Jim Nasium

Terrific overview of prehistoric hominids

Revisado: 12-25-23

This course is on par with other Great Courses. The lecturer is knowledgeable and insightful, while the content is comprehensive and novel.

The lecturer's delivery was solid—I have no idea why other reviewers characterized her delivery as reading a script. Her lectures follow the notes very closely but they're notes from her lecture! She's clearly excited about and invested in the topic.

Same goes for remarks on some course content being a "commentary" on modern life. There's no woke agenda here, just some insight into how modern society has impacted our understanding of prehistoric society. It's very relevant but isn't belabored by any means.

The professor is top notch and brings with her everything that I'd expect from a Great Course lecturer. I hope to see more from her soon!

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Absolutely Fantastic

Revisado: 11-12-23

This was exactly what I hoped for—a scholarly treatment of life in Israel and the Levant during the events described in the New Testament. The lecturer structured the course around the Hebrew Bible but referenced many other sources along the way to provide a more complete & accurate picture. Her narrative helped me understand the otherwise confusing events & people described by the Hebrew Bible.

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Thoughtful and Insightful

Revisado: 10-19-23

This book expands systems thinking in a direction that is intuitive yet difficult to express. The author did an excellent job converting why it's not optimal for everything to be ceaselessly optimized, combining case studies, analysis, and discussion. She is also a terrific narrator!

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Solid primer on nerve agent history and technology

Revisado: 01-16-22

The author does a good job of giving an overview of nerve agents, including technical challenges, practical limitations, and political issues. I recommend that listeners start with Appendix A first, then move into Chapter 1. I had a lot of technical questions while listening that were ultimately answered by that appendix.

I liked that the author addressed conspiratorial thinking around nerve agents head on, which gives a non-expert listener a solid feel for the information warfare occuring in conjunction with these matters.

The narrator was good overall, albeit a little slow and robotic at times. I listened at 1.3x and it held my attention. The narrator didn't have any idiosyncrasies or mouth noises that sometimes can be distracting, which was nice.

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Scarily prescient

Revisado: 11-28-20

Stellar performance by Dan as usual. Listening to this after the 2020 election is sobering.

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Modern Lord of the Flies

Revisado: 11-03-20

I didn't know anything about this story going into it, but I really enjoyed it and found that it held my attention throughout. The narrators were good, the story was good, and I'm glad I took a chance on it.

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Short but worth it

Revisado: 01-25-20

I had been putting this off since it's so short. It's definitely worth a listen, very well narrated and gave me chills!

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