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 is kept there. A bedtime sleep timer dims the reading over its last minute and keeps your place; when one life ends the Keeper can go on to the next, or let you rest. IN CONVERSATION Light a candle and put your question to anyone on the shelves. The reply comes in their own voice, a dramatisation drawn only from the archive record, never invented. Speak your question aloud and the answer is spoken back. Some figures are not voiced, out of respect, and the Keeper will say so plainly. THE KEEPER'S CIRCLE The Archive opens with three free listens and one conversation, and the Keeper sets aside one free life for you on the first of each month. The Keeper's Circle opens unlimited listening and nightly conversations with every life in the archive. New members on the yearly plan begin with seven free nights, and the Keeper writes two nights before the Circle renews. Cancel any time in your App Store settings. RESPECT FOR THE RECORD Articles cite published sources, portraits carry their credits, and revered figures are treated with the care their traditions ask. Questions for the Keeper: [email protected] Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://humansofhistory.com/privacy