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With Rachael
Listen to short stories With Rachael as you wind down at the end of the day or try to fall asleep. It's story time for grown ups, with thoughtful tales, rich voices and a moment to stop the mindless scroll.
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Episodes
With RachaelEpisode 34: “The Happy Prince” by Oscar Wilde
I love children’s tales, because I’m someone who’s prone to getting nightmares and I love stories that have an underlying message. The underlying message in…
With RachaelEpisode 33: “The Star” by H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells does it again. He draws you in to a great story with tons of detail and makes it so you’re itching to find out how the story ends. We begin at the…
With RachaelEpisode 32: “The Trial for Murder” by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens isn’t someone I would go to for an interesting short story. I had read Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, and I had watched A Christmas…
With RachaelEpisode 31: “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield
Miss Brill goes to the same park at the same time every Sunday just to see what the other regulars are doing. She dresses to the 9s, listens into…
With RachaelEpisode 30: “The Diamond Maker” by H.G. Wells
Not only was H.G. Wells a fantastic author, but he was also a visionary. Topics that seemed abstract and impossible at the time of his writing have come true…
With RachaelEpisode 29: “The Cold Equation” by Tom Godwin
Let me start by saying that I think this is the best short story I’ve read so far on this podcast. Maybe ever. Not because it’s about space, which typically…
With RachaelEpisode 28: “Briar Rose” by Brothers Grimm
I’m sure we all know that Disney took inspiration from Brothers Grimm for some of their Princess movies! Today, we explore that by reading Briar Rose, and I…
With RachaelEpisode 27: “The Black Bull of Norroway” by Flora Annie Steel
I miss children’s stories that teach morals and values like this one! Three sisters start chatting with each other about the husbands they’re going to have…
With RachaelEpisode 26: “According to Their Lights” by O. Henry
The only reason I’m posting this episode is because it might be the most mellow I’ve ever been recording the podcast, and it shows. If you like this type of…
With RachaelEpisode 25: "The Big Trip Up Yonder" by Kurt Vonnegut
It’s hard to talk about the greats without hearing the name Kurt Vonnegut, and that’s what made me terrified to read this short story. Everyone talks about how…
With RachaelEpisode 24: "B24" by Arthur Conan Doyle
The only thing I knew about Arthur Conan Doyle before launching this podcast was that he’s the creator of Sherlock Holmes. That detective we had to read about…
With RachaelEpisode 23: "And All The Earth a Grave" by C.C. MacApp
This one is on the favorites list! It feels morbid if you take it at face value. Yeah, everyone’s buying a casket. It’s the new most exciting purchase. It…
With RachaelEpisode 22: "Sssssssssshhhh!” by Richard Connell
Richard Connell is a repeat author on the With Rachael Podcast, and like the first episode featuring his work (episode 12) this short story has to do with a…
With RachaelSeason 2: Episode 1 "A Tale of Negative Gravity" by Frank Stockton
Welcome back to The With Rachael Podcast! The first episode this season is actually one of my favorites. This story follows our narrator that invents a…
With RachaelEpisode 20: "If I Were a Man" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman gave us “The Yellow Wallpaper”, and now she’s back with a different story. Mollie Mathewson wishes she were a man. Almost immediately…
With RachaelEpisode 19: "The Silver Key" by H.P. Lovecraft
I put a few authors we hadn’t read before on a random wheel and spun it. Unfortunately this is the story the wheel chose for us and I’m not really convinced…
With RachaelEpisode 18: "The Camel's Back" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
We do what we can to mitigate the pain of heartbreak. Some people cry in bed. Some people eat everything they have in their fridge. Some people dust themselves…
With RachaelEpisode 17: "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
If I ever meet Nathaniel Hawthorne in the afterlife, he’ll never know peace. This story is about a successful scientist named Aylmer who falls and love and…
With RachaelEpisode 16: "The Argonauts of the Air" by H.G. Wells
I want to get something off my chest. I feel as though it’s been a long time since our last TRUE invention. A tangible thing that flips the entire world on…
With RachaelEpisode 15: "Autumn Flowers" by Aleksandr Kuprin
Wow. What a story. The first story on this podcast that made me think, “I should call him… Actually, I most definitely should not. ” This story is written as a…
With RachaelEpisode 14: "His Last Bow" by Arthur Conan Doyle
Don’t let that first line fool you, this story is interesting and made me laugh. Each story I read, I get more of an idea of the time period it was written…
With RachaelEpisode 13: "Ancient Lights" by Algernon Blackwood
Once again we start a story with someone who’s on “an adventure”. Unfortunately, it feels as though adventure is a code name for trespassing on private…
With RachaelEpisode 12: "The Prince Has the Mumps" by Richard Connell
Warning! This is a children’s story, but here are a few choice words. A Prince is on bedrest which means he can’t do what he loves most about the job, making…
With RachaelEpisode 11: "A Deal in Old Masters" by Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley wrote one of my favorite books known to man, Brave New World. Since I read it the first time in 9th Grade Honors English, I knew that it and…
With RachaelEpisode 10: "The Dragon of the North" by Friedrich Kreutzwald
This week’s story is an Estonian fairy tale, translated to English, about a young boy trying to save his town from being eaten by a roving dragon. The only way…
With RachaelEpisode 9: "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe is practically the godfather of macabre. This story is just an example of his writing in a way that allows the readers to be fully immersed…
With RachaelEpisode 8: "By the Waters of Babylon" by Stephen Vincent Benét
We as a human race are always searching for more. If we’re looking for a higher power or hunt for a better way to do something - that’s not anything new. What…
With RachaelEpisode 7: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Today’s episode is about a woman who’s not well. Her husband/physician, since that’s a great combination, has prescribed her rest in the countryside. It’s a…
With RachaelEpisode 6: "Confession" by Jack London
This is a whimsical confession to a woman who will never read it. While trying to make the trek cross country on top of a train, the protagonist comes across…
With RachaelEpisode 5: "The City of the Gone Away" By Ambrose Bierce
This episode may be short and sweet, but long after recording, I began to think. I tend to ponder ideas and concepts to the point where I’ve thought it to…
With RachaelEpisode 4: "Asleep in Armageddon" by Ray Bradbury
“With Rachael” has quickly become a way for me to get to know classic authors, read their short stories, and expand my horizons when it comes to reading. What…
With RachaelEpisode 3: "The Magic Shop" by H.G. Wells
You all know H.G. Wells from his exciting works like, The Invisible Man or War of the Worlds, but have you ever ventured into his other works? This short story…
With RachaelEpisode 2: "The Adventures of the Veiled Lodger" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I’m not the most creative human being on the planet, but I do like to make up scenes in my head. I spent a lot of time reading books on the couch about far…
With RachaelEpisode 1: "The Nice People" by Henry Bunner
I’ve always wanted to start a podcast, but I’ve never had the content ideas. One of my friends is a creative and he gave me some advice that he probably heard…