Dominik J. Otto

HMSP — Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Society EN ↓ 3 episodes

Each episode immerses you in a different world — historical, scientific, philosophical — where rare English words appear not as vocabulary lessons but as the natural language of the story. You absorb words like caliginous, tergiversate, and susurrant the way you would in life: from context, without interruption. Every episode is produced with AI tools: the writing, narration, illustrations, and music are AI-generated under close human direction. We commission extensive research to ensure factual accuracy, but the nature of AI-assisted production means we cannot guarantee that every historical...

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Dominik J. Otto

Episodes

The Eternal City 21.03.2026 1:32:02

A forty-minute audiobook that teaches rare English vocabulary through vivid historical narrative. Trace the rise and fall of Rome from the Antonine golden age through the sack of 410 AD, encountering words like apotheosis, flagitious, vicissitude, and palimpsest in their natural context. Full transcript and chapter illustrations included. Produced with ElevenLabs (narration), Gemini (illustrations...

The Palimpsest of Ashworth Hall 13.02.2026 40:23

A thirty-minute audiobook that teaches rare English vocabulary through vivid fiction. Follow archivist Eleanor Vance as she uncovers decades of corruption hidden in the palimpsest pages of a university's founding documents.

The Salon on the Rue Saint-Honoré 13.02.2026 1:00:25

Paris, 1753. A provincial widow arrives at Madame Geoffrin's salon and spends four decades among the great minds of the Enlightenment — Diderot, Voltaire, Rousseau, d'Alembert, Franklin — as the Age of Reason gives way to revolution. One hour. Ten chapters. Over 300 rare English words woven into the narrative. Full transcript and chapter illustrations included. Watch with illustrated visuals and t...