The Great Courses Reviews and details

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• 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

• Any good cooking courses?

  The Great Courses has several cooking courses on fundamentals, using herbs, baking bread etc. thegreatcourses.com I have a couple and they are on video with accompanying book and taught by expert chefs. I also would get Essentials Of Cooking by James Peterson which teaches various cooking techniques with accompanying recipes. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Need advice where to start with woodworking

  If you want another set of video courses which again emphasizes power tools and such but he'll go more broadly in terms of the stuff he'll be making, you can get courses by George Vondriska from thegreatcourses.com/ You can also get set up with his WoodWorkers Guild of America: https://www.wwgoa.com/ and you'll find stuff about everything from furniture to decorations and a whole lot of techniques for using... Source: about 3 years ago