July 5, 2006

Over 1000 Free Audio & Video Titles!

Not sure if you’ve been to our free audio & video directory lately, but we’ve been adding a lot:

www.learnoutloud.com/free

Recent stuff we’ve added:

Audio Anarchy – Free MP3 downloads from anarchist thinkers like Emma Goldman

Boston University’s World of Ideas – Free streaming audio lectures and debates from smart people like Elie Wiesel, Gene Wilder, et al.

Americana Phonic – Downloads and streaming audio of America’s founding documents

Lannan Foundation – Poets and political activists speak at Lannan’s Readings & Conversations with folks like Salman Rushdie, Joyce Carol Oates, and Howard Zinn on streaming audio

Cato Institute – This libertarian think tank puts out tons of free MP3 downloads of their speakers covering social issues, U.S. politics, economics, foreign policy, and more

Miller Center of Public Affairs – Along with the most comprehensive collection of presidential speeches on MP3 download, their forum features politicians and major historians discussing history and contemporary issues

LibriVox – The web’s coolest community of volunteer narrators reading classic public domain books just keeps getting cooler. And we’ve added a bunch more of their best titles to our site (we’ve listened to most of them to ensure they’re the high quality ones).

History and Politics Out Loud – Check out this “Out Loud” site of free historical speeches streaming on audio

BookTV’s In Depth Programs – And this one might be my favorite. 3-hour-long, in-depth interviews on streaming video with some of the greatest authors of our time: Tom Wolfe, John Updike, Simon Winchester, Harold Bloom, Noam Chomsky, Thomas Friedman, Susan Sontag, and many more.

We just keep finding more and more great stuff! If you find any educational free audio & video titles to add don’t hesitate to email us!