Bill Bochynski
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Deconverted
- A Journey from Religion to Reason
- By: Seth Andrews
- Narrated by: Seth Andrews
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,408
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,278
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,268
A former religious radio host raised in the cradle of Christianity, Seth Andrews, battled his own doubts for many years. His attempts to reconcile faith and the facts led him to a conclusion previously unthinkable, and this once-true believer ultimately became host of one of the most popular atheist communities on the internet.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A very good primer from one who knows the game.
- By Mark on 02-19-13
- Deconverted
- A Journey from Religion to Reason
- By: Seth Andrews
- Narrated by: Seth Andrews
Absolutely terrific!
Reviewed: 05-06-23
I've got nothing bad to say about this book and that's rare for me.
I struggle with being overly judgemental, but not here and not this time.
Highly recommended!
And Seth Andrews' narration may have been better than his story!
For me, just a terrific book!
Thank you, Seth.
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The Elements We Live By
- How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table
- By: Anja Røyne
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 17
In The Elements We Live By, physicist and award-winning author Anja Røyne takes us on an astonishing journey through chemistry and physics, introducing the building blocks from which we humans - and the world - are made. Not only does Røyne explain why our bodies need iron, phosphorus, silicon, potassium, and many more elements in just the right amounts in order to function, she also leads us around the world to where these precious elements are found (some of them in ever-shrinking quantities).
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1 out of 5 stars
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Summary: Earth good Man bad
- By Bill Bochynski on 04-26-23
- The Elements We Live By
- How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table
- By: Anja Røyne
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
Summary: Earth good Man bad
Reviewed: 04-26-23
A velvet-touch, preachy read about over-population, climate change, disappearing resources disguised as something about the PTE.
After some brief discussion on the PTE, the "agenda" quickly transitions to a soft assault on humanity.
Someone should give me a medal for finishing this drivel.
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Human Errors
- A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
- By: Nathan H. Lents
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,274
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,000
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,995
We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolution's greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees? Why do we catch head colds so often - 200 times more often than a dog does? How come our wrists have so many useless bones? And are we really supposed to swallow and breathe through the same narrow tube? Surely there's been some kind of mistake. As professor of biology Nathan H. Lents explains in Human Errors, our evolutionary history is nothing if not a litany of mistakes, each more entertaining and enlightening than the last.
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4 out of 5 stars
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From Pointless Bones to Broken Genes to...Aliens?
- By Katy.LED on 12-04-18
- Human Errors
- A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
- By: Nathan H. Lents
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
Creation: The Big Lie
Reviewed: 05-09-22
Although technically not a “crime,” it is certainly wrong and dishonest for any organized system of belief in the supernatural or divine to perpetuate, and perpetrate, homo sapiens as “created” in the so-called “image of a god.”
“Intelligent design” is an utter fraud and the more one knows about the human body the more one understands the lie of “intelligent design.”
"The hallmark of design is simplicity not complexity." -Matt Dillahunty
The human body is a train wreck that barely works.
The real marvel is that the human body works at all and, somehow, does so in spite of, but not because of, its build quality.
I hate, and am angry, that I was lied to for my entire life by religion, in general, and Christianity, in particular!
In both religion and government, ignorance is key to ruling over others.
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None Dare Call It Conspiracy
- By: Gary Allen, Larry Abraham
- Narrated by: Andrew Heyl
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,075
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 930
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 926
None Dare Call It Conspiracy will be a very controversial book. At first, it will receive little publicity, and those whose plans are exposed in it will try to kill it by the silent treatment. For reasons that become obvious as you listen to this book, it will not be reviewed in all the "proper" places or be available on your local book stand. However, there is nothing these people can do to stop a grassroots book distributing system.
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5 out of 5 stars
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MUST READ for every American
- By Brandon on 05-19-20
- None Dare Call It Conspiracy
- By: Gary Allen, Larry Abraham
- Narrated by: Andrew Heyl
Ancient but, sadly, as relevant as ever.
Reviewed: 09-07-21
"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms [of government] those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."-- Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
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The Storm Before the Storm
- The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
- By: Mike Duncan
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,937
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,007
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,963
The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. After its founding in 509 BCE, the Romans refused to allow a single leader to seize control of the state and grab absolute power. The Roman commitment to cooperative government and peaceful transfers of power was unmatched in the history of the ancient world. But by the year 133 BCE, the republican system was unable to cope with the vast empire Rome now ruled.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, albeit a bit dry
- By Aria on 11-14-17
- The Storm Before the Storm
- The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
- By: Mike Duncan
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
Government is a scam.
