Spices, Their Histories, Part 2
Let's relax with more from one of our most requested books, hear the histories of ginger, mustard, nutmeg, and mace, and learn how to fake them all. Looking at you, naughty Connecticut! Help us stay...
17 Loka 202251min
Ten Acres Enough, by Edmund Morris, Part 2
We're back from break! Let's relax with more from a 19th century guide to running away to the country. This time, we buy a farm, fight peach worms, and praise the wisdom of wives, as one should. Hel...
10 Loka 202253min
Relaxation Rewind! Science Primers, by Thomas Henry Huxley, Part 1
In this remastered episode, let's relax and sleep with this intro to science basics from one of the 19th century's greatest science champions. Also, we learn why water is a liquid! ***Boring Books for...
3 Loka 202245min
Relaxation Rewind! Bad Drains and How to Test Them, Part 1
In this remastered episode, let's relax with practical advice about modern plumbing systems. And by modern, I mean 19th century. Indoor plumbing has come a long way, thank goodness! ***Boring Books fo...
26 Syys 202256min
Relaxation Rewind! A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf, by John Muir, Part 1
In this newly remastered episode, let's rest beneath the trees with one of the first environmentalists. His relaxed rambles from Indiana to Florida contain quiet caves, sleepy groves, and a rucksack f...
19 Syys 202254min
Relaxation Rewind! The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, Part 1
In this newly remastered episode, rule over sleep with the pithy prose of Machiavelli. But first, a very long introduction to our author and the twisted papal politics of 15th century Italy. Yawn! ***...
12 Syys 202256min
Relaxation Rewind! The Color of a Great City, by Theodore Dreiser, Part 1
In this newly remastered episode, 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 sleeps. Fingers crossed you ...
5 Syys 202249min
Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 3
Let's return to this manual of manners, and learn how to pay a check, walk down a theater aisle, and navigate the social complexities of the opera box. Also, just…be nice. Good advice! Help us stay ...
29 Elo 202250min
