Podcasts

Podcasts!

Podcasts are now a new feature at Aeterna Latina, and what’s new is old again . . . No, wait, what’s old is new again.  In any case, the good old things are still good.  That’s why Latin is Eternal (hence the name of this website).

What I’m getting at is that there’s something very right about using the most modern technologies to connect people today to the language, literature, and experiences of our predecessors of 2,000 years ago or more.  Time Travel is Real, as someone once said.

 Written Word, Spoken Word 

The internet is a prime example.  It allows a random individual to build a website dedicated to a language that dates back to when parchment scrolls were the cutting edge in communications technology.

Podcasts are another example. They allow you to listen to the written word even when your eyes aren’t free to look at the parchment, and even when the narrator isn’t present.  Just imagine what Cicero or Vergil could have done with podcasts.

Well, I’m a pretty poor substitute for Cicero or Vergil, but I do have a website. And, speaking of what’s new, now I also have podcasts.  I recently began posting audio versions of my blog posts on Spotify (using my own imperfect voice, by the way, not the electronic utterance of a robot).

 When You’d Rather Just Listen 

I have begun posting the audio renditions here on my website Aeterna Latina as well.  I’ve actually found it easier to embed videos than to post links to the Spotify podcasts.  The visuals are minimal, mostly just the same pictures I use in the original post.  They’re not essential.  The point is to provide convenient audio versions of articles for times when you’d rather just listen.

I’ve already posted the voice version of my first post, “Time Travel is Real.”  There’s more to follow.  I encourage you to check it out, and travel through time along with me.

Valete!

Featured Image top of page: A Reading from Homer, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1885

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