klmama Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 We've enjoyed borrowing from the library a number of lecture series from The Great Courses and from Modern Scholar. Are there other quality series we should know about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Are you looking for ones that can be checked out or purchased, or are you open to live streaming options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) I've been listening to the audio book of The Renaissance which is part of The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant. I was thinking that it was quite a bit like an in depth lecture on the topic. I check this out from my library using Overdrive. Edited February 10, 2017 by Sebastian (a lady) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Anyone remember which series of lectures that netlibrary had? It was audio. I'd really enjoyed that. I would listen to each two or three times while playing video games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 I hadn't thought about listening to regular books on audio. Thanks. Streaming would be okay, too. I've never heard of netlibrary. I'll have to go take a look. Any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Opencourseware, Couresera, other online university lectures?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 Thanks. I've seen a few that I'd like dc to use. Right now, though, I'm really looking for audio only options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) Have you searched for podcasts by subject? I am not sure what subjects you are interested in, but this series is on the history of the English language. http://historyofenglishpodcast.com/episodes/ There are some good ones out there if you search by subject. Some of the BBC In Our Time episodes are quite interesting: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2Dw1c7rxs6DmyK0pMRwpMq1/archive EWTN (Catholic radio) has a good series on Shakespeare by Joseph Pearce: http://www.ewtn.com/multimedia/audio-library/index.asp search the term Shakespeare Edited February 10, 2017 by 8FillTheHeart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 The podcasts from The Tolkien Professor are very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 These all look great! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) There's a radio series called In Our Time. It's a discussion programme between three expert academics and an amateur chair on a different subject each week. I've learned so much. All the episodes are available online. It's designed for adults, so topics are treated frankly but not salaciously. The programme list is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl/episodes/a-z/a Edited February 10, 2017 by Laura Corin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Hardcore History podcasts are amazing. They aren't your typical podcast and I've learned more from Dan Carlin than all of my university history courses combined. He links all of his sources on the podcast so you will have enough go along reading to last a life time. His WWI series was one of the most amazing things I've listened too in recent memory. Very well done. The most recent 10 are available for free. The older ones are available on iTunes for a fee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 (edited) Some more you might like on this list: https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-history-podcasts Edited February 12, 2017 by texasmom33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 Thanks for the new suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 We are really enjoying the American Revolution Course on open Yale courses by Joanne Freeman. You can watch the video, or you can download the audio. My kids like seeing her, but there are no visuals so I just download the audio files and listen. http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-116 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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