Episodes

Coach Ross Hillier is a renaissance man and a very good friend. In this episode he explains, among other things, why he programs reading for fitness/wellness clients, and the positive benefits of it. I highly encourage you to follow Ross on Instagram Twitter and Youtube. Also, definitely check out his podcast The Nomad Strength Show (on Spotify) (on Apple) and web site: https://www.nomad-strength.com/ Thanks so much for listening and have a good one! *************************************...

The Bible has had a great impact on western thought, culture, and literature. A familiarity will the Bible is a great help in understanding the themes and idioms of many classic writers, especially from the early 20th century and earlier. Here is the story of how everything came into being, according to the Bible... 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.ti...

My five year old, Charlie, joins me in the studio today to read "If" by Rudyard Kipling. A great poem who's advice will help anyone. To see the video of this reading, check the Youtube link below! 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: jakeph...

Another day, another love poem. This piece is by English poet Christopher Marlowe who died in 1593 just as William Shakespeare's career was taking off. I love 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 To make a request, book me for a voiceover/or event, or just to say hi, email: jakephillips116@gmail.com

In this beautiful sonnet, Shakespeare gives us his take on what love is, and isn't. Enjoy! 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 just to say hi, email: jakephillips116@gmail.com Thanks for listening to The Cultured Bumpkin!

In this Poe short story, a selfish prince retreats into his bizarre fortress with a group of friends to wait out the "Red Death" ravaging the countryside. Will they be safe in there? Listen and find out! 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 just to say hi,...

Spring has sprung (at least down where I live!) The leaves are popping out, there are blooms on the fruit trees, and daffodils are about to be out en force. In this beautiful little piece, William Wordsworth describes happening upon a patch of daffodils and the effect it had on him. For more literature content, check out my TikTok and Youtube! To make requests or bookings or just say hi, shoot me an email at jakephillips@gmail.com.

In this episode, Adele Spears and I discuss literary favorites, and she performs two pieces for us: Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" and James Whitcomb Riley's "Little Orphant Annie". You can follow Adele on social media at the following: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@adeleonlocation Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/adele.spears/?hl=en For more classic literature themed content from Jake, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot...

This is a wonderful story of redemption and forgiveness from the Holy Bible, told by Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke. To hear more Bible readings, check out my Bible playlist on Youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFYHyiw6RMw&list=PLAbchZR9PDhRIMIjOJ7TRHLpsv2M-906S 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...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was a writer and poet who lived from 1850-1919. In this poem she discusses living each day to its fullest. Thank you for listening. Please do subscribe and rate the show if you haven't yet, and tell a friend (or 3!) 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...

Ole Bob knew how to write a love poem, lets put it that way. If you enjoyed this, I'd be delighted if you'd subscribe to the podcast, leave a nice review, and tell a friend or two! For literature content, check me out on Tiktok at @jakephillips116 or on Youtube at "Jake Phillips - Voiceover"

John Donne was an English poet who was born in the early 1570s and lived til 1631. He lived through the Spanish Armada, Shakespeare's career, the publishing of the King James Bible in 1611, and lived under 3 monarchs: Elizabeth l, James l, and Charles l. In this beautiful poem, he taunts death much like the apostle Paul does in 1 Corinthians 15 in the Bible. Enjoy! Thank you for listening. For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/vi...

I don't know who wrote this but it's some fantastic advice! Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't, and tell a friend! I apperciate you rating it as well. For more literature themed content, check out my TikTok and/or Youtube. Also, if you want to make a request, book me for your voiceover project, or just say hi, email me! jakephillips@gmail.com Thanks for listening!

Mark Twain was one of the funniest American writers who ever lived. His work is often simultaneously realistic and preposterous, and almost always hilarious. This short story was his first big literary success and it catapulted him to national attention in 1865. Thanks for listening. Please do subscribe, leave a review, and tell a friend! For more literature themed content, check me out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JakePhillips116/videos Or Tiktok (this has alot more non public doma...

