September 16, 2017

5 Free Tony Robbins Audio Books on Spotify

Sorry these free audio books have been removed from Spotify now. You can check out more from Tony Robbins here:

Anthony Robbins Audio & Video on LearnOutLoud.com

You can now listen to five free Tony Robbins audio books through Spotify. These audio programs on CD run $9.99 per program on Tony’s website, but with a Spotify account you can now listen to them all for free. They cover the areas of wealth, time, relationship, career, and goals. We’ll describe each program below. We’ll start with his program The Edge: The Power to Change Your Life Now.

1. The Edge: The Power to Change Your Life Now

In The Edge, self-help legend Tony Robbins describes how he can help anyone listening transform every area of their life where it matters most. Whether it be finding more energy when you wake up in the morning, learning how to respond to negative events & limiting beliefs, improving your finances, or finding your sense of purpose in life, this introductory series delivers a jolt to the system that only Tony can deliver. What’s notable about Robbins’ style is not just his enthusiasm, but his commitment to providing usable tools, modeled upon years of observing the world’s most successful people, that you can use to make your own life a work of art. Get moving, get happy, and get started right here!

2. Time of Your Life

Much more than a time management seminar, Tony Robbins’ Time of Your Life audio program looks deeper into what time really is. Robbins posits that time is emotion, and that we’ve all experienced time flying by as well as time slowed down according to our emotional states. Before we can attempt to manage our time effectively, we need to first decide what to focus on. Once we focus on the specific results we want and the ultimate purpose we are passionate about, Tony teaches how to set forth a massive action plan to achieve our goals and have the time of our lives!

3. Career: Find Your True Gift

In this audio program Tony Robbins points out many things one should consider when they’re looking for a job or a career. The majority of this audio program consists of an interview that Tony conducted with self-help author Stephen R. Covey, who is the author of the mega-bestselling book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey gets to the heart of his 7 habits pointing out career & life advice along the way. The advice will hopefully help you find meaning in your own work, no matter what stage of your career you are in.

4. Love and Passion

In this introductory audio program, life coach and self development guru Tony Robbins works through a pragmatic approach to selecting and connecting with your soul mate. As Robbins stresses at the beginning, chemistry is important, but it doesn’t always make for a long-lasting partnership. In the lecture portion of the program, he walks listeners through the elementary ingredients that go into lasting love, including shared goals, playfulness, trust, respect, and perhaps most important, communication.

5. Financial Freedom

In this one hour audio program, Tony Robbins teaches that before we set out to get “rich” we need to define what wealth is for us. While earning lots of money can be beneficial, Tony has seen in his own life and in the lives of successful people that he has coached that being rich isn’t the same as being wealthy if you’re sacrificing other aspects of your life for making money. He points out several different types of wealth including emotional wealth, time, relationships, purpose, and more. Tony argues that only when we’ve achieved wealth in all of these areas can we truly achieve financial freedom.

Please Note: In order to listen to these audio programs you’ll need a free Spotify account. You can listen for free with occasional ads and they also have Spotify software for easier listening on your computer. If you want to listen ad-free and on smart phone and you love music as well, we can’t recommend Spotify Premium highly enough.

And you can browse over 50 audio books, audio & video courses, podcasts, and videos from motivational superstar Tony Robbins right here on LearnOutLoud.com:

Browse Over 50 Audio & Video Titles by Tony Robbins

September 15, 2017

The Time Machine Free Audiobook & H.G. Wells Science Fiction

Travel into the future with H.G. Wells’ classic novel The Time Machine. Bear witness to Morlocks and more in the year 802,701 A.D. This audio book is available on MP3 Digital Download from Project Gutenberg. It is well narrated by Roy Trumbull who runs The Story Spieler site which features many other stories and interesting audio programs. Check out this version and two other free versions of this classic science fiction audio book:

The Time Machine (from Project Gutenberg)

The Time Machine (from LibriVox)

The Time Machine (from Lit2Go)

For all of our offering from the great author H.G. Wells, browse his author page here:

H.G. Wells Audio Books & Short Stories

Also for an introduction to the science fiction of H.G. Wells, check out this lecture from The Great Courses:

H.G. Wells and Utopian Science Fiction

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature taught by Professor Pamela Bedore, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

The final decades of the 19th century saw the birth and development of science fiction as a new literary genre, with the concept of utopia in particular being a favorite subject of early writers. In this free Great Course lecture, Literature Professor Pamela Bedore focuses on two books by science fiction forefather H.G. Wells that ask the question: is imagining a utopia inherently a part of science fiction? Using both Wells’ classic The Time Machine and a lesser known work called A Modern Utopia as her texts, Professor Bedore demonstrates how science fiction can be utilized to explore how current societies might evolve if certain trends predominate, leading to interesting utopian futures that sometimes look positive on the surface, but often come with hidden costs.

For more science fiction from H.G. Wells try out The War of the Worlds:

On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles directed and narrated his War of the Worlds radio drama. In 1938, the realistic news bulletins that began the broadcast suggested to many listeners that an actual alien invasion by Martians was currently in progress. Listen to this dramatization of the most famous alien-invasion story of all time. This broadcast is available on YouTube through the Newseum (interactive museum of news and journalism) channel.

The War of the Worlds (1938 Radio Broadcast)

To download the original radio drama produced by Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air, check out:

The Mercury Theatre on the Air (collection on MP3 audio download)

And for a lot of Orson Welles radio programs check out this podcast:

Orson Welles: On The Air Podcast

And if you want to listen to a free audio book version of H.G. Wells’ original War of the Worlds then check out:

War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (from Librivox)

The War of the Worlds Podcast

June 7, 2017

Top 15 Foreign Policy & World Affairs Podcasts

In recent years U.S. foreign policy and global affairs have become increasingly interesting to say the least. With ongoing crises happening in the Syrian Civil War and their refugee crisis, the war on ISIS and the fight against terrorism, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and Russia’s meddling in the elections of other countries, heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula, the ongoing war in Afghanistan, the rise of populist nationalism in many Western countries, the threat of the break up of NATO and the European Union, hacking and cybersecurity, confronting global warming, international trade deals, and the list goes on and on.

One of the best ways to attempt to keep up with all the global news and to hear a diverse range of opinions on these issues facing the United States and the rest of the world, is by listening to the latest coverage from many excellent foreign policy and global affairs podcasts. Most major foreign policy think tanks and publications now have regular podcasts discussing the latest news and events, and public radio from the U.S. and the U.K. provide a number of excellent foreign affairs programs. We’ve assembled this list of 15 of the best foreign policy podcasts that cover global affairs. These podcasts feature interviews, news, analysis, and debate from foreign policy experts about what is happening now and what is coming next on the global stage.

1. The Global Politico Podcast

The Global Politico Podcast is one of the best new foreign policy podcasts, featuring in-depth interviews conducted by POLITICO’s Susan Glasser. Glasser has access to highly influential leaders and thinkers on the global stage including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, Iraq war architect Paul Wolfowitz, former Secretary of State Jim Baker, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, Trump senior national security official Michael Anton, and many other key figures in American foreign policy. Glasser is not afraid to ask her guests challenging questions about their views and she keeps the interviews consistently compelling as she seeks to apply her guest’s knowledge to current events in the world.

2. Center for Strategic & International Studies Podcast

The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Podcast provides serious discussion on geopolitical topics. Each week host Colm Quinn talks to a key foreign policy thinker about a major issue confronting the U.S. and the world. Topics range from cybersecurity to human rights to climate change to military defense, and Quinn seems very knowledgeable of all these issues as he navigates the latest news and developments each week.

3. Pod Save the World Podcast

Pod Save the World is the foreign affairs arm of the Crooked Media slate of progressive political news podcasts hosted by former Obama-administration insiders John Favreau, Tommy Vietor, and Jon Lovett. With this podcast, Vietor utilizes his first-hand National Security experience to discuss both past and current foreign policy matters. Washington insiders from a wide array of backgrounds are interviewed to discuss the fascinating inner workings, decisions, deals, and challenges that face policy makers in Washington.

4. The World Next Week Podcast

The World Next Week Podcast from the Council on Foreign Relations looks forward to the major upcoming events in global politics each week and how things might play out. CFR’s Director of Studies James M. Lindsay and CFR.org Managing Editor Robert J. McMahon offer their ideas regarding current global affairs, drawing on their deep knowledge of the history of foreign relations of the United States. In each 30-minute episode they cover a number of key topics that the world will face each week, and they also look back at what has happened recently in terms of major global events.

5. America Abroad Podcast

NPR’s Madeleine Brand hosts a monthly magazine-format podcast that dissects some of the biggest challenges shaping U.S. foreign policy. Set firmly in a post-Trump diplomatic world scene, Brand and a team of correspondents survey topics ranging from Middle East relations, emergent disease response, cyber threats, climate change developments, and more. Informative and well produced, the America Abroad Podcast puts you on the front lines with top-notch reporting that will keep you abreast of how the United States is maintaining its leadership role in a complex world.

6. WSJ Opinion: Foreign Edition Podcast

From the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, Mary Kissel hosts a brief look at current world news. Episodes are short and to the point, averaging about 20 minutes, and packed with interviews designed to help shed light on the forces shaping the world, especially in relation to the United States foreign policy and security. Kissel’s point of view is in keeping with the conservative WSJ reputation, and is a valuable addition to your regular balance of daily news.

