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March 30, 2006

Stanford on iTunes: Plath and Hughes

Recently I listened to an incredible literary discussion made available through Stanford's Books & Authors program on iTunes. The latest update to this section is entitled "Her Husband: Plath and Hughes" and is comprised of an interview and discussion with Diane Middlebrook, author of a recently published Plath-Hughes biography by the same name. If you are a fan of modern literature and poetry in particular, than you owe it to yourself to hear this.

Everyone that has read Sylvia Plath will find it hard to divide her life, marriage, and death from her work. That said, much of the discussion in this program deals with how aspects of her life informed what she wrote. The factors talked about include turbulent mental health, a volatile yet mutually beneficial marriage and how motherhood may have amplified Plath's talent beyond that of previous female authors. This is all interesting to be sure, but what really struck me was the attention given to Ted Hughes. I had never really thought about him before aside from the fact that he was married to Plath and probably contributed in part to the downward spiral that ultimately led to her suicide. Middlebrook provides him more dimension by making Plath's death the primary moment in his creative evolution. For the rest of his life, the centerpiece of Hughes' work lied in how he processed the pain of losing his creative soulmate. Middlebrook ends the session with a poem written by Hughes to Plath just before his 1998 death. What is read here sums up the loss of a loved one so poignantly that even Middlebrook herself sounds as though she's been brought to tears while reading it. This is an incredibly valuable discussion about what tore apart, fueled and ultimately re-connected two highly creative people.

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Free Audio Documentaries

If you're looking for some high-quality, stimulating audio documentaries, American Public Media has has produced dozens of hour-long documentaries with their documentary unit American RadioWorks.

Over 50 of their audio documentaries are available for free as streaming audio on their website. These documenatries cover a wide range topics including politics, history, social issues, and other current events. And if you'd like to download them they're also available for download at Audible.com.

I've listened to a few already including "Say It Plain: A Century of Great African-American Speeches" and "Unmasking Stalin". Both were done in the highest technical and professional manner. You can browse them all here:

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Results/Publisher/American-Public-Media/375

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March 28, 2006

Audio Round-up

I don't post nearly enough about what I'm listening to. So I've resolved to change that and to share with all of you what I've been putting in my ears in the hopes that you find it useful. So, without further ado, here's is my latest playlist:

The Search by John Battelle - Polished this one off over the last 10 days. It was the best longish audiobook I've listened to since Friedman's The World is Flat. This history of search is fascinating and the intimate look at Google even more so. I'd highly recommend this one.

Mosaic - I've been looking around lately for a cool church here in LA. I was stoked to see that a church I had heard a lot about called Mosaic was podcasting. I listened to a couple of their sermons tonight and really dug them. I'm looking forward to checking them out in person...and what a great way to sample a church before you attend?

Brian Tracy - I've been all about the Brian Tracy stuff lately. It's perfect stuff to put on when you're tasks around the house because you can pick it up for ten minutes and regardless of where you're at you don't need that much context. I'll fire up his CDs when I'm doing dishes, laundry, etc. A perfect way to squeeze some more audio learning into the day.

Kosmic Consciousness by Ken Wilber - I'm a disc into a half into Wilber's 12+ hour dialogue and I'll admit it that it's pretty weighty. Having said that it's one of the more compelling listens I've had in a while. For anyone interested in the cutting edge of philosophy I'm not sure there's anything I could recommend more than Wilber's stuff. I've been a big fan of (and subscriber to) Integral Naked for a while and if you dig that you'll dig this one and vice versa.

OK, that's enough for now. Since I'm finally done with The Search I'm going to be cruising around looking for a new audiobook to listen to. Any recommendations?

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March 22, 2006

Audio Learning is Cheating!

I had a good friend from Minneapolis in town last night. We had a great time catching up and got on the subject of audio books when he was telling me how the parents of a kid who he coaches (he's a tennis pro) but audiobooks for their kid to listen to instead of reading the printed version. He considered it cheating and thinks the parents should have the kid read instead.

