Bill Bryson | A Short History of Nearly Everything
Recorded May 20, 2003
Direct Download:
20030520-billbry.mp3
Bill Bryson is the bestselling author of wiseacre travelogues A Walk in the Woods and I’m a Stranger Here Myself, as well as excursions into the English language including Mother Tongue and Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words. A Short History of Nearly Everything is an inviting exposition of some the the most difficult ideas designed.
Other Great Podcasts
- Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld | The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics
- George Stephanopoulos | The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
- Paul Hendrickson | Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, WW II and a Flyer’s Life
- Claire Messud | This Strange Eventful History: A Novel
- Colm Tóibín | Long Island: A Novel