Socratica Reads

One of the silver linings to the very strange pandemic year we've all lived through, 2020, was the Octavia Butler renaissance. People woke up to the fact that she was a brilliant writer, and her book "Parable of the Sower" shot to the top of bestseller lists. The book was eerily predictive for 2020, in a lot of ways. Kimberly shares her thoughts. Purchase your copy of Octavia Butler's prescient no...

Every year Kimberly reads The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury , in remembrance. Did you put away your childhood loves? What do you remember? What have you been collecting since you were a child?  Purchase the Ray Bradbury short novel The Halloween Tree here: https://amzn.to/35P9WUO Thanks for listening. 💜🦉 Watch our beautiful educational videos at https://www.socratica.com/ Support our work...

On the first day of Autumn, Kimberly looks back at another fall day when she first read the book 2001 and her life changed for the better. Does this book still inspire hope for humankind? If you'd like your own copy of Arthur C Clarke's 2001 , consider purchasing using our affiliate link for an easy way to support this podcast. Amazon link:  2001: a Space Odyssey https://amzn.to/35RdGEX The c...

Happy 100th Birthday to one of our greatest sources of inspiration - Ray Bradbury , who wrote beautiful stories about regular humans in extraordinary circumstances. Kimberly discusses the first Bradbury story she ever read, All Summer In a Day . Purchase the Ray Bradbury story collection A Medicine for Melancholy here: https://amzn.to/3aA3UK4 Thanks for listening. 💜🦉 Watch our beautiful educatio...

Where do we get our ideas at Socratica? We went to school, of course, and that set us on a certain path, studying math & science & computer programming…. But we believe strongly in Lifelong Learning here at Socratica. You don't have to stop learning when you leave school. The best way to continue developing your mind is to READ.  I’m Kimberly Hatch Harrison, the co-founder of Socratic...