The Lady Juliana
Great Britain didn’t only send criminals to Australia as punishment; they also wanted to colonize the continent. But to do that, they had to send [Read more]
Podcast
Diego is useless
Yes, finally: The Vergecast is really back, and there’s a whole lot to talk about. This week, Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and David Pierce get [Read more]
Beginning Here and Now: To Be or Not to Be Human
Continues the themes of the lecture “The Human Being,” exploring the profound meaning of the words human and being, especially in relation with the runic, hebrew, aramaic, and sanskrit letters they come from.
Beginning Here and Now: To Be or Not to Be Human PDF
PDF to accompany the audio lecture.
Hunting the regicides and the Chartist movement
Charles Spencer talks to Matt Elton about his new book, Killers of the King, which describes Charles II’s efforts to track down and take revenge on the men who executed his father during the Civil War. Meanwhile, Charlotte Hodgman visits Rose…
China’s Cultural Revolution: Rewriting a Nation
In 1969, the tone and direction of the Cultural Revolution shifted dramatically. For the next seven years, until Mao Zedong’s death, he tried to remake [Read more]
The History of Area 51 – Part Two
What’s been going on at the Area 51 site since the days of the U-2 and A-12 spy plane tests? We look at stealth technology, [Read more]
Beginning Here and Now: Gnostic Psychoanalysis, Part 2
This lecture details the method of Gnostic Psychoanalysis: the discovery, understanding, and elimination of character defects. Many speak about working on the ego, but few understand the details of how to use meditation to analyze and transform the mind.
Beginning Here and Now: Gnostic Psychoanalysis, Part 2 PDF
PDF to accompany the audio lecture.
The History of Area 51 – Part One
What goes on at the most famous secret base in the world? Ben Bowlin joins the show to talk about Area 51, aka Groom Lake. [Read more]