Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 291.  Poe and the OutsiderIn the previous episode the character of the ghost of Mr. Poe and I first discussed the Alien and Sedition Acts.   First, I’d like to apologize I have a cold/flu, and...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 290 - Alien - or perhaps more accurately Poe and The Alien and Sedition Acts.   And no, I am not going to talk about little creatures from outer space.This podcast will deal with Alien and Sedi...

In the previous episode, the ghost of Mr. Poe and I began a discussion of the presidential election of 24 - 1824 that is - an election that the young Poe would have been familiar with.   And if you have not heard that podcast episode, I...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 288 - Election Conflict, Part 1You are probably sick and tired of hearing and reading about election conflicts and disagreements - I know that I am.  But in this episode, the ghost of Mr. Poe a...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 287 - Poe’s Views on Democracy and Donald Trump.When I started this weekly podcast over 4 years ago, my original intentions were to keep Poecentric - meaning only about the works, times, and...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 286 - an examination from a contemporary standpoint of one of Edgar Poe’s most famous stories - The Pit and the Pendulum.  And as you will hear very soon, this episode also marks the return of ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 286 - Clinton and Collins: The Language of GodBefore we jump into this episode, I want to announce what is perhaps the most ambitious undertaking that Celebrate Poe has ever published - the 20...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 284 - Continuity and Progress.  This will mark the third and final episode - for now - dealing with President Obama - and I would like to look at Obama’s second Inaugural Address - a speech that covers...

I have been going over the speeches of Barack Obama, and found some real jewels.  I started reading a speech given to Congress hesitant to use it in a podcast episode because it was almost 50 minutes long.  But by the end of the ad...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 282 - Obama: Hope in ActionYou know, I have found that President Obama’s addresses seem to speak for themselves - there might be a temptation to add comments but Obama is arguably one of the...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 281- Let Us Continue!   And just in case you are wondering, I am taking a break from episodes about Edgar Poe until election day, and devoting that time to great words from other notable Amer...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 280 -  The Power of Words: JFK and the Fight for Equality.   This episode continues an examination of some of the outstanding addresses given by great Americans - in this case Presidents of the Un...

This podcast episode deals with President Kennedy’s 1960 Inaugural address.  On January 20, 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK), a Democrat from Massachusetts, was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States. Taking office at...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 278 - Whitman on Democracy - and This is the final episode - for now - about Walt Whitman.Walt Whitman wrote many lengthy poems about democracy - in fact I found a great poem about Democracy...

It is generally agreed that O Captain, My Captain is Walt Whitman’s masterpiece.  But to understand this poem you need to look at the connections between Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, and Whitman’s love, Peter Doyle.

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 276 - Beat! Beat! Drums!After three episodes on President Abraham Lincoln, I would like to delve into arguably America’s greatest poet - a man whose entire outlook on life was intertwined with this ...

On the fourth day of March, 1865, the President of the United States stood on the east steps of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. to deliver his second inaugural address. Now Four years earlier, Abraham Lincoln delivered his first ina...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 274 - A Two-Minute Masterpiece: The Gettysburg Address ExplainedThis episode delves briefly into Edward Everett's two hour speech at Gettysburg prior to President Lincoln's two minute address, and b...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 273 - The Better Angels of Our NatureFor the next three episodes, I would like to delve into three speeches by Abraham Lincoln - not only because of their excellence but because of how conditions in...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 272  where I look at Frederick Douglass, and yes, a little about Edgar Allan Poe. Now while Poe and Douglass came from vastly different backgrounds with fascinating writing styles, they both sh...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - My name is George Bartley, and this is episode 270 - Life, Liberty, and Happiness.The United States Declaration of Independence is an extremely important document in the history of the United States of Amer...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - My name is George Bartley - and this is episode 269 - Give Me Liberty.Presidential elections in the United States only occur once every four years, and it could be argued that 2024 is the most important Pre...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 269 - Marrying Your CousinMany people believe that one of the most controversial subjects regarding Poe is the fact that he married his much younger cousin. Virginia Eliza Clemm. - I guess ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - My name is George Bartley, and this is episode 266 - Poe’ First Story - Part TwoAfter all the background of the previous episode, I’d like to devote this episode to the actual story of Metzengerstein.  ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - My name is George Bartley, and this is episode 266 - Poe’ First Story - Part OneMost Poe scholars seem to believe that Poe’s first published story was Metzengerstein. Metzengerstein was published by The Phi...