Jane Austen Stories is the new show from the Noiser podcast network, narrated by Dame Julie Andrews.
Season One begins with Julie reading an all-time classic of English literature, Pride and Prejudice, in its original masterful form.
Join us twice a week as we walk grand estates, take tea with well-dressed gentlewomen, and enter ballrooms to dance with the great and good of the county. But in this tranquil corner of England, not everything is quite as it appears... Can our heroine Elizabeth navigate a world of secrets and simmering passions? Can the Bennet family avoid scandal and destitution? And is the mysterious Mr Darcy as dastardly as he seems?
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The story of how in just 13 years, Hitler led a fringe sect with less than a hundred members and outlandish ideas to be the dominant force in German politics.
天子守国门，君王死社稷——题记 “那一夜我也曾梦见百万雄兵。”
明朝，我们纵看历史，和尚皇帝朱元璋横扫六合，建立明朝，而胡惟庸案的爆发，使得老朱废丞相，设三司。相权，作为中国古代对抗皇权的产物，在老朱的手上终止了。但存在即合理，消失的相权会以另外一种方式出现。惠文帝，小小少年怎么斗得过永乐帝。靖难之役，皇权顺利过度，修永乐大典、迁都北京、疏通大运河、郑和下西洋、五征漠北、征服安南。可能朱棣的精力不如老朱，太累了，于是，内阁出现了内阁，最终，内阁代表了丞相行使了相权。由于朱瞻基的存在，也就是蛐蛐皇帝。但他老爹，没什么能耐，在位不到一年便去世了，号仁宗。因为休养生息的缘故，仁宣之治也成为明朝初年的一大盛世。
“莫须有”杀掉了岳飞，“意欲”杀掉了于谦。
提起明朝，人们都会想起“太监”。没错，太监，就是除去皇帝和内阁的第三方势力。皇帝太小，文官集团势大，皇帝只能信任陪伴他们的太监，但由于某些皇帝的不作为， 太监成为了王朝的直接掌控者。朱祁镇就听信太监谗言，导致土木之变，明王朝一时间朝不保夕。在这个时候，于谦挽留了大明王朝，也就是著名的北京保卫战。也就是这段时间，哥哥变成太上皇，弟弟坐上了皇位，直至夺门之变，重新掌权，夺门功臣徐有贞以“意欲”立藩为由冤杀于谦。
“性格上的缺陷，往往来自于自身的过往经历。”
皇帝并不好当，朱见深由于各种原因，皇帝不喜，废而后立专宠年长 17 岁的万贵妃。万贵妃由于年龄无法生育，也吃不上葡萄说葡萄酸，不希望其他人吃葡萄。所以朱见深没有后代。这时候，一个吃百家饭穿百家衣的皇帝出现了，朱祐樘， 他在一群太监宫女的照顾下长大。在张敏，怀恩的保护下继位。他能活下来真是一个奇迹，简直充分说明了人性之善。童年时被人性的光辉环绕的朱佑樘，自然是一片感恩励精图治。不得不说，正是一些小人物的保护，才有了后来卓越的表现。但是历史会记住他们。但要说谁最会玩，还是要讲明武宗，号毅帝。 说它毅，他坚持热衷于玩，玩世不恭，以娱乐百官追求，个性解放。谥号武，因为玩，玩打仗， 有了明武宗大败蒙古小王子， 武宗杀一人的结果。百因必有果！
“致良知，知行合一”
王守仁小朋友，非常热衷于做圣贤。他无心仕途，却总能在险恶官场化险为夷， 终身居高位。他是一介书生，却多次替朝廷平叛，从无败绩，成为明朝杰出的军事家之一。他一心想格物致知，终走向理学的对立面，创立心学，桃李满天下，成为儒学又一宗。参考朱熹朱圣人，守仁格竹，穷理格物。由于被贬，龙场顿悟，发觉，天理即是人欲。这时候，作为巡抚开始了江西剿匪， 剿着剿着发现，匪徒的背后是宁王朱宸濠（宸濠之乱），于是到了王守仁自己一生中最辉煌的时刻，宁王谋反，守仁平叛。王阳明，他继承了程朱理学，发扬了阳明心学。无善无恶心之体，有善有恶意之动。知善知恶是良知，为善去恶是格物。或许以后再看，还有新的理解，一生伏首拜阳明。
“嘉靖一朝，权臣辈出，更迭交替”
初来乍到的嘉靖陷入了大礼仪事件（认爹风波）。英明的嘉靖却很自私，在压制了百官势力之后没有励精图治，我要修道，我要长生，他的思维就是这么的简单，我长生不老了多好，天下永远是我的，没钱用严嵩，有钱就修道，也出现了党锢之争。而胡宗宪带领着徐渭和戚继光继续抗倭。第一清官海瑞的坚持，由于道君皇帝要修道炼丹，更是出现了壬寅宫变！总的来说，皇帝才是老谋深算的高手。沉迷炼丹却没有国师乱政，宦官专权更是闻所未闻。由此，内阁的权力达到顶峰。更是嘉靖中兴！
