The Cultured Bumpkin

Walt Whitman has written some of my favorite and least favorite poetry:) He's all over the shop!  If you enjoyed this and want to hear more, please subscribe to The Cultured Bumpkin and tell a friend!  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3tia9JM2y496McAKIBR7A  For AD-FREE listening of full audiobooks and to support the channel, join my Patreon  ($3 bucks a month): https://www.patreon.com/TheCulture...

A fascinating conversation with the great grandson of one the greatest warriors and leaders in history. Mr Ernie LaPointe joins us on The Cultured Bumpkin to discuss Lakota life and culture, as well as the folklore and legend surrounding the Battle of the Little Bighorn. To purchase SITTING BULL: HIS LIFE AND LEGACY by Ernie LaPointe, check out this affiliate link (or buy it at the Little Bighorn...

An incredible story set out west with a "snapper" ending. Parents: there is some rude language and a swear word or two in this one, so you may want to check it out before letting your kids listen.  If you enjoyed this and want to hear more, please subscribe to The Cultured Bumpkin and tell a friend!  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3tia9JM2y496McAKIBR7A  For AD-FREE listening of full audiobooks...

On "the 18th of April of '75" Mr Revere (and some others) rode into the history books. Here's one recorded in 2019. For full length audiobooks, subscribe to my Youtube here: https://youtu.be/72whTvwlg1g To support the podcast and support ad-free listening, check out my Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/c/TheCulturedBumpkin?redirect=true

A WB Yeats classic. When You Are Old. If you enjoyed this, please be sure to subscribe and tell a friend! To check out my audiobooks on Youtube, check out: https://youtu.be/jca6uJTWqMQ To support the podcast and enjoy ad-free listening, check out my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/TheCulturedBumpkin?redirect=true

Jane Austen's beloved regency classic, chapter 1 - Sense and Sensibility To hear the entire audiobook on Youtube check out: https://youtu.be/YEYKyYlEeLk (and be sure to check out Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice) For Ad-free listening and to support the podcast check out: https://www.patreon.com/c/TheCulturedBumpkin

In this episode we have a chat with Darby Kern, writer and director of Jake Muller Adventures. To learn more, listen to trailers and purchase audio dramas, visit: www.jakemulleradventures.com . . . To hear classic audiobooks, short stories, and poetry, check out The Cultured Bumpkin Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3tia9JM2y496McAKIBR7A . . . To become a Patron, visit: https://patreon.c...

My mate Charlie joins me remotely to talk about an event that was all over the news back in 1588 -the Spanish Armada! If you enjoyed this, I hope you'll subscribe! Also, check out https://www.youtube.com/@theculturedbumpkin for much more classic literature content. For ad-free audiobook listening and to support the podcast, check out my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/TheCulturedBumpkin For boo...

To hear the entire audiobook (and other classics!) check out The Cultured Bumpkin on Youtube https://youtu.be/jca6uJTWqMQ

On this episode we get back to our chronological trip through English literature with a Shakespeare sonnet. PERSUASION by Jane Austen audiobook: https://youtu.be/_JYBKJMjDtw Be sure to subscribe to The CUltured Bumpkin Youtube for full length audiobooks

Charlie the Brit joins me for a chat about two of my favorite things, classic literature and history. Here we read The Charge of the Light Brigade and hear about the history surrounding it. Check out "D-Day: the Unheard Tapes" by Geraint Jones on Amazon

On this episode we have a great conversation with one of my good friends, voice actor Mitch North. We met back in May 2024 while recording an audio drama called "Tip Lewis and His Lamp" at Lamplighter Studios in New YorkNew York while recording a in audio drama, and this is this first time we've talked at length since. In addition to talking about voice acting, character development, and the creat...

In this episode we'll read a poem by Francis Bacon called The Life of Man. If you enjoyed this, please "like" the video and subscribe to The Cultured Bumpkin for more literature content.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3tia9JM2y496McAKIBR7A  To support The Cultured Bumpkin and hear audiobooks, short stories, poems, sleep podcast episodes, and audio dramas AD-FREE, join my Patreon (just $3 buck...

In this episode of The Cultured Bumpkin we'll read a poem from 1590 called The Bargain. To be notified when I post an audiobook on Youtube (or just to say hi!) email me at: jakephillips116@gmail.com If you enjoyed this, please "like" the video and subscribe to The Cultured Bumpkin for more literature content.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3tia9JM2y496McAKIBR7A

In this episode we'll hear from ole Ed Spenser, the guy who ended the 200 year English poetry drought after Chaucer with this 1579 beauty called My Love Is Like To Ice. If you enjoyed this, please subscribe for more! Check out my longer stuff (Audiobooks, epic poems, short stories, etc) on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/@theculturedbumpkin I'd love to hear from you! Email me at theculturedbum...

In this episode we'll take a look at the evolution of the English language between the 300+ years between Norman conquest John Wycliffe'stranslation of the Latin Vulgate. We'll also read a modern English version of Chaucer's Prologue to the Canturbury Tales. Here's the link: https://tigerweb.towson.edu/duncan/chaucer/duallang1.htm Also, subscribe to The Cultured Bumpkin on www.youtube.com/thecultu...

Ode On A Grecian Urn by John Keats. The free ebook i mentioned can be downloaded HERE

A beautiful poem by Edna St Vincent Millay If you enjoyed this please subscribe!

An unsettling short story by America's master of horror fiction, Edgar Allen Poe. If you enjoyed this, I hope you'll subscribe to The Cultured Bumpkin for more literature content. Also, check me out on Youtube! I do alot of interactive live readings over there.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3tia9JM2y496McAKIBR7A  To support The Cultured Bumpkin and hear audiobooks, short stories, poems, slee...

When the original T-Paine published this at the 1776, the British were winning the war. Subscribe here and on Youtube for alot more full length classic literature! https://www.youtube.com/@theculturedbumpkin

George Washington's Manners. When George Washington was a young English aristocrat he found a British book of manners and copied them down. Some of them are a little outdated, but this is a good list! If you enjoyed this, please "like" the video and subscribe to The Cultured Bumpkin for more literature content.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3tia9JM2y496McAKIBR7A  To support The Cultured Bump...

Robert W. Service: THE CREMATION OF SAM MCGEE A tall tale in poem form about the gold rush in the Yukon territory around the turn of the 19th century. If you enjoyed this, please "like" the video and subscribe to The Cultured Bumpkin for more literature content.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3tia9JM2y496McAKIBR7A  To support The Cultured Bumpkin and hear audiobooks, short stories, poems, sle...

"Ozymandias" is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. It was first published in 1818 and is considered one of Shelley's most famous and enduring poems. The poem tells the story of a traveler who encounters a ruined statue in the desert and reflects on the transient nature of human power and glory. If you enjoyed this, please "like" the video and subscribe to The Cult...

One of the great freedom of all time, which paved the way for the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Juneteenth Proclamation, and many more. To join me as I read LIVE in the evenings on Youtube (and hear lots of other full length classic poems, short stories, and audiobooks): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3tia9JM2y496McAKIBR7A Check out www.jakephillips.us for voiceover, coaching, or...

On the anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, author and Vietnam veteran Ernie LaPointe (the great grandson of Sitting Bull), and he joins me on The Cultured Bumpkin to discuss his book "Sitting Bull: His Life and Legacy". In this portion of the interview he covers an overview of the battle, as well as some points that have been incorrectly romanticized. More to follow! The book is avail...