This week we’re listening to a sample from Harris Newmark’s memoir, “Sixty Years in Southern California".

We’ll be listening to the first 2 chapters in which Newmark recounts his upbringing and how he ended up traveling to California from Prussia covering the years 1834-1853

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In this episode we’re meeting the 19th century humorist, journalist and author known for his witty satirical columns and depictions of western life.

1. Mush and Melody has Mr. Nye attempting to provide a grand solution for a non-problem, providing that if you squint hard enough anything can turn into a crisis.
2. ‘Flying Machines’ showcases a range of aerial contraptions that hover somewhere between ‘mildly impressive’ and ‘why on Earth would anyone try that?’
3. In ‘The Amateur Carpenter’ Nye really leans into the amateur part; the results of these carpentry projects may resemble disasters.
4. Up next is ‘One Kind of Fool’ with Nye’s portrait of a young drifter who’s about as skilled at lying as a toddler trying to play poker.
5. And to wrap up, Bill Nye draws a curious parallel between his prose and the illustrious Noah Webster, proving that even in writing, comparisons can stretch the limits of credulity.

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In this episode we’re sampling Kate Chopin.

1. ‘The Kiss’ is a short story about a calculating young woman managing a love triangle and highlights themes of irony, pragmatism over romantic love, and the manipulation of social roles.
2. Kate Chopin’s ‘A Pair of Silk Stockings’ explores the conflict between a woman's duty to family and her personal desires for independence and self-identity, common in Chopin's work.
3. "A Reflection" is a brief, philosophical meditation contrasting the relentless "moving procession of human energy" with the stillness of those left behind.

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