7. Foreign Policy’s The Editor’s Roundtable Podcast

For a casual roundtable of conversation about current U.S. foreign policy tune into Foreign Policy’s The Editor’s Roundtable Podcast. Foreign Policy magazine has been around since 1970, and their bimonthly magazine and website ForeignPolicy.com have become a popular platform for leading foreign policy contributors and politicians to express their views on global affairs. Based in Washington, D.C., this podcast features Foreign Policy magazine editors who consider themselves self-professed “foreign policy nerds”. They express their views on the latest news and topics, often with experts calling in from around the world to weigh in on contemporary issues. They aren’t afraid to throw in some humor to the mix as they openly discuss what U.S. foreign policy is today.

8. Global Dispatches Podcast

Global Dispatches is a podcast dedicated to in-depth conversations with academics, and expert personalities involved in current foreign affairs. With each episode, host Mark Leon Goldberg interviews figures on topics ranging from global nuclear security, climate change, US-China relations, the state of worldwide humanitarian relief, and more. Brief and to the point, Goldberg chooses his guests well, offering expert analysis to help better inform listeners on how big global challenges are being addressed (or not) on a diplomatic level.

9. PRI’s The World Podcast

PRI’s The World Podcast is a daily world news magazine that is a coproduction of Public Radio International, the BBC World Service, and WGBH in Boston. Hosted by Marco Werman, each show covers world news and interesting stories from around the world in public radio’s signature style. Each show runs about 45 minutes and they are put out by PRI Monday through Friday with two weeks of episodes remaining up on the podcast. In addition to global political news, they also cover economics, language, and music from around the globe. You’ll also hear stories of a more personal nature as their reporters interview individual throughout the world. Enjoy this popular public radio program that is broadcast on over 300 stations across North America.

10. From Our Own Correspondent – BBC Podcast

If you’d like to go beyond the headlines when hearing stories about what is happening around the world, listen to the BBC’s From Our Own Correspondent Podcast. This BBC radio show has been broadcasting since 1955 and features BBC foreign correspondents from around the globe reporting on specific stories that relate to current events. Often these correspondents travel to places that aren’t covered in the headlines of the day, and they provide news that might otherwise go uncovered. These 25-minute podcast episodes include good descriptions and the weekly episodes go back over several years on their podcast feed, so you can browse around for stories that interest you most.

11. When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

With the When Diplomacy Fails Podcast, host Zack Twamley takes you on a well-researched tour of the major figures, events, and political maneuvering involved in some of the great historical conflicts. Twamley doesn’t spare any details in multi-part episodes that take a deep dive into the preceding factors, dramatic clashes, and lasting consequences of wars that are mostly centered in Europe. This podcast is notable for the breadth and depth of detail, and is recommended for listeners particularly interested in European history and in World War I specifically. Learn about the past to understand the present state of international relations.

12. New Books in World Affairs Podcast

The New books in World Affairs Podcast is part of the larger New Books Podcast Network, which is focused on high-quality author interviews covering a variety of challenging, up-to-date topics. With this world affairs podcast, a revolving group of NBN moderators sit down to speak with authors that also happen to be leading thinkers in the fields of sociology, history, politics, and general philosophy. Episodes tend to be an hour-long, which provides ample time for authors to draw out the big ideas of a given book. This is a great podcast for serious readers interested in discovering new books in geopolitics, religious studies, intellectual history, and political theory.

13. Financial Times World Weekly Podcast

The Financial Times World Weekly Podcast is a brief, but informative foreign affairs podcast out of London. The show features weekly 20-minute discussions about specific events from the past week that will play a major role on the global stage. Coming out of the United Kingdom, this podcast delivers a nice outsider’s view of U.S. foreign policy while also relating global events as to how they will impact England. Major topics within the UK such as “Brexit” are also given more coverage.

14. Fareed Zakaria GPS Audio Podcast

Fareed Zakaria GPS, or Global Public Square, Podcast offers editorial commentary by Zakaria on world events on CNN. Zakaria brings in guests and journalists as they debate the current news with an emphasis on international issues and foreign affairs. Zakaria considers himself a “centrist” politically and his interviews and roundtables on the show provide a variety of opinions on global affairs from the mainstream cable news outlet of CNN.

15. WBEZ’s Worldview Podcast

Based in Chicago, WBEZ’s Worldview Podcast offers up-to-the-moment analysis of the current global news. Jerome McDonnell interviews a range of expert guests to examine U.S. foreign policy, and help us understand everything from Middle East hotspots to emerging Asian markets. This podcast is a digestible roundup of the key players, cultural pressure points, and historical trends that are shaping the world. The podcast also features commentaries on human rights and foreign film reviews.

May 15, 2017

Free Introductions to 27 Great Operas on Audio

You can now listen to 27 hour-long introductions of famous operas written by Thomson Smillie and read by David Timson. The introductions are part of the “Opera Explained” series from the classical music record label NAXOS, and they offer them streaming through Spotify. Whether you are a classical music expert, or you are new to opera, these introductions serve as one of the most accessible ways to learn about and appreciate opera. The introductions contain popular excerpts from NAXOS classical recordings of the operas. David Timson is a wonderful narrator and in each introduction he provides context for the opera before going into the story and highlighting the best musical moments. You’ll also learn a great deal about the composer of each opera from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Giacomo Puccini. Please Note: In order to listen to these introductions you’ll need a free Spotify account. You can listen for free with occasional ads and they also have Spotify software for easier listening on your computer or smart phone. If you want to listen ad-free and you love music as well, we can’t recommend Spotify Premium highly enough.

Here’s a Spotify playlist we made of all the operas in the Opera Explained series. We’ve added the first track of each album to the playlist. Click on the album for the full introduction.

Introductions to Operas on Audio from our Opera Explained Series Spotify Playlist

Here are all 27 introductions that we feature on LearnOutLoud.com:

27 Introductions to Operas by Thomson Smillie

If you’re wondering where to start, we’ll recommend some of the most beloved operas of all time:

Aida: An Introduction to Verdi’s Opera

The Barber of Seville: An Introduction to Rossini’s Opera

Carmen: An Introduction to Bizet’s Opera

Fidelio: An Introduction to Beethoven’s Opera

La Boheme: An Introduction to Puccini’s Opera

The Marriage of Figaro: An Introduction to Mozart’s Opera

In addition to these opera introductions, we’ll also feature today 11 composer biographies by Jeremy Siepmann that are offered by NAXOS on Spotify:

11 Biographies on the Life & Works of Famous Composers by Jeremy Siepmann

These 4-hour introductions to the composers alternate between telling their life story and featuring recordings of their musical works. Some of the composers you may have heard of include:

The Life and Works of Bach

The Life and Works of Mozart

The Life and Works of Beethoven

The Life and Works of Tchaikovsky

The Life & Works of Giuseppe Verdi

Enjoy these introductions to some of the greatest composers and operas of all time!

May 3, 2017

45 Free Massive Open, Online Courses from UC-Irvine on YouTube

In the past we’ve featured over 100 free courses from UC San Diego which present podcasts on audio (and some on video) of courses from 2007 to the present from the University of California at San Diego. You can browse them here:

Browse Over 100 Course Podcasts from UC San Diego

Today we’re featuring 45 free courses offered by the University of California at Irvine. Since 2012 UC-Irvine has been offering courses through their UCI open, online course initiative and they are now offering these courses on YouTube. Many of these courses are in the areas of chemistry, physics, Earth science, math, and engineering. You can browse them all there:

45 Free Video Courses from UC-Irvine on LearnOutLoud.com

And here they all are listed by their educational department:

Biological Sciences 93: DNA To Organisms

Biological Sciences 94: Organisms to Ecosystems

Biological Sciences M121: Immunology with Hematology

Chemistry 1P: Preparation for General Chemistry

Chemistry 1B: General Chemistry

Chemistry 107: Inorganic Chemistry

Chemistry 128: Introduction to Chemical Biology

Chemistry 131A: Quantum Principles

Chemistry 131B: Molecular Structure & Statistical Mechanics

Chemistry 131C: Thermodynamics and Chemical Dynamics

Chemistry 201: Organic Reaction Mechanisms I

Chemistry 202: Organic Reaction Mechanisms II

Chemistry 203: Organic Spectroscopy

Chemistry 51C: Organic Chemistry

Chemistry 5: Scientific Computing Skills

Earth System Science 1: Introduction to Earth System Science

Earth System Science 5: The Atmosphere

Earth System Science 21: On Thin Ice: Climate Change and the Cryosphere

Earth System Science 23: Air Pollution and Global Environments

Education 151: Language and Literacy

Education 320: Teaching PE & Health, Elementary Education

Engineering CEE 20: Engineering Problem Solving

Engineering MAE 91: Intro to Thermodynamics

Engineering MAE 130A: Intro to Fluid Mechanics

Engineering 165/265: Advanced Manufacturing Choices

Math 2A: Calculus

Math 4: Math for Economists

Math 113B: Mathematical Biology

Math 131A: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Math 176: Math of Finance

Physics 3A: Basic Physics I

Physics 3B: Basic Physics II

Physics 3C: Basic Physics III

Physics 7C: Classical Physics

Physics 20B: Cosmology

Physics 20E: Life in the Universe

Physics 50: Math Methods

Physics 255: Einstein’s General Relativity and Gravitation

Psych 9A: Psychology Fundamentals

Public Health 1: Principles of Public Health

Public Health 91: Disparities in Healthcare

Public Health 194A: Clinical and Translational Research Preparatory I

The Power of Microeconomics

The Power of Macroeconomics

Interestingly enough those last two economics courses are taught by American economist Peter Navarro who currently serves as the Assistant to the President, Director of Trade and Industrial Policy, and the Director of the White House National Trade Council, a newly-created entity in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government. Learn about some of the economic principles guiding the Trump administration in these two free courses.