I guess I kind of agree with him.

I don't think audio learning should ever be a complete substitute for reading. In today's age it's more important than ever to read and honestly everyone would do themselves a favor by learning to read faster so they could process information quicker. A great program to help with that is EyeQ which is a piece of software that can up your reading spead dramatically. But I digress...

The point is not to look at audio learning, audiobooks and podcasts as a means of replacing reading. Instead it's a great compliment and a tremendous opportunity to crank through books and other stuff you're interested in during times when you can't read.

I love to read. But with my reading time I find myself gravitating increasingly to material that I can't listen to. For example, blogs (I love my Bloglines!), magazines and books that haven't been made into audio. Every time a new book comes out the first thing I do is check to see if an audio version is available. If it is I'll usually go that route. I've done this recently with titles such as The World is Flat and My Life. Books that previously I would have spent many hours over several months reading are now completed in a few weeks during my drive and exercise time, while I'm washing the dishes, etc.

The best part is that I didn't take any additional time out of my day to "read" these books.

What does that equate to? A major time savings. In my case, it's time to work on the business, time to relax a bit and of course time to read.

We live in a society in which, for most people, time is more scarce than money. That's why I love audio learning is that it literally adds time to my life. If I'm committed to lifelong learning and know that there will be books each month that I want to (and perhaps need to) read then I know now that I can listen to them, still get the full impact of and benefit from the material and yet not take up any additional time in my day by doing so.

I've been doing this for so long now that it's ingrained in me that I forget that this idea probably hasn't occured to many people. It hadn't really occured to my buddy but I think by the end of the night I sold him. And if I didn't I'm going to dropping an audiobook or two in the mail for him to seal the deal. :)

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March 20, 2006

Audio Learning at the LA Marathon

I completed marathon #4 yesterday here in LA and for the first time I tried listening to an audio book while I've ran. I've listened to music in the past and listened to audio books and podcasts while training but I've never tried listening to audio books during a race before. It actually went pretty well.

I listened to the first half of John Battelle's book The Search. It's an interesting look at the history of search engines with a more specific focus on Google. It's one of the multitudes that I always tell myself I should read or want to read but never seem to get around to. Knocking out the first half of it while doing something I knew I was going to do anyway was kind of cool.

I'm such a big fan of listening to audio books and podcasts during exercise. Not only is it a great way to crank through a lot of stuff that you normally wouldn't have time for but it's also a great way to come up with new ideas. I think there's something about the extra blood flow to the brain coupled with exposing your mind to some new knowledge that can trigger a hell of a lot of creativity. I've had some of my best ideas over the last year when I've been out for runs while listening to podcasts like The Gillmor Gang or Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders.

If you've never tried listening to an audio book or podcast during your workout I'd highly recommend it. It's a great way to "kill two birds with one stone" and the ideas you'll come up with will make it time very well spent.

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March 17, 2006

Why Just Audio and Video?

One of the common questions we get here at LearnOutLoud is "Why do you just have audio and video on the site?" We'll get asked why we don't have book, e-books or other printed material. I guess what it boils down to is this.

We want to be the central place that you come to when you want to learn and you don't want to (or can't) read.

Let me explain that a little more fully. There's obviously a ton of stuff you can read out there to learn just about anything you want to . With all of the blogs, wikis, books, magazines, newspapers, etc. most of us find ourselves overwhelmed with more stuff to read than time in the day. Just think about how many unread books and magazines you have at home. How many unread e-mails sit in your Inbox (and if you've got a lot of those you really should try GTD). Or if you're reading blog through a blog reader you've likely got a backlog there too. It just seems like there will always be a surplus of printed material to read in relation to the amount of time in the day in which to consume this stuff.

And that's where my attention turns to audio and video.

