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Riverside ReadingsLittle Women Part 2Welcome back! We continue our journey along the River, guided by more people than ever before for Part 2 of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott!We were introduced to the Marches, the Laurence Boy, and we had a ball! What more awaits our humble family and will anybody new show their face to try and win a sister's heart? Listen to Part 2 and find out for yourself, on Riverside Readings - A Dramatic Reading Radio Show hosted by Trent Mylie*Part Two consists of Chapters 11-23, unlike written by the authors chapters 24-47*2024-12-234h 38
Riverside ReadingsLittle Women Part 1On Riverside Readings, we are traveling the waters of Massachusetts in Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women”! Considered to be one of the most significant literary contributions, not just by a woman but by anyone who has put paper to pen, “Little Women” tells the story of 4 sisters, Jo March, played by Mary Kate Phillips, Meg March, played by Amari Roach, Beth March, played by Nadia Jacobs (who voices Mrs.March as well) and Amy March, played by Maddie Morman, “Little Women” takes us on a semi-autobiographical journey into our author's life. During this story, we challenge the role of women in soc...2024-12-234h 03
Riverside ReadingsEp 22 - Pride Month Special Pt 5 - Emily DickinsonOur final author of Pride Month is none other than Emily Dickinson, who is regarded as one of the most influential and essential authors and poets who challenged the notion of standard poetry and the definition of poetry itself.Her work sees the poems from a different perspective, one of an inescapable narrative in which they live and dwell within the confines of society. Much like Dickinson herself, a bisexual woman, her poetry points to a future she believed was possible, one where gay men and women can live openly and proudly about who they are...2024-06-2523 min
Riverside ReadingsEp 21 - Pride Month Special Pt 4 - Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonOur Fourth Author of Pride Month has yet to be normalized in America. He hails from Kvikne, Norway, and his name is Bjornstjerne Bjornson. He also won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1903 “as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit.” In a letter to his lover, Hans Christen Anderson (author of Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling, and the Little Mermaid), Bjornstjerene wrote, “Here inside myself, You are blossoming despite the winter, and I have sunshine and war...2024-06-1850 min
Riverside ReadingsEp 20 - Pride Month Special Pt 3 - Katherine MansfieldOur third author of Pride Month is Katherine Mansfield, who has connections with other LGBTQ icons, such as last week's Oscar Wilde and prolific author Virginia Wolf.Hailing from New Zealand, though her life was short, it was certainly not viewed as “wasted.” She was bisexual, and she described one of her relationships with a Maori woman (natives of New Zealand) as “unclean, I know but true. What an extraordinary thing - I feel savagely crude”. However, this did not stop her from living her truth and bringing the difficulties and tribulations of her sexuality and the outs...2024-06-1524 min
Riverside ReadingsEp 19 - Pride Month Special Pt 2 - Oscar WildeOur second Author of Pride Month is none other than Oscar Wilde!Traveling around the world from Ireland and self-proclaiming that he kissed another famous poet named Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde was persecuted, jailed, and sentenced to two years of hard labor for being gay. Oscar Wilde used his artistry to continue the narrative that there is more to love than the singular, heterosexual man-and-woman relationship. Love knows no bounds and, many times brings us our biggest strengths. Famous for his book, “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” (1891), we will be reading from his list of poems that...2024-06-1037 min
Riverside ReadingsEP 18 - Pride Month Special Pt 1 - SapphoTo begin Pride Month, we will read some of the works of the Ancient Greek Lyricist Sappho. Unlike many stories I have done in the past, these selected works will have an undertone of music, as is Sappho's style!She was given nicknames such as the “Tenth Muse” (in Greek mythology, there are nine) and whose work highly spoke about her reverence, love, and desire for women, and who today is known as the symbol of love and desire between women with Sapphic and Lesbian deriving from her name and homeland in Greece called Lesbos. 2024-06-0146 min
