Lit Out Loud

Benjamin Karl reads William Cullen Bryant's "A Song for New Year's Eve." He also offers his thoughts on the ending of 2020 and the lessons we can take from this most challenging year. Lit Out Loud Podcast Season 01 Episode 05 "A Song for New Year's Eve" by William Cullen Bryant is in the public domain in the United States and other countries. This performance and the surrounding commentary is licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.  Copyright © Benjamin Karl 2020 #poetry #aloud #classics #american #audio #audiobook #literature #books #bryant #education #school #english #ela #read #reading #newyears #2020

I looked outside and said to myself "wow! I've got to capture this!" My wife agreed; in fact she insisted that I grab my cameras and head out into the yard before this beautiful miracle of nature passed us by.   Snow had recently fallen and was now slipping from the tree-tops, made heavy in the afternoon sun and dancing downward through its rays. The footage both inspired and accompanies this week's episode. Please enjoy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Snow-flakes," both read and filmed by me, Benjamin Karl.  Click this link to watch on YouTube. Lit Out Loud Podcast Season 01 Episode 04   "Snow-flakes" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is in the public domain in the United States and other countries. "Falls" was composed by Keith Kenneth and is used royalty free in compliance with the Apple Clips software license agreement. The associated video was filmed and edited by Benjamin Karl.  This performance is licensed for reuse provided such reuse does not violate the above agreement and that such reuse in is compliance with Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.  Copyright © Benjamin Karl 2020 #snow #snowflakes #poetry #aloud #classics #american #audio #audiobook #video #music #musicvideo #literature #books #longfellow #winter #education #school #english #ela #dslr #slowmotion #m43 #read #reading

Host Benjamin Karl reads aloud Walt Whitman’s poem “Miracles” and considers its implications during the 2020 winter holiday season. Lit Out Loud S01E3. “Miracles" (1856) by Walt Whitman is in the public domain in the United States and other countries. This performance and the surrounding commentary contained herein are licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Copyright © Benjamin Karl 2020 #audio #book #audiobook #poetry #poems #books #literature #read #aloud #readaloud #religion #Christian #Christianity #Jewish #Hanukkah #Chanukah #pagan #Buddha #Buddhist #Shakespeare #Lear #Thoreau

Host Benjamin Karl commemorates Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2020 with stories of his own grandfather's experience of the historic attack, and with a reading of John McCrae's poem "The Unconquered Dead." Lit Out Loud S01E02: "The Unconquered Dead" by John McCrae / Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2020. "The Unconquered Dead" (1919) by John McCrae is in the public domain in the United States and other countries. This performance and the surrounding commentary contained herein are licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Copyright © Benjamin Karl 2020

Benjamin Karl reads Rudyard Kipling's "If" and share his thoughts about the poem and its connection to this moment in history. Lit Out Loud S01E01: "If" by Rudyard Kipling / Election Day 2020. "If" (1910) by Rudyard Kipling is in the public domain in the United States and other countries. This performance and the surrounding commentary contained herein are licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Copyright © Benjamin Karl 2020

Hello, everyone. My name is Benjamin Karl. I’m a Michigan certified teacher of English language and literature at the secondary level. Over the years, I’ve also been an actor, both on stage and on screen, and a filmmaker. “In my new podcast, Lit Out Loud, I’ll be reading aloud great works of poetry, excerpts from novels and other longer works, and discussing them all along the way. Occasionally, I’ll have guests on the show—experts in different fields—to discuss the impacts and significance of some of these works as they relate to particular domains. And we’ll look at these works’ cultural impacts, both contemporaneously to the given work and to our own time today, all in an effort to answer the perennial question ‘why read the classics?’ “Maybe you’re just looking to hear some great lit out loud, or maybe you’re the kind that likes to really dig in; each episode will be designed for maximum enjoyment and flexibility. So, come along with me your host Benjamin Karl and let’s have a listen to some lit out loud.”