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1.		LearnOutLoud's Biography Podcast by Plutarch Available on: Podcast With the the LearnOutLoud Biography podcast series we will explore the lives of notable people throughout history.
2.		C.S. Lewis Literature Overview by Timothy B. Shutt Available on: Audio Download In this lecture professor Timothy Shutt provides an overview of the life and literature of C.S. Lewis. He mentions various viewpoints that people have had about Lewis and says why he thinks Lewis is more popular now than he was in his time.
3.		The Story of Classical Music by Darren Henley Available on: Audio Download ($15.98) | Audio CD ($15.98) | Audio Cassette The lives and music of the great composers of classical music unfold in this entertaining account, introduced by the conductor and musical personality Marin Alsop....
4.		The Lives of the Great Artists by Giorgio Vasari Available on: Audio Download ($33.58) | Audio CD ($34.98) Five hundred years after they were written, Vasari’s Lives of the Artists remains the principal source book on the remarkable flowering of Italian painting in the fifteenth century.
5.		Literature of C.S. Lewis by Timothy B. Shutt Available on: Audio Download ($34.95) C. S. Lewis produced a body of work as diverse as it is beloved. He is known the world over for his cherished Chronicles of Narnia, but he is also the author of novels for adults, scholarly work, and the writings that rival his Narnia series in terms of continued popularity: his eloquent defences of Christianity.
6.		Shakespeare Podcast by Charles Altiere Available on: Podcast Lectures on Shakespeare and readings of his best works.
7.		Kandinsky: The Spiritual in Modern Art by Wassily Kandinsky Available on: Audio Download Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian-born artist, was one of the first creators of pure abstraction in modern painting.
8.		I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($18.36) | Audio Cassette An unforgettable memoir of growing up black in the 1930s and 1940s in a tiny Arkansas town where Angelou's grandmother's store was the heart of the community and white people seemed as strange as aliens from another planet.
9.		Toni Morrison - 1993 Nobel Lecture by Toni Morrison Available on: Online Audio "She is worried about how the language she dreams in, given to her at birth, is handled, put into service..."
10.		Rembrandt by Gary Schwartz Available on: Audio Download ($33.50) In this lecture series, art historian Gary Schwartz surveys the life, time and work of Rembrandt van Rijn.
11.		More Famous Composers by Darren Henley Available on: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD ($14.38) The first volume of Famous Composers written by Darren Henley and read by Marin Alsop, the American conductor, won a prestigious Audie in the US.
12.		Chronicles by Bob Dylan Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($26.96) | Audio Cassette Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One explores the critical junctions in his life and career.
13.		CBC Radio: Writers & Company Podcast by Eleanor Wachtel Available on: Podcast Writers & Company offers an opportunity to explore in depth the lives, thoughts and works of remarkable writers from around the world. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel.
14.		Lives of the Artists by Kathleen Krull Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($24.95) | Audio Cassette Whether visiting museums and galleries or taking Art History courses, we often marvel at the brilliant...
15.		Art and Madness Available on: Audio Download ($8.00) Images of the tormented artist, poet, painter and composer are familiar. but is there really a link between madness and art?
16.		The Life and Works of Beethoven by Jeremy Siepmann Available on: Audio Download ($21.58) | Audio CD ($24.28) | Audio Cassette For many people, Beethoven is the greatest composer who ever lived...
17.		Pavarotti: My World by Luciano Pavarotti Available on: Audio Download ($12.57) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette In the world of opera today, there is no one more famous or better loved than Luciano Pavarotti...
18.		The Life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Perry Keenlyside Available on: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD ($18.38) Hear the story behind today's most often performed classical composer's accomplishments, during his short life of just 35 years.
19.		Bard of the Middle Ages: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer by Michael Drout Available on: Audio Download ($34.95) Had Geoffrey Chaucer not written, or not written so well, the last 600 years of English literature would have been decidedly different. His creative style and use of language served as one of the primary foundations on which later writers built.
20.		In Depth: Tom Wolfe by Tom Wolfe Available on: Online Video On Sunday, December 5th, author Tom Wolfe was our guest on In Depth.
21.		Realms of Gold by John Keats Available on: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD ($16.18) John Keats' letters paint an unforgettably vivid and moving picture of the richly productive but also tragic final years of the poet's life. As he ponders on the nature of the writer's craft...
22.		Dante and His Divine Comedy by Timothy B. Shutt Available on: Audio Download ($34.95) By near universal agreement, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy stands very high among the greatest literary works ever written. This may come as a surprise, because Dante is best known for the Inferno, the first cantica of the Commedia, which is, by any standard, fairly grim in some respects.
23.		Mark Twain: A Life by Ron Powers Available on: Audio Download ($18.22) | Audio CD ($39.95) | Audio Cassette Mark Twain founded the American voice. His works are a living national treasury: taught, quoted, and reprinted more than those of any writer except Shakespeare.
24.		Reflections on the Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Available on: Audio Download ($17.47) | Audio CD ($19.96) Everyone is capable of creativity - not just the chosen few. In this inspiring audio Julia Cameron...
25.		Lives of the Musicians by Kathleen Krull Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($24.95) | Audio Cassette This is no stuffy music appreciation lesson. Author Kathleen Krull makes these great artists come alive...