Lin Tin-tin

Unplayable recording

Revisado: 10-18-24

Tried various methods, but every time I got to chapter 4, the recording would lock up. I will get an error message “ there is an issue with playback. “.

Thanks thanks for selling me a broken product Audible.

How many more days are gonna be at unplayable??

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WOW. WHAT THEATER IS THIS?

Revisado: 05-02-21

The problem when older people appear before a younger audience is that they react to, as if seeking acceptance, initial feedback from their audience. Then, the behavior of that senior, revered speaker then becomes that of a new performer, whose delivery or even prepared content may become subject to interactive influences of a live performance.

The hallmarks of this phenomena may appear when disciplined intellectuals, e.g., "experts" used to delivering logical, simplified explanations of new or complicated theories to individuals seeking a better understanding, are unconsciously seduced into pandering for audience approval as a prior requirement to create a more open minded, communicative environment.

In this performance, one hears traces of that condescending humor so obviously borrowed from the late night comedy shows on American TV; you know the style, snarky comedians repeating headline news, adding sarcasm they hope the audience appreciates, or spitting out the “F” word for shock value, then using sounds of audience laughter to punctuate their incoherent, stream-of-conscious spew of Ad Hominem attacks.

At times I wondered if portions if this audible book were actually tryouts for a spot on a comedy channel, and pasted into this recording by mistake.

This speaker is obviously a learned man whose literary style, cohesive composition, and ability to break down complex, intuitively abstract mental constructs is a remarkable achievement to be shared. Anyone who reads his work knows this.
So if you are looking for meaningful, serious, or thought provoking insights you have not found in other texts on Tibetan Buddhism, this is not it.
It is however, a rambling, sometimes humorous, sometimes entertainingly disjointed performance of under enunciated, discombobulated, word groupings so lacking of connective syntax that if printed verbatim, any effort to understand the subsequent reading of the text of this performance would be taxing.

On the other hand, if you are a fan of this speaker, his style, humor, especially enthusiasm with respect to this topic is impossible to deny.

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The Mother Teresa of Poland even the Nazis, and their successors, the Soviets could not eradicate.

Revisado: 12-26-20

This is a haunting and disturbing report of one woman’s effort to rescue innocent children from the German soldiers intent on murdering them. Researchers and historians estimate her efforts saved the lives of 2,500 children whose only crime was being born to Jewish parents.

Save for the efforts of some high school students in a remote town in Kansas who, in the 1990s, uncovered her achievements and created a play that moved from Kansas to the world stage, her sacrifice and that of her friends in Warsaw would never be known outside Poland.

Yes, twice her name was offered for the Nobel Peace Prize. But that august committee presciently awarded it instead to Al Gore for his selfless and heroic success during his eight years as Vice President to defeat the evils of climate change.

To compare Irene’s list (names of 2,500 children) to Schindler’s List is to belittle her courage. To append the award of the vastly devalued Nobel Peace prize to her humble grave now would be an insult to which even uninformed citizens would object.

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Needs better recording

Revisado: 08-10-20

Tried several times to continue listening, but the sound levels go from faint to extremely loud. Could not continue.
However, the narrator has an enchanting voice.

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An Insightful view of literature told boringly

Revisado: 04-09-18

Would you try another book from The Great Courses and/or Professor Arnold Weinstein?

None from Weinstein unless it is limited to 30 minutes. His voice is boring and grating.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Philosophy or History

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Professor Arnold Weinstein?

Any actor trained in voice and speaking. Man or woman.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

apathy

Any additional comments?

meaningful, new information contained in this series could have been condensed into 10% or less of this volume.

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