Navarro is the author of over a dozen books and has also taught four Modern Scholar courses that we offer on sale on LearnOutLoud:

Big Picture Investing

Big Picture MBA

Principles of Economics: Business, Banking, Finance, and Your Everyday Life

Waking Dragon: The Emerging Chinese Economy and Its Impact on the World

Navarro has long been a critic of China and its role in global trade and that last course is certain to be of interest when it comes to his guidance of U.S. trade policy in the coming years. For a free lecture he gave on one of his books on China check out this talk from C-SPAN:

Peter Navarro on The Coming China Wars

Of course all of our over 1,200 free audio & video courses can be found in our Free Courses Collection here:

LearnOutLoud.com Free Courses Collection

April 30, 2017

35 Speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr. on Audio & Video

In recent years many of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speeches have been made available for free on audio & video from The King Institute at Stanford and The King Center in Atlanta. In this post we’ll feature 35 prominent speeches and sermons that Dr. King delivered in his lifetime that are available to listen to for free on audio & video.

You can browse all of the speeches and sermons of Dr. King that we feature on his author page, along with some audio books of his speeches and some interviews he did:

35 Free Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Audio & Video

We’ll start off by featuring some of Dr. King’s most famous speeches that we’ve featured in the past:

I Have a Dream Speech (August 28th, 1963)

Delivered on August 28th, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., King’s passionate call for justice and equality was the battle cry for the Civil Rights Movement in America. The 17-minute speech called for an end to racism in the United States during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which was a defining moment of the Civil Rights Movement.

I’ve Been to the Mountaintop Speech (April 3rd, 1968)

On April 4th, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. The night before he was assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his prophetic “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. In this stirring speech Dr. King looks back on his life and is thankful for all the positive changes in civil rights that occurred in his lifetime, and he is grateful to have lived in the second half of the 20th century when masses of people all over the world were standing up for freedom and human rights.

Letter from Birmingham Jail: Dramatic Reading (April 16, 1963)

Watch a free dramatized version of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”. Written 40 years ago on April 16, 1963, Dr. King wrote this while in jail in response to a statement by 8 white clergymen who argued that the battle against segregation should be fought in the courts, and not in the streets. In his letter, Dr. King argues for nonviolent direct action in response to unjust laws. The letter contains many great quotes including “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” and “Justice too long delayed is justice denied”. This special 1-hour video is a recording from the University of Texas at Austin filmed in an old Georgetown, Texas, jail sitting in for Birmingham in 1963, with actor Corey Jones playing Dr. King.

Acceptance Speech at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony (December 10, 1964)

Listen to this brief yet powerful speech that Dr. King delivered upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. In the speech Dr. King talks of the ongoing “creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice” in the United States which by that time had led to the passage of the Civil Rights Bill. And King speaks of his hope that “mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed and join together in brotherhood.”

A Knock at Midnight Sermon (June 11, 1967)

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “A Knock at Midnight” sermon was delivered on June 11, 1967. It is one of his most famous sermons where he relates the parable Jesus told of a man who knocks at midnight for three loaves of bread. Dr. King extends the meaning of “midnight” to regard his time in 1967 as midnight in the social order, the psychological order, and the spiritual order. He encourages the church to offer “bread” to those in need both in a real sense and in a spiritual sense. It’s a powerful sermon delivered 50 years ago, but still very relevant today. It is available on streaming audio from the King Institute and on streaming video from YouTube.

The Drum Major Instinct Sermon (February 4, 1968)

Listen to this inspiring sermon from Martin Luther King, Jr. In this speech, delivered in the year he was assassinated, Dr. King looks back on his life and hopes he will be remembered as a “Drum Major for Justice”. King sees the importance in the “drum major instinct” that drives us to lead and be recognized, but points out through Christ’s teachings that the greatest leaders are those who serve others and put justice before their own gain.

Now we’ll give you a list all of the speeches including many new ones we’ve recently added to our LearnOutLoud.com Free Audio & Video Directory. The King Institute offers text and streaming audio of many of Dr. King’s most famous speeches. They are available through a Flash player on their site so if you’re on an iPhone or iPad the flash player won’t show up. But no need to worry we’ve also embedded video of all of these speeches from YouTube. Also The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change has uploaded many of Dr. King’s speeches to its YouTube channel in the past year and we’ve now added many of these to our site.

Here they all are in order of when they were delivered:

Rediscovering Lost Values (February 28, 1954)

Paul’s Letter to American Christians (November 11, 1956)

Birth of a New Nation (April 7, 1957)

Give Us the Ballot (May 17, 1957)

Loving Your Enemies (November 17, 1957)

Letter from Birmingham Jail: Dramatic Reading (April 16, 1963)

Speech at the Great March on Detroit (June 23, 1963)

I Have a Dream (August 28th, 1963)

Eulogy for the Martyred Children (September 18, 1963)

Acceptance Speech at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony (December 10, 1964)

The Quest for Peace and Justice: 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture (December 11, 1964)

How Long, Not Long: Address at the Conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March (March 25, 1965)

Creative Maladjustment (April 27, 1965)

The American Dream (July 4, 1965)

Free at Last (February 10, 1966)

Guidelines for a Constructive Church (June 5, 1966)

The Casualties of the War in Vietnam (February 25, 1967)

Beyond Vietnam (April 4, 1967)

The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life (April 9, 1967)

A Knock at Midnight (June 11, 1967)

Where Do We Go from Here? (August 16, 1967)

Why Jesus Called a Man a Fool (August 27, 1967)

The Three Evils of Society (August 31, 1967)

What is Your Life’s Blueprint? (October 26, 1967)

The Drum Major Instinct (February 4, 1968)

Unfulfilled Dreams (March 3, 1968)

The Other America (March 14, 1968)

Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (March 31, 1968)

I’ve Been to the Mountaintop (April 3, 1968)

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center is also featuring the 1967 CBC Massey Lectures that Dr. King delivered on their YouTube channel:

Conscience for Change: The 1967 CBC Massey Lectures

1. Impasse in Race Relations

2. Conscience and the Vietnam War

3. Youth and Social Action

4. Nonviolence and Social Change

5. A Christmas Sermon on Peace (December 24, 1967)

We do feature a number of other audio & video titles from Dr. King on his author page. Check them all out here:

Over 50 Martin Luther King, Jr. Audio & Video Titles

And for our comprehensive collection of audio & video resources about Dr. King check out:

MLK Out Loud Audio & Video Resources

April 29, 2017

60 Free Language Learning Programs on Spotify

Long ago the publisher Penton Overseas and their many language learning programs disappeared, but they’ve now been re-published and are available for free on streaming audio on Spotify. You listen to over 60 of their language learning programs including their popular Learn In Your Car series.

Browse Over 60 Free Language Learning Programs from Penton Overseas

The Learn In Your Car programs are digestible language tutorials offered in 3 step-by-step levels that you can listen to wherever you are, and they run 3 hours in length. They are also offering their Vocabulearn series which presents vocabulary words that will beef up the building blocks of the language you are trying to learn. The Vocabulearn programs run about 3 hours as well. Here are some of their most popular language learning titles:

Learn in Your Car Series:

Learn in Your Car: French, Level 1

Learn in Your Car: German, Level 1

Learn in Your Car: Italian, Level 1

Learn in Your Car: Japanese, Level 1

Learn in Your Car: Mandarin Chinese, Level 1

Learn in Your Car: Russian, Level 1

Learn in Your Car: Spanish, Level 1

Aprenda En Su Auto: Ingles, Nivel Uno (English for Spanish Speakers)

Vocabulearn Series:

Vocabulearn: Arabic Level 1

Vocabulearn: French Level 1

Vocabulearn: Hebrew Level 1

VocabuLearn: Korean, Level 1

VocabuLearn: Polish, Level 1

VocabuLearn: Portuguese, Level 1

Vocabulearn: Spanish Level 1

VocabuLearn: Swahili, Level 1

VocabuLearn: Swedish, Level 1

VocabuLearn: Vietnamese, Level 1

And there are many more courses to choose from, many of which are at higher skill levels:

Browse Over 60 Free Language Learning Courses from Penton Overseas

Please Note: In order to listen to these audio programs you’ll need a free Spotify account. You can listen for free with occasional ads and they also have Spotify software for easier listening on your computer or smart phone. If you want to listen ad-free and you love music as well, we can’t recommend Spotify Premium highly enough.

April 12, 2017

Over 70 Free Great Courses Lectures

Today we’re featuring 70 free video lectures from The Great Courses! When we started LearnOutLoud.com back in 2005, one of our main inspirations for launching was promoting audio & video learning content from companies like The Teaching Company. Founded in 1990 by Tom Rollins, The Teaching Company records courses from top professors around the United States in a broad array of university-level disciplines. If you’re a longtime fan of the Teaching Company you might recall Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto that started each lecture and Tom Rollins giving this quote at the start of each course: “By listening for less than an hour a day you can finish even the longest course in just weeks!”

These courses were developed for adult lifelong learners, and back in the early 2000s when we started listening to them, they were available on audio cassettes, CDs, VHS tapes, and DVDs from their website or the local library. Cut to 2017 and now The Teaching Company has changed their name to The Great Courses and they’ve now created over 600 audio & video courses available on CD, DVD, and audio & video download through the TheGreatCourses.com and they’ve launched The Great Courses Plus, which is a subscription service giving you unlimited access to over 350 of their courses which can be streamed online, through their apps, and even downloaded now for offline viewing and listening. They’ve also made their courses available on audio download through Audible.com, and they’ve even launched a channel on Amazon.com called The Great Courses Signature Collection which features access to 100 of their video courses (for $7.99/month for Amazon Prime members).

