Last night I received a lovely email from Online Schools and Accredited Online Degrees from Online Colleges informing me that CraftLit ranked in the top 50 of the top 100 Best Literature Podcasts on their site. To say I’m thrilled is an understatement. Their website is a marvelous clearinghouse not only of online learning programs, but (as you might have guessed by the list the show is on) also a compendium of useful information for anyone seeking to learn more.
As you might expect, education is a frequent topic in my home and of late, conversations with my husband and sons have focused on “school learning” and what I’ve come to think of as “organic learning.” There’s the school learning you have to do (spelling tests, general washes of history, books you’ll be expected to have read, basic math through algebra) and then there’s the stuff you learn about on your own. Generally, the latter is easier to learn, easier to remember, and more fun because it’s something you’re actually interested in.
These podcasts fit into that latter category.
Even if you don’t wind up listening to CraftLit, please do take a gander at the list. I recall as student asking me, long ago, why all the books we read in American Lit were so depressing (or at least had such sad protagonists). I think I said something to the effect of, “because this is all about learning now NOT to live your life.” Great literature brings us insights into ourselves and others. I can’t help but wonder if the self-help book market wouldn’t dry up and drift away if everyone instead just started listening to these podcasts.
Something else to think about while listening.
You can find out more on how to listen to a podcast from this page on the CraftLit site and from the following link you can find out more about how to listen to free classic audiobooks via CraftLit.