Comments on: Aural pleasure?

Question: Aural pleasure?

you're only jung once — Tue, 09 May 2006 06:25:18 -0800

Is there a good online resource for lectures on .mp3? Particularly in fields (soooo mefi) of liberal arts, psychoanalysis, culture, internet and politics. Oh and my girlfriend (yeah right) wonders if theres any fashion/Jane Austen stuff out there? Please help me find something interesting for a long car journey!

By: bshort

bshort — Tue, 09 May 2006 06:45:09 -0800

I've been listening to lots of lectures published by The Teaching Company and I've been very happy with the breadth and depth of their offerings.

By: mullacc

mullacc — Tue, 09 May 2006 06:56:50 -0800

Stanford's podcasts.

By: cushie

cushie — Tue, 09 May 2006 07:12:46 -0800

Also Berkeley on iTunes. Includes an entire course (19 40-50 minute lectures) on "Foundations of American Cyberculture."

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 09 May 2006 07:16:33 -0800

If you have an ipod, the free college itunes stores are great. There are tons and tons of good recordings on Stanford's.

By: you're only jung once

you're only jung once — Tue, 09 May 2006 07:18:35 -0800

Thanks for the heads-up on those.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Tue, 09 May 2006 07:42:14 -0800

I keep track of interesting podcasts on this blog (self-link) you might like some of them.

By: patricio

patricio — Tue, 09 May 2006 09:02:37 -0800

The Royal Society of Arts in the UK has podcasts and also audio versions of all its lectures, as does Gresham college. Both of these institutions cover the fields you're interested in, though a bit of digging might be needed.

See this post as well.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Tue, 09 May 2006 09:39:43 -0800

TV Ontario does a weekly lecture program called Big Ideas, and they have finally started 'podcasting' (UGH!!! Why didn't they just post the mp3's five years ago..). They cover a wide variety of topics.

Also, Waterloo's Perimeter Institute posts streaming video lectures regularly. Physics though, just thought some other users might be interested in it.

By: hortense

hortense — Tue, 09 May 2006 09:53:50 -0800

Terence McKenna

By: catkins

catkins — Tue, 09 May 2006 12:08:16 -0800

On longer trips with interruptions here & there, you may find listening to light fiction more enjoyable than something heady which requires a lot more concentration. By interruptions I mean checks for directions, bathroom breaks, etc. etc. etc. I guess it all depends on your ability to remember what was going on where you "left off" and continue listening.

By: itsjustanalias

itsjustanalias — Tue, 09 May 2006 12:46:20 -0800

Have a look at BBC radio 4's 'In our time.' It's basically a few very clever people talking about various subjects (ranging from Greek cynics to the history of immunisation). The current series is archived here.

By: mbrubeck

mbrubeck — Tue, 09 May 2006 14:00:26 -0800

The Long Now Foundation has recorded seminars in MP3 and Ogg Vorbis format. These seminars typically feature big-name speakers addressing long-term problems or visions in science and culture.

Many classes from MIT OpenCourseWare include audio lectures in MP3 format. (OpenCourseWare also has homework assignments, notes, video lectures, and other material from all sorts of MIT courses, from literature to nuclear physics.) There's a list of courses with complete video or audio, but many of the other courses have some recordings too.

By: mbrubeck

mbrubeck — Tue, 09 May 2006 14:09:37 -0800

LibriVox makes free (volunteer-recorded) audio recordings of public domain books. They've done a couple Jane Austen titles.

By: whatnotever

whatnotever — Tue, 09 May 2006 22:48:57 -0800

There are a bunch more in this previous AskMe question.

By: daravida

daravida — Wed, 10 May 2006 01:46:04 -0800

There's very good stuff from Berkeley's Conversations with History series.

By: you're only jung once

you're only jung once — Thu, 11 May 2006 10:47:06 -0800

Thanks again for all of those. I am in debt to you (as will my girlfrienc be when she realises she won't have to listen to QOTSA's Songs for the deaf for the 15*10^6th time) all.