The Sears and Robuck Catalog was a thing of wonder with 1400 pages and weighing in at 4 pounds. One of our favourite podcasts is about the 1908 start of the houses they sold as kits. The fascinating story as chronicled by one of our favourite podcasts, 99% Invisible, is here .

There are a few podcasts we've really been enjoying lately. One of our favorites is Hidden Brain a podcast that explores the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior. Host Shankar Vedantam looks at tough questions that govern so many things in our changing world. A post that really got our attention recently is this one called "We Broke the Planet. Now What?" Its about how we’ve grown accustomed to viewing climate change as an enemy we must urgently defeat ... and whether that's the best metaphor to really help us tackle this problem. Enjoy.