Reviewed: 07-18-21
True or false?
Although democracy is promoted as bringing us together and creating a sense of community, it actually creates social conflict and destroys a sense of community.
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
- By: Thomas E. Woods Jr.
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,535
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,124
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,118
Everything, well, almost everything, you know about American history is wrong because most textbooks and popular history books are written by left-wing academic historians who treat their biases as fact. But fear not; Professor Thomas Woods refutes the popular myths in The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly recommended! Not for the faint of heart!
- By RAC on 12-12-05
I rest my case...
Reviewed: 07-01-21
For 29 years I've been telling anyone who will listen, if "real" history were taught, AKA the truth, anti-government sentiment would be the norm.
To know what really happened, to know what's really going on, is to leave any thinking individual contemptuous of collectivism, the "State," so-called "government," and politicians.
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The Lessons of History
- By: Will, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,113
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,372
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,338
The authors devoted five decades to the study of world history and philosophy, culminating in the masterful 11-volume Story of Civilization. In this compact summation of their work, Will and Ariel Durant share the vital and profound lessons of our collective past. Their perspective, gained after a lifetime of thinking and writing about the history of humankind, is an invaluable resource for us today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is a must for every Educated Person
- By BradleyBurr on 10-29-07
- The Lessons of History
- By: Will, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Disappointing.
Reviewed: 06-28-21
Not much of a history book; not sure what the point was?
Perhaps nothing more than the opportunity to memorialize both Durant's on a digital recording?
As a supposed learned man, you'd think Will Durant would have cast aside religious belief, collectivism, and central planning.
I would not recommend.
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The Road to Serfdom, the Definitive Edition
- Text and Documents
- By: F. A. Hayek, Bruce Caldwell - editor
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,678
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,449
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,432
An unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and the public for half a century. Originally published in 1944 - when Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts of Stalin, and Albert Einstein subscribed lock, stock, and barrel to the socialist program - The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hayek's case for individualism over collectivism
- By Wayne on 10-27-18
- The Road to Serfdom, the Definitive Edition
- Text and Documents
- By: F. A. Hayek, Bruce Caldwell - editor
- Narrated by: William Hughes
Thumbs down for the "well-traveled" individualist
Reviewed: 06-27-21
IMHO, needlessly technical, verbose, and academic; possibly antiquated for the modern lover of individual Liberty.
No doubt, 80 years ago this book was applicable for the time.
Today, however, all the historicity muddies the message.
Notwithstanding Hayek and this book being icons of individualism amongst Liberty lovers, you simply don't need such an effort to make the case: "Freedom good, government bad."
However, the fairly substantial preliminary content leading up to chapter one together with the fairly substantial appendix material after the book's conclusion was fascinating.
I'm embarrassed to say, between chapter one and the conclusion I was bored.
For me, Hayek was preaching to the choir of which I am a longstanding member.
"Central planning always leads to Tyranny."
Got it!
"Central planning bad - individual Liberty good"
Got it!
But...if you could get the Leftists to read it, I could see a benefit there...
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The Internet of Money
- By: Andreas M. Antonopoulos
- Narrated by: Stephanie Murphy
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 528
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 454
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 453
The Internet of Money by Andreas M. Antonopoulos contains 11 of his most inspiring and thought-provoking talks, including: Introduction to Bitcoin; Blockchain vs Bullshit; Fake News, Fake Money; Currency Wars; Bubble Boy and the Sewer Rat; Rocket Science and Ethereum's Killer App; and many more!
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5 out of 5 stars
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An excellent move from the volume 1.
- By Branislav Randa on 01-20-21
- The Internet of Money
- By: Andreas M. Antonopoulos
- Narrated by: Stephanie Murphy
Act II, still good...
Reviewed: 06-14-21
For me, not as good as the first, volume one, but still valuable, contemporary, defiant, and educational.
Great narration!
Thank you.
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The Life and Times of Prince Albert
- By: Patrick Allitt, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Patrick Allitt
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,427
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,473
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,444
In 10 lectures, award-winning historian Patrick N. Allitt transports listeners to England in the 1840s and 1850s. During those two decades, Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, became one of the most influential people in the country and remains a figure of fascination even today. In fact, the British royal family as we know it wouldn't exist without the private and public actions of this detached, impartial, and upright political figure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Master Storyteller
- By tru britty on 04-18-20
- The Life and Times of Prince Albert
- By: Patrick Allitt, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Patrick Allitt
Wonderful narration.
Reviewed: 06-02-21
Great job of narration and the bit of history added to my knowledge.
Thank you.
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