Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPyrotechnics: The History and Art of Firework Making, Part 3
Let's launch ourselves to sleep with more from this rather detailed look at fireworks. This time, we complete our historica…
1 year, 1 month ago
Astronomy for Young Folks, by Isabel Martin Lewis, Part 10 (Conclusion)
Let's journey through the stars to sleep with our final reading from this marvelous book. This time, binary star syst…
1 year, 2 months ago
Bicycling for Ladies, by Maria E. Ward, Part 4
Let's pedal a path to sleep with more advice about the newfangled sport of bicycling. This time, the difference between…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Book of Household Management, by Mrs. Isabella Beeton, Part 11 - Fish
Let's relax and sleep to more advice from the redoubtable Mrs. B. This time, fish soup recipes, followed by a surprisingly de…
1 year, 2 months ago
A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 9
Let's continue our relaxing journey through history with the twin empires of Rome and China, social structures in ancient Rome,…
1 year, 2 months ago
All About Dogs, by Charles Henry Lane, Part 1
Let's sleepily celebrate one of mankind's closest companions with this charming guide for "doggy people." In this first r…
1 year, 3 months ago
Symmes' Theory of Concentric Spheres, Showing That the Earth is Hollow, Part 4
Let's theorize our way to sleep with more about a hollow Earth that contains unseen multitudes. This time, the mystery of whales …
1 year, 3 months ago
William Shakespeare, by Victor Hugo, Part 1
This week, while your reader checks off a long-held Life List item at the Globe, let's relax as one literary genius waxes r…
1 year, 3 months ago
Mexican Archaeology, by Thomas A. Joyce, Part 1
Let's voyage to sleep with this history of the peoples of Mexico, travel with migrating tribes, consider the ways geography…
1 year, 3 months ago
Experimental Researches in Electricity, by Michael Faraday, Part 1
Let's attract sleep with these early experiments to master a fundamental element of modern life, electromagnetism. How do mag…
1 year, 3 months ago