National Geographic History - December 25, 2024 - Twas the Poem Behind an American Christmas - Read by Jim Briscoe - AIRSLA
Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA Notes go here AIRSLA This podcast is produced by Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles (AIRSLA). These recordings are provided solely for the use of the blind...
26 Joulu 202410min
National Geographic History - November 26, 2024 - Dandan-Oilik, the Lost Oasis Town on the Silk Road - Read by Jim Briscoe - AIRSLA
Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA Dandan-Oilik, the Lost Oasis Town on the Silk Road", by Angel Carlos Aguayo. The ruins of an abandoned Chinese desert oasis town on the Silk Road were discovered in 1...
27 Marras 202410min
National Geographic History - 10-03-2024 - Cabeza de Vaca: Explorer, Survivor, Historian - Read by Jim Briscoe - AIRSLA
Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA From the July/August edition of National Geographic History magazine. The title is, " Cabeza de Vaca: Explorer, Survivor, Historian", by Jose Garrido Palacios. After ...
4 Loka 202414min
National Geographic History - 05-07-2024 - The Magnificent Roman Mosaics of Carranque - Read by Jim Briscoe - AIRSLA
Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA March/April 2024 edition of National Geographic History magazine. "The Magnificent Roman Mosaics of Carranque", by Ruben Montoya. In 1983, Samuel Lopez, a teenager in...
8 Touko 202410min
National Geographic History - 04-15-2024 - Epidemics: A Constant Threat to Rome - Read by Jim Briscoe - AIRSLA
Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA From the March/April 2024 edition of National Geographic History magazine: "Epidemics,: A Constant Plague to Rome", by Alejandro Valino. "From its founding to its Imp...
16 Huhti 202411min
National Geographic History - 02-13-2024 - North Pole by Balloon: The Andree Expedition - Read by Jim Briscoe
Show Notes for NG History - AIRSLA Salomon August Andree, a Swedish mechanical engineer, was born when Arctic exploration was all the rage. Failed attempts to reach the pole by others did not deter An...
15 Helmi 202411min
Big Claim for a Small Brain: H..naledi Buried it's Dead || Read by Jim Briscoe
Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA This is from the November/December 2023 edition of National Geographic History magazine, the title is, "Big Claim for a Small Brain: H..naledi Buried it's Dead", by ...
19 Joulu 202310min
Ancient Nineveh Reliefs Found at Site ISIS Tried to Destroy.
Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA Ancient artworks have been discovered near Mosul, Iraq, ( ancient Nineveh), that date to the time of Assyrian king Sennacherib, of biblical mention. The artwork survi...
22 Huhti 20239min
