Episodes

As I've said before, I'm a sucker for a love poem, and this one by Robert Burns is top shelf... To Support The Cultured Bumpkin, check out: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jakephillips116 (if you go to the “Extras” tab you can find eBooks and recordings for a few paltry dollars) To hear my commercial demos or book me to read your original work, check out: My Commercial Demos (Just clicking this link is helpful as its an algorithm based site. Do it! Do it!) To become a member of Libro.fm and st...

A Shakespeare fave... To Support The Cultured Bumpkin, check out: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jakephillips116 To hear my commercial demos or book me to read your original work, check out: My Commercial Demos (just clicking this link is helpful!) To become a member of Libro.fm and start supporting local bookstores, check out: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=25361&awinaffid=1295623&ued=https%3A%2F%2Flibro.fm (I am an affiliate, so any memberships or audiobooks that you purchase will...

A beautiful poem about loss... For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature themed sleep podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ode-to-a-mockingbird/id1623236945 To make a request, book me for a voiceover/or event, or just to say hi, email: jakephillips116@gmail.com

I don't like bullies, so naturally I am intrigued by the way Hop-Frog handled his. One of my favorite Poe pieces... For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature themed sleep podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ode-to-a-mockingbird/id1623236945 To make a request, book me for a voiceover/or event, o...

You can't be truly literate of western literature and culture without at least a rudimentary knowledge of the Holy Bible. Here's the story of the reason for Easter/Resurrection Day which is celebrated around the world... For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature themed sleep podcast: https://podcasts.apple...

Recently I read "The Lamb" (published in 1789) which was a favorite of my late father, and this is "The Tyger" (published in 1794) which references it... For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature themed sleep podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ode-to-a-mockingbird/id1623236945 To make a reques...

In this episode we hear from D.H. Lawrence for the first time... For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature themed sleep podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ode-to-a-mockingbird/id1623236945 To make a request, book me for a voiceover/or event, or just to say hi, email: jakephillips116@gmail.com

This episode features a poem on the subject of "what might have been" called Maud Muller by John Greenleaf Whittier. For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature themed sleep podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ode-to-a-mockingbird/id1623236945 To make a request, book me for a voiceover/or event, ...

In this episode I got to visit with Emily Liner, owner of Friendly City Books in Columbus, Mississippi. This is my favorite book store and you have to stop if you're ever n the area. In the meantime, you can check out their web site and support an awesome small business from right where you are! https://www.friendlycitybooks.com/ Browse their entire warehouse of over 5 million books at bookshop.org/shop/friendlycitybooks. Audiobooks are available at libro.fm/friendlycity and eBooks are onlin...

Mark Twain's "Journalism in Tennessee" is one of my favorite short stories in American literature. This was originally recorded in November of 2018 and was the second episode of The Cultured Bumpkin. Enjoy! For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature themed sleep podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podc...

In this episode Sir Walter Scott gives us his take on people who look down on where they're from... For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature themed sleep podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ode-to-a-mockingbird/id1623236945 To make a request, book me for a voiceover/or event, or just to say hi...

In the epic novel Moby Dick and many other maritime writings, a "Jonah" is regarded with superstition. To truly understand why, how about we listen to the story of Jonah right from the Holy Bible? Here it is... For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature themed sleep podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p...

A poem about Dad's by one of my Dad's favorite poets. James Blunt singing "Monsters" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTFbGcnl0po For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature themed sleep podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ode-to-a-mockingbird/id1623236945 To make a request, book me for a voiceo...

This week I've been doing alot of writing. I'm working on an eBook about how to become a voice actor (stay tuned for more details). One of the things I keep things about is just not giving up. It's easy to think about, talk about, and write about, but hard to do. For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature th...

In this poem, Arnold describes his crisis of faith brought on by recent scientific discoveries. It's something that just about everyone experiences at some point in their life, regardless if they come to the same conclusion. For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature themed sleep podcast: https://podcasts....

Wildred Owen was a "war poet" from the Great War (World War l) who was born in 1893 and was killed on November 4, 1918, just one week before the war ended. His work doesn't romanticize war at all. Even though he uses poetic, often beautiful terms, you often feel sick to your stomach after reading his work. War is an ugly business that should never be entered into lightly... For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (...

This poem was requested by recent guest J.D. Sutter (https://www.audiotheatrecentral.com/) You can do the same! Email me at jakephillips116@gmail.com with your public domain requests and I will certainly consider it. For more classic literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en To make a request, book me for a voiceover/or event, or j...

The Raven is one of the most well known, influential, oft quoted poems of all American literature. Hope you enjoy this rendition... For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en To make a request, book me for a voiceover/or event, or just to say hi, email: jakephillips116@gmail.com

This is one of the most well known stories in the the entire Bible and involves a Persian tyrant, a group of jealous government officials, and a foreign prophet... For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en Or my literature themed sleep podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ode-to-a-mockingbird/id1623236945 To mak...

Raine Fielder is from the Appalachia region as been writing poetry since she was in seventh grade, when she fell in love with a guitar player. She has written several poems, song lyrics, angry Facebook rants, short stories and several books. Writing has been her passion for her whole life. What she is most passionate about is fighting injustice. Especially for the Native American community, feminism and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. We connected on Tiktok when I put out an invite for...

T.S. Eliot was a poet, writer, literary critic, and publisher who lived from 1888 to 1965. His "Prufrock" marked a cultural shift into Modernism and is one of the most recogized poems in modern literature... For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en To make a request, book me for a voiceover/or event, or just to say hi, em...

When people think of classic American poetry from the 20th century, Robert Frost is one of the folks they think of of. Someone once said that "he is of the soil and loves country life and country people, and in his poetry country people and country scenes predominate." This poem fits that description perfectly... For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tikto...

In this poem, Walt Whitman paints a beautiful word picture of happy, fulfilled people singing while they go about their work. "The hand of the diligent maketh rich" -King Solomon For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en To make a request, book me for a voiceover/or event, or just to say hi, email: jakephillips116@gmail.co...

This poem was published in 1907 in "Songs of a Sourdough" and is set on Lake LeBarge in the Yukon in northwest Canada. It's one of my most requested readings on TikTok so I thought I'd post it here as well. For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public domain stuff) https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116?lang=en To make a request, book me for a voiceover/or event, or just to say hi, ema...