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The History of Bread, by John Ashton, Part 1
Tonight, let's relax with the story of one of the world's most basic foods. In this reading, we sleepily sift through the grains of early bread hist…
5 years, 9 months ago
The Coming of the Fairies, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Part 5 (Final)
Tonight, we complete Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "skeptical" defense of fairies. Relax to fairy biology, fairy society, and the clairvoyant observations…
5 years, 9 months ago
The Coming of the Fairies, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Part 4
Let's flit away to sleep as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle presents sightings to bolster his case that fairies are real, including one from Mrs. Violet Tweed…
5 years, 9 months ago
The Politics, by Aristotle, Part 1
Tonight, we relax and sleep with politics as poured from the pen of Aristotle 2,300 years ago. Once again, we wade through a very thorough introduct…
5 years, 9 months ago
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 3 of 3
Tonight, we finish our 3-part wander through 19th century Edinburgh, side-eye "modern" architecture, climb Calton Hill, and cheat the whisky tax, as…
5 years, 10 months ago
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 2
Let's continue our sleepy sojourn to 19th century Edinburgh through the eyes of Robert Louis Stevenson. In Part 2, we listen to legends, ramble thr…
5 years, 10 months ago
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 1
This week we start a relaxing, 3-part journey to 19th century Edinburgh with native son Robert Louis Stevenson. Towers and tenements, hills and a H…
5 years, 10 months ago
Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Part 5 (Valets and Maids)
Tonight, we return to one of your favorite books, and head downstairs into the sleepy realm of service. What are the infinite duties of the lady's m…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Principles of Chemistry, by Dmitry Mendeleev, Part 2
Tonight, return to the sleepy halls of science with more from this foundational work on chemistry. The philosopher's stone, phlogiston, and the firs…
5 years, 11 months ago
Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott, Part 1
Tonight, travel a straight line to sleep with this combination of mathematical musing and social satire. Victorian classism has never had such a dul…
5 years, 11 months ago