The Last Archive - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Leave this podcast with your students and they’ll get a year of history/philosophy/ethics/storytelling lessons, while you marvel behind your desk.A gift to educators.

Why have one, when you can have a pair of keets?

This podcast is super informative about very interesting random stories—hence, the title. The Last Archive would not be the same without the new host, Ben. His silky smooth voice and obvious fascination with all things historic drive you to want to listen to more and more episodes.

Do yourself a favor… have a listen!

I’ve now listened to this reading by Jill Lepore three times in the last 24 hours or so. I can’t stop thinking about it and I’m going down various rabbit holes online to learn more! The amount of historical context about Frankenstein I never knew before is blowing me away. And then to learn that Lord Byron was Ada Lovelace’s Father?! I will be rereading Frankenstein over the weekend, and I can’t wait!!

I just discovered this podcast, and I’m loving it (and also Dr. Lepore’s articles for the New Yorker). This particular episode was fascinating. I’d love to hear the author’s thoughts on the historic roots of the American aversion to “socialized medicine “. Why was Oveta Hobby happy to let children die before she’d let the federal government hand out vaccines? Why do so many people today feel the same way? What are they afraid of?