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July 31, 2005

A couple of recent interesting articles...

Cool article over the weekend in the L.A. Times:

Does radio have a future?

This quote in particular caught my attention:

"There's a whole generation that has grown up without loving radio," Del Colliano said. "The next class of high school graduates doesn't know what radio is, doesn't care and doesn't want it. One student told me recently we play what we want — it's called an iPod."

Seems to bode well for the future of customized audio content (including spoken word content) eh?

This article was also interesting:

Online audio book leader faces a tough future

A couple of noteworthy items:

For example, XM and Audible next year plan to market a new handheld device that can play programs from the satellite radio service and Audible's audio versions of books and newspapers.

Amazon remains a partner, but it is preparing its own audio section with a wider selection and "one-click shopping," spokeswoman Patty Smith said.

I love that Amazon will be expanding its audio section. In my mind this a pie rapidly getting bigger and as more people start to consume information via audio I expect that growth to accelerate. Amazon's interest in the space helps to validate this. I'm very excited to see what they'll unveil.

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July 27, 2005

Self-playing audio books

I came across this interesting press release today. It seems that a company named Findaway is going to start offering a self-playing digital audio books. It's an interesting concept. I couldn't find a lot of information on their website but my guess is that the way this works is that you buy a cassette-type package, plug your headphones in and push play.

The advantage of this is that you're able to put a lot more information in a smaller space. A book that might normally be 10 CDs or cassettes could easily be consolidated into a player that fits into your pocket. Another advantage is that they could cater to people who would love to listen to digital audio books but who aren't versed enough in technology to figure out an iPod, Audible.com, etc.

The disadvantage in my mind has to do with cost and the disposable nature of the products. Will these products be priced comparably with CD/cassettes/digital downloads? If not, I'm not sure whether customers would pay much of a premium. And what happens when you finish a title?

Anyway, it's a creative idea worth keeping an eye on. Who knows, maybe these will be the rage someday...

For more information on the Playaway, click here.

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July 26, 2005

Spiritual Podcasts

I've decided to showcase a few spiritual podcasts for people that may want to utilize their mp3 players as a source of daily inspiration. Bear in mind that this is a very broad selection of podcasts that will give a taste of what I've found lately. I've gone over the whole itunes religion directory and so far these are the ones I've subscribed to. Feel free to suggest some more that you've found; I'm really starting to develop an interest in theology lately and I'm hungry for different resources. Here's my list in particular order:

A Time for Choices is hosted by New Dimension's Michael Toms. He talks with leading minds in various fields about how to confront the world's burning issues from a spiritual perspective. Toms isn't really known for pushing one religion in particular and I would recommend this one to people that are looking for a more "rounded" (I don't know what I mean by that other than that it isn't as secular are mainstream talk shows) take on current world events.

Vatican Radio One-O-Five: This podcast came about primarily due to the efforts of Roderick Vonhogen from the Catholic Insider. This show is broadcast directly from the Vatican and is trying to take advantage of the new reach podcasting has allowed for evangelism all over the world. To listen directly to what is happening currently in the world of the Catholic Church, there really isn't any better place to go.

Zencast is a weekly podcast that features recordings of high quality lectures that focus on various aspects of the Dharma and Zen Practice. I first started listening with the podcast that featured Thich Nhat Hanh speaking in Vietnam. For people that are interested in strengthening their understanding of zen, or for those that are just starting to learn more about this religion, I would recommend this podcast first and foremost!

Consciousness is a podcast that takes on the very idea of how our brains function beyond the body. You'll hear lectures on various metaphysical issues, and even find a great talk film director David Lynch gave on what meditation has done for him personally. This podcast is for anyone that is wants to know about neurological scientific breakthroughs, ideas of world peace, how the arts can expand our minds, and anything that has to do with outer boundaries of thought.

Alt.Muslim.Review is a somewhat irreverent yet very necessary look at what is happening in the world of Islam. It has a talk show format, and its hosted by young Muslims that are not only passionate about spreading the word on their religion, but want to do it in a way that is accessible to people of all faiths. This is a great entry point into a world I know many people wish to have more exposure to, and I can assure you that it’s a blast to listen to.

