https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com What happens when a local historian and author sits down to narrate the longest book ever written in English (when it was published in 1952)? We'll all find out together on "Oh, Sironia!" Follow us on Instagram @ohsironiapodcast!

]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:05:00 -0300 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Arts:Books 1440 serial ohsironiapodcast ohsironiapodcast No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22568268/OhSironia_ApplePodcast_icon.jpg https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com 144 144 The "Oh, Sironia!" Podcast Episode 01: Why Am I Doing This to Myself ... Again! https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/e/oh-sironia-episode-01/ https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/e/oh-sironia-episode-01/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:30:42 -0300 ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/8c6293c3-5701-34f9-accb-c0935ebdb820 In which your host introduces the basic facts behind the genesis of "Sironia, Texas," which was the longest book ever published in the English language when it was launched in 1952.

]]> In which your host introduces the basic facts behind the genesis of "Sironia, Texas," which was the longest book ever published in the English language when it was launched in 1952.

]]> In which your host introduces the basic facts behind the genesis of ”Sironia, Texas,” which was the longest book ever published in the English language when it was launched in 1952. Oh, Sironia! podcast false No 1046 1 1 full The "Oh, Sironia!" Podcast Episode 02: A Brofest, Some Racism, and a (Literal) Cliffhanger https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-oh-sironia-podcast-episode-02-a-brofest-some-racism-and-a-literal-cliffhanger/ https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-oh-sironia-podcast-episode-02-a-brofest-some-racism-and-a-literal-cliffhanger/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2026 01:00:00 -0300 ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/fd680bcf-4205-317d-9bcf-d1d23b7909cf In which we meet several more characters, learn about how guys ca. 1900 used to "bro out" together - hint: not much different than today, honestly - and a mysterious conversation is begun ... but not completed!

]]> In which we meet several more characters, learn about how guys ca. 1900 used to "bro out" together - hint: not much different than today, honestly - and a mysterious conversation is begun ... but not completed!

]]> In which we meet several more characters, learn about how guys ca. 1900 used to ”bro out” together - hint: not much different than today, honestly - and a mysterious conversation is begun ... but not completed! ohsironiapodcast false No 1533 1 2 full "Oh, Sironia!" Episode 03: Circus Roustabouts and Other Social Stigmas https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/e/oh-sironia-episode-03-circus-roustabouts-and-other-social-stigmas/ https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/e/oh-sironia-episode-03-circus-roustabouts-and-other-social-stigmas/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0300 ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/5cc1f381-e385-3d5b-9b12-71bb2b306e3a In which a secretive conversation is finally revealed, Bill visits East Sironia for ... reasons ... and we learn something truly revealing about Calvin and Milly's relationship. Plus: a circus person!

]]> In which a secretive conversation is finally revealed, Bill visits East Sironia for ... reasons ... and we learn something truly revealing about Calvin and Milly's relationship. Plus: a circus person!

]]> In which a secretive conversation is finally revealed, Bill visits East Sironia for ... reasons ... and we learn something truly revealing about Calvin and Milly’s relationship. Plus: a circus person! Oh, Sironia! Podcast false No 1393 1 3 full The "Oh, Sironia!" Podcast Episode 04: The Hazel and Millicent Show, Part I https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-oh-sironia-podcast-episode-04-the-hazel-and-millicent-show-part-i/ https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-oh-sironia-podcast-episode-04-the-hazel-and-millicent-show-part-i/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:00:00 -0300 ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/0a2ac9a4-3140-3ffd-8e04-14e7ec97c1a3 In which we get into the heads of two leading ladies of Sironia: Hazel Elliott and Millicent "Milly" Letitia Thaxton Thaxton (who is, you'll recall, married to her cousin!). If you're looking for plot advancement, you'll be disappointed, but if you like juicy details on backstories and at least three uses of the censoring beep sound effect, my friend, you are in luck!

]]> In which we get into the heads of two leading ladies of Sironia: Hazel Elliott and Millicent "Milly" Letitia Thaxton Thaxton (who is, you'll recall, married to her cousin!). If you're looking for plot advancement, you'll be disappointed, but if you like juicy details on backstories and at least three uses of the censoring beep sound effect, my friend, you are in luck!

]]> In which we get into the heads of two leading ladies of Sironia: Hazel Elliott and Millicent ”Milly” Letitia Thaxton Thaxton (who is, you’ll recall, married to her cousin!). If you’re looking for plot advancement, you’ll be disappointed, but if you like juicy details on backstories and at least three uses of the censoring beep sound effect, my friend, you are in luck! ohsironiapodcast false No 2150 1 4 full The "Oh, Sironia!" Podcsast Episode 05: Of Shopping Trips and Unrequited Loves https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-oh-sironia-podcsast-episode-05-of-shopping-trips-and-unrequited-loves/ https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-oh-sironia-podcsast-episode-05-of-shopping-trips-and-unrequited-loves/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:20:00 -0300 ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/95102285-9b43-3cbe-b5e0-cd2feb1d5123 In which we check in with Hazel, Marshall and Moira, get our first reference to a certain style of wood made popular by famous Wacoans Chip and Joanna Gaines, and discover that one of our characters delivers a mean drunken nuptial speech.

]]> In which we check in with Hazel, Marshall and Moira, get our first reference to a certain style of wood made popular by famous Wacoans Chip and Joanna Gaines, and discover that one of our characters delivers a mean drunken nuptial speech.

]]> In which we check in with Hazel, Marshall and Moira, get our first reference to a certain style of wood made popular by famous Wacoans Chip and Joanna Gaines, and discover that one of our characters delivers a mean drunken nuptial speech. ohsironiapodcast false No 1175 1 5 full The "Oh, Sironia!" Podcast Episode 06: Boys Both High and Lowdown https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-oh-sironia-podcast-episode-06-boys-both-high-and-lowdown/ https://ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-oh-sironia-podcast-episode-06-boys-both-high-and-lowdown/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:05:00 -0300 ohsironiapodcast.podbean.com/de1ecd15-eb54-30ac-a0ec-4711e86ed21f In which Carietta Cahoon Storrow and her unusual clothing habits enter the stage, and we learn a lot about her furniture, her unmentionables, and her nephew, hellraisin' Jed Haydn.

]]> In which Carietta Cahoon Storrow and her unusual clothing habits enter the stage, and we learn a lot about her furniture, her unmentionables, and her nephew, hellraisin' Jed Haydn.

]]> In which Carietta Cahoon Storrow and her unusual clothing habits enter the stage, and we learn a lot about her furniture, her unmentionables, and her nephew, hellraisin’ Jed Haydn. ohsironiapodcast false No 1159 1 6 full