ... reasons ... and we learn something truly revealing about Calvin and Milly's relationship. Plus: a circus person!

  4. Episode 4

    The "Oh, Sironia!" Podcast Episode 04: The Hazel and Millicent Show, Part I

    In which we get into the heads of two leading ladies of Sironia: Hazel Elliott and Millicent "Milly" Letitia Thaxton Thaxton (who is, you'll recall, married to her cousin!). If you're looking for plot advancement, you'll be disappointed, but if you like juicy details on backstories and at least three uses of the censoring beep sound effect, my friend, you are in luck!

  5. Episode 5

    The "Oh, Sironia!" Podcsast Episode 05: Of Shopping Trips and Unrequited Loves

    In which we check in with Hazel, Marshall and Moira, get our first reference to a certain style of wood made popular by famous Wacoans Chip and Joanna Gaines, and discover that one of our characters delivers a mean drunken nuptial speech.

  6. Episode 6

    The "Oh, Sironia!" Podcast Episode 06: Boys Both High and Lowdown

    In which Carietta Cahoon Storrow and her unusual clothing habits enter the stage, and we learn a lot about her furniture, her unmentionables, and her nephew, hellraisin' Jed Haydn.

  • 6 Episodes

About

What happens when a local historian and author sits down to narrate the longest book ever written in English (when it was published in 1952)? We'll all find out together on "Oh, Sironia!" Follow us on Instagram @ohsironiapodcast!

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  • Creator
    ohsironiapodcast
  • Episodes
    6
  • Seasons
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
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