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AIRSLA volunteer reads National Geographic magazine for our listeners. (This series was formerly known as National Geographic Traveler.)

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S5E5 - 1/31/2023 National Geographic History Episode 5 01.02.2023 13:58

Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA Christine, here is a read from the November/December 2022 edition of National Geographic History magazine. The title is, Herodium, Herod's Desert Palace" by Cayetana H. Johnson. // Designed by King Herod the Great as a Roman country club, The lavish Herodium, built on the site of his victory over Antigonus, a rival for his crown, boasted a theater, pools, baths,...

S4E4 - 1/9/2023 National Geographic History Episode 4 09.01.2023 10:47

Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA The title is, Atlantic Odyssey, Life Aboard the Spanish Galleons" by Esteban Mira Caballos.// Spanish migrants setting sail for the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries faced a hazardous Atlantic crossing and an uncertain future. AIRSLA This podcast is produced by Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles (AIRSLA). These recordings are provided solely for...

S1E3 - 6/4/2022 National Geographic History Episode 3 04.06.2022 10:17

Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA " Sofonisba, Genius of the Renaissance", by Alessandra Pagano.// Painting with tenderness and bravura, Sofonisba Anguissola stunned Michelangelo with her talent. The Italian artist became Europe's first female superstar artist.// Here's another possibility - Sofonisba Anguissola won fame n her lifetime as one of a tiny number of Renaissance women who painted their...

S1E2 - 3/23/2022 National Geographic History Episode 2 24.03.2022 12:39

Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA the Truth", by Ainhoa Campos.// Alfred Dreyfus,a Jewish officer in the French Army, was wrongly convicted of selling military secrets to Germany. Although later exonerated, the case caused a split in France that lingers today. Thank you, take care, Jim AIRSLA This podcast is produced by Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles (AIRSLA). These recordings are p...

2/9/2022 National Geographic History Magazine Episode 1 10.02.2022 12:17

Show Notes for NG Traveler-AIRSLA The title of the article is,"Ellen Craft, the appearance of Freedom, authored by Tucker Toole. Read by Jim Briscoe 2/8/22.// Ellen Craft ,the offspring of a white slave owner and an African American slave woman, and her husband William, escaped slavery in Georgia using her fair skin and disguise to take a harrowing journey to freedom in the North. AIRSLA This pod...