Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to Antiquities, Reading 1
In this episode, we caravan from sand to sandman with the Manual of Egyptian Archaeology & Guide to Antiquities from 1895. It's everything you never wanted to know about pharaonic fortress design. Spe...
15 Heinä 201958min
Woodworking for Beginners, Reading 1
Let's gently hammer away at stress and saw our way into sleep with this manual for the amateur woodworker. In it, we'll learn why a list of tools for the beginner is a useless idea, followed immediate...
8 Heinä 201959min
The Federalist Papers, by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison
Let Alexander Hamilton and his compatriots spark a revolution of sleep with arguments in favor of ratifying the US Constitution. If these Federalist Papers prove anything, it's that predicting what wi...
1 Heinä 20191h 4min
Experiments in Alternating Current, by Nikola Tesla, Reading 1
Flow into the current of sleep on the genius of Nikola Tesla and his experiments in alternating electrical current. It runs our lives, but most of us have no clue how it works. This reading won't do a...
24 Kesä 201945min
Original Stories, by Mary Wollstonecraft, Reading 1
[Apologies, audio now corrected!] Relax to this spectacularly boring book by Mary Wollstonecraft, famed for her ideas about feminism, and not at all famed for her writing for children. If you manage t...
17 Kesä 201956min
The Advancement of Learning, by Francis Bacon, Reading 1
Lean into languor with "The Advancement of Learning," by great Elizabethan thinker Sir Francis Bacon, one of the originators of the scientific method. This honestly might be the densest thing I've eve...
10 Kesä 201950min
Mount Everest, The Reconnaissance of 1921, Reading 1
Drift away through the Himalaya with the first major expedition to study Mount Everest, highest of high peaks in the Roof of the World. Why tackle Everest? If you can stay awake long enough, you may f...
3 Kesä 201951min
The Coming of the Fairies, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Reading 1
Let your thoughts flit away as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the great Sherlock Holmes, tries to prove that actual fairies exist. No, really! It's a fascinating exercise in (not so) critical thin...
27 Touko 201955min
