Big Book Podcast

Recent Episodes

THE MAN WHO MASTERED FEAR – 2nd Edition

Posted October 3, 2020 • 00:25:32

“The Man Who Mastered Fear” was printed in the Second, Third, and Fourth Editions. It’s actually is an expanded version of a story printed in...

FROM FARM TO CITY – 2nd Edition

Posted September 29, 2020 • 00:25:43

This story was written by Ethel M., one of the first female members of Akron Group 1 that met on Wednesday evenings at King’s School in Akron, Ohio....

THE NEWS HAWK – 2nd Edition

Posted September 23, 2020 • 00:19:59

This story is actually the edited and re-titled version of the story “Traveler, Editor, Scholar” which was originally published in the First Edition....

THE VICIOUS CYCLE – Second Edition

Posted September 18, 2020 • 00:24:58

This story was penned by Jim B. who got sober in 1938, and was an member of Bill W’s original New York Group that met on Tuesday nights in Brooklyn....

THE EUROPEAN DRINKER – 2nd Edition

Posted September 12, 2020 • 00:17:42

This story is one of only a handful of stories from the First Edition of the Big Book that was retained for the Second Edition. It's about Joe D., an...