You see there are a lot of times during the day in which we can't read or don't want to. Here are just a few of the ones that occur to me off the top of my head:

1. While driving - Please don't read while doing this...
2. While exercising - Again, usually not very conducive to reading.
3. While doing the dishes or cleaning up around the house - Ditto.
4. When your eyes are tired - Lots of time on a computer usually leads to eye fatigue. While you might not be up for reading you can definitely listen or watch something.

Audio and video comes in handy for all of these. You can listen to stuff while you're doing #1-#3 and when you want to take a break from reading (such as with #4) you can watch something.

Now here's what I get fired up about audio and video education.

For the last several decades if someone was going to listen to something while driving, exercising, etc. it was usually the radio and if they were going to watch something it was the television. Now, I'm not one to see that all commercial radio or broadcast television is crap. Just that most of it is...at least if you're interested in actually learning something.

That's where this whole learning out loud thing comes into play. Shift from listening to the radio while commuting to some high-quality educational/inspirational material and see what a difference it makes. Sure you can start your day listening to the news (a.k.a. stories about war and crime) but what kind of a change would happen in the world if we instead started listening to speeches by Gandhi or MLK, immersed ourselves in some Plato or biographies of Presidents or spent a little time learning a foreign language? Maybe I'm a dreamer but I do think it would make a HUGE difference. (And as far as being a dreamer...while I know I'm not the only one.)

And video? Well it seems every day we draw closer to the end of broadcast television and the increasingly garish commercial upon which the entire industry is based. Innovations like IPTV and sites like YouTube (probably the fastest-growing site on the Net right now) are going to change the way people watch stuff. Here again, is a golden opportunity for an educational revolution. A chance for us to slide our viewing habits from the trivial and inane to the substantial and potentially life-changing. To switch away from the dumbed-down soap opera or sitcom and towards stuff like Teaching Company courses, MIT lectures and wisdom from places like Integral Naked and WIE Unbound. Can you imagine the change that would happen if people curled up on their couch to this sort of stuff every night?

The fact of the matter is that there's a time and place for everything. Yes, there are times when we just need to turn the brain totally off. But I'd love nothing less than to see that become the exception for our listening and viewing habits rather than the norm.

Just as we wouldn't expect to consume a steady diet of junk food and the occasional salad and expect to be physically healthy we shouldn't expect to consume a steady diet of mind-numbing radio and TV and expect to be in tip-top shape intellectually. Make a move to shift the balance. If 90% of the stuff you watch and listen to is pure entertainment and 10% is educational see if you can't get to 50/50.
Your brain will thank you for it.

And so that's what we're all about here at LearnOutLoud. We want to give you a bunch of stuff so that when you do decide to get your learn on and want some audio or video you'll have plenty of options (10,000+ at last count) with which to do so. Just keep telling us how we can better do that and we'll do our darnedest to make sure we're serving your needs.

Have a great weekend everyone and thanks for checking out the blog and visiting the site!

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Shownotes for Audio Learning Revolution Episode #016

Audio Learning Revolution Podcast for March 17th, 2006

Intro Music - "Scare de Cat" by Randall Cousins from The Podsafe Music Network

Introduction
- Direct Link to the show
- Link to Feeds for Audio Learning Revolution podcasts
- Link Free Audio & Video Directory
- Comments or Questions about the Free Audio & Video Directory E-mail

The Free Audio and Video Directory Part 3
- Link to WGBH.
- Link to C-SPAN.
- Link to Free Culture.
- Link to The Mercury Theatre on the Air.
- Link to Voices in the Dark.
- Link to Spoken Alexandria Project.
- Link to Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
- Link to Berklee Shares

Outro Music - "Voltage Clamp" by Rubber Band Banjo from The Podsafe Music Network

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March 16, 2006

Our Highest-Rated Podcast

I cruised into our podcast directory tonight and noticed that the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders podcast is now our highest-rated podcast based on your ratings. I can't think of a more deserving podcast as I've learned a ton from just about every episode and some of them (like the one with Trilogy Founder Joe Liemandt) have been downright amazing.

