by Danny Ballan | May 23, 2022 | Poetry
On the Edge | Poem by Danny Ballan We live on the edge of timeToo many dreams sunkIn too much or too little wineFleeting is everythingFleeting is yours and mineSo much for the big planToday I don’t understandHow long it took to thinkHow little we stopped to feelThe...
by Danny Ballan | Feb 24, 2022 | Archive
Introduction You don’t have to be a chess player, or even a fan to know if you are a king or not. In this Of Chess and Life episode, I will only help you answer this simple question and here I insist on addressing this question to both men and women. Are you a king?...
by Danny Ballan | Jan 30, 2021 | Archive
Learn about Cervantes’ masterpiece Don Quixote De La Mancha in this new Immortal Books episode from English Plus Podcast. Audio Podcast Episode Transcript Welcome to a new episode from English Plus Podcast, and today we have a very special episode form our...
by Danny Ballan | Jan 26, 2021 | Archive
Listen to Guy De Maupassant’s story The Necklace and learn about character motivation and making inferences along with some keywords, but above all, enjoy this beautiful story from English Plus Podcast. Audio Podcast The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant She...
by Danny Ballan | Dec 24, 2020 | Archive
Project Orpheus is a celebration of the timeless stories told to us through painting masterpieces. Enjoy prose and poetry inspired by this masterpiece by Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, Susanna and the Elders. Audio Podcast Project Orpheus | Susanna and the Elders...
by Danny Ballan | Dec 23, 2020 | Archive
Listen to Shelley’s famous poem, Ozymandias, and enjoy a plunge into the deep meanings of this poem. Audio Podcast Spotlights | Ozymandias Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land,Who said—“Two vast and trunkless...
by Danny Ballan | Dec 16, 2020 | Archive
Audio Podcast The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh. Let us not then speak ill of our generation, it is not any unhappier than its predecessors.from Waiting...
by Danny Ballan | Dec 15, 2020 | Archive
Description Immerse yourself in The Machine, a story by Danny Ballan from The Antichrist short story collection. Listen to the story with original music composed for the story and sound effects that will take you right in the middle of the action of the story. Audio...
by Danny Ballan | Aug 6, 2020 | Poetry
They call me a bearSo powerful, so strong—A wounded bear I amI wish I could just hibernateAnd wake in another worldWake to another landI once called my home. A wounded bear I am,None can take me head-onBut like everything I wearCell by cellAll the mightThe show...
by Danny Ballan | Jul 28, 2020 | Archive
Literature | The Odyssey TOC [hide]DescriptionAudioTranscriptDescriptionIn this Literature | The Odyssey episode, we will talk about the Odyssey by Homer. We will talk about the plot, the characters, and the main themes in this immortal book from Greek...
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