Sunday Storytellers - From Felician University Libraries & Radio Felician

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Christmas Special

The Sunday Storytellers podcast is an encore presentation of the Radio Felician University series (of the same name) that aired during 2019 & 2020. A collaboration between Radio Felician & Felician University Libraries, this series presents stories read by the students, faculty, & staff of Felician University.

​On this installment, it's Sunday Storytellers' Christmas Special! Listen to these timeless tales of Christmas & the true meaning of the holiday spirit [Originally aired December 22nd, 2019] ...

• 'A Visit from St. Nicholas', more commonly known as 'The Night Before Christmas' or ''Twas the Night Before Christmas' from its first line, read by Jeff Shelly of Radio Felician

• The editorial 'Is There a Santa Claus?', as published by the New York Sun in 1897, read by Dr. Tara Brugnoni, Doctor of Letters, Director of Community Rights and Responsibilities and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Felician University

• O. Henry's 'The Gift of the Magi', and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem 'The Three Kings', read by Andy Fellows, Director of Campus Ministry

• The poem 'Ring Out, Wild Bells' by Alfred Tennyson, read Dr. Ronald Gray, Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Felician University

• Rebecca Driscoll reads Desiderata' by Max Ehrmann, read by Rebecca Driscoll

Thanksgiving Special

The Sunday Storytellers podcast is an encore presentation of the Radio Felician University series (of the same name) that aired during 2019 & 2020. A collaboration between Radio Felician & Felician University Libraries, this series presents stories read by the students, faculty, & staff of Felician University.

​On this installment, it's Sunday Storytellers' Thanksgiving Special! Enjoy extra helpings of tales of Thanksgiving, family, food, & more [Originally aired November 24th, 2019] ...

• ‘Mrs. November’s Dinner Party’ by Agnes Carr (from ‘The Topaz Story Book’ compiled by Adam and Eleanor Skinner in 1917), read by Jeff Shelly of Radio Felician

• O. Henry’s ‘Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen’, a short story that appears in his 1907 collection ‘The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories of the Four Million’, read by Jeff Shelly of Radio Felician

• Johnny Appleseed’ by Josephine Scribner Gates & ‘Thanksgiving’ by Amelia E. Barr, two poems from ‘The Topaz Story Book’, read by Maria Spina of Felician University Libraries

• ‘A Turkey for the Stuffing’ written by Katherine Grace Hulbert in 1921, read by Kaitlyn Clohosey

​• The poem ‘Pumpkin Pie’ by Mary Mapes Dodge, read by Felician University Student Cynthia Contin

Halloween Special

Welcome to Sunday Storytellers, an encore presentation of the Radio Felician University series that aired during 2019 & 2020 ... now in podcast form! A collaboration between Radio Felician & Felician University Libraries, this series presents stories read by the students, faculty, & staff of Felician University.

​On this installment, it's Sunday Storytellers' Halloween Special! Delight in these classic tales of the macabre, along with spooky stories taken from New Jersey folklore [Originally aired October 27th, 2019] ... 

• 'The Tell-tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Dr. Robert McParland, Professor of English at Felician University & author of 12 non-fiction books

• Spooky Tale: 'The Parkway Phantom' read by Ash Listermann

• Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' read by Jeff Shelly of Radio Felician

• Spooky Tale: 'Sybil's Cave' read by Gabby Geranio

• Terry McAteer, Associate Professor of Communications, reading from 'The Blood is the Life', a vampire novel set in modern America -- It is a selection from the opening chapter called “Night Falls"

• Spooky Tale: 'Buckeye Billy' read by Brendan McKenney

• Robert Clougherty, Vice President for Technology, Design, & Innovation, reads 'Do Ma Gra', an original series of poems based on Bram Stoker’s novel, 'Dracula'

• Spooky Tale: '100 Steps Of Death' read by Melanie Hill

• Alison Cole, Librarian and Professor at Felician University, reading 'The Misfit Ghost'

​• Spooky Tale: 'The Seabrook Wilson House' read by Nicole Cacciatore