Finally there's the RevTim Podcast, a fun podcast hosted by a minister in the San Francisco area. Tim talks with people about their religious experience, tries to give listeners a daily dose of Christian inspiration and puts it all together in a contemporary package that is not in any way preachy. I think one of the best things about this podcast is Tim himself, he's an effective moderator and guide to a world may think they already know. I encourage people to listen to this chiefly for its entertainment value first, to be honest.

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July 24, 2005

Anthony de Mello

I've been reading (yes, reading not listening...) a bit of Anthony de Mello's "Awareness" this weekend and all I can say is "wow." It's one of the more remarkable books that I've read in a while. Here are a few passages from the portion I've read that stood out for me:

You never trust anyone. You only trust your judgment about that person.
Every new idea, every great idea, when it first began was in a minority of one.

Charity is really self-interest masquerading under the form of altruism.

Nobody is afraid of the unknown. What you really fear is loss of the known.

Good stuff eh?

If you're interested in finding some audio and video de Mello titles, Seth just put up a bunch on our site. Here's the link:

Anthony de Mello Audio and Video

In addition, Wikipedia has a brief blurb on de Mello here. And if you're interested in reading Awareness, you pick it up here.

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July 21, 2005

Getting Things Done with David Allen

I had the incredible privilege today of attending a David Allen seminar entitled Getting Things Done: The RoadMap. For those of you who aren't familiar with David Allen, the best description for him is probably a "personal productivity guru." He has written a couple of best-selling books entitled Getting Things Done and Ready for Anything.

What exactly is a personal productivity guru you might ask? Well, David's mission is to help people get "meaningful things done with truly the least amount of invested attention and energy." In other words, rather than pumping people up to work harder, David is all about getting people to work smarter. Here is a sampling of some key things he said today:

"Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to concentrate and your ability to concentrate is directly proportional to your ability to eliminate distraction."

"If you don't give things that have your attention the appropriate attention, they will demand more of your attention than they deserve."

"You can only feel good about what you're not doing when you know what you're not doing."

The best description I could wrap around it would be "corporate Zen." Indeed, Allen talks about the power of freeing up your psychic RAM. In tangible terms, let's say that you know you have to stop by the cleaners on your way home from work. If you don't write that down/put it in your Blackberry/etc. a portion of your mental bandwidth is consumed throughout the entire day by remembering that you need to go to cleaners. That doesn's sound that bad until you realize that you probably have 200-300 similar things that you're holding onto at any given time. And what that ends up meaning is that a significant portion of your mental energy that should be devoted to problem solving and creativity is focused on relatively pointless stuff like remembering that you need to go to the cleaners.

David has a methodology for getting all of this stuff out of your head and into a system that will help ensure that you're using the minimum amount of pyschic RAM on mundane details. It's a really effective system that has been used by thousands of business executives around the world.

If you're interested in finding out more information about David Allen and the Getting Things Done system, check out the audiobooks we have available on LearnOutLoud.com. Here are the links:

Getting Things Done (CD, cassette, digital download)
Getting Things Done Fast (CD, cassette)
Ready for Anything (Abridged on CD, cassette, digital download)
Ready for Anything (Unabridged on CD)

For additional information on David Allen check out his website or this recent article in Wired Magazine.

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July 20, 2005

The Alkalarian Diet

If you haven't heard of the alkalarian diet yet, you're not alone. While not nearly as well-known as Atkins or South Beach, the alkalarian diet seems to make a lot of sense. The basic premise behind the alkalarian diet is that many health conditions in the body are caused by acid. Acid comes from foods that contain a lot of sugar, animal products, etc. or from other substances like alcohol, tobacco, etc. It can also come from stress and excessive exercise (think "lactic acid buildup").

This does seem to make sense because if you look at people who don't eat well, stay in shape, etc., they tend to require the use of lots of antacids. Approximately 40 million people in the use suffer from heartburn and Prilosec and Nexium, two heartburn medications, are among the most prescibed drugs, generating billions of dollars per year in revenue(*).