Although they’ve re-branded and updated their service with the latest technology, The Great Courses still maintain the highest standards for their professors and production quality. They’ve also expanded their course offerings over the years from the history, literature, religion, philosophy, music, economics, and science courses they became known for to newer courses on better living and professional development, along with courses on travel, food & wine, and hobbies like photography and gardening. While free audio & video courses have exploded on the Internet, nothing really tops the audio & video learning content of The Great Courses. To introduce The Great Courses, they’ve uploaded over 70 free sample video lectures on their YouTube channel, and after watching many of them we’ve been reminded of just how great their offerings are. Today we’re featuring reviews of over 50 of these free lectures that we’ve watched.

If you’re a lifelong learner and you love learning on audio & video, we can’t recommend The Great Courses Plus highly enough. You subscribe to The Great Courses Plus, and you can then watch over 350 great courses and over 8,000 video lectures as much as you want, whenever you want! It’s amazing to be able to browse around and pick out lectures you’re especially interested in to find out which course you want to watch. Also a recent addition they’ve made to the iOS app (for iPhone and iPad) was the introduction of downloading and streaming lectures for audio-only listening, which was a feature we were really hoping for. Check it out if you haven’t yet:

Browse Over 350 Courses Currently Offered Through the The Great Courses Plus

And we’ve updated our blog post that lays out The Great Courses Plus in more detail and lists all the current courses they offer:

Our Updated Blog Post on The Great Courses Plus

We’ve also put together a YouTube playlist of all these free course lectures:

Over 70 Free Great Courses Lectures on Our YouTube Playlist

Now here are reviews of 50 Free Lectures from The Great Courses on YouTube. Almost of the lectures featured below are being offered through The Great Courses Plus.

1. How to Stop Worrying and Start Investing

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Understanding Investments taught by Professor Connel Fullenkamp, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

In this introductory lecture from The Great Courses course Understanding Investments, Professor Connel Fullenkamp addresses some of the common concerns people have when they consider investing their money. He acknowledges that many people do not invest because they don’t want to take the time to learn how to and above all they don’t want to lose their money. He suggests that the basics of investing can be learned relatively quickly and then dispels many of the fears of losing money if one invests according to certain principles and doesn’t react to the often volatile shifts in the market. It’s a pretty convincing opening argument for investing, in what sounds like a very informative course.

2. The Robotics of Self-Driving Vehicles

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Robotics taught by Professor John Long, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

In this lecture from The Great Courses course Robotics taught by Professor John Long, Ph.D., he delivers the history of robotic cars from cruise control up to the latest developments in self-driving vehicles and how they work. That last part of the lecture he devotes to the impact self-driving vehicles will eventually have on the world including saving thousands of lives in accidents, allowing handicapped people to drive, and even speeding up the road ways by optimizing the ways cars function in traffic jams. It’s a fascinating lecture on this emerging technology.

3. Can Certain Foods Make You Smarter?

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience taught by Professor Indre Viskontas, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

Can certain foods make you smarter? That’s the question directly addressed in this lecture from the course Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience taught by Professor Indre Viskontas, Ph.D. She addresses the difficulty with conducting good neuroscience studies on the effects of food because there is not much profit to made from studying foods like blueberries that can’t be patented. But Professor Viskontas points to some studies done around fish oil, anti-oxidant foods, and supplements and the often scant evidence or mixed results that these studies have produced in regards to cognitive improvement. She does point out that caffeine, exercise, and even fasting might aid in our cognitive abilities. She explodes the myth of sugar making kids crazy and also discusses the effects of popular drugs like Adderall and Ritalin for kids with ADHD. After decades of study, Professor Viskontas says we aren’t that far from the common sense wisdom that was already known, that good nutrition, a healthy diet, and exercise are good for mental performance.

4. The Science of Mindfulness: Who Am I?

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Science of Mindfulness: A Research-Based Path to Well-Being taught by Professor Ronald D. Siegel, Psy.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

In this free lecture provided by The Great Courses, psychiatrist Ronald Siegel outlines the havoc that comes about when we identify “I” or “me” as something separate from the rest of the world. As Siegel argues, mindfulness practice reveals “the self” as an impersonal series of sensations that form a consistent storyline of who we think we are. But what if what you call “you” is actually not what you experience, but something deeper, and more interconnected with the rest of creation? As Eastern spiritual practices tell us, the path to happiness lies in transcending the suffering that comes as a result of identifying ourself as a separate individual. This 30 minute lecture is a good introduction as to why mindfulness meditation practices are becoming a more accepted therapeutic tool in mainstream psychiatric circles. The lecture is available on The Great Courses YouTube channel.

5. Fundamentals of Photography: Composition

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Fundamentals of Photography taught by Professor Joel Sartore. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

With the advent of digital photography, most of us are now photographers to some extent. Learn how to improve your photography with tips on composition from National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. In this lecture from his course Fundamentals of Photography, Professor Sartore gives advice on how to turn even the most mundane settings into interesting photographic subjects. He teaches about the rule of thirds and when to use vertical composition. While some of the concepts might only apply to those with professional cameras and lenses, many of the tips Professor Sartore gives can even be applied to the photos you take with your mobile phone. He provides numerous examples of his own photographic experiments to illustrate his points.

6. Train Yourself Like a Dog

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Outsmart Yourself: Brain-Based Strategies to a Better You taught by Peter M. Vishton, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

The human brain is very complex, but in this lecture Professor Peter M. Vishton, Ph.D. suggests some easy and proven ways that you can influence your brain particularly when it comes to bad habits. Dr. Vishton first suggests that the mere act of writing down when you perform a bad habit is a good start to getting control of it. He goes on to cite studies of positive and negative reinforcement for conquering bad habits and how effective they have been. He sums up the lecture by reminding us that most of the things we do during the day are habitual and as Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do”. So we might as well try to get control of our habits instead letting them control us. This 30-minute lecture is available on The Great Courses YouTube channel.

7. Why America Wrote the Declaration of Independence

To commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence 241 years ago on July 4, 1776, we’re featuring this free lecture from The Great Courses. In this lecture, Professor Joseph F. Kobylka charts how the philosophy behind the American revolution changed as the conflict between the colonies and Great Britain heated up. Using John Locke as a formative model, American thinkers such as John Dickinson, Samuel Adams, and Thomas Jefferson first argued for their rights based on a status as English citizens. When they slowly began to view the British government as abusive, their conciliatory stance began to shift into to a then innovative universal argument based on natural human rights. In this crucial moment, a new, truly revolutionary philosophy was born out of the conflict; a philosophy that led to the Declaration of Independence, and gave birth to a new nation founded on an equal relationship between the government and the people.

8. Why You Stress

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called How to Make Stress Work for You taught by Professor Kimberlee Bethany Bonura, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

In this free lecture from The Great Courses, Professor Kimberlee Bethany Bonura starts with the equation that arousal plus your value judgment equals stress. She emphasizes the importance of one’s perception when it comes to stressing out under a given circumstance, and also points out many of the cultural and environmental factors that contribute to stress. She also points to studies where genetics and early life experience play a heavy role as to how you’ll react to stress later in life. She places stress on a continuum, where very low stress can lead to boredom and poor performance, but too high of stress can lead to anxiety and poor performance as well. In between these two extremes you can find an optimal level of aroused stress that leads to your best performance.

9. Causes of The Great Recession

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called International Economic Institutions: Globalism vs. Nationalism taught by Professor Ramon P. DeGennaro, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

Learn about the many causes of The Great Recession which led to economic decline in the United States and world markets in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Professor Ramon P. DeGennaro, Ph.D. explores the many risks that were taken which led to the crisis in this lecture from his course International Economic Institutions: Globalism vs. Nationalism. Financial institutions in the 2000s began taking enormous risks particularly in the housing market. Helped out by low interest rates and fewer regulations, banks and investors mismanaged their risks while mortgage defaults were rising. Using many analogies to help us understand the complex economic forces at play, Professor DeGennaro takes a long view of economic best practices to demonstrate how many financial institutions were brought down during The Great Recession.

10. Can Adult Brains Change for the Better?

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience taught by Professor Professor Indre Viskontas, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

Hear about the exciting new science of adult neurogenesis, which is the process by which new neurons are generated in the adult brain. Professor Indre Viskontas, Ph.D. explains that for many years in neuroscience, scientists thought once the adult brain was fully developed that adults could not grow new neurons. But recent science has proven that new development is possible, especially in the hippocampus of the brain which is associated with memory. Dr. Viskontas also examines some of the ways in which brain power can be boosted and how exercise, food, and pills affect the brain. Learn how you can start growing new neurons today!

11. The Art of Debate: Using Evidence in Debate

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Art of Debate taught by Professor Jarrod Atchison, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

In this lecture from The Great Courses course The Art of Debate, Professor Jarrod Atchison, Ph.D. teaches about four different kinds of evidence that are frequently used in debate. He first discusses the power of using a story as evidence for an argument. He then describes the use of empirical evidence such as data and statistics. He provides examples of how authority can play an important role in evidence used in a debate. And lastly, he tells of the importance of the personal narrative in debate, which is usually more persuasive than describing the narrative of someone else. He applies all these types of evidence to a hypothetical debate about assisted suicide. Expand your power to debate with these strategies of using evidence.

