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Rough listen

Revisado: 12-10-24

The first half scratches the itch of morbid curiosity but the second half is a very bleak look at child abuse. This isn’t a criticism so much as a heads up as I think it is handled well. Stupid pet peeve but the editor really shouldn’t have let you write “aegis” that many times.

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Worth a listen even if you followed the podcast

Revisado: 01-01-22

Big fan of Patrick's work on Tides of History and was worried this would be redundant. Not so, there was definitely enough extra detail to warrant the listen and it was nice to see the progress in how he sharpened his thesis. It's a fun listen about a quite interesting short window in history. Very accessible for laymen but I think some of the more obscure characters in the middle and the way he freshly frames some of the big players could satisfy more seasoned history buffs.

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Pleasant Listen

Revisado: 09-16-20

Not the best of Poirot's mysteries by nice golden age of radio style productions are very fun.

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Alright

Revisado: 09-25-19

I'm really torn on this one. The biographical material and the history of chemistry was great but the technical discussion didn't live up to his writing on neurology for me. If you are interested in Sacks himself it's worth reading but it's a little too dry for anyone without an interest in chemistry and a little too elementary for anyone with one.

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Phenomenal

Revisado: 07-24-19

Even the lectures on the interfaces of European history that I felt I knew were presented with a fresh perspective. Really good course from an instructor who is both extremely knowledgable and passionate about his subject. I could listen to him give an entire course of this length about any of the single lecture topics covered. I'm tempted to say this is vital for understanding the modern world but it's really just a wholly enjoyable course.

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Broad yet detailed overview of the British Empire

Revisado: 07-17-19

He sure uses the "we shouldn't judge the past by today's ethics" to laud colonialism when its convenient and absolve it when its not but on the whole it was a really good lecture series that managed to get incredibly detailed despite covering such vast time and geography.

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Wonderful

Revisado: 05-26-19

The constant name dropping of his mentors and colleagues might have been annoying if it wasn't so earnest and endearing. It really filled me with wonder about dinosaurs in a way I haven't experienced since I was a child. He did a great job of explaining technical stuff in a way that was specific enough for those who might be familiar, basic enough for those who may not, and succinct enough to bore neither.

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Tedious

Revisado: 05-13-19

Enjoyed the first several chapters, then there was about 10 chapters where his entire point seemed to be "did you know that social constructs aren't literally real?". Kind of read like a 14 year old who just went on r/atheism for the first time. End had some interesting topics on the future but some of the analysis was facile and seemed naive just 5 years later.

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More human than I expected

Revisado: 04-06-19

The weird woke civil rights bit felt shoehorned in and performative and there was a little heavy handed sentiment at parts but I thought it did a great job of treating everyone as 3 dimensional humans and examining the toll of abuse and mental illness within a family rather than just telling it as a strictly ideological situation.

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More Murder Porn than True Crime

Revisado: 04-03-19

The time and attention paid to gruesome descriptions of violence versus any kind of narrative motion or psychological analysis felt kind of off. Read like an essay left until the last minute where the author spent all their time studying the "fun stuff" that were the crimes themselves with no critical analysis of the killer.

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