“世间已无张居正——黄仁宇。”
张居正，可以说，他为大明王朝续了几十年的命不为过。万历新政，一条鞭法，考成法。因为跨时代的一条鞭法改变了自唐朝一来八百余年的税制，是中国赋税史上一个具有里程碑意义的转变，即使是清朝时期的摊丁入亩也不过是把人头税并入田亩税之中。张居正改革的影响，不仅表现在他力挽狂澜，奇迹般地在北疆化解危机，在一定程度上缓 解了国内的阶级矛盾和民族矛盾，延长了明王朝的国祚；还表现在一举扭转的财政危机，为万历年间资本主义萌芽的进一步发展打下了良好的基础。更是万历三大征胜利的直接保证。但是改革触动了大地主阶级的力量，在张居正死后便得以清算。张居正，是一个帝国真正的裱糊匠。试想，如果万历有那么一点点气魄和中兴的气势，效仿商鞅变法，废其人而施其政。大明帝国或许可以撑得过去小冰河时期。可是，历史没有假如！
“万历十五年。”——黄仁宇
万历一朝是明朝在位最长的一皇帝，以斗争为主，先斗倒张居正，再斗争国本，妖书，梃击。他的这一辈子挺忙的，高拱、张居正、申时行、李成梁、东林党、朝鲜、倭寇、三大征、萨尔浒、资本主义萌芽、不上朝、太子、贵妃、国本。你说他没干过好事吧， 之前二十多年，似乎干得也不错， 你说他软弱吧，他还搞了三大征，把日本鬼子赶回了老家，你说他不理朝政吧，这几十年来哪件大事他不知道？综其所言。这是一个被张居正压迫过的人，一个勤于政务的人，一个被儿子问题纠缠了几十年的人，一个许多年不见大臣、不上班的人，一个终生未出京城，生于深宫、死于深宫的人。一个复杂得不能再复杂的人， 一个简单得不能再简单的人。于是，我最终懂得了这个人。一个热血沸腾的青年，一个励精图治的君主，一个理想主义者，在经历残酷的斗争，无休止的吵闹，无数无效的抗争，无数无奈的妥协后，最终理解了这个世界，理解了现实的真正意义，并最终成为了这个世界的牺牲品。万历年间的真相大致如此，一个政治纷乱（万历不上朝），经济繁荣（民间没人管），文化灿烂（心学传播），生机勃勃（自然经济）的世界。然而这个世界最终被毁灭了，毁灭的起因是一个人，李成梁。
“帝国最后的荣耀”
毁灭的起因是李成梁，养虎为患，造就了努尔哈赤。一月天子的逝去迎来了第二玩家，明朝木匠皇帝，看着魏忠贤阉党作乱，明朝到了最黑暗的时刻，你悲愤，你痛心，很快，看着崇祯初即帝位，智斗魏忠贤，你欣喜，却又苦笑。快结束了吧。是啊，快结束了！崇祯，巧妇难为无米之炊，你能看到的，只有气数，气节。气数，一，绝不妥协，二，绝不当俘虏。这也是大明帝国最后的荣耀。“不和亲、不赔款、不割地、不纳贡、天子守国门，君王死社稷。”
“征服的荣光背后，是无数的悲凉与哀嚎”
有明一朝，有国 276年。有明一代，历时 276载，帝祚终。当绵延近三百年的历史在书本中展现，我唏嘘哀叹，沧海桑田，物是人非。我看见狡兔死，走狗亨，爱护子孙更爱江山的老朱同志；我看见削藩不成反自焚的建文帝；我看见永乐大典，郑和下西洋，万国来朝的永乐帝；我看见仁和宽厚的跛脚皇帝朱高炽；我看见勤政爱民的机灵圣孙朱瞻基；我看见皇帝俘虏囚犯连坐制的明英宗；我看见重用于谦转危为安的朱祁钰；我看见童年阴影，恋母情结的懦弱皇帝；我看到吃百家饭艰难成长但勤政的仁君；我看见玩世不恭娱乐百官的叛逆孩子；我看见聪明自私的嘉靖道长；我看见一个短命的隆庆 帝王；我看见平定内忧外患的不上朝万历；我看见一月天子朱常洛； 我看见一个好哥哥的傀儡木匠皇帝，我看见铲除阉党勤于政事的崇祯。所有的王朝，他的开始，正如他的结束。粗俗点，就是悲观。亲眼目睹他的旭日东升，见证他的如日中天，最后凋零的日暮西山。那一刻，你似乎感同身受，你明知它的 结局，却无力改变，你再一次明白了在历史面前，是多么渺小，何况是，本已经被纸墨书就的历史。兴，百姓苦；亡，百姓苦。那一年， 公元1644年，明亡，距今，376 年。
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An investigation into witchcraft, the occult and secret government operations. From H.P. Lovecraft.
Ikinamico Urunana. Buri Wa kabiri n’uwakane.
An award-winning romantic-dramedy about Veronica (Vee), a recent Melbourne transplant who is swept off her feet by a charming Aussie doctor and has to quickly learn how to navigate love across cultures. Vee is helped along by her newly married cousin and smooth-talking BFF.
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“Recent events have made me realise that perhaps my own memories are not as reliable as I once thought..."
