Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTen Acres Enough, by Edmund Morris, Part 1
Let's throw off the stress of city cares and head out into the country for a simpler life, which apparently was as much a desire back in the 1850s as…
4 years, 5 months ago
The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, Part 1
Let's relax with some sleepy physics, as Bertrand Russell unravels the Theory of Relativity. Drugging people and putting them in balloons is somewhat…
4 years, 5 months ago
1897 Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalog, Grocery Department
Let's grab a basket and take a relaxing stroll through the Grocery Department of the Amazon of its day. Coffee beans, cherry phosphate, canned gooseb…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Woman and The Car, by Dorothy Levitt, Part 2
Let's motor to sleep with more from this wonderful manual for the lady driver, written by race car and speedboat champion Dorothy Levitt. Mechanics a…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Poetics of Aristotle, Part 2
Let's return to the earliest known work on Western dramatic theory and learn about character, verbs, and why Homer is always right. Also "women can a…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Principles of Chemistry, by Dmitry Mendeleev, Part 3
Let's return to the relaxing wonders of science with more from a foundational work of modern chemistry. This time, we finally finish…the introduction…
4 years, 6 months ago
Natures Garden for Victory and Peace, by George Washington Carver
This week, let's appreciate the culinary wonders of weeds with this relaxing guide to nature's bounty by George Washington Carver. Salads have never …
4 years, 6 months ago
On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, Part 3
Let's return to sleepy science with more from Charles Darwin on domestic breeding, pigeon mating, and messy definitions. What is a species anyway? It…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Decoration of Houses, by Edith Wharton, Part 1
Sink into tasteful slumber this week with the history of home decor from the Queen of The Gilded Age. Basically, "like Italy and be rich" seems to su…
4 years, 6 months ago
Farm Engines and How to Run Them, Part 4
Let's relax and sleep with more from this bucolic delight, and learn about managing our traction engine, getting out of life's inevitable ditches, an…
4 years, 7 months ago