
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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Sep 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 Sep 202353min

How to Produce Amateur Plays, by Barrett H. Clark, Part 1
Let's relax and sleep with advice on staging a play, including roles behind the curtain, choosing actors, and blocking the action, courtesy of a scene from Oscar Wilde. The drama! Help us stay ad-fr...
11 Sep 202357min

The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, Part 3
Let's relax with some sleep-inducing science and learn why space-time is neither space nor time, but so much more. If you're not entirely sure what the "more" is, never mind. You'll be asleep anyway. ...
4 Sep 202354min




