William Moore is a sceptic. He works at a quiet bookshop in North London, shelves odd little fairytales, and rolls his eyes at anything resembling the supernatural. But when something awful happens to someone he loves, William is forced to reckon with the idea that nursery rhymes, old gods, and forgotten superstitions might not be stories after all.
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We're Alive is an award-winning audio drama that follows a group of Survivors in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles now ruled by the "Infected."
It begins with “A Story of Survival” which spans from Chapters 1-48. Our survivors band together, fortify a safe haven known as the Tower, and discover that the Infected are far from the biggest threat they will have to face.
The adventure continues with:
“Lockdown” - A small group of inmates and prison guards are trapped in the T-block at Twin Towers Jail. They are forced to work together and find a way to escape while the rest of the world ends around them.
“Goldrush” - Set 17 years after the main events of “A Story of Survival”, this is a recollection story that describes the efforts of the four Soldiers as they attempt a side mission to retrieve a suspected stash of gold bullion.
"Scout's Honor" (on it's own feed!) - Adventure Scouts stranded on Catalina Island off the coast of California must use their wits and teamwork to survive during Outbreak.
And “We’re Alive: Descendants," which follows the children of the Survivors as they navigate a dangerous new world.
The story of survival continues; the fight is not over.
18 years after the Outbreak, the world is starting to re-organize and rebuild, but many different forms of humanity are still struggling to survive in the aftermath. Nicholas Tink grew up in the shadow of his father- the late, great, Saul Tink. Little does he know that deep in the places where infected dwell, another descendant lies waiting.
Content Warning: This podcast contains descriptions of graphic violence, sexual references, and strong language. Listener discretion is advised.
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