Episode 1 -- 1599, Reconstruction, Faraday, Watergate, Poetry

In this first episode, I read excerpts from the following texts:

•  *A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare* by James Shapiro -- secretly setting-up The Globe
• *The Wars of Reconstruction* by Douglas Egerton -- violent losers
• *The Electric Life of Michael Faraday* by Alan Hirshfeld -- almost missing the transformer
• *Nixonland* by Rick Perlstein -- multiple burglaries
• *Why Poetry* by Matthew Zapruder -- taking your head off

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction -- reading excellent, contemporary nonfiction
• 2:00 *A Year in the Life of Shakespeare 1599* by James Shapiro -- secretly setting-up the The Globe
• 12:21 *Wars of Reconstruction* by Douglas Egerton -- violent losers
• 21:07 *The Electric Life of Michael Faraday* by Alan Hirshfeld -- almost missing the transformer
• 24:59 *Nixonland* by Rick Perlstein -- multiple burglaries
• 33:11 *Why Poetry* by Matthew Zapruder -- taking your head off