Making History with Ran Levi - עושים היסטוריה! עם רן לוי

For those who master the Hebrew language, the best recommendation is עושים היסטוריה! עם רן לוי. A podcast about the history of science with items from the natural sciences, technology, social sciences and science fiction literature. Great and engaging content brought to you with a light Israeli touch.

Philo - From Israelite to Jew

I continue to follow Michael Satlow's series From Israelite to Jew. The latest chapter was about Philo of Alexandria. This is a highly recommended series; take it from the start. There is time to catch up, because Satlow has just announced a six week break.

Pensees by Pacal on Philosophy Bites

Always recommended is Philosophy Bites, but do not skip the edition I just heard: an interview with Ben Rogers about Pascal and his work the Pensées.

Population growth and health

When you read this, I hope you can still collect the lectures of UCSD's lecture series about the Human destruction of the environment. I recommend lecture 7, which is a guest lecture by Jane Roberts about the issue of population growth. She is a retired French professor who has taken to heart the fate of women in the third world and shows how with simple and cheap measures of birth control, family planning and basic medical implements, the growth of population can be held in check, the circumstances of birth can be drastically improved and the health of both mothers and children can be assured. When it is so simple, it is criminal not to act

After slavery was abolished

While I write this, a new show of New Books in History must be out, but I have just managed listen to last week's edition. Marshall Poe interviewed Leslie Schwalm who wrote a book about the fate of the African Americans after slavery was abolished. Emancipation, obviously, didn't come all by itself.

Uncle Tom's Cabin - Forgotten Classics

Here is a great listening tip for the vacation. Listen to Julie Davis of Forgotten Classics read to you Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic: Uncle Tom's Cabin. She has reached chapter 30 by now. Uncle Tom meets Simon LeGree. This is where it all goes awry.
Julie Davis not only reads Uncle Tom to you in the most excellent voice, before and after the reading you also get a bit of a literature class about the book.