The Life of Johnny Appleseed
The image of Johnny Appleseed walking around in rags, barefooted with a bindle, planting apple trees and moving on is actually pretty accurate. Join Holly [Read more]
Podcast
The State of the Blogosphere
What’s the history of blogging? How have blogs changed over the years? Who blogs these days? Join Jonathan and Lauren for a whirlwind tour of [Read more]
German prisoners and Nelson’s navy
Panikos Panayi explores the experiences of German internees in Britain during the First World War, while Sam Willis introduces some first-hand accounts from Nelson’s navy. Rob Attar presents
The Voynich Manuscript
The Voynich manuscript is named after Wilfrid Voynich, who acquired it in 1912 from a Jesuit library. There are many theories as to what this [Read more]
TechStuff Looks at Elon Musk
Who is Elon Musk? What companies did Musk help create? What is the controversy about Musk and the New York Times? Join Lauren and Jonathan [Read more]
The Mystic Margery Kempe
Born in the 1300s, Margery had 14 children with her husband before dedicating her life to God. In her 40s, she began a vision-inspired pilgrimage [Read more]
TechStuff Cleans Up After Digital Pets
What is a digital pet? What was the first digital pet? Why did the digital pet craze fizzle out so quickly in the United States? [Read more]
Bhavachakra 06 Spiritual Birth
The sixth lecture about the Bhavachakra explains what real spiritual birth is and how it is acheived. Every form of birth is created by sex, including spiritual birth. The birth of a buddha (“awakened one”) can happen by the grace of the Divine Mother…
Bhavachakra 06 Spiritual Birth PDF
PDF to accompany the audio lecture.
Papal election special
To mark the upcoming papal election, historian Stella Fletcher explores the long tradition of conclaves. Rob Attar presents