In 1983, Simon Goodwin had a strange thought. Would it be possible to broadcast computer software over the radio? If so, could listeners record it…
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Dr. Carla Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress, and the first woman and the first African-American ever to hold that prestigious pose. Born in…
Bundyville is a seven episode podcast from Longreads,in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting that’s deep dive into Cliven Bundy and his family. I’ve been listening to…
Neil Gaiman reads his short story “The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury,” written as a present for Bradbury’s 91st birthday. Context and more here: www.brainpickings.org/2016/08/22/nei…-ray-bradbury/
From Amazon.com: In Amity and Prosperity, the prizewinning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold tells the story of the energy boom’s impact on a small town…
Actually, just audio this week.
As part of its vast collection of literary and historic treasures (the Magna Carta, Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook), the British Library owns some six million…
This week’s podcast heads into strange territory, guided by the Books site’s editor-for-a-day, Neil Gaiman. First, we follow Damien Walter on the trail of Weird…
I’m a Verizon customer and I’m currently grandfathered-in when it comes to an unlimited data plan. However, recently Verizon decided that the only way you’ll…
This week’s episode of Search Engine is a great explanation of, and rumination on the spate of recent security breaches by groups like Anonymous and…