12. Mind-Body Philosophy: History of the Soul

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Mind-Body Philosophy taught by Professor Patrick Grim, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

In this lecture Professor Patrick Grim, Ph.D. outlines the complex history of the soul in Western philosophy and religion. Starting with its roots in Homeric literature and Greek philosophy along with the Old Testament, Dr. Grim demonstrates how early conceptions of the soul differed from what would become more modern conceptions in thinkers like Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and St. Augustine which emphasized a dualistic approach between a temporal body and an eternal soul. At the end of the lecture Professor Grim marks some thinkers who led to a decline in the discussion of the soul in philosophy and psychology, including Rene Descartes and William James.

13. History of Slang in the English Language

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Secret Life of Words: English Words and Their Origins taught by Professor PAnne Curzan, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

This entertaining lecture from The Great Courses provides some history to the often used, but seldom studied subject of slang in language. Professor Anne Curzan, Ph.D. gives many examples of the history of slang words, some which have lasted the test of time, some which are newer, and some which have faded from use. She provides examples of how slang is used among youth and subcultures to rebel against the mainstream and formal communication. The lecture is sure to produce a few chuckles as Professor Curzan explains in scholarly terms many words and terms which are generally not used in the college classroom.

14. Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe: Inexplicable Space

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries taught by Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

Popular science communicator Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He’s become a superstar of teaching astronomy and physics and even hosted the popular TV update of Cosmos which aired on the Fox Network and on streaming platforms back in 2014. He taught a 12-lecture course for The Great Courses called My Favorite Universe and a 6-lecture course called The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries. This free lecture is from The Inexplicable Universe course and is called “Inexplicable Space”. Professor Tyson takes a look at the 95% of the universe that is currently unknown and referred to as dark matter and dark energy. He also examines what is going to happen in 4.5 billion years when The Milky Way Galaxy is expected to collide with the Andromeda Galaxy.

15. Religion: Its Meaning and Importance

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Cultural Literacy for Religion taught by Professor Mark Berkson, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

In this introductory lecture to The Great Courses course Cultural Literacy for Religion: Everything the Well-Educated Person Should Know, Professor Mark Berkson, Ph.D. begins the course with citing studies as to how little the average American knows about the major world’s religions. He feels there are many reasons for this including the reluctance of schools to teach about world religions in K-12 education. Dr. Berkson gives his arguments for why he feels literacy of religion is so important. He then sets out on the complicated task of defining religion, in which he provides a multifaceted approach that seeks to encompass the aspects of all major religions and how they differ from other disciplines such as science and philosophy.

16. Learning French Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Learning French: A Rendezvous with French-Speaking Cultures taught by Professor Ann Williams, PH.D., DEA. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

Enjoy this free lecture on French language and culture from The Great Courses. Much more than a listen-and-repeat French learning program, this video course called Learning French: A Rendezvous with French-Speaking Cultures gives viewers an introduction to the French-Speaking World providing language learning, travel tips, French customs, and much more. Professor Ann Williams is an enthusiastic presenter and the course includes visuals cues and words that she is using along the way. In this lecture you’ll learn about the rules of French verbs, adjectives, and adverbs and how they are commonly used in French culture. She moves along quickly and you’ll probably want to have some basic understanding of the French language to supplement this course, but it seems to be an excellent introduction particularly for French learners who want to travel to France someday.

17. H.G. Wells and Utopian Science Fiction

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature taught by Professor Pamela Bedore, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

The final decades of the 19th century saw the birth and development of science fiction as a new literary genre, with the concept of utopia in particular being a favorite subject of early writers. In this free Great Course lecture, Literature Professor Pamela Bedore focuses on two books by science fiction forefather H.G. Wells that ask the question: is imagining a utopia inherently a part of science fiction? Using both Wells’ classic The Time Machine and a lesser known work called A Modern Utopia as her texts, Professor Bedore demonstrates how science fiction can be utilized to explore how current societies might evolve if certain trends predominate, leading to interesting utopian futures that sometimes look positive on the surface, but often come with hidden costs.

18. The Economics of Racial Discrimination

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Unexpected Economics taught by Professor Timothy Taylor. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

Can economic data be used to track discrimination practices in the United States? As Professor Timothy Taylor demonstrates in this lecture for The Great Courses, the numbers sometimes do tell the tale. Using various data collected across standard U.S. government statistical sources, Taylor focuses on the plight of African Americans, demonstrating how small, racially biased decisions in the job market, hiring practices, and housing demographics reveals itself through statistical discrimination across the country. Even with measures taken on a policy level to even the playing field for minorities, Professor Taylor effectively notes how small discriminatory choices made on an institutional level can add up to a widespread phenomenon of racial bias.

19. A Tour of Central Turkey

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul taught by Professor John R. Hale, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

Homeland of the great Persian poet Rumi, central Turkey features a wide range of locations, from cosmopolitan cities to astonishing natural and man-made archeological sites. In this free Great Courses lecture, Professor John R. Hale serves as your field guide through his favorite destinations, including the capital Ankara, Rumi’s Konya, and the exotic Cappadocia. The highlights of this video tour include a look at Rumi’s birthplace, the otherworldly volcanic formations in Cappadocia, and a nearby underground cave network miraculously built by Christian refugees. This is an unparalleled introduction to a part of the world that goes beyond the well-traveled paths of Istanbul into a remote region that few have seen in such detail.

20. The Role Women Played in the American Revolution

In many ways the late 18th century American revolutionary period remains a somewhat ambiguous moment for the role of women. Looking back, Professor Peter C. Mancall sees a time when women were culturally omitted from official documents (e.g. “all men are created equal”), trapped in unfair marriage laws, and all but imprisoned in the role of homebound nurturer for future male leaders. Despite these factors, key voices do emerge that would later cause historic waves, most notably Abigail Adams, whose writings are a remarkable testament to her important role in early government leadership. The Declaration’s language can also be traced to the later women’s suffrage movement, which realized astutely that women needed formal inclusion in the political system in order to legally erase their status as second-class citizens.

21. Alexander the Great’s Impact on the Jews

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Jesus and His Jewish Influences taught by Professor Jodi Magness, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

During the 4th century BC, Alexander of Macedonia made an incredible push into the Far East, leaving ripples in his wake that had an impact across many different cultures. In this free lecture provided by the Great Courses, Professor Jodi Magness discusses Alexander’s influence on ancient Palestine, and the various legends that came up about his supposed time in the region. Professor Magness also uses scriptural citations to demonstrate how the ancient Jews drew parallels between Alexander the Great and Jesus Christ, using the former as a semi-divine precursor to the new Christian era.

22. Papal Elections, Then & Now

Learn the twisty history of how the Pope is elected in this free 30-minute lecture provided by the Great Courses. Professor Thomas F.X. Noble guides listeners, starting with Saint Peter’s origins in Rome as the first pope, and how the church Cardinals became key officers in electing every Pope thereafter. The papacy went through a period of political interference throughout the Middle Ages that led to a succession of differing election methods that were often factional, or overtly biased, leading to the more streamlined Papal succession ritual we know today.

23. Does Technology Make You Stupid?

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience taught by Professor Indre Viskontas, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

It is frequently suggested that technology is making people more stupid, but in this lecture from The Great Courses, Professor Indre Viskontas, Ph.D. takes a more nuanced view of what technology might be doing to our intelligence and our ability to pay attention. This 30-minute lecture is from her course Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience and she takes on many of the common myths involving smartphones, social media, and computers. She covers a lot of ground in this lecture and cites many recent studies that have dealt with how these new technologies are transforming our world and our minds.

24. English Grammar Boot Camp: Why Do We Care about Grammar?

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called English Grammar Boot Camp: Why Do We Care about Grammar? taught by Professor Anne Curzan, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

This is an enjoyable lecture for grammar nerds of all ages. Professor Anne Curzan, Ph.D.
opens her course from The Great Courses called English Grammar Boot Camp with a lecture entitled “Why Do We Care about Grammar?” She provides some personal history as to how she became obsessed with grammar and goes on to demonstrate that grammar is more fluid and debatable than we might assume. Professor Curzan is on the usage panel for The American Heritage Dictionary and she provides examples of how she and her fellow language experts weigh in on word usage that is controversial or problematic. This lecture will give you a better idea about how best grammar practices are determined and how they change over time.

25. How England Colonized India

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called A History of British India taught by Professor Hayden J. Bellenoit, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

Within three generations the British East India Company would supplant the reigning Mughal dynastic empire to become the masters of the Indian subcontinent. In this free lecture provided by The Great Courses, Professor Hayden J. Bellenoit explains some of the factors that brought about such a remarkable shift in India, starting in the 1700s until the rise of Mahatma Gandhi. Professor Bellenoit skillfully lays out three main points that led to British dominance, including decentralization of the empire’s power base, the strong worldwide demand for Indian goods, and the willingness of prominent banking families to play ball; all of which set the stage for one of the most ruthless examples of colonialism that the world has ever seen.

26. An Analysis of Odysseus

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Great Mythologies of the World. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

For this free 30-minute lecture provided by The Great Courses, Professor Kathryn McClymond gives a close-up analysis of Odysseus, the Greek hero of Homeric myth, master schemer, and perhaps one of the earliest “everyman” superheroes. Odysseus’s clever nature serves him well during the Trojan War, but becomes a liability as he and his men encounter countless obstacles in a 20-year effort to return home. Themes of identity are also at play throughout the epic of The Odyssey, as Odysseus can’t help but hide his true nature under different guises before coming to peace with himself in the arms of a loving wife and son. What we see in Professor McCymond’s lecture is a complex hero who is capable of withstanding incredible physical hardships, yet finds the ultimate challenge to be his own flawed character.

