Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchREWIND! Bacteria, by Sir George Newman, Part 1 (Remastered)
This week, while your reader is laid up with a certain virus, let's revisit one of my favorite sleepy science reads. Enjoy this remastered intro to a…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Book of the Ocean, by Ernest Ingersoll, Part 3
Let's sail to sleep with more from this lovely work about the seas. This time, we learn the rigging of a schooner, praise the prowess of Pacific Isla…
4 years, 2 months ago
On Molecular and Microscopic Science, by Mary Somerville, Part 2
Let's relax with more sleepy science from a woman so talented that the word "scientist" was coined to describe her. This time, we learn about all the…
4 years, 3 months ago
A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 5
Let's continue our sleepy stroll through history with the fall of Assyria, the literary bedrock of the Jews, and the birth of philosophy in Greece. R…
4 years, 3 months ago
Spices, Their Histories, Part 1
Let's take a sleepy tour of the spice cabinet and the origins of allspice, chilies, cinnamon, and cloves, with a pinch of insight into faking spices …
4 years, 3 months ago
Bird Biographies, by Alice E. Ball, Part 3
Let's fly off to relaxation with more from this lovely book about our feathered friends. This time, we learn about the birds of early spring, and mar…
4 years, 3 months ago
Our National Parks, by John Muir, Part 2
Let's conclude a month of relaxing travels with more from this tour of America's national parks, sleepily agog at the Grand Canyon and the weird gran…
4 years, 4 months ago
Faery Lands of the South Seas, by Hall and Nordhoff, Part 1
Our month of relaxing voyages continues as we head to the distant South Seas. We set off first for sleepy Tahiti and meet a man with little history b…
4 years, 4 months ago
Pictures From Italy, by Charles Dickens, Part 2
Let's continue our month of relaxing voyages and rejoin Charles Dickens on his sleepy sojourn to Italy. On the way, we visit a dungeon, pass a madhou…
4 years, 4 months ago
Mount Everest - The Reconnaissance of 1921, Part 2
Let's kick off a month of relaxing travelogues with more from the first attempt to map the world's tallest mountain. This time, we take the road from…
4 years, 4 months ago