I just got down listening to the latest episode and it's excellent. It's a presentation by John Roos, a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and it's packed full of great advice for entrepreneurs. If you're running a company or thinking of starting one in the future I'd highly recommend this podcast. It's tough to get this type of insight into entrepreneurship anywhere else.

Oh, and before I forget, in other podcasting news, PaidContent.org reports that Podtech.net has received $5.5 million in funding. This is pretty significant news as it means that there will be a lot more cool stuff coming from John Furrier, the creator of the excellent Media InfoTalk Podcast. Kudos to John of closing this funding and we'll be looking forward to (and reporting on!) what comes of the Podtech Network in the future.

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March 15, 2006

Reading aloud for a living

Good article from the LA Times about audiobook narrators:

Reading aloud for a living

A couple of good passages:

A survey done by the trade association found the average listener earns 25 percent more than nonlisteners, has a higher level of education and is more likely to hold a professional or managerial position.

I've always known that audiobook listeners were smarter than the average folk.

With iTunes, Audible.com, Mediabay.com, Jiggerbug.com and other Web sites sending downloadable audiobooks through cyberspace, prices will inevitably go down.

What?! Where's LearnOutLoud? :) I guess I need to drop Mimi an e-mail...

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March 13, 2006

French look to open iTunes to other music players

France is pushing through a law that would force Apple Computer to open its iTunes online music store and enable consumers to download songs onto devices other than the computer maker's popular iPod player.

The reason that stuff like this is important is that closed systems almost always stifle innovation. Currently you can only listen to songs (and audiobooks, podcasts, etc.) that you've put in iTunes if you have an iPod. By opening up iTunes to other devices there would likely be increased competition in the device player market which would lead to technological advances and drops in pricing.

Apple no doubt feels that by controlling both the software (iTunes) and the hardware (the iPod) that they can provide a superior user experience. To a certain extent that's been true to date. If you've had a chance to compare the iPod/iTunes/Fairplay DRM package to the alternatives you'll likely agree.

But to move forward these systems must become more open. I had a chance to watch a great presentation a week ago on the subject of the future of media and a great quote from Rob Lord was included:

“What if Internet Explorer only went to Microsoft’s site?”

If that was the case we would be back in the dark ages in terms of web development. Fortunately Microsoft allowed users of Internet Explorer to go other places besides microsoft.com. Let's hope that Apple does something similar and opens up iTunes and the iPod to competing music and spoken word services and players. That's something that would be in the best interest of everyone.

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March 10, 2006

The Greatest Speeches of All Time

There's something mighty powerful about listening to historic speeches. Whether you're listening to FDR, JFK or MLK (or even someone whose name isn't an acronym!), there's a feeling of energy and perspective that simply can't be duplicated. It's one thing to read Winston Churchill or read about him. It's another thing entirely to listen to him.

And there are many other benefits of listening to this type of stuff. You gain a better understanding of rhetoric. It's a great way to brush up on our English if English is not your native lanugage. And it's an incredible way to both be inspired and learn more about American and world history.

And you can do it all in your car on the way to work. :)

We're proud to feature titles by companies such as Speechworks on LearnOutLoud and look forward to bringing more and more of this type of content in the future. A personal dream of mine is a service like Real Rhapsody or Yahoo! Music but for speeches like this where you could call up your favorite historical figure or inspirational leader and within seconds be listening to any of the speeches they've given. How cool would that be? Maybe we'll just have to build that...

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March 06, 2006

The Top 10 People Who Should Be Podcasting

Yup, there are a lot of cool people podcasting these days. But there are also a lot who haven't started yet. I realize that a lot of people will never podcast for reasons ranging from a simple lack of time to the fact that a few words one way or another in a podcast could swing their companies' stock prices pretty radically (e.g., Mr. Gates, Sergey and Larry). But I think there are a bunch of people who out there who could be persuaded into giving podcasting a try. Who knows, maybe if this article gets enough buzz one of them will give it a go. So without further ado, here's my Wish List of the Top 10 People I'd Love to See Podcasting:

10. Steve Wozniak - One of the co-founders of Apple, Woz is always interesting to listen to. He's been on This Week in Tech a couple of times and also has the proud distinction of being the subject of the most popular IT Conversations episode of all-time. Here's one vote for Woz starting a mobile podcast that he'd record while in his Prius or on his Segway.