John Keats wrote alot of "tributes" to stuff: Ode to a Nightengale, Ode to Grecian Urn, etc etc etc. Here he has a conversation with Sleep... What a wordsmith Keats is. I really enjoy his stuff. Please do subscribe to the podcast and leave me a nice review if can and are able, and maybe even tell a friend! For more literature themed content you can check me out on TikTok and Youtube. Also, shoot me an email with literary requests, voiceover bookings, or just to say hi! jakephillips@gmail.co...

Ralph Waldo Emerson heavily influenced American thought in the last half of the 19th century with his literary work and lectures, and he wrote and spoke on a wide variety of topics. In this poem, he remembers the start of the American Revolution which started on his family's property years before. For more literature content, check out my Tiktok and/or Youtube. Also, feel free to email me with with literary reading suggestions, voiceover bookings, or just to say hello! jakephillips116@gmail....

I really like Sonnet 29, because for me it's a reminder to count my blessings when I'm going through something touch, or feeling sorry for myself when things aren't going my way. For more literature content, feel free to follow me on TikTok or Youtube. Thank you for listening! I'd be honored if you subscribed to and rated this podcast, and especialy if you share it with a friend! Have a good.

Edgar A Guest was known for doling out some timeless life advice that works anytime, anywhere. Here's a personal favorite of his that my Dad used to read... For more literature content feel free to follow me on TikTok @jakephillips116 or on my Youtube channel "Jake Phillips - Voiceover". Please subscribe and rate the show if you dont mind, and tell a friend! Thank you for listening!

I'm an absolute sucker for a good love poem, and this is one of the best in the English language. Elizabeth Barrett Browning's #43 in her "Sonnets from the Portugese" and it's a beauty. An artist friend of mine once said if he was born 150 earlier, he would have asked Elizabeth out on a date. I told him if I was born 150 years earlier, I would have challenged him to a duel. If you enjoyed this, please subscribe to the podcast, rate it if you can, and tell a friend if you see fit! Thanks for li...

I love sunsets, and my favorite place to see them is out in the Flint Hills of Kansas. This poem perfectly describes the beauty of one of those Plains sunsets (or anywhere else for that matter!) If you haven't subscribed to The Cultured Bumpkin yet, I'd be honored if you did! Also, your reviews are very much appeciated. To make requests, book a voiceover, or just say hi, email me! jakephillips116@gmail.com

Ambrose Bierce was an American writer, journalist and Civil War (1861-1865) veteran who fought on the Union side. He was one of ten children, all of whose names started with the letter "A". Bierce joined the 9th Indiana Infantry as a Private at the start of the war, and later earned an officer's commission, and was wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. He wrote extensively about his war experience, and "An Occurrence at Owl Creek" is probably his best known story. It first published in the...

This short little Robert Frost poem reminds me of working in the garden with my Dad in rural Mississippi when a neighbor came by... If you enjoyed this, please do subscribe to the podcast, leave a nice review, and tell a friend or two! I'd be most appreciative. To connect, check out my IG or TikTok at @jakephillips116 or email me with requests, booking inquiries, or to say hello, at jakephillips116@gmail.com

On this episode, professional stage and voice actor Andy Harvey joins me in the studio for a "duet" of Mark Twain's "A Telephonic Conversation" If you enjoyed this, please subscribe to the podcast and tell a friend or two! Ratings and reviews are helpful as well if you see fit. For more literary content, follow: https://www.tiktok.com/@jakephillips116 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3tia9JM2y496McAKIBR7A

This Edgar Allen Poe classic from 1846 takes a look at cold blooded revenge. Just for fun, let's pretend that it takes place in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. If you like this story, be sure to check out the performaces of Vincent Price and Christopher Lee on Youtube! For booking inquiries email me at jakephillips116@gmail.com For more literature content, check out my TikTok @jakephillips116