We’ve talked about The Teaching Company before on SFFaudio, we’ve even had one of their professors on our podcast (Eric S. Rabkin). But I’d never gotten one of their catalogues before. I found this one…
The Teaching Company 2011 |PDF|
…abandoned, back in January. I began pouring over it, looking for more great listens. Sadly I’m afraid I didn’t get my new scanner in time for you folks to enjoy the amazing sale prices in it, but if I promise that if I get another catalogue I will scan it in a more timely manner.
There are dozens of amazing educational options in there. Among the many lecture series that stuck me are:
The Story of Human Language by Professor John McWhorter
Argumentation: The Study of Effective Reasoning by Pofessor David Zarefsky
The Joy of Science by Professor Robert M. Hazen
The Life and Writings of C. S. Lewis by Professor Louis Markos
A History of Hitler’s Empire by Professor Thomas Childers
Classical Mythology by Professor Elizabeth Vandiver
The Great Ideas of Philosophy by Professor Emeritus Daniel N. Robinson
No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life by Professor Robert C. Solomon
Posted by Jesse Willis
I really liked The Story of Human Language by Professor John McWhorter, kinda long though, but was sad when it ended.
Showed how malleable spoken language is, much more than I thought, changing rapidly when not held back by the written word.
I have never really paid attention to other languages as I thought they were uninteresting and always thought that English had a really logical solid foundation, learned I was wrong on both accounts.