27. The Unfolding Ukraine-Russia Crisis

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called
A History of Eastern Europe taught by Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

Learn about the history of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia crisis in this lecture from The Great Courses from their course A History of Eastern Europe taught by Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius. In the first half of the lecture, Professor Liulevicius gives a quick summary of Ukraine-Russia relations over the centuries and explains how groups of people in the Ukraine are split between their affinities to Russia and to the West. The last half of the lecture focuses on the current Ukraine-Russia crisis in which Russian military intervention led to the annexation of the Ukrainian territory of Crimea by Russia in 2014. Learn about this political hot spot that is continuing to play a major role in geopolitics today.

28. Napoleon: The Revolutionary Emperor

In this excellent lecture provided by the Great Courses, Professor Jonathan Steinberg touches on the rise, genius, and legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte. Within the span of 30 minutes, Steinberg provides unique insight as to how Bonaparte modernized and stabilized France during a chaotic revolutionary era in the 1790s, rising from humble origins through sheer charismatic genius, innovative military precision, and unmatched leadership ability. As Professor Steinberg argues, the history of modern France is marked by a period before and after Napoleon permanently altered the landscape, and there may be no comparable figure with such a lasting legacy.

29. Introduction to The Analects of Confucius

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Books That Matter: The Analects of Confucius taught by Professor Robert Andre LaFleur, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

According to Professor Robert Andre LaFleur, The Analects of Confucius can be summed up in one word: imagination. As opposed to seeing Confucius as a “parochial moralizer”, Professor LaFleur sees the Chinese teacher as a visionary philosopher who taught that we must re-imagine “work” as something that goes beyond being a mere job so that it becomes more of an overall outlook on life. In this Great Courses introduction to an in-depth exploration of the Confucian Analects, Lafleur invites us to enter a discussion about how committed, life-long study can lead to a good life that is both self-fulfilling and inherently communal. Technical proficiency is not enough; as Confucius says, we have to live our work, and share it with others.

30. Stonehenge and Ancient Astronomy

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Remarkable Science of Ancient Astronomy taught by Professor Bradley E. Schaefer, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

In this free lecture provided by The Great Courses, Professor Bradley Schaefer takes viewers on an introductory tour of the methods used by ancient astronomers to map and utilize the stars in the night sky. The first segment focuses on England’s Stonehenge monument, perhaps the most famous artifact of archeoastronomy in the world. Professor Schaefer explains how Stonehenge was created between 3100 and 1600 BC, and offers up a few of the popular theories about the people that made it, including the site’s longtime association with the druids and paganism. The course that follows will trace thousands of years of the history of ancient astronomy, from 4,000 BC to the Renaissance, covering the world’s monuments to the cardinal and solstitial directions, and much more.

31. Using Bird Behavior to Identify Birds

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The National Geographic Guide to Birding in North America taught by Professor James Currie. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

With over 700 avian species in North America alone, identifying specific birds can be quite daunting for the beginner! In this Great Courses lecture provided in partnership with National Geographic, birding enthusiast James Currie explains how you can get better at quickly identifying the different birds you see in the wild. Currie says that seasoned birdwatchers break the basic cues down based on behavior, outlining 6 categories that include typical features, feeding traits, flight configuration, flocking patterns, mating habits, and nesting complexity. As he breaks these categories down with video references, the viewer is given excellent tips they can go out and watch for right away, wherever they are and whatever level of birdwatching experience they have.

32. Two Prototypes for The Theory of Everything

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Theory of Everything: The Quest to Explain All Reality taught by Professor Don Lincoln, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

The biggest possible goal of modern science is nothing less than a complete understanding of the fundamental rules of the universe. As Professor Don Lincoln explains, he and his colleagues in the scientific community have long understood that all of the phenomena we can observe seems interconnected by a deeper principle that gives rise to everything we see. In this free lecture provided by the Great Courses, we learn about the standard model, which covers the micro, sub-atomic nature of reality, and Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which still stands as our best explanation for how gravity and the nature of space/time works. A key figure in the cutting-edge physics covered in this course, Professor Lincoln serves as the perfect guide to explain these mind-boggling concepts, breaking down what we know, where there are theoretical gaps, and how we might clarify the mysteries that still elude us.

33. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Huns and Vandals

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Books That Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire taught by Professor Leo Damrosch, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

This free Great Courses lecture is part of the Books that Matter series, focusing this time on Edward Gibbon’s landmark The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. In this lecture Harvard Professor Leo Damrosch discusses the Eastern invaders that finally broke Roman dominance, and in the process became major contributors to what would become Modern Europe. The chapters covered here include a brief biographical sketch of Attila the Hun and his leadership qualities, the sack of Rome by the Vandals, an interesting note on the last Roman Emperor, a look at Gibbon’s distaste for Monastic isolation, and much more. This is a great taste of the sheer breadth of Professor Damrosch’s genius as a literary scholar, and his ability to weave commentary on Gibbon’s life in with an expert analysis of the historical period covered.

34. The Origins of Agriculture in Human History

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Big History of Civilizations taught by Professor Craig G. Benjamin, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

How did human beings make the leap from nomadic communities dedicated to foraging over to village-based civilizations built around agriculture? In this free 30-minute lecture provided by The Great Courses, Professor Craig G. Benjamin outlines the current academic thinking on the factors that led to this major transition in human history, which took place over 11,000 years ago. These circumstances include post ice age climate change, which created stable environmental factors in areas like the fertile crescent, animal and plant domestication breakthroughs, and demographic pressures that made it more sensible to stay and develop a single piece of land. With the advent of agriculture, Professor Benjamin notes that human beings were suddenly set on a new historical trajectory; a pathway that made civilization as we know it possible.

35. The Apocrypha and the Cult of Mary

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Apocryphal Jesus taught by Professor David Brakke. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

Mary has been a controversial figure throughout Christian history, with some viewing her as a semi-divine figure of veneration, and others decrying the idea of placing her on such a high pedestal, despite being the mother of Jesus. In this free Great Courses lecture, Professor David Brakke dives into the Gospel’s account of Mary before exploring how different apocryphal stories expand upon her biography, including emphasis on her virginal purity, her special access to Jesus, and differing accounts of her death. As Brakke moves through these stories, he teases out how the figure of Mary may reveal tensions in the early Church that were gradually smoothed over as mainstream Christian doctrine took shape.

36. The Detective in Mystery and Suspense Fiction

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Secrets of Great Mystery and Suspense Fiction taught by Professor David Schmid, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

The detective is the central figure of the mystery and suspense genre. As Professor David Schmid says in this free Great Courses Plus lecture, where crime disrupts, the detective restores order; if crime is an illness, the detective is the doctor. In this lecture on the creation of the Detective, Schmid uses Edgar Allan Poe’s C. August Dupin, Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot as examples of how the core traits of the detective were established, and how their comparative differences helped the character type evolve. As Professor Schmid puts it, readers still love detectives because of how they make sense of an often irrational world, and this lecture is a great entry-point for anyone curious about the origins of these beloved creations.

37. Greek 101: The Greek Alphabet & Pronunciation

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Greek 101: Learning an Ancient Language taught by Professor Hans-Friedrich Mueller, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

Professor Hans-Friederich Mueller hosts a full lecture devoted to the entire Greek alphabet in this free lecture provided by The Great Courses. Here Mueller will guide you through each letter, before progressing to basic words, the tricky pronunciations that crop up, and the complex sentences that come out as a final result. As you follow along, you are encouraged to verbally repeat these Greek grammar basics, helping you retain and eventually enjoy an important language used by Homer, Shakespeare, and The Bible.

38. Visualizing Extraordinary Ways to Multiply

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature taught by Professor Marc C. Conner, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

In this fun and often illuminating lecture provided by The Great Courses, math evangelist James S. Tanton talks all about how to visualize multiplication in new, often counter-intuitive ways. From quirky examples like the line method (which doesn’t look like it should work at all), to how we might rethink the usual algorithms we learn in grade school, Professor Tanton does a great job of breaking up the anxiety we sometimes attach to mathematical problems. Enthusiastic and excited to share these methods, Tanton closes the lectures with a closed fist method that will get you playing along with him as he makes math easier to understand.

39. Science of Flight: Breaking the Sound Barrier

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Science of Flight taught by Professor James W. Gregory, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

What made the sound barrier such a difficult challenge for early flight pioneers, and why did it represent such a fundamental breakthrough for the future of aviation? In this lecture delivered by Professor James W. Gregory, we take an inside look at the basic scientific problems surrounding supersonic flight that had to be solved, including wing design, high-speed air pressure dynamics, and the mechanical dangers that made many in the scientific community conclude it simply wasn’t possible to fly faster than sound. Gregory provides helpful animations and archive footage to illustrate how test pilot Chuck Yeager finally broke the barrier in 1947, ushering in the jet age that we still benefit from, and even take for granted today.

40. How to Grow Anything: Plan the Garden of Your Dreams

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called How to Grow Anything: Your Best Garden and Landscape in 6 Lessons taught by Professor Melinda Myers. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

For this free Great Courses lecture, horticulturist Melinda Myers walks you through the broad steps needed to transform your backyard into a beautiful garden you can enjoy and use for years to come. Using a large property as her test garden, Myers talks about “The 4 Rs” everyone should remember before redesigning their space: the Right Plant, the Right Purpose, the Right Place, and the Right Look. From there, Myers talks about how to evaluate what you have, what you might need to do to prepare your land, and what flora and fauna might be best for you given the realities of climate, plant hardiness, and what’s important to you aesthetically. Wonderful for those that are itching to work with their green thumb but don’t know where to start!

