Comments on: Traveling with History in Your Pocket http://www.ottsworld.com/blogs/traveling-with-history-in-your-pocket/ Travels and Life Experiences of a Corporate American Runaway Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:35:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael Tyson http://www.ottsworld.com/blogs/traveling-with-history-in-your-pocket/comment-page-1/#comment-6800 Michael Tyson Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:35:43 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/traveling-with-history-in-your-pocket.html#comment-6800 Nice tip! I'm listening to "The Peculiar Modernity of Britain" lecture right now as I make lunch in my motorhome in Cornwall. We've found Rick Steve's podcasts to be very informative and entertaining and - although it sounds like a cliche - really brings historical sites to life. We download them to the iphone then listen to them when we're at the site. They're a major improvement on the invariably dry coma-inducing audio tours provided at the sites themselves - who write those things?! http://www.ricksteves.com/radio/podcast.htm Nice tip! I’m listening to “The Peculiar Modernity of Britain” lecture right now as I make lunch in my motorhome in Cornwall.

We’ve found Rick Steve’s podcasts to be very informative and entertaining and – although it sounds like a cliche – really brings historical sites to life. We download them to the iphone then listen to them when we’re at the site. They’re a major improvement on the invariably dry coma-inducing audio tours provided at the sites themselves – who write those things?!

http://www.ricksteves.com/radio/podcast.htm

]]> By: rebeccius http://www.ottsworld.com/blogs/traveling-with-history-in-your-pocket/comment-page-1/#comment-4758 rebeccius Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:53:17 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/traveling-with-history-in-your-pocket.html#comment-4758 Hmm, interesting that you mentioned jazz. As a jazz musician (and non-American) I've found that I learned quite a bit about American history (20th century anyway) through my study of jazz history - which is after all, America's only unique art form. Especially the period from 1900 through to the 1960s...as far as from a socio-economic perspective, the two are pretty much inseparable. Big fan of educational podcasts. They're fantastic. I will have to check out the Berkley series! Hmm, interesting that you mentioned jazz. As a jazz musician (and non-American) I’ve found that I learned quite a bit about American history (20th century anyway) through my study of jazz history – which is after all, America’s only unique art form. Especially the period from 1900 through to the 1960s…as far as from a socio-economic perspective, the two are pretty much inseparable.
Big fan of educational podcasts. They’re fantastic. I will have to check out the Berkley series!

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