9. Mark Cuban - Blog Maverick, Cuban's blog, is among my favorites. He's got a great perspective on business, sports and entertainment. As those worlds converge at an accelerating pace Cuban's dialogue becomes more and more relevant. He's a busy guy these days but sticking a mic on him once a week to get his thoughts on the future of media, his advice on investing and entrepreneurship and the occasional rant about Phil Jackson would be pretty frickin' sweet. While we're waiting on the CubanCast check out his interview with John Furrier from the InfoTalk Podcast and his conversation with John Heilemann from the Web 2.0 Conference.

8. Margaret Cho - She has a blog, a My Space site and even a line of belly-dancing clothes. What more could the Notorious C.H.O. want? A podcast, that's what. Give her an open mic and an RSS feed and just see what happens. I have no doubt that it would be interesting and most likely offensive to at least half of the people listening...

7. Tom Peters - Crazy passionate. That's the best phrase I could think of describe Tom Peters. He's been a blogger for a while now but to really experience Peters you need to listen to him. Give an ear to a bit of Re-Imagine! and tell me if this guy isn't on fire. He's always on the road giving speeches and presentations. Someone needs to start recording some of them and putting them out there for the rest of the world to hear. Pretty please...

6. The Dalai Lama - The Dalai Lama is the author of dozens of books, many of which have been published on audio and which he has personally narrated. Belief Net has a number of "mini-dharma" talks available but it would be cool to see an audio and/or video podcast feed. No doubt thousands or even millions of people around the world would tune in.

5. Jason Calacanis - I had a chance to see Jason offer up a rant last weekend at BarCampLosAngeles. I love hearing him speak. He's definitely one of the most opinionated guys out there but he's on the mark at least 98% of the time. Check out his interview on the Web 2.0 Show for a glimpse into what a CalacanisCast might sound like. No dull moments guaranteed!

4. Guy Kawasaki - The managing director of Garage Technology Ventures and another high-profile author who just started blogging. Based on the volume of his posts Guy either has some time on his hands or types very, very fast. Personally, I can't keep up. Now if he'd make some of those articles available on audio it might give a guy a fighting chance! Watch his presentation here to the UCLA Anderson School or listen to a chapter from The Art of the Start and see if this isn't a guy who would be a good entrant into the Podosphere.

3. Andrew Sullivan - Gay? Conservative? Practicing Roman Catholic? Intriguing. I've been following Andrew's blog The Daily Dish off and on for the last couple of years. It's one of those that I'd like to have the time to digest but never quite get around to. Now if he podcasted it would be totally different. I could listen during my daily jog, when I'm driving around, etc. I've never heard him speak but if his podcast would be even half as interesting as his blog it would be worth the subscription.

2. Seth Godin - The author of Permission Marketing, Purple Cow and most recently All Marketers Are Liars has one of the most popular blogs going. He's an innovate thinker and a dynamic speaker (Godin recently was chosen as on of "21 Speakers for the Next Century" by Successful Meetings Magazine). Check out the recent talk he gave to Google to get a sense of what a Godin podcast might sound like. I'd certainly subscribe.

1. Bill Clinton - He has some spare time on his hands these days right? Well actually he has been quite busy doing a lot of work with his foundation and with former President George Bush raising money for last year's tsunami and hurricane victims. Even though he is retired from office it would be interesting to see him follow in the footsteps of other political figures like John Edwards and Barack Obama and put out a podcast. For an example of what it might sound like check out an interview of Clinton from this year's World Economic Forum. It would definitely be interesting to more stuff like that.

