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High-quality audiobooks (history, lit, philosophy) selected, produced and narrated by Charlton Grifin. The best way to get hold of these is thru Amazon or Audible.com.
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They rent and sell a first-class collection of audiobooks, including many of the classics. Finally a chance to catch up with Aristotle and Marcus Aurelius.
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A lecture series by Paul Cantor about the economic bases of art and entertainment. Cantor is exuberant, knowleedgeable and fun. His theme: "Commercialism in the arts ain't necessarily bad, and has often resulted in wonderful work."
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Documentary shows from a more international perspective than we usually get in the States. I find that the brain really does expand a bit when it takes in foreign points of view.
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A very generous website that includes a library of books and articles, and a terrific collection of downloadable podcasts, including many interesting interviews with bigname economists. Lefties be fore-warned: The LEL is a free-market-lovin' kinda place.
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For a fee, you can watch videos that walk you through software packages, ranging from Mom & Pop programs like iMovie right up to mind-boggling pro applications like Flash. Extremely well-done, as well as far cheaper than your local night school.
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Informative, not-too-glitzed-up, hour-long documentary episodes on no-nonsense topics like "Ink," "Trucks," and "Bathroom Tech." I've watched dozens of these.
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Australia's ABC National maintains an archive of radio programs devoted to philosophy.
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Well-done (and sweet-natured) video tutorials for Mac-heads by Don McAllister. The basics hare are free; subscribe to get more benefits.
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Lectures on CD and DVD. I've been happy with about 2/3 of the packages I've tried, an excellent batting average. Some of their best profs: Patrick Allitt, Timothy Taylor, Robert Greenberg, Alan Charles Kors, Kenneth Harl, and Bill Messenger.
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Heaven for those who love interviews with brainiacs. Among the smarties on offer here: Amy Chua, Amartya Sen, Harry Summers, Frederick Crews, John Searle, Ken Jacobs, John Mearsheimer, Stanley Cavell, Howard Zinn, Robert Fogel, and Jaron Lanier.
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An amazing, super-quirky, brainy and enlightening personal Wikipedia by Mark Rosenfelder, who's interested in comic books, urbanism, French theory and much else.