41. Effective Communication Skills: The Social Context

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called Effective Communication Skills taught by Professor Dalton Kehoe. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

In this free lecture from The Great Courses course Effective Communication Skills, Professor Dalton Kehoe, Ph.D. takes us into the essential element of social context that is present whenever and wherever we are communicating. Why do we whisper when we enter a cathedral? Dr. Kehoe examines this and many other social situations and how our learned cultural experiences pass on the values and norms of our communication. He also provides some insights into how cultures are different when it comes to their methods of communication citing a study of students from Southern U.S. states versus Northern U.S. states. This is a compelling lecture that will get you thinking about how your own culture has shaped your communication.

42. Introduction to World Economic History

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called An Economic History of the World since 1400 taught by Professor Donald J. Harreld, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

In this opening lecture of the course An Economic History of the World Since 1400, Professor Donald J. Harreld starts out by describing his own interest in economic history. He then lays out many of the terms that will be examined in various stages of the history he will be teaching in the course including production, demand, distribution, business contracts, markets, trade, and even a complex definition of capitalism itself. He also briefly describes some of the schools of economics that will be studied during the course such as neoclassical economics and Marxian economics.

43. Learning How to Practice the Guitar

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called
Learning to Play Guitar: Chords, Scales, and Solos taught by Professor Colin McAllister, D.M.A.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

Professor Colin McAllister teaches his methods for practicing the guitar in this lectures from The Great Courses course Learning to Play Guitar: Chords, Scales, and Solos. He tells a story about the importance of practice and then goes on to teach how to hold the guitar and how to play some simple notes, chords, and scales. Along the way you’ll see helpful diagrams to show you how to play each of these elements.

44. Roots of Irish Identity: Celts to Monks

This lecture is part of a course from The Great Courses called The Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature taught by Professor Marc C. Conner, Ph.D.. This course and over 300 other courses can be accessed with a subscription to The Great Courses Plus.

The Great Courses have added over 50 free lectures from their latest courses to their YouTube channel. One of the lectures they added comes just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. The lecture is called “Roots of Irish Identity: Celts to Monks” from their course Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature taught by Professor Marc C. Conner, Ph.D.. In the lecture Professor Conner introduces the course by tracing Irish identity back to the Celts as he details their mythology. He also provides the background of Saint Patrick and of the monks who “saved civilization” by writing out much of the knowledge of Greek and Roman literature after the collapse of the Roman Empire. You’ll probably want to watch this lecture as it contains some beautiful imagery of Ireland and aspects of Irish civilization. Get in the Irish spirit with this free lecture from The Great Courses.

45. Learn How the Assassination of JFK Changed Our World

For people of a certain generation, the John F. Kennedy assassination changed America forever, prefiguring a loss of innocence that has lasted into the modern era. In this lecture from The Great Courses, Professor J. Rufus Fears accesses JFK’s short presidency, from how it offered a new era of hopeful ambition after World War II, to how he handled the Cuban Missile Crisis, to how he may have averted U.S. deepened involvement in Vietnam if he had lived. In the end, Fears believes that JFK’s death changed history for the worse, and in this lecture he makes a compelling case for what might have been.

March 17, 2017

11 Free Joseph Campbell Audio Series on Spotify

Sorry but these audio programs were removed from Spotify. You can buy them on the Joseph Campbell Foundation website here: Joseph Campbell Audio Lectures

Below is a playlist of the Comprehensive 14-Hour Lecture Series “A Brief History of World Mythology” delivered by Joseph Campbell in 1969:

Check Out 11 Joseph Campbell Lecture Series from the Joseph Campbell Foundation

Joseph Campbell was known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion, including his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. He was also a great teacher and lecturer and thankfully many of his lectures were recorded. The Joseph Campbell Foundation has put up the Joseph Campbell Audio Collection on the popular music streaming service Spotify. The Joseph Campbell Audio Collection features 11 series of talks (most of them consisting of five hour-long lectures). The lecture series cover the wide swath of Campbell’s field of knowledge incorporating mythology, religion, psychology, philosophy, and a great deal more. We organized each series into playlists on Spotify and have linked to them and embedded them on the pages linked to below.

Please Note: In order to listen to these lectures you’ll need a free Spotify account. You can listen for free with occasional ads and they also have Spotify software for easier listening on your computer or smart phone. If you want to listen ad-free and you love music as well, we can’t recommend Spotify Premium highly enough. Here are the eleven lecture series:

Man and Myth

The Eastern Way

Inward Journey: East and West

Mythology and the Individual

The Myths and Masks of God

The Western Quest

A Brief History of World Mythology

Perspectives on Creative Mythology

Christian Symbols and Ideas

Psychology and Asian Philosophies

Your Myth Today

January 31, 2017

5000 New Podcasts in Our Podcast Directory

It’s been months in the making, but we’ve just added over 5,000 new podcasts to our LearnOutLoud.com Podcast Directory, bringing our total number of educational podcasts in our directory to over 7,000. We combed through over 500,000 podcasts in the iTunes podcast directory to find the best of the best in terms of ratings, reviews, and educational subject matter. We also removed old podcasts from our directory that are no longer available. Browse them all by clicking below:

Browse Over 7,000 Podcasts on LearnOutLoud.com

We’ve gone through every subcategory and picked out 5 or 10 podcasts to feature for that subcategory. Browse this full list of featured podcasts below:

Arts & Entertainment Podcasts (Over 600 Titles)

Comedy Podcasts:
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast
Improv4Humans with Matt Besser Podcast
Comedy Central Stand-Up Video Podcast
Comedy Bang Bang Radio Podcast

Film, Music, Radio, TV, & Pop Culture Podcasts:
Voice Film Club Podcast
Maltin on Movies Podcast
Jazz Stories at Lincoln Center Podcast
Desert Island Discs Podcast
Bret Easton Ellis Podcast
You Must Remember This Podcast
Orson Welles: On The Air Podcast
NPR: Pop Culture Happy Hour Podcast
NPR: All Songs Considered Podcast
KCRW’s The Treatment Podcast

Painting, Architecture, & Sculpture Podcasts:
EntreArchitect Podcast
Diversity of Urban Art Podcast
BBC Radio 3: Arts and Ideas Podcast
KCRW’s Art Talk Podcast
MoMA Think Modern Lectures Podcast

Theater, Opera, & Classical Music Podcasts:
San Diego Opera Video Podcast
Met Opera Guild Podcast
Classical Music in America Podcast
Broadway Radio Podcast
American Theatre’s Offscript Podcast

Biography Podcasts (Over 100 Titles)

Artists Podcasts:
Talking Smooth Jazz Podcast
Beethoven Rocks Podcast
Artist Decoded by Yoshino Podcast
Anais Nin Podcast
5 Minute Biographies Podcast

Everyday People Podcasts:
Tangentially Speaking Podcast
Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things Podcast
Journals: Out Loud Podcast
Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids Podcast
Everyday Superhumans Podcast

Military Figures Podcasts:
Veteran Resource Podcast
Sidearm Podcast
Napoleon: The Man and the Myths Podcast
Command Your Business: Military Veterans Entrepreneurs Podcast
1, 2, Many Podcast

Political Figures Podcasts:
Talking Lincoln Podcast
Russian Rulers History Podcast
Life of Caesar Podcast
La Trobe Biography Podcast
Giants of History Podcast

Business Podcasts (Over 1200 Titles)

Business Leaders Podcasts:
Your Mark on the World Podcast
Renegade Millionaire Show Podcast
Power Players Podcast
Masters in Business Podcast
CEO Spotlight Podcast

Economics Podcasts:
Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast
Talking Economics Podcast
Talk Poverty Radio Podcast
IMF Podcast
Economics Detective Radio Podcast

Entrepreneurship Podcasts:
Womenpreneur Podcast
The Top Entrepreneurs Podcast
The Entrepreneur Unleashed Podcast
Superhuman Entrepreneur Podcast
Startup School Radio Podcast
Planning Your Leap into Business Podcast
Inc. Radio Podcast
Foundr Magazine Podcast
Entrepreneur 2.0 Podcast
Advancing Entrepreneur Podcast

Investing & Finance Podcasts:
WSJ MoneyBeat Podcast
We Study Billionaires: The Investors Podcast
Trading Stocks Made Easy Podcast
Optimal Finance Daily Podcast
Motley Fool Answers Podcast
Money For the Rest of Us Podcast
Investools Radio Podcast
Invested: The Rule #1 Podcast
Financial Independence Podcast
Enjoying Life on a Budget Podcast

Leadership & Management Podcasts:
Transformational Leadership Podcast
Project Management Podcast
Leading Conversations Podcast
Leaders Inspire Leaders Podcast
Engaging Leader Podcast

Public Speaking Podcasts:
The Toastmasters Podcast
Stand Out Get Noticed Podcast
Speaking with T.J. Walker Podcast
How to Make Powerful Speeches Podcast
Dynamic Communicators Podcast

Real Estate Podcasts:
Sell More Houses Podcast
Rental Income Podcast
REIology: Real Estate Investing Simplified Podcast
Real Estate License Roadmap Podcast
Real Estate Investing Mastery Podcast
Real Estate Agent Podcast
Passive Real Estate Investing Podcast
Landlord University Podcast
Just Start Real Estate Podcast
FlipNerd: Real Estate Investing Podcast

Sales & Marketing Podcasts:
The Truth About Marketing Podcast
Social Media Marketing Podcast
Smarter Marketer Radio Podcast
Small Business Marketing Minute Podcast
Selling More by Talking Less Podcast
Revenue Love: Sales Domination Podcast
Marketing Nerds by Search Engine Journal Podcast
Guerrilla Marketing Radio Podcast
Customers for Life Podcast
AdVerve Podcast

