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Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tze, Reading 1
This week we fulfill a listener request, and relax to one of the world's earliest and most influential philosophical texts, the Tao Te Ching, by Lao …
7 years, 3 months ago
Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Reading 1
Let's get transcendental with Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature" and relax to his musings on beauty, language, and our connection with the perfection of …
7 years, 3 months ago
Media Purchase Terms and Conditions
Let's click "I agree" to the mind-numbing powers of legalese with this reading of the Terms and Conditions that accompany every purchase from a rathe…
7 years, 3 months ago
Plato's Republic: Introduction & Analysis, Reading 2
In this episode, we return to the musings of the great Victorian classicist Benjamin Jowett, his analysis of Plato's "Republic", and a whole lot of s…
7 years, 4 months ago
A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Reading 1
Let's relax to the history of our marvelous world, from formless matter through the age of mighty dinosaurs, as described by the great H.G. Wells. It…
7 years, 4 months ago
Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Selected Readings 1
Float away on a cloud of Benjamin Franklin's scientific musings about our atmosphere, lightning, waterspouts, magnetic poles, and the wonderful utili…
7 years, 4 months ago
How We Think, by John Dewey, Reading 1
Sink into sleep on a philosophical cloud with "How We Think," by renowned education reformer John Dewey. Nothing will get your brain to stop thinking…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Sidereal Messenger, by Galileo, Reading 1
Space out with a classic of astronomy, Galileo's "The Sidereal Messenger," in which he shares mankind's first observations of the Moon's surface, and…
7 years, 5 months ago
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Let's immerse ourselves in the beauty of Persian poetry with The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. It's all…
7 years, 5 months ago
The Woman and The Car, Reading 1
Tonight we relax with The Woman and The Car, written in 1909 by racing pioneer Dorothy Levitt. If you stay awake, you, too, will know how to drive a …
7 years, 5 months ago