Riverside ReadingsEp 17 - The Call of CthulhuHello and Welcome to Riverside Readings. I am your host, Trent Mylie, and today, we will undertake the spooky, murky, and mystique world called The Call of Cthulhu. Written by H.P. Lovecraft, who is regarded as the king of spooks, The Call of Cthulhu takes us on a journey from a small town to the dark forest, swamplands, and the vast endless void that is the ocean.Will you follow me as I guide us through the murk and muck? Will you continue through the drudge or get left in the sludge? I look forward...2024-04-042h 07
Riverside ReadingsEp 16 - (Christmas Special) A Christmas CarolGood Morning, and Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! As we gather around the tree or play with our gifts and toys after opening them on Christmas Eve, let us rejoice that Christmas is here! All the holly and ivy strewn around your house as you decked the halls, the snowmen you decided to make as you had a white Christmas, and all the feelings you have towards what Christmas means to you and your own Christmas traditions.As I sit and reflect on Christmas and my traditions. It brings memories of laughter, decorating the...2023-12-243h 48
Riverside ReadingsEp 15.5 - A Christmas SpecialWe are in the season of giving, and I thought of no better gift for my lovely listeners than three Christmas stories tied up in a bow for one episode. These classic Christmas tales are all underscored by Andre Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra's The Nutcracker (1972).Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to what next year brings!2023-12-1930 min
Riverside ReadingsEp 15 - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! The Fall of The House of UsherOn this special Halloween episode, we ask ourselves, what makes a house really haunted? Is it the aura of the house (the house on the hill, watch out, don’t go down that road) that piques our curiosity? Or is it the sheer wonder at how something once thought of as beautiful and the place to be has fallen so low that not even animals want to reside in its facade? Today, we shall read “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe and discover what truly became of our unknown narrator and his childhood friend Roderi...2023-10-311h 11Riverside ReadingsEp 14 - AnthemWhere do we belong and to what do we belong to? We go about life trying to find our own identity, whatever it may be, and go about our lives finding others of that group and growing within that group to have others join us along the way. "Anthem" by Ayn Rand asks about our own identity and freedom. What do these things mean to us and what exactly does it mean? Come find out with me, and my special guest Vienne Borg, as we journey the river on Riverside Readings - A Dramatic Reading Radio Show by Me...2023-10-242h 54Riverside ReadingsEp 13 - The WillowsRegarded by H.P. Lovecraft as his "favorite weird story." Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows" follows two friends along the Danube River and the harrowing journey resting on a riverbank brought them. Who or What decided to camp with them after their long journey? Will they make it out to tell their story? Click in to see Riverside Readings - A Dramatic Reading Radio Show by Me, Trent Mylie2023-10-052h 45Riverside ReadingsEp 12 - Alice in WonderlandToday, we head down the Rabbit Hole for Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" (1865). Through this 12-chapter, 3-hour story we journey along the river with our young adventurer Alice and all of her encounters while she tries to figure out what Wonderland means to her and I look forward to seeing what Wonderland means to us as we journey down the rabbit hole together. Come along with me on Riverside Readings - A show hosted by me, Trent Mylie.2023-09-283h 00Riverside ReadingsEp 11 - Skeleton Lake As we continue our journey into Algernon Blackwood, we talk about fate and how one’s journey and discrepancies can lead to an unwanted conclusion. Click in to join the journey on Riverside Readings.2023-09-2734 minRiverside ReadingsEp 9 - To Build a FireA Man and his Dog. A journey into a harsh, unforgiving wilderness with the goal to build a fire. Will they attain this goal or does an eternal chilled slumber await them? Click in to join the journey on Riverside Readings.2023-09-2754 minRiverside ReadingsEp 10 - The OliveWhat is fate? Is it an unseen force that guides us to people, places, and things? Are there ways we can break fate or when being in a peaceful situation, will we be okay with what chance chose for us? Click in to join the journey on Riverside Readings.2023-09-2733 minRiverside ReadingsEp 8 - Stops Along the River w/Will BradleyFor the first stop along the River, I am joined by my good friend Will