Written by: Rick Atkinson Primarily about the war in North Africa from 1942-1943, there is a lot of blowing shit up and people getting shot in the head and other parts. Lots of detailed history and first hand accounts. Length: 7 hrs 5/2003: Very interesting and engaging, plus I learned a lot.
Written by: Clayborne Carson He had a dream. He got some stuff changed. Then he got killed, and folks are still working on getting things right. Length: 10 hrs 7/2003: A great view into what was going on in his mind throughout his life and what motivated him. Very educational.
Written by: Eric Schlosser A look into 3 underground economies – marijuana, porn, and migrant farm workers. The contradictions and injustices revealed are both amazing and upsetting. Similar to “Fast Food Nation” though, the listener is left with a “Yeah, that’s pretty fucked up” without any clear notion of what to do about it. So […]
Written by: Eric Schlosser This is a well-reasoned book that while drawing out strong emotions, is primarily factual and lets listeners reach their own conclusions about the fast food industry. It isn’t “evil” corporations abusing the poor, it’s just people doing their thing and unfortunately at certain scales things just get nasty. The food safety […]
Written by: Mark Kurlansky This book is almost 14 hours long and is all about the history of salt. How awesome is that? Although crazy long, it was actually really interesting and there really is a pretty amazing story to be told. For basically ever prior to refrigeration, which is actually super new relatively, the […]
Written by: Cyril Robinson This is what happens when two little kids are raised by wolves next to a big river. Basically they build a bunch of cool shit out of rocks, but later turn into Nazis, and then an evil space empire. It’s definitely a good listen, but you can also just watch the […]
Written by: Henry N. Raymond You may as well just listen to a Spanish radio station. At least then you’ll be sure to learn that “Domingo! Domingo! Domingo!” means “Sunday”. Seriously, it’s pretty much impossible to learn a language just by listening to someone speak a couple times and then move on without any real […]
whispered words from literary masters, cheesy hacks, inspirational gurus, and fluffy crap artists into my ears. These are there stories.