Of course one-person podcasts don't seem to end up working out that well. So perhaps (and I know I'm reaching now) some of these people could team up. A Cuban/Calacanis podcast? (Cuban invested in Weblogs, Inc., the company Jason recently sold to AOL.) How about Godin and Peters? (That would be some good brain candy.) Or maybe we could use the husband-wife formula that worked so well for Dawn and Drew and get Hillary and Bill to podcast together? On second thought...

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March 05, 2006

World Economic Forum Podcast and Webcast

Another cool offering: The World Economic Forum that happened in January in Davos, Switzerland is available to watch or listen to online. Some of the people who spoke or were panel members include:

Larry Summers
Michael Dell
Bono
Thomas Friedman
Bill Gates
Bill Clinton

Some heavy hitters huh? Kind of like an international version of the TED Conference.

One of the best things about the Forum is that the audio and video downloads are being made possible by an innovative new company called Red Swoosh. The company has an application that offers legal P2P services to media companies and organizations. I had a chance to chat with the founder Travis Kalanick today at BarCampLosAngeles and see him do a demo. I was very impressed with the technology. You'll be hearing a lot more about his company in the future.

If you're looking to feed your head with some good stuff head on over to the World Economic Forum website, download the Red Swoosh client and check out some good stuff.

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"All Marketers are Liars" - Seth Godin speaks at Google

Cool. We need more of this type of stuff available online. :)

"All Marketers are Liars" - Seth Godin speaks at Google

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March 03, 2006

Most Teaching Company Lectures on Download

I was visiting the Teaching Company site and most of their courses are now on audio download. When purchased the courses are available for download on both MP3 and bookmarkable MPEG-4 files which is good for people that don't have an iPod. Also their downloads are contained in a download library so you can always go back and download again if need be. The prices of their downloads are about equal to the price of audio cassettes, which is reasonable if they're discounted. Here's the Teaching Company courses on our site updated with the ones that are now available on audio download:

http://www.learnoutloud.com/teachingcompany

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March 02, 2006

ITunes Fails to Meet Free University Ideal

Here's my first gripe: Podcasting is based on open -- HTTP, RSS -- and vendor-neutral MP3 Latest News about MP3 standards. However, Apple's iTunes U is, quite unnecessarily, a walled garden. Among mainstream programs, only the iTunes client can download the talks. Among mainstream players, only iTunes, QuickTime and the iPod can play them.

I couldn't agree more with you Mr. Udell.

ITunes Fails to Meet Free University Ideal

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March 01, 2006

Free Audio Bliss

I finally got the sound fixed on my laptop last week (kudos by the way to the fine gentleman at Experts Exchange who provided the fix...love that site!). It's ridiculous that I went such a long time without it working. After all, I run an audio learning company... But now it's back and I'm absolutely loving it.

One of the things that I'm growing more amazed at by the day is the amount of ridiculously cool free audio that's out there. For instance, here's my playlist for the afternoon:

The latest episode of the Venture Voice Podcast. It's an awesome interview with John Bogle, the man who started The Vanguard Group. You've got to listen to this one as it's an incredibly story of idealism and entrepreneurship.

The Carson Workshops Summit - Gee, I can't think of something a lot more fun than listening to guys from Google, Yahoo!, Delicious and 37 Signals discuss the future of Web. Good warm-up for this weekend's BarCamp here in LA. :)

Guided Meditation - I came across this very cool guided meditation from Beliefnet. Almost instantly made me calm. Not bad...

So with this explosion in audio content how do you find the latest and the greatest? While we've got a lot of it in our Free Audio and Video Directory and in our Podcast Directory. But my goal is to try to make sure as much of this stuff as possible finds its way into our new Free Resource of the Day newsletter. We've got some really cool stuff lined up for that including a lot of exclusive titles. You'll definitely want to sign up.

And oh yeah, I am listening to a lot more music now too. I'm having a lot of fun trying out new services and sites like WebJay, last.fm and my new favorite MusicRadish.

With all this cool stuff to listen to I'm not sure I ever want to stop working...

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