The Great Courses Reviews

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The Great Courses mentions (7)

• How can I give myself a well rounded education as a middle aged woman?

  *Great Courses (thegreatcourses.com) is fantastic. Lots of "crash courses" in all kinds of topics--exactly the kind of thing I think you are looking for--delivered by professors and subject matter experts. Many ways to plug into it: can subscribe directly on their website, there is an Amazon Channel for like $3/mo if you have Prime Video. I currently use Audible.com and purchase courses through there that I listen... Source: over 1 year ago

• Scott Joplin

  Source: History of Jazz, thegreatcourses.com. Source: almost 2 years ago

• How can I stop being clueless and become more of an active listener when people are talking?

  I used to have the same problem. After graduating college I realized there was a lot I still didn't know, so I started educating myself. I watched countless courses from thegreatcourses.com on science, religion, philosophy, history, etc among other things. I also listened to a lot of music, paying careful attention to words, mostly in the form of rap music, some of it really fast. That seemed to help me pick out... Source: about 2 years ago

• Anyone else hate talking online?

  I used to be really terrible with conversations. I spent a lot of time in chatrooms in my college years trying to gain more experience communicating. Then eventually I got these courses from thegreatcourses.com to educate myself on everything I felt like I just didn't know. Basically any time a topic in conversation would come up and I would feel left out, I put a placeholder in my head for that so I could go... Source: over 2 years ago

• Are there are good podcasts, Youtube channels, or audiobooks that give a basic introduction to the world of modern finance?

  I’ve always been a fan of The Great Courses https://thegreatcourses.com You can find lectures ranging from pretty basic to fairly advanced, and they’re almost always broken up into 30 minute segments. Source: about 3 years ago

Letterboxd mentions (149)

• What is the Best Film You Watched Last Week? (11/15/23-11/22/23)

  5. Best Submissions can display their [Letterboxd Accts] the following week. Source: 7 months ago

• I made a tool to embed your most recently-watched movies (as logged on Letterboxd.com) on your personal site

  Letterboxd is a site/app for logging movies that you've watched. I had always wanted a way to show my most recently-watched movies on my personal website. Source: 7 months ago

• For your Consideration: HoopTober X

  On the social media site for film geeks that is Letterboxd, a sizeable amount of the community has an official, unofficial horrorthon each year called HoopTober, helmed by the benevolent Cinemonster. Source: 10 months ago

• What is the Best Film You Watched Last Week? (06/28/23-07/05/23)

  5. Best Submissions can display their [Letterboxd Accts] the following week. Source: 12 months ago

• Bridging the Gap Between YouTube / Television

  Favoree looks interesting. Maybe the connection between Favoree and Letterboxd is more apt than Rotten Tomatoes as the latter doesn't have as much of a social lens. Source: about 1 year ago