There's an old myth in blue music that a musician would walk on down to the crossroads and sell their soul to the Devil in return for incredible talent.

You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
Tom Thumb is is the author of:
Hand to Mouth to India
Tales of a Road Junky
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Science for Hippies

And also the podcasts:
Road Junky Travel Stories
Stories of Tom Thumb

We often wonder and worry if the world might end. 
But it already has, many times before.
In his book, A Short History of Progress, Ronald Wright tells us the stories of societal collapse in ancient Sumeria, Rome, Easter Island the Mayan Empire.


You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
Tom Thumb is is the author of:
Hand to Mouth to India
Tales of a Road Junky
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Science for Hippies

And also the podcasts:
Road Junky Travel Stories
Stories of Tom Thumb

Bob Dylan was the one who got me writing songs back as a teenager and I wasn't alone in that. He inspired a whole generation of aspiring singer-songwriters, many of whom couldn't help but sound just like him..

You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
Tom Thumb is is the author of:
Hand to Mouth to India
Tales of a Road Junky
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Science for Hippies

And also the podcasts:
Road Junky Travel Stories
Stories of Tom Thumb

What will your last words be?
People from Marcus Aurelius to Steve Jobs worked hard on theirs...

You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
Tom Thumb is is the author of:
Hand to Mouth to India
Tales of a Road Junky
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Science for Hippies

And also the podcasts:
Road Junky Travel Stories
Stories of Tom Thumb

A look at the stories of Kurt Vonnegut the science fiction writer, including his analysis of what the Jesus story really meant..

You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
Tom Thumb is is the author of:
Hand to Mouth to India
Tales of a Road Junky
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Science for Hippies

And also the podcasts:
Road Junky Travel Stories
Stories of Tom Thumb

This is the tale of my studies with a blind kung fu teacher when I was a teenager in my hometown in England.

You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
Tom Thumb is is the author of:
Hand to Mouth to India
Tales of a Road Junky
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Science for Hippies

And also the podcasts:
Road Junky Travel Stories
Stories of Tom Thumb

I was pretty good at chess as a boy and I found myself admitted to a stuffy, tense world of old men and nerds, slowly bneing driven mad by the ticking of a chess clock.


You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
Tom Thumb is is the author of:
Hand to Mouth to India
Tales of a Road Junky
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Science for Hippies

And also the podcasts:
Road Junky Travel Stories
Stories of Tom Thumb

Rumi, the 13th century Sufi mystic is one of the most read poets in the world and his work is a tapestry of stories, imagery, insights and the odd lewd tale.
Come with me on a tour of his stories and hear about how I went looking for Sufis in the mountains of Iran..

(more stories like that in my book, Hand to Mouth to India, about hitchhiking from England to India when I was 20..)

You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
Tom Thumb is is the author of:
Hand to Mouth to India
Tales of a Road Junky
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Science for Hippies

And also the podcasts:
Road Junky Travel Stories
Stories of Tom Thumb

An introduction to my new podcast, Telling Stories.

You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
Tom Thumb is is the author of:
Hand to Mouth to India
Tales of a Road Junky
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Science for Hippies

And also the podcasts:
Road Junky Travel Stories
Stories of Tom Thumb