In order to counteract the effects of acid, the alkalarian diet promotes switching to more alkalizing foods (e.g., green vegetables, almonds, etc.) and avoiding those foods which cause a lot of acid. It seems to make a lot of sense but also isn't the easiest diet to adhere to. I've been looking into this diet a lot lately and wanted to share some audio resources on the subject.

Living Health - This is a Tony Robbins course on health which is a great place to start if you're interested in finding out more about the alkalarian diet. I've posted my review of this course as well.

A Vision Made Real Volumes One and Two - This is a 24 CD set from Dr. Robert Young, one of the pioneers of the alkalarian diet. I haven't listened to these yet but would like to soon.

Health Talk for Diabetes and Health Talk for Weight Loss - A little cheaper way to get introduced to Dr. Young.

There are also a number of videos on the subject that you might want to check out:

Imotion
Back to the House of Health 2
The pH Miracle Video
Shopping with Shelley

Try as I might I couldn't find any podcasts on the subject. Maybe one will crop up soon...

Anyway, feel free to check out the resources above and remember that there are a lot more titles (90 at last count) on the subject of food in our Diet and Nutrition section. Bon appetit!

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July 19, 2005

The Death of Podcasting

I just read this blog today over at Steve Gilmor's Inforouter and thought many of you that are now getting into the podcasting community would find it pretty funny. The "corporatization" of podcasting due to iTunes recent support has caused quite a bit of speculation as to what the future holds for the medium. I do think the hype will burn off and the people that have been doing it from the beginning will stick around for the long haul. Its just like any other new thing, the people that are into it stay into it and the fair-weather fans get bored and go to the next thing.

To be honest, there are other more pertinent internet deaths to worry about lately. For instance, Rupert Murdoch is presently cutting MySpace.com's soul from its body with a scythe (which in turn was borrowed from Death himself; how else do you think the man has lived that long?).

Podcasting has a way to go before we can call it a dead trend, but that doesn't mean it isn't vulnerable to attack. It's a very young medium and when the corporate claw begins to dig in, people get nervous. It's terrible, because corporate RADIO is a TREND that I would like to see DIE, but you can't manufacture these things (unless you're in the media).

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July 18, 2005

Podcasts that Focus on College Hopefuls

I just wanted to make note that I put up a series of podcasts for college hopefuls that may be useful for all you recent high school grads out there. These are podcasts put out by Thomson Peterson, and I've found them to be really accessible and highly professional. I showcase these as a taste of the podcasts I'm gradually making available via LearnOutLoud. Look at what people are doing and imagine the potential for podcasting as an educational medium! I'm really excited that we're starting to support educational podcasts and I hope that you find these shows as valuable as I have. Keep looking, I'm adding these podcasts daily. Here are the three Thomson Podcast I recommend:

Get an Edge on Tests Podcast.

Get In To College Podcast.

Get Money for College Podcast.

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July 17, 2005

Teaching Company Offers Audio Downloads

I love the Teaching Company. For anyone unaware they publisher and sell lecture courses from the nation's best university professors on CD, Cassette, DVD, VHS, and now for a few select courses Audio Download! Here are the courses available for audio download:

American Civil War
American Identity
Books That Have Made History
Chamber Music of Mozart
Classical Mythology
Doctors: The History of Scientific Medicine Revealed Through Biography
Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition
History of Ancient Egypt
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music
Peoples and Cultures of the World
Plato's Republic
Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Rise of Nations
Story of Human Language

And they appear to be adding more courses for download every day so I'll update this list. You can download these courses as MP3s or as MPEG-4 which makes the files bookmarkable on your iPod. I bought "Peoples and Cultures of the World" in MPEG-4 format and the lectures showed up in the Audiobooks section of my iPod. My only qualm was that each lecture showed up separately there so you can bookmark each lecture individually but you have to remember which lecture you were on. I prefer what Audible.com does with the Barnes & Noble Portable Professor series where the course is listed as a whole within your Audiobooks section and then the file is broken up into chapters according to each lecture and you are able to bookmark the course as a whole. But other than that I think it's awesome that the Teaching Company has made the leap to the digital realm with their courses and I plan to buy and download many more.

