The Aeneid, by Virgil, Translated by John Dryden, Part 1
Let's kick off Listener Request Month with this classic, our first full "verse" offering. Scheming gods, shipwrecks, and heroic speeches, it's everything you want from an epic you just pretended to re...
6 Marras 202348min
The Book of Werewolves, by Sabine Baring-Gould, Part 2
Let's slip into spooky sleep with more about the origins of the werewolf, including Scandinavian berserkers and greedy nobles. Your brain will quietly howl with boredom. Help us stay ad-free and 100...
30 Loka 202353min
The History of Bread, by John Ashton, Part 4
Let's relax with more carby goodness as we learn about naughty bakers, how flour is made, and the terrible reputations of millers. Also, charts of chemical percentages, and I mangle some Chaucer. What...
23 Loka 202351min
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 2
Let's continue this sleepy journey through the mountains of France and encounter cantankerous farmers, lovely vistas, and the legendary Beast of Gevaudan, which ends rather anti-climactically, as lege...
16 Loka 202351min
The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, Part 2
Let's drift off to more from this classic of politics. If you aren't backstabbing and being backstabbed, are you even governing? Not in 16th-century Europe, apparently! Help us stay ad-free and 100%...
9 Loka 202353min
Studying Art Abroad and How to Do It Cheaply, by Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Part 1
This week, we pack a trunk and head to Europe to practice art on a budget, learn where to live economically, who to study with, and the importance of taking your oldest underwear. Help us stay ad-fr...
2 Loka 202353min
Ten Acres Enough, by James Miller, Part 3
Let's run away to the country and relax with more from this guide to the simple life, which seems to involve an inordinate amount of weeding. Also, blackberries of unusual size! Help us stay ad-free...
25 Syys 202356min
Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 5
Let's relax with more from Mrs. Emily Post as she advises us on making calls, the art of social climbing, and the niceties of leaving one's card. Truly a calling card for sleep! Help us stay ad-free...
18 Syys 202353min
