DH & I have become completely addicted to the Teaching Company. They find the best professors in the country and sell their lectures on history, science, math, literature, art, music, and religion. You can purchase DVDs, videotapes, CDs, or audiotapes of the lectures. So far we've listened to Voltaire and the Triumph of the Enlightenment and American Religious History (fascinating and highly recommended!) and we're in the middle of the High Middle Ages. I get to choose our next course so it will probably be astronomy or art or classical music. Listening to a class is prime knitting time.
There are some free lectures they email me about that anyone can listen to if you'd like to test them out. First, in honor of the 60th anniversary of D-Day coming up, they have a professor who teaches WWII Military History doing a free 30-minute lecture called Eisenhower and Operation Overlord. To listen to it, go HERE and you can either listen to a stream on your computer, download it or burn it to a CD. This offer expires July 3, 2004.
They also offer two free 30 minutes lectures titled Fact and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code by a biblical expert HERE. This free lecture expires September 6, 2004. I haven't listened to any of these yet but I urge you to try them out. I am finding the professors all vary a bit in style but they are all passionate about the subjects. If this sounds like your cup of tea, I recommend you order their free print catalog which offers more information about the specific classes than the web site. Also, all the classes are on sale throughout the year so choose the sale classes or they can be quite expensive. On sale though they seem less expensive than books on tape.
Photos today include Jack the cat and Peaches the rabbit sharing a snack of Peaches' special home-grown oat grass.
