Short and interesting
Short and interesting
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Each week, we bring you short readings about interesting things you haven't thought about before. From philosophy and literature, to recipes and advice, occult and paranormal, theory and poetry, or just straight-up rumors and anecdotes. We read old, weird books so you don't have to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The podcast delves into diverse topics such as philosophy, literature, fashion, ethics, and paranormal theories. Episodes have included readings from works like '60 Years in Space' discussing governmental structures for space colonies, 'Make Your Own Hats' providing millinery instructions, and Peter Singer's ethical essay 'Famine, Affluence, and Morality' highlighting modern moral dilemmas.
Each week, we bring you short readings about interesting things you haven’t thought about before. From philosophy and literature, to recipes and advice, occult and paranormal, theory and poetry, or just straight-up rumors and anecdotes. We read old, weird books so you don’t have to.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On Short and Interesting we read to you strange and curious things. In 1801, in Georgian-era England, doctor George Winter did not think much about the medical fads of the day. He believed in proper medicine, and wrote a whole book about all the patients he successfully treated. Except, he never said what he actually did to treat them. Surely, that’s so he could protect the value of his medical “knowledge,” rather than to conceal that he didn’t have any. Surely.
If you’re interested in reading this moldy old tome, you can find it on the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/b21445667/page/n3/mode/2up.
Music by Dan Mason. Check out and buy his music at https://danmason.bandcamp.com. For this podcast we’re using clips of three tracks from his 2019 album Hypnagogia. Available under the Creative Commons License, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported. Creative Commons License details at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
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