The Great Courses VS Pocket Scholar

The Great Courses mentions (7)

• How can I give myself a well rounded education as a middle aged woman?

  *Great Courses (thegreatcourses.com) is fantastic. Lots of "crash courses" in all kinds of topics--exactly the kind of thing I think you are looking for--delivered by professors and subject matter experts. Many ways to plug into it: can subscribe directly on their website, there is an Amazon Channel for like $3/mo if you have Prime Video. I currently use Audible.com and purchase courses through there that I listen... Source: about 1 year ago

• Scott Joplin

  Source: History of Jazz, thegreatcourses.com. Source: over 1 year ago

• How can I stop being clueless and become more of an active listener when people are talking?

  I used to have the same problem. After graduating college I realized there was a lot I still didn't know, so I started educating myself. I watched countless courses from thegreatcourses.com on science, religion, philosophy, history, etc among other things. I also listened to a lot of music, paying careful attention to words, mostly in the form of rap music, some of it really fast. That seemed to help me pick out... Source: almost 2 years ago

• Anyone else hate talking online?

  I used to be really terrible with conversations. I spent a lot of time in chatrooms in my college years trying to gain more experience communicating. Then eventually I got these courses from thegreatcourses.com to educate myself on everything I felt like I just didn't know. Basically any time a topic in conversation would come up and I would feel left out, I put a placeholder in my head for that so I could go... Source: about 2 years ago

• Are there are good podcasts, Youtube channels, or audiobooks that give a basic introduction to the world of modern finance?

  I’ve always been a fan of The Great Courses https://thegreatcourses.com You can find lectures ranging from pretty basic to fairly advanced, and they’re almost always broken up into 30 minute segments. Source: almost 3 years ago

Pocket Scholar mentions (0)