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The Sinclair Lewis Library

The Sinclair Lewis Library

By: Sinclair Lewis
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Welcome to The Sinclair Lewis Library - a dignified little institution devoted to the careful airing of American ambition, middle-class certainty, and the curious art of taking oneself very seriously. Here, the streets are tidy, the rhetoric is polished, and the human comedy is forever peeking through the curtains. Each episode presents a full reading from Lewis’s novels, where boosters boast, reformers reform, and respectable citizens discover (sometimes to their alarm) that respectability can be the strangest costume of all.

Settle in as boardrooms, parlors, laboratories, and Main Streets come briskly to life. Whether you arrive as a loyal Babbitt or a secret rebel, this podcast offers a front-row seat to satire that still feels uncomfortably familiar. Consider it your weekly civic meeting, only far more honest and considerably better read.Public domain
Episodes
  • Free Air Chapter 20 - The Free Woman

    Free Air Chapter 20 - The Free Woman
    Jun 13 2026
    In which Claire navigates a tense reconciliation with her companions amidst a dismal breakfast at a rough roadside inn, before pressing onward over the challenging Blewett Pass with a mixture of trepidation and resolve. Alongside Milt and Pinky, she encounters the earnest hospitality of frontier folk, sparking a candid exchange of wills and ideals that reveals their differing notions of strength and freedom.
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    18 mins
  • Free Air Chapter 19 - The Night of Endless Pines

    Free Air Chapter 19 - The Night of Endless Pines
    Jun 12 2026
    In which Claire Boltwood, wearied by a tire blow-out and the lonely passage through the endless Idaho pines, arrives exhausted at the squalid Pellago Tavern, where suspicion and rough hospitality await her and her ailing father. Enduring the sour temper of their hosts and the night’s uneasy watchfulness, she fends off unwelcome advances with a spirited stand, demonstrating a resilient determination amid the wilderness gloom.
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    15 mins
  • Free Air Chapter 18 - The Fallacy of Romance

    Free Air Chapter 18 - The Fallacy of Romance
    Jun 11 2026
    In which Milt finds himself entangled in a late-night clash of manners and finances, caught between the suave Jeff Saxton and the obtrusive Pinky Parrott, while Claire reveals a fondness for the finer things that softens the rugged road. The morning light brings a regretful farewell and a reconsideration of values, as Milt contemplates generosity, etiquette, and the true direction of their journey.
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    8 mins
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