Podcast
What Would McAvoy Say?
Hosted by McAvoy Layne · EN
Portraying Mark Twain for 38 years,
has allowed me a foretaste of heaven
prior to my earthly contract running out.
The Wild Humorist of the Pacific Slope
has taught me that even in this crazy world
it is possible, no, vital, to smile…
17episodes
Episodes
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Powerful Places
1w ago00:04:29Tap to summarize“I have never seen what to me seemed an atom of proof that there is a future life. And yet I am strongly inclined to expect one.”
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An Open Letter from America 250 to America 300
2w ago00:04:35Tap to summarizeI only wish I could join you in lifting a glass to the next generation of American experimenters, but theydon’t have glasses where I am, only shovels to keep the embers glowing…
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Buddy Rich
3w ago00:04:19Tap to summarizeHe is as swashbuckling today as he was on that memorable night when he led the Scotch Mist Bunny Hop out onto the streets of Chicago…
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Lewis & Clark
May 2700:04:20Tap to summarizeShe also became the very first woman in our history to cast a vote.
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Huckleberry's Tree and Me
May 2000:04:20Tap to summarizeMy breath forsook me, and I came near falling onto the floor in astonishment...
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Dolley Madison
May 1300:04:17Tap to summarizeBut what distinguishes Dolley to my mind, and makes her ahero of her time, really, is the way she single-handedly saved an American treasure…
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Take Two Aspirin
May 600:04:18Tap to summarizeIt was to be that little mouse’s, and McAvoy’s lucky Maui day…
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Judge Lloyd George
Apr 2900:04:20Tap to summarize“So Sam, what do you think about President Teddy Rooseveltnow that you’re up here?”
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Waterskiing the Caldecott Tunnel
Apr 2200:03:59Tap to summarizeOnce upon a time I had the best job in America...
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Saving Huck
Apr 1500:04:32Tap to summarize"All right, then, I'll go to hell.”
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