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The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy

The entire Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy, read by the author. "A masterpiece of American humor." Los Angeles Times peterleroy.substack.com

🎧 354: In Maryland, ...

5 mins; November 19, 2022

🎧 353: In The Analytical Engine ...

3 mins; November 18, 2022

🎧 352: “You know,” . . .

3 mins; November 17, 2022

🎧 351: Before the war . . .

8 mins; November 16, 2022

🎧 350: In December, ...

6 mins; November 15, 2022

🎧 349: Ella and Buster and Bert ...

3 mins; November 14, 2022

🎧 348: “Lorna,” whispered Herb ...

5 mins; November 13, 2022

🎧 347: That night . . .

6 mins; November 12, 2022

🎧 346: Everyone was relieved ...

6 mins; November 11, 2022

🎧 345: “Well, we wouldn’t . . .”

5 mins; November 10, 2022

🎧 344: Herb and Lorna and ...

6 mins; November 09, 2022

🎧 343: Dudley began . . .

5 mins; November 08, 2022

🎧 342: In the spring . . .

6 mins; November 07, 2022

🎧 341: After a while . . .

5 mins; November 06, 2022

🎧 340: Except for . . .

4 mins; November 05, 2022

🎧 339: Herb began work ...

6 mins; November 04, 2022

🎧 338: Mrs. Stolz was ...

4 mins; November 03, 2022

🎧 337: That night . . .

6 mins; November 02, 2022

🎧 336: In the western ...

6 mins; November 01, 2022

🎧 335: A coolness, . . .

3 mins; October 31, 2022

🎧 334: In time, prosperity . . .

4 mins; October 30, 2022

🎧 333: On the first . . .

5 mins; October 29, 2022

🎧 332: Lorna and Herb sat ...

4 mins; October 28, 2022

🎧 331: May was determined ...

5 mins; October 27, 2022

🎧 330: The years . . .

4 mins; October 26, 2022

🎧 329: And then along came ...

3 mins; October 25, 2022

🎧 328: Because they were ...

4 mins; October 24, 2022

🎧 327: For a while . . .

7 mins; October 23, 2022

🎧 326: As Proust probably ...

3 mins; October 22, 2022

🎧 325: Herb ran the tips ...

5 mins; October 21, 2022

🎧 324: Lorna had seen . . .

8 mins; October 20, 2022

🎧 323: When Garth . . .

5 mins; October 19, 2022

🎧 322: The beach was . . .

3 mins; October 18, 2022

🎧 321: At May and Garth’s ...

5 mins; October 17, 2022

🎧 320: They drank . . .

7 mins; October 16, 2022

🎧 319: One rainy evening ...

6 mins; October 15, 2022

🎧 318: On the Babbingtonians’ ...

7 mins; October 14, 2022

🎧 317: May had to . . .

5 mins; October 13, 2022

🎧 316: Herb sold . . .

4 mins; October 12, 2022

🎧 315: Ella was adorable ...

4 mins; October 11, 2022

🎧 314: Lorna profited . . .

6 mins; October 10, 2022

🎧 313: And so they . . .

8 mins; October 09, 2022

🎧 312: When Dr. Stickler ...

4 mins; October 08, 2022

🎧 311: Garth provided the ...

5 mins; October 07, 2022

🎧 310: Herb’s table . . .

5 mins; October 06, 2022

🎧 309: A curious kind ...

6 mins; October 05, 2022

🎧 308: They astonished ...

5 mins; October 04, 2022

🎧 307: A month or two ...

6 mins; October 03, 2022

🎧 306: “This is—this is—”

6 mins; October 02, 2022

🎧 305: Like an artist ...

4 mins; October 01, 2022

304: Herb’s work . . .

5 mins; September 30, 2022

🎧 303: Herb and Lorna moved ...

6 mins; September 29, 2022

🎧 302: “Remember,” said Herb ...

4 mins; September 28, 2022

🎧 301: The apartment.

8 mins; September 27, 2022

🎧 300: In the days that ...

5 mins; September 26, 2022

🎧 299: After Lorna and Herb ...

5 mins; September 25, 2022

🎧 298: Dan inspected Herb.

8 mins; September 24, 2022

🎧 297: It took more ...

6 mins; September 23, 2022

🎧 296: In Boston, Herb told ...

6 mins; September 22, 2022

🎧 295: “Chacallit is about . . .”

2 mins; September 21, 2022

🎧 294: The fire at the Serenity Ballroom ...

5 mins; September 20, 2022

🎧 293: Lorna, holding Herb’s ...

8 mins; September 19, 2022

🎧 292: “This is an honor!”

4 mins; September 18, 2022

🎧 291: When Herb and Lorna ...

5 mins; September 17, 2022

🎧 290: “It’s a wonderful . . .”

4 mins; September 16, 2022

🎧 289: Lorna was surprised ...

6 mins; September 15, 2022

🎧 288: When Herb and Ben ...

7 mins; September 14, 2022

🎧 287: The next morning ...

8 mins; September 13, 2022

🎧 286: “I guess you want . . .”

8 mins; September 12, 2022

🎧 285: To help ...

7 mins; September 11, 2022

🎧 284: “I want you . . .”

5 mins; September 10, 2022

🎧 283: When Andrew Proctor ...

4 mins; September 09, 2022

🎧 282: Herb had planned ...

5 mins; September 08, 2022

🎧 281: Herb’s Uncle Ben . . .

4 mins; September 07, 2022

🎧 280: Lorna did go . . .

7 mins; September 06, 2022

🎧 279: Early one afternoon ...

7 mins; September 05, 2022

🎧 278: In his letters . . .

3 mins; September 04, 2022

🎧 277: At that moment . . .

6 mins; September 03, 2022

🎧 276: The women’s committee ...

6 mins; September 02, 2022

🎧 275: Lorna also . . .

6 mins; September 01, 2022

🎧 274: One cannot . . .

5 mins; August 31, 2022

🎧 273: The next morning, ...

7 mins; August 30, 2022

🎧 272: Herb stood . . .

3 mins; August 29, 2022

🎧 271: “I’ll see you . . .”

7 mins; August 28, 2022

🎧 270: An hour later, ...

6 mins; August 27, 2022

🎧 269: When my great-grandfather ...

8 mins; August 26, 2022

🎧 268: The moment when ...

8 mins; August 25, 2022

🎧 267: The trip to Chacallit ...

7 mins; August 24, 2022

🎧 266: When he got . . .

5 mins; August 23, 2022

🎧 265: Their meeting . . .

8 mins; August 22, 2022

🎧 264: Said May Castle . . .

5 mins; August 21, 2022

🎧 263: From the day . . .

4 mins; August 20, 2022

🎧 262: When Herb and Ben ...

7 mins; August 19, 2022

🎧 261: Lester’s brother ...

8 mins; August 18, 2022

🎧 260: Herb’s father, Lester, ...

7 mins; August 17, 2022

🎧 259: In Bombay harbor, ...

6 mins; August 16, 2022

🎧 258: Suddenly, we’re at sea!

4 mins; August 15, 2022

🎧 257: Tom climbs down ...

4 mins; August 14, 2022

🎧 256: Frederick Lewis Tudor ...

5 mins; August 13, 2022

🎧 255: My grandfather, . . .

5 mins; August 12, 2022

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