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Podcasts, courses, documentary series, etc

Post by Madrigal » Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:00 pm

Stuff you're watching or listening to that is actually educational. :nerd:

I'd be happy to hear about any podcast or course recommendations. Right now I'm doing a Greek and Roman mythology course on Coursera, which is really fun so far. Although I did study a couple of subjects on Greek mythology at uni, I don't remember much from that.

I love the Hardcore History podcasts but I have to finish the latest series. Kinda hard when each episode is 4 hours long. :/

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Post by Utisz » Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:09 pm

Ken Burns. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.

Would recommend. In fact would recommend any of Ken Burns' series.

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Post by Ferrus » Wed Mar 10, 2021 11:48 pm

Utisz wrote:
Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:09 pm
Ken Burns. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.

Would recommend. In fact would recommend any of Ken Burns' series.
His recent documentary on Vietnam was quite good.

I am watching Jonathan Meades's documentaries on architecture in Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia, Mussolini's Italy and Franco's Spain which is a four part series spaced out over about 25 years you can see them here:




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Post by Lilith » Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:37 am

Currently listening to this NSQ's episode.

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Post by TeresaJ » Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:22 am

The History of English podcast is really good.

It's pretty dense and I'm not interested in more recent history so I doubt I'll ever finish it, but it's very well done and informative.

I also intermittently listen to the Revolutions podcast on Spotify and Hardcore History on YouTube.

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Post by Ferrus » Mon Mar 15, 2021 8:02 am

The Rest is History

Very interesting series of discussions between two maverick historians.
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Post by djm » Mon Mar 15, 2021 10:49 am

In Our Time, the long-running BBC radio series hosted by Melvin Bragg is still excellent and has a very wide range of subject matter to dip into.

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Post by JohnClay » Mon Mar 15, 2021 11:35 am

For my programming subject they got us to watch this video related to diversity and inclusiveness in IT.... it says that in Japan they don't have street names - they have block numbers....

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Post by elfsprin » Mon Mar 15, 2021 8:51 pm

Stuff You Missed in History Class
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