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US Internal Revenue Service Pub 583, Starting a Business
Let's relax with one of the dullest things ever read on this podcast. Like all IRS Publications, it's 50% information, 50% references to other public…
5 years, 4 months ago
The Characters of Theophrastus, Part 1
Let's relax and sleep with a classic of character conventions. This work may be millennia old, but you will definitely recognize these people. If you…
5 years, 4 months ago
1897 Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalog, Millinery Department
Let's relax with a browse through the Millinery Department, and marvel at the most beautiful, stylish and economical hats ever offered to the public…
5 years, 5 months ago
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, by Samuel Johnson, Part 3
Let's continue our relaxing journey through Scotland with Dr. Johnson, and learn all about cattle, kelp and the customary duties of the laird. Tha mi…
5 years, 5 months ago
History of Animals, by Aristotle, Part 2
Let's return to Aristotle's sleep-inducing treatise on the animal world and his very, very detailed description of the human body, plus...elephants!
…5 years, 5 months ago
Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 1
Let's sink into sleepy social niceties with this classic of manners, behavior and good breeding. If you ever wondered how to introduce a bishop at yo…
5 years, 5 months ago
Cassell's Book of Birds, Part 3, The Parrots
Let's drift off into the world of birds and learn all about parrots, the flying monkeys of the avian kingdom. I promise that makes sense if you stay …
5 years, 5 months ago
The Color of a Great City, by Theodore Dreiser, Part 1
Tonight, let's journey back to New York City in the early 1900s with one of America's great writers and his dreamy portrait of the city that never sl…
5 years, 6 months ago
Farm Engines and How to Run Them, Part 3
Let's plow back into one of your surprisingly sleepy favorites, and harvest a bushel of instruction about the proper management of a traction steam e…
5 years, 6 months ago
On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, Part 2
Let's return to Darwin's revolutionary classic, which sounds like it's going to be much more exciting than this exploration of pigeons, pears and she…
5 years, 6 months ago