Humans of History: Audio Bios

Every night, one remarkable life. Humans Of History is the reading room of humansofhistory.com: an archive of documented lives from every era and every corner of the world, told by the Keeper in a calm voice made for the end of the day. A LIFE FOR EVERY DAY The Archive marks each date with a life bound to it: a birth, a death, a discovery. Below it wait fresh recordings and shelves that run from ancient sovereigns to modern scientists. THE MORNING LETTER A short letter from a life bound to the date, each morning, written in the voice of the record and grounded in it. One morning it is a Renaissance physician on poisons and cures, the next a pharaoh on power. Read it, or have it read to you. THE LISTENING ROOM Choose any life on the shelves and the Keeper records it for you, usually within a few minutes. Every life you hear to the end is bound into your Folio, and every night you listen…