Bradley as my first guest on Riverside Readings. Today we will explore an art studio in New York as a well-known artist's final days draw near while he has help from his younger assistant. In a scene filled with passion and desire for art, we see an artist realize their time might be drawing near and a younger creative finally letting their feelings be known. Afterward, before I return to the river, we explain our journeys before I tie off the knot and head t...2023-04-0341 minRiverside ReadingsEp 7 - Shakespeare Sonnet Series: What’s done is done.In our final episode of the Shakespeare Sonnet Series, we see our lovers continue on their impasse. Bound by a love that is inescapable, we see a continuation of woe, strife, and undying love regardless of our lovers no longer living with the same passion. Cupid, the god of love, has had his torch touched by our lovers only for the remnants of their love to stay put after their fire has long since dwindled. Click in and continue listening to Riverside Readings Shakespeare Sonnet Series2023-04-0354 minRiverside ReadingsEp 6 - Too Much of a Good ThingIn the penultimate part of our Shakespeare Sonnet Series, we saw our lovers admit their infidelity, accept each other, bash the public for their judgment, and ignited a new lustful passion for our lovers. Is lust foreshadowing that things will be healed, or are they blinded by this lust, ignoring all of the red flags waving in front of them? Click in and continue listening to Riverside Readings Shakespeare Sonnet Series.JS BACH - Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 by Colin Carr is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.Bach...2023-03-1449 minRiverside ReadingsEp 5 - The Clothes Make the ManA continuation of the paranoia from before we see our poet become an accuser, saying his lover has chosen another over him. This is something that can not stand. In a series of sonnets that attack her vanity and call her praise-seeking, to pleading on bended knee and promising to do what he can to make sure she is loved correctly, these sonnets explore the chaos of emotion and how unchecked we can turn into something we wish never to become, and might even call upon a higher power to help resolve the woes that plague us. Click in...2023-03-0651 minRiverside ReadingsEp 3 - Wear My Heart Upon My Sleeve.Continuing our journey deeper into these sonnets, we see a change and start questioning whose voice is being written from prose. Is it the poet of old, an unmentioned lover’s new perspective, or a new poet wanting to woo those involved? Click in and continue listening to Riverside Readings Shakespeare Sonnet Series.JS BACH - Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 by Colin Carr is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 by Colin Carr is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sh...2023-03-0142 minRiverside ReadingsEp 2 - It’s Greek to MeAs we have waded into the sonnets of Shakespeare we are immediately made aware of the poet's purpose, to attain love and convince the beautiful woman of lore that she must make her beauty plentiful in the forms of children. Will this forward tactic prove fruitful or will our poet have to switch gears to gain the heart of our mysterious woman? Click in and continue listening to Riverside Readings Shakespeare Sonnet Series.JS BACH - Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 by Colin Carr is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.2023-03-0141 minRiverside ReadingsEp 1 - In My Heart of HeartsHello and welcome! This episode is the beginning of our journey into Shakespeare’s 154 Sonnets. Though this may seem long, there is countless intrigue throughout and I look forward to being your guide as we find out what lies ahead together. Every episode I will read a section of sonnets and bring a summary of my thoughts as the intro to the next. Click in and continue listening to Riverside Readings Shakespeare Sonnet SeriesJS BACH - Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 by Colin Carr is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License....2023-03-0144 minRiverside ReadingsEp 4 - Something Wicked this Way ComesOur poet no longer views his lover as unique and she is now nothing more than a commoner. Is this the truth, or is his mind riddled with a paranoia parasite feeding off his insecurities regarding legacy and worth, not only in himself but in his poems once he has withered away? Click in and continue listening to Riverside Readings Shakespeare Sonnet Series.JS BACH - Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 by Colin Carr is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 by...2023-02-2342 min