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"Agent Heine: The Man from the Stars", by Edgar Wallace
From Michael Henrik Wynn | 32:59
Michael Henrik Wynn (me) reads a very funny first world war satire by Edgar Wallace, the man who created King Kong.
Edgar Wallace, now remembered as a writer of crime novels and thrilers and the creator of King Kong wrote some very funny first person narratives during the first world war. In this piece Michael Henrik Wynn does a little comedy acting in order to bring out the inept German agent stationed i London, trying to organize sabotage and bring accurate information back to London. As long as you attribute the piece to Historyradio.org and the reader as Michael Henrik Wynn, you can use it freely. Feel free also to remove the robot voices and the start and the end, and the historyradio.org jingle.
"To the Harvard pathologist who sold body-parts online", a poem By Michael Henrik Wynn
From Michael Henrik Wynn | 03:47
A reading of a satirical poem by Michael Henrik Wynn. The poem is dedicated to the Harvard pathologist who recently was caught peddling body parts on the internet. I just thought the news story a little peculiar. It is not offensive in any way whatsoever.
A reading of a satirical poem by Michael Henrik Wynn (me). The poem is dedicated to the Harvard pathologist who recently was caught peddling body parts on the internet. I just thought the news story a little peculiar. It is not offensive in any way whatsoever. I added sound effects, some musopen classical music, and wind. It turned out ok, i think.
"The Doctor", written and narrated by Michael Henrik Wynn
From Michael Henrik Wynn | 13:36
This is my reading of my own short story. It is a sort of horror story set in Victorian London.
This story, like most of my stories, is destilled emotion, which means that all oppostions are sharpened in order to make them visible. There is not much space in a sort story for the nuances that we all know dominate our lives. But as a narrative it turned out quite well. and I am also fairly satisfied with the narration and sound editing I did.
"Feng Menglong's Judge Bao traces the footsteps of a spirit", interpreted by Michael Henrik Wynn
From Michael Henrik Wynn | 39:50
The emergence of the crime fiction genre is linked to the growth of the modern legal system. In Germany, there were the true crime stories of August Gottlieb Meißner (1753-1807), in France Vidocq ( 1775-1857) and in Britain the Newgate Diaries.
China has one of the oldest bureaucracies on earth. In this video, Michael Henrik Wynn gives his interpretation of a classic story about the legendary Judge Bao, a real life character from the early middle ages who was transformed by fiction into a Chinese Sherlock Holmes. This interpretation uses the Feng Menglong (1574-1646) version of the story as a foundation, and includes all the elements of that legend. But it is not a direct translation.
The emergence of the crime fiction genre is linked to the growth of the modern legal system. In Germany, there were the true crime stories of August Gottlieb Meißner (1753-1807), in France Vidocq ( 1775-1857) and in Britain the Newgate Diaries.
China has one of the oldest bureaucracies on earth. In this video, Michael Henrik Wynn gives his interpretation of a classic story about the legendary Judge Bao, a real life character from the early middle ages who was transformed by fiction into a Chinese Sherlock Holmes. This interpretation uses the Feng Menglong (1574-1646) version of the story as a foundation, and includes all the elements of that legend. But it is not a direct translation.
Wordsworth & Jazz
From Michael Henrik Wynn | 03:52
A public domain reading of Wordsworth's "I wandered lonely as a cloud" set to public domain jazz. The result was surprisingly good.
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The reading comes from librivox, and the music from pixabay.
"Colored Blues Singer" by Countee Cullen w/ Blind Willie Johnson
From Michael Henrik Wynn | 03:06
Countee Cullen (1903-1946) was a well known African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 30s. In this video I have set a reading of his poem "Colored Blues Singer" to the tones of Blind Willie Johnson.
Countee Cullen (1903-1946) was a well known African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 30s. In this video I have set a reading of his poem "Colored Blues Singer" to the tones of Blind Willie Johnson.