Strategy Podcasts:
Up In Your Business Podcast
Rules of Success Podcast
My Business On Purpose Podcast
Everyday MBA Podcast
Build Your Tribe Podcast

Wealth Podcasts:
WSJ Watching Your Wealth Podcast
Pathways to Wealth Podcast
Jason Hartman’s The Speed of Money Podcast
Conscious Millionaire Podcast
Art of Mindful Wealth Podcast

Education & Professional Podcasts (Over 600 Titles)

Careers Podcasts:
Secrets of the Hire Podcast
Purpose Rockstar: Daily Career Stories Podcast
Passion For Work Podcast
Our Authentic Careers Podcast
Navigating The Career Jungle Podcast
Monster Hiring Podcast
Love Your Work Podcast
Find Your Dream Job Podcast
Discover Your Talent, Do What You Love Podcast
Career Tools Podcast

Exam Preparation Podcasts:
Nick’s Knack for Neologisms Vocabulary GRE/SAT Podcast
GED Test Audio Lessons Podcast
CPA Exam Review Podcast
Bar Exam Mind Podcast
ESLPod.com’s Guide to the TOEFL Test Podcast

Journalism Podcasts:
Newseum Podcast
New Books in Journalism Podcast
Inside The Times Podcast
CNN Reliable Sources Podcast
On The Media Podcast

Law Podcasts:
Radiolab Presents: More Perfect Podcast
Revealing Criminology Podcast
Legally Sound Podcast
Cruel and Unusual: Punishment Podcast
ABA Journal: Legal Talk Network Podcast

Medical Podcasts:
Yale Cancer Center Answers Podcast
Surgery 101 Podcast
Only Human Podcast
JAMA Author Interviews Podcast
EM Basic Podcast

Teaching Podcasts:
Transforming Public Education Podcast
The Teaching Experience Podcast
The Teach Thought Podcast
Educators Lead Podcast
Ask a Teacher Podcast

Writing Podcasts:
Writing Challenges Podcast
This Writing Life Podcast
Self-Publishing Answers Podcast
Scriptnotes Podcast
American Copywriter Podcast

History Podcasts (Over 200 Titles)

American History Podcasts:
United States History, Post-1945 Podcast
Letter from America Podcast by Alistair Cooke
Lectures in History Podcast
Civil War Talk Radio Podcast
Ben Franklin’s World Podcast

Ancient & Medieval History Podcasts:
When in Rome Podcast
Trojan War Podcast
Myths and History of Greece and Rome Podcast
History of the Crusades Podcast
Emperors of Rome Podcast

European History Podcasts:
Queens of England Podcast
New Books in European Studies Podcast
Napoleon: The Man and the Myths Podcast
History of the Great War Podcast
History Ireland Show Podcast

Military History Podcasts:
Wartime: A History Series Podcast
Voices of the First World War Podcast
Korean War Podcast
Hoover Institution: Strategika Podcast
American Military History Podcast

World History Podcasts:
Witness: Black History Collection Podcast
Lectures in Intellectual History Podcast
In Our Time: History Podcast
Gallipoli and the Great War Podcast
5 Minute History Podcast

Languages Podcasts (Over 350 Titles)

Chinese Podcasts:
Popup Chinese Podcast
Learn Mandarin Now Podcast
Learn Chinese Insights Podcast
I Love Learning Chinese Podcast
Cantonese Pod Podcast

English as a Second Language Podcasts:
Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation Podcast
Espresso English Podcast
Effortless English Podcast
ESLPod.com’s Guide to the TOEFL Test Podcast
English as a Second Language Podcast

French Podcasts:
Talk in French Podcast
Real Deal French Podcast
Learn French with Daily Lessons Podcast
French Etc Beginner’s Podcast
Cultivate Your French Podcast

German Podcasts:
Yabla German Video Podcast
Learn German by Podcast
German Language Vocabulary Podcast
Fast German Podcast
GermanLingQ Podcast

Italian Podcasts:
Yabla Italian Video Podcast
News in Slow Italian Podcast
Learn Italian with Coffee Break Italian Podcast
30 Minute Italian Podcast
One Minute Italian Podcast

Japanese Podcasts:
News in Slow Japanese Podcast
Japanese Language Proficiency Test Boot Camp Podcast
Easy Japanese Podcast
Survival Phrases – Japanese Podcast
JapanesePod101.com Podcast

Other Languages Podcasts:
SwedishPod101.com Podcast
Survival Phrases – Brazilian Portuguese Podcast
Learn Thai Podcast
Learn Russian from RusPod.com Podcast
ArabicPod Learn Arabic Podcast

Spanish Podcasts:
Spanish Quickies Podcast
Real Deal Spanish Podcast
Learning Spanish Like Crazy Podcast
Beginners Lightspeed Spanish Podcast
Learn Spanish – Survival Guide Podcast

Vocabulary Building Podcasts:
Talk the Talk Podcast
Slate Presents Lexicon Valley Podcast
Nick’s Knack for Neologisms Vocabulary GRE/SAT Podcast
GRE Vocabulary Podcast
Dictionary.com Word Explorer Podcast

Literature Podcasts (Over 300 Titles)

American Classics Podcasts:
The Wizard of Oz Podcast
Tales of War and Other Horrors Podcast
Moby Dick Podcast
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Podcast
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson Podcast

Ancient & Medieval Classics Podcasts:
Myths and Legends Podcast
Celtic Myth Podshow Podcast
Classical Mythology Podcast

Contemporary Literature Podcasts:
What Should I Read Next Podcast
Overdue Podcast
Monocle 24: Meet the Writers Podcast
Literary Disco Podcast
AudioFile Podcast

European Classics Podcasts:
The Tolkien Road Podcast
Frank Delaney’s Re: Joyce Podcast
Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited Podcast
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Podcast
A Tale of Two Cities Podcast

Literary History & Criticism Podcasts:
Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory Podcast
Science Fiction and Politics Podcast
New Books in Literary Studies Podcast
Bookfight! Podcast
New York Times Book Review Podcast

Poetry Podcasts:
Slate’s Poetry Podcast
Poetry Now Podcast
Poem Talk Podcast
Essential American Poets Podcast
Intro to Poetry Podcast

Short Stories Podcasts:
Tales of Horror Podcast
StoryWeb: Storytime for Grownups Podcast
Morning Short: Your Daily Dose of Fiction Podcast
Literary Roadhouse: One Short Story, Once a Week Podcast
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Philosophy Podcasts (Over 100 Titles)

Ancient & Medieval Philosophy Podcasts:
Philosophy by the Book Podcast
Philosophy Audiobooks Podcast
Philosophize This Podcast
Philosophy: The Classics Podcast
Plato – The Republic Podcast

Ethics Podcasts:
Revealing Applied Ethics Podcast
Everyday Ethics Podcast
Ethics Talk: Philosophy, Flourishing and The Good Life Podcast
Examining Ethics Podcast
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly – PBS Podcast

History of Philosophy Podcasts:
New Books in Intellectual History Podcast
Lectures in Intellectual History Podcast
In Our Time: Philosophy Podcast
History of Philosophy in India Podcast
The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps Podcast

Modern Philosophy Podcasts:
Why: Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life Podcast
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society Podcast
New Books in Philosophy Podcast
Modern Day Philosophers Podcast
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast

Philosophers Podcasts:
Philosophy for Theologians Podcast
Philosophy by the Book Podcast
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers Podcast
Jeremy Bentham Seminar Podcast
The Philosophy Podcast

Political Philosophy Podcasts:
Reading Marx’s Capital Podcast
On Liberty Podcast
Jeremy Bentham Seminar Podcast
Reith Lectures Archive: 1948-1975 Podcast
Plato – The Republic Podcast

Politics Podcasts (Over 350 Titles)

Conservative Politics Podcasts:
Weekly Standard Podcast
We Are Libertarians Podcast
Uncommon Knowledge Podcast
Harvard Lunch Club Political Podcast
GLoP Culture with Goldberg, Long, and Podhoretz Podcast

Contemporary Issues Podcasts:
Vox’s The Weeds Podcast
US Immigration Podcast
ProPublica Podcast
NPR: Politics Podcast
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics Podcast
Intersections: A Brookings Institution Podcast
Ending Human Trafficking Podcast
Commonwealth Club: Climate One Podcast
BBC Newshour Podcast
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer – PBS Podcast

European Politics Podcasts:
Today in Parliament Podcast
This Week in Germany Podcast
Inside Europe Podcast

Global Politics Podcasts:
WSJ Opinion: Foreign Edition Podcast
WBEZ’s Worldview Podcast
Global Dispatches Podcast
Foreign Policy’s The Editor’s Roundtable Podcast
Foreign Affairs Unedited Podcast

Liberal Politics Podcasts:
The Young Turks Interviews Audio Podcast
Start Making Sense Podcast
Slate’s Trumpcast Podcast
HuffPost Politics: So That Happened Podcast
Citizen Radio Podcast

Political Figures Podcasts:
Slate’s Trumpcast Podcast
Ronald Reagan on the Air Podcast
U.S. Presidents Podcast

Political Philosophy Podcasts:
The Yaron Brook Show Podcast
New Books in Political Science Podcast
History of Liberalism Podcast

U.S. Government Podcasts:
WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch Podcast
Slate’s Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick Podcast
Decode DC Podcast
Congressional Dish Podcast
60-Second Civics Podcast