World History

History of Rome Podcasts

Summer's coming. Long drives to the beach! Why not listen to any of 127 (I think that's the number) podcast episodes of Roman history developed by Mike Duncan. He debuted his first episode back in 2007 and completed his 127th episode last year. In 2010, his podcast won the podcast award in education. Here's a review of his podcasts. You can also read about the podcast in Open Culture where I first read about Mike Duncan.

- Best World History Podcast
Jeff Feinstein just posted his favorite podcast for US History. It's called the Backstory with the American History guys. On Top of the World is my favorite podcast for World History. It's hosted by Dave Eaton, associate professor at Grand Valley...

- Confucianism And Daiosm: Great Podcast
Here's a great podcast explaining the basic beliefs of Confucianism and Daoism. I put it on Blackboard so my students could use it to review the two philosophies....

- Great Site For Books
Before I buy a book, I look at the best seller lists, the reviews from NYTimes & WashPost and look for additional reviews. I also read the first chapter which I have sent to my Kindle and then if I like it, I purchase it. But there are...

- Flipped Learning Network Interview
Okay so perhaps only my mom will really want to listen to this entire thing. But there are a lot of websites mentioned, ways my classes work and more in this 50 minute podcast on the Flipped Learning Network interview I did a few weeks ago which...

- Stitcher: Radio & Podcast App
Great free app for smartphone, Ipad or Android tablet.. You can program all your favorite radio shows and podcasts to play in whatever order you want but the cool thing is that you can also plug in courses of university podcasts. The more stuff you listen...

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