HMSP — Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Season