Pleasures of Ignorance

Pleasures of Ignorance

LibriVox · Audiobook · 26 episodes

From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as cats and weed to why we hate insects and morals of beans. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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Episodes

The Pleasures of Ignorance

Episode 1 · 10:33
The Herring Fleet

Episode 2 · 14:43
The Betting Man

Episode 3 · 13:04
The Hum of Insects

Episode 4 · 12:05
Cats

Episode 5 · 12:58
May

Episode 6 · 12:00
New Year Prophecies

Episode 7 · 15:23
On Knowing the Difference

Episode 8 · 13:20
The Intellectual Side of Horse-Racing

Episode 9 · 14:35
Why We Hate Insects

Episode 10 · 14:17
Virtue

Episode 11 · 11:36
June

Episode 12 · 11:21
On Feeling Gay

Episode 13 · 15:14
In the Train

Episode 14 · 14:02
The Most Curious Animal

Episode 15 · 13:25
The Old Indifference

Episode 16 · 12:40
Eggs: An Easter Homily

Episode 17 · 12:33
Enter The Spring

Episode 18 · 13:55
The Daredevil Barber

Episode 19 · 11:17
Weeds: An Appreciation

Episode 20 · 14:40
A Juror in Waiting

Episode 21 · 12:14
The Three-halfpenny Bit

Episode 22 · 12:14
The Morals of Beans

Episode 23 · 11:10
On Seeing a Joke

Episode 24 · 12:48
Going to The Derby

Episode 25 · 12:59
This Blasted World

Episode 26 · 10:33