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Tiger Woods Wins the British Open

He's done it again. Earlier today Tiger Woods won the British Open by 5 shots (it didn't even seem that close) and became only the second player (Jack Nicklaus was the other) to win the career Grand Slam twice. It was his 10th major championship victory and even more evidence that Tiger is world's greatest golfer...if not the greatest golfer of all time.

We have a few Tiger-related audio and video titles up on the site that I wanted to let you know about:

Tiger: The Authorized DVD Collection - I just watched the first disc of this a couple of days ago and it's awesome. If you're a fan of Tiger at all you'll love it. It's available for purchase through Amazon or for rental through Netflix.

How I Play Golf - How I Play Golf is a great book and if the audio version is anything like it then it's a winner. An instructional booklet is included with this title.

In Search of Tiger - This one has been sitting on my bookshelf for a while. I think it might be time to fire it up. It's available on audio CD, cassette and mp3-CD.

With golf season in full swing (no pun intended), be sure to check out all of the golf audio and video learning products at the following URL:

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/Sports-and-Hobbies/Golf

Oh, and if you weren't watching the Open this morning you probably missed the new Tiger Woods commercial. It's one of the cooler things I've seen lately. Here's the URL so you can check it out:

http://www.nike.com/nikegolf/flash_reg.jhtml?.htm

(Click on "Tiger Woods TV Spot" and then click on "Watch the TV Spot".)

Cool huh?

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July 16, 2005

Odeo is cool...sort of

I took Odeo for a test spin this afternoon and I'll have to admit that for the most part I liked what I saw. It was incredibly easy to submit our podcast and they have a very cool and friendly user interface. (You can see our podcast up on Odeo at http://odeo.com/channel/6070/view.)

I did encounter a problem though when I went to listen to our podcast. For some strange reason the podcast played at a rapid rate making David and Seth sound straight out of a Chipmunks cartoon. It's pretty humorous actually. I'm pretty sure this is a problem on their end as our feed works fine on Podcast Alley, iTunes, etc.

That issue and a couple of misspellings on the site were less than outstanding but for the most part it's a cool site (Note: I haven't had a chance yet to try out their Sync or Create tools. I hope to do that soon and promise to blog about it.) I'm not sure where exactly it will sit on the competitive landscape with iTunes-Audible-Podcast Alley-Podshow but it should be fun to watch the battle play out!

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July 15, 2005

Learn about Lance

He's at it again. As the Tour de France heads into the Pyrennes, Lance Armstrong is in the lead as he gets closer to a record-setting seventh victory. Lance's story an incredibly remarkable one and if you haven't heard it yet you're in for a treat.

Seth just got done wrapping up our new Lance Armstrong author page. In addition to his two well-known audiobooks, It's Not About the Bike and Every Second Counts, there are also a number of DVDs about him as well as some audio interviews. The most intriguing one is an interview with Robin Williams.

Lest we forget, there are also a couple of podcasts being produced about Lance's run at #7. Here are links to those:

Chasing Lance at the Tour Podcast
Lance in France Podcast

So be sure to check out www.learnoutloud.com/lancearmstrong for a complete selection of audio and video material about Lance.

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A Brave New (Audio) World

Catching up on messages/articles/blog posts today and came across a few things that are pretty interesting. This audio thing is getting really fun huh?

Podcasting on your TiVo

Wharton Talks About Podcasting

The "Dangers" of Audio Learning

(I don't know what I liked better. The story about the rabbi or the line "It's enough to send your average bookworm on the career fast-track to professional truck driving.")

Oh yes, and lest I forget. Pauley Shore is now podcasting... :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

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July 14, 2005

Not just for adults...

Audio learning isn't just for adults! I came across a cool article today that gives 10 reasons why learning through audiobooks is perfect for children. With summer vacation in full swing, why not take some time to introduce your kids to the world of audio learning?

