Live From ICC: Kurt Vonnegut

George Stephenson started life in extremely humble circumstances, but his ingenuity and pursuit of education led him to an impressive legacy. He invented a miner’s lamp, but is most well known for his work on locomotives and railways. Research: “George Stephenson (1781-1848).” ht ... Show More

Nutritional rickets is caused by a vitamin D deficiency, and people figured out two ways to treat it before we even knew what vitamin D was. Research: “Oldest UK case of rickets in Neolithic Tiree skeleton.” 9/10/2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-34208976 Ca ... Show More

This 2021 episode covers three prank stories, including a joke that became a living legend, a large-scale prank that created havoc, and a televised hoax that reminds us all of the importance of critical thinking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In a small German village, an orphaned boy lives at a home for "displaced persons," and puzzles over where he belongs."D.P.” from the book WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE by Kurt Vonnegut. Copyright © 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968 by Kur ... Show More

One hundred years after his birth this month’s World Book Club, will be discussing Albert Camus' seminal novel The Outsider with his acclaimed biographer Oliver Todd, and Professor of French at Sheffield University, David Walker. And appropriately the programme comes from the hea ... Show More

<p><em>The essential requirements of a first-class triggerman are two: that he know how to pull the trigger–and when not to! Triggerman By J. F. Bone</em>, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.</p><br><p>Jesse Franklin Bone was born in Tacoma Washington in 1916. Before he was a ... Show More

Site: http://www.audiobooks.com/podcast | Email: podcast@audiobooks.com Welcome back to the Audiobooks.com Podcast! We're wrapping up this year in audiobooks with the Best of 2015. We've coalesced this list of top audiobooks based on sales and public response and segmented them b ... Show More

<p><em>Fear is often Man's greatest enemy. But when there is nothing left to lose, there is everything to gain.... And with everything to gain, where is the enemy? The Outer Quiet by Herbert D. Kastle</em>. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.</p><br><p>If the name Herbert D. ... Show More

A bar fight and a stint on the lam transformed Samuel Clemens into Mark Twain — and changed the course of American literature. Settle in for Mark Twain's origin story.   * Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, Jason English Written by Zaron Burnett Produced by Josh Fisher Editi ... Show More

Host, Christopher Lee, brings you the greatest mystery detective horror and sci-fi from the golden age of radio. The Mercury Theater On the Air 8-29-38 “The Count of Monte Cristo” w/ Orson Welles (1-hour) Adventures By Morse 2-19--44 “City of the Dead – Captain Friday Vanishes” P ... Show More

Having worked as a BBC television journalist, and as political editor for the Observer newspaper, Robert Harris published his debut novel Fatherland in 1992. A counterfactual story set in the 1960s that imagines Nazi Germany had won the Second World War, the book was a global bes ... Show More

Host, Christopher Lee, brings you the greatest mystery detective horror and sci-fi from the golden age of radio. The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe 10-20-50 “Stamped For Murder” w/ Sydney Greenstreet The Black Museum 1952 “The Open End Wrench” w/ Orson Welles Sherlock Holmes 11-2-4 ... Show More