The Radio Reading Room
The Radio Reading Room features the Stories of Americana special Featured Segments feature stories and poetry from some of America's Classic authors, such as, Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, Emily Dickerson, T.S. Elliot and many more. The program is hosted and stories read by long time broadcast veteran and voice artist Myron Hieronymous Thomas. First aired over WQSA AM radio in Sarasota Florida in 1989 the program fast became a favorite of listeners and participants.
The Radio Reading Room
Episodes
THE NIGHT THE WIND SHIFTED* A Historical Novella of the American Founding
In this episode of The Radio Reading Room-Stories of Americana, step into the charged summer of 1776 as young Elias Carter, along with Mara Whitcombe and Jacob Turner, are drawn into the dangerous work of carrying the newly printed Declaration ...
THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY by Mark Twain
In this episode we present Mark Twain’s Mark Twain’s “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a gloriously ridiculous frontier yarn in which a well‑meaning visitor asks a simple question and immediately gets trapped in the ...
The History of Belmont Stakes 2026
In this episode, we journey through more than a century and a half of Belmont Stakes history—its 1867 origins, its evolution into the longest and most demanding leg of the Triple Crown, and the legends who forged their names across its unforgiv...
The Declaration of Independence
As we prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation, this episode invites listeners to look back at the words and events that helped launch the American story.In this special Fourth of July episode of Radio Reading Room: S...
A Horseman in the Sky, A Civil War Story
In this episode of Radio Reading Room Podcast: Stories of Americana, host and reader Myron Hieronymous Thomas presents Ambrose Bierce’s haunting Civil War short story "A Horseman in the Sky". First published in 1889, the story follows a young U...