10 Reasons Kids Learn With Audiobooks

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July 13, 2005

Africa

I recently had the good fortune of being able to attend the Live 8 concert in Philadelphia. The concert was held to raise awareness about global poverty and the situation in Africa. Many of you probably watched it on television or the Internet.

I got an encouraging message in my Inbox from one.org yesterday. Here's a bit of it:

In Scotland this past Friday, overcoming the shadow of a tragic day in London, President Bush joined G8 leaders in an unprecedented deal to cancel debts and double aid to Africa.
For African nations fighting poverty and corruption, this means a $25 billion increase in aid and wiping out 100% of their debts. With this funding, Africa can halve deaths from malaria, put millions of children into school, and 10 million people across the world will have access to lifesaving AIDS drugs. Behind each of these numbers is one person, one life that will be changed forever.

For the complete announcement, click here.

It's an amazing and historic step and I want to applaud all of G8 leaders for taking it (especially to Tony Blair for spearheading the effort). There is a lot more to be done in Africa but the tone has been set and let's hope that this generation can be the one to finally put an end to senseless poverty and disease.

To wrap it back to LearnOutLoud I thought I would share a few audio titles that you can listen to that will help you more fully understand a continent that most people will never visit. I'm particularly interested to listen to Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux and Love is the Driest Season by Neely Tucker. Here are some other noteworthy ones:

An Affair with Africa by Alzada Carlisle Kistner
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
A Short History of Africa by Roland Oliver
Land of a Thousand Hills by Rosamond Halsey Carr

For more information on how you can help end global poverty, please go to www.one.org.

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July 12, 2005

The World *is* Flat

I'm mid-way through Thomas Friedman's excellent new audiobook The World is Flat. It provides a perfect example of why I love audio learning and why I think it is so important. Here are a couple of (somewhat different) reasons why I feel this way:

1. I would likely never read this book. It's really long and I just don't know if I would be able to find the time in the day to get through it. But I've been able to crank through the audio version pretty quickly. For instance, I was traveling on Sunday and was able to listen to a few hours while on the plane, waiting for the airport shuttle, etc. Normally that would be time spent being bored or reading crap like the Skymall magazine...

So the fact that I am able to "read" a book that I normally wouldn't have and that I've learned a ton of new stuff and been exposed some very interesting ideas means a lot to me.

2. Friedman's book makes one of the best cases I've seen in a long time for why education is so vitally important right now. The fact of the matter is that countries like China and India are quickly becoming global economic superpowers. These countries have legions of well-educated (and hungry!) youths and we're already seeing many jobs shift eastward. Here's a quote I came across today (link) that drives this point home:

"The work is getting done faster and better, Prestowitz argues, because Indians are not only hungrier than we are, but better educated. China, India, Japan and Europe all churn out more science and engineering degrees than we do. Worse -- and downright embarrassing -- is the state of American education. Globally, our 12th-graders rank only in the 10th percentile in math (that's 10th percentile, not 10th). Our students also rank first in their assessment of their own performance: we're not only poorly prepared, we have delusions of grandeur."

Friedman discusses all of this in greater depth in his audiobook. I'm not one to bemoan the loss of "U.S. jobs" but at the same time I do think it's important for people here in the United States to step up and realize what could happen if we don't take continuing education (for everyone!) more seriously.

Education is more important than ever and we've got a generation of kids who often (unfortunately) shun books. The great equalizer might be audio and video learning. Children used to listening to their iPod and watching DVDs might find this to be a better and more enjoyable way to learn. That's what we hope to help enable.

Pick up Friedman's new book soon. It's well worth a listen. I'll promise to post a review here when I'm finished.

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Bryan Kest's Power Yoga

Little did I know when I moved to Santa Monica two years ago that I was moving less than a block away from one of the World's best yoga studios, Bryan Kest's Power Yoga. I had done yoga a bit back in Minneapolis but being in such close proximity to the studio has allowed me to go a lot more. And I'll be honest. I can't think of much that is so fulfilling on a mental, physical and spiritual plane.

