The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran, Reading 1

Let's continue our relaxing travels in The Wayback Machine and head back to the 1200s with more from Marco Polo and his epic journey through Asia to the court of the khans. This time, poisonous winds,...

24 Aug 55min

Let's continue our relaxing month in The Wayback Machine with one of the waybackiest of sciences, geology! This time, the commitment to data in the early 1800s, the perils of fitting new evidence to o...

17 Aug 52min

Let's continue our month in The Wayback Machine with a road trip, as we learn more from this 1909 guide to driving. This time, the fine art of tipping, the superiority of small cars, celebrated women ...

10 Aug 56min

Let's kick off a new theme month I'm calling The Wayback Machine, in which we relax with works that have slipped out of rotation for a few years. First, it's back to the beehive, with the rearing of q...

3 Aug 46min

Let's relax and sleep with one of the most spectacularly dull books ever written on the art of running meetings. This time, amendments, appeals, laying things on the table, and forming committees. It'...

27 Jul 57min

Let's ride the sands of time to sleep as we learn more about manor life in the year 1300. This time, the construction of St. Aliquis, its "modernized" defensive fortifications, and how status is measu...

20 Jul 58min

Let's journey to sleep with science as we learn more about Einstein's radical new theory of relativity, why geometry is physics when it comes to space-time, and how light spectrums reveal directions o...

13 Jul 44min

Let's celebrate the sparkliest time of the year with more from this detailed guide to fireworks. This time, rules about their manufacture, the lackadaisical habits and accidents that led to those rule...

6 Jul 53min