Days that Changed the World

Great if you can ignore the production

Good topics, but it's hard to assess the writing, structure and conclusions when the special effects/music are set so loud they obscure the words. Not for people with any kind of auditory issues.

16 people found this helpful

Good but irritating

This is a good story, but the sound effects, the screeching metal sounds are annoying and unnecessary.

10 people found this helpful

Are shorter audios possible?

Nothing to complain. My question is if you keep extending a narrative just to fill 5, 10,15 or 30 minutes, how can even your avid fans ever listen to all on offer. Of course you will sell less. Assignments to your producers should be given with NO intention to put in 'issue fillers'. If I give you 10 minutes give reasonably dense 10 minutes. Cut it down to 5 if that is all you need. Make us feel we don't want to miss a word of your shows. Gone are the days when we were idle and wanted an always-there companionship on the radio. And oh, I can't find 'the rest was history' in the Audible store.

9 people found this helpful

Takes history and makes it personal

This takes history that you may or may not know about and puts it on a personal level, interviewing people who actually lived it. The only compliant I have is the sound design. On some of the episodes, I REALLY hated the sound effects that were super loud. RIP headphone users.

4 people found this helpful

Sad it doesn’t string together

I am three shows into this. The content is very interesting and very well presented. However, it is very disappointing that at the end of an episode it just stops. If you are driving, this leaves you with nothing to listen to, or you can do the dangerous thing of interacting with your cell phone to start the next section. I would give it five stars if only each session linked smoothly to the next as a normal recorded book does or a podcast.

3 people found this helpful

excellent yet one sided

it was amazing to listen and really feel like you are learning something, even on a subject that you may already have known about.
HOWEVER, it did seem very one sided accounts of history. ("History is written by the victors.") each story gave many faces and dates, yet seemed to focus on one sided of history much of the time.
Wonderfully edited, beautiful narrative, excellent delve into history both common and unheard.

1 person found this helpful

A bias view in many cases-grain of salt needed

Pros:
**Free
**High quality production
**The concept and variety of topics

Cons:
**whether intentional or not, many of the episodes ooze the authors personal opinions and political views through one sided storytelling which forces anyone seeking honest information to become skeptical about everything presented throughout the series. This series would be amazing if they would begin to tell a truthful and 2 sided story.

1 person found this helpful

Great series

I've really enjoyed listening to this series. The events highlighted range from famous to obscure and each is illuminating in its own way about the state of the current world.

1 person found this helpful

Don't waste your time

Don't waste your time unless you like to hear short stories from a very leftist perspective.

10 people found this helpful

Very well done and informative.

If you like history from the 'horse's mouth' you'll enjoy this informative story telling.