How do three billy goats outsmart a troll? Find out with a five minute audiobook featuring the fairytale "The Billy Goats Gruff."

Do you know how many countries speak Spanish as a primary language? Can you name them all in one minute? Get your habilidades de geografía ready with a quick Spanish song that lists every Spanish-speaking country in the world.

"The Cat's Elopement" by Andew Lang is a love story between two cats and their adventurous tale to remain together. Discover how the romantic felines get their happy ending with a 12-minute audiobook.

Heracles—or Hercules as he was known in Rome—was put to work on 12 impossible tasks by the jealous and vengeful Hera. Listen to his heroism over the Nemean Lion, the Lernaean Hydra, the Cretan Bull, and others with an engaging audio...

"Oh Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" The classic play by Shakespeare goes digital through a version that contains audio and PDF versions of the text. Additionally, each act and scene displays the Flesch-Kincaid readability level...

Can you ever change your true nature? Aesop's "The Cat-Maiden" explores the theme of identity with an experiment involving a cat-turned-wife. After listening to an audio version of the fable, learners argue their own opinions about the...

What type of mischief do Hansel and Gretel get into in the woods? Who will they meet? What happens when they do not listen to their mother? Listen to this classic story with an operatic twist to find out.

Prepare for the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future with an audio retelling of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol. As learners listen to Ebenezer Scrooge's dynamic journeys through time, they reflect on the story's...

The Village Vanguard is a world famous 'jazz joint'. Listen to performances of five jazz musicians who had the privilege of playing there.

Audio performances of select poems written by British poet Robert Browning, including "My Last Duchess." With transcripts of each poem read, a biographical note on the writer's life and career, literary analysis of his work, and...

Audio performances of select poems by Irish poet W. B. Yeats, including "Easter 1916," read by Bob Geldof. With a transcript of each poem, a biographical note about the writer's life and career, literary commentary on his work, and...

Audio performances of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and other poems by Emily Dickinson. With transcripts of each poem, a biographical note of the writer's life and career, literary commentary on her work, and teacher's notes.

Audio performances of select poems-"Ozymandias," "Love's Philosophy," and "The Mask of Anarchy"-by British poet Percy Shelley. With transcripts of the poems read, biographical notes about the writer's life and career, literary analysis...

Listen to the Flanders' Recorder Quartet perform a selection by Merula in this Yale University performance series piece.

Learn about the harpsichord program at Yale University and listen to a selection of a work by Bach performed by a Yale student.

Listen to a selection of lute music from the Yale University performance series.

Audio recordings of select poems by American poet Sylvia Plath. With transcripts of the poems read, a biographical note about the writer's life and career, literary analysis of her work, and teacher's notes.

How important are our eyes when we take in a musical performance?

Audio recording of "Goblin Market" by British poet Christina Rossetti. With a transcript of the poem, a biographical note about the writer's life and career, literary analysis of her work, and teacher's notes.

Podcast of traditional and contemporary music and dance of Bali performed by a gamelan orchestra. Includes detailed notes as well as a slideshow of Balinese performers. [55:16]

The London Baroque quartet presents a performance of Bach in this Yale University performance.

Listen to a selection of music by Georg Philipp Telemann in this Yale University performance series with a solo performance by Marion Verbruggen.

Shannon's mother says she was a storyteller from birth, jabbering endlessly in nonsensical baby-talk. Once she could speak, she made up stories and bribed younger siblings to perform them in mini-plays until, thankfully, an elementary...

A worldwide effort is underway to perform a census of the world's oceans, pulling into one location information about species from around the world. We'll check in on the progress of the project.