If you're interested in discovering Power Yoga I would highly recommend that you pick up one of Bryan's CDs or DVDs. Over the weekend Seth put up the titles from their site so you can easily browse them at http://www.learnoutloud.com/poweryoga. Bryan is a remarkable guy and a great yoga teacher. He might not be as well known as the Rodney Yees of the world but we'll do our best to put him on the map!

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July 11, 2005

LearnOutLoud's Podcast up on iTunes

While after a bit of work we've managed to get our "Audio Learning Revolution" podcast up on iTunes. Given the astonishing number of people who are downloading podcasts off of iTunes, this was pretty good news. If you would like to subscribe to our podcast through iTunes, just search the podcast directory for "learnoutloud" and you'll find it. It's amazingly easy to subscribe and download through the iTunes interface.

For more information on our podcast or to download previous episodes, check out http://www.learnoutloud.com/podcast.

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July 10, 2005

Podcasting Goes Mainstream

With Apple’s release of iTunes 4.9, interest in Podcasting has exploded after months of built up interest. If you haven't already seen us yakking about it in recent weeks, Podcasting is a revolutionary form of broadcasting that allows you to subscribe to and automatically download mp3s to your iPod or other digital audio player. This innovation was made possible thanks to RSS feeds (Really Simple Syndication), the same technology that allows you to subscribe to Blogs. Apple's popular music downloading software has added a section to their store dedicated solely to free Podcasts, and the result has been decisive. Within the first week of its release, Podcast downloads numbered in the millions; all but assuring Podcasting's place as a new mainstream force.

LearnOutLoud.com is excited to take part in this revolutionary new medium that has dissolved the boundaries placed on how we receive valuable information. As Podcasting becomes more pervasive, expect to see hundreds, if not thousands of Podcasts devoted solely to education. Already shows like the Al Franken Show Podcast, this WEEK in Tech and History According to Bob are making the potential of this new medium as an important educational tool readily apparent.

In addition to showcasing educational Podcasts on our site, we are proud to continue recording the "Audio Learning Revolution" Podcast on a regular basis. Each week our Podcast devotes time to particular aspects in the audio learning field. To download our show for free, visit this page.

Alternatively you can use your iTunes application to access Podcasts, or popular Podcasting clients like iPodder to subscribe to our RSS feed. “Audio Learning Revolutions” is not currently featured on iTunes 4.9, but you can still listen to it using that application by clicking “Advanced” on the top menu, and then “Subscribe to Podcast”. Itunes will then bring up a box that asks you to paste in LearnOutLoud.Com’s XML feed, which is:

http://www.learnoutloud.com/podcasts/podcast.xml

After you paste this URL in, you’ll be able to listen to our show whenever you like using iTunes 4.9. Certainly it is getting easier and easier to access the brave new world of podcasting. At LearnOutLoud.com, we promise to search out and feature the best educational podcasts that are currently being released to the world by people like you.

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July 01, 2005

David McCullough

Are you bored with history? Does it seem like you should take it literally and deride it as the old news it actually is? Well you just haven't listened to a David McCullough book man. I'll bet you go through your day and you don't really think about a president like Truman (our 33rd president), but you have almost daily reminders of how great someone like Lincoln was, or how good looking JFK was. Well, I swear to you, if you listen to Truman right away, your mind will totally change and your eyes will open to a history you never even conceived of existing. At one point, I myself wasn't a true believer either. History was the domain of cobwebbed volumes that sit in the darkened basement of some underused library in some burned out burg. Then I listened to McCullough and I was totally hooked. It was like War & Peace, the best episode EVER of the West Wing, and a Tom Clancy novel all mixed into one big history mash-up. You want honesty? McCullough is probably the best American Historian currently living and we're lucky he keeps on putting out audio books for us to learn from every few years. If you haven't listened to Truman or John Adams, do yourself a favor and give them a shot. I promise you, you won't want to watch some action-packed-history-by-way-of-Micheal Bay movie like "Thirteen Days" again after you hear one of these books. Need help finding them all? Well I'm really glad you asked because I just made a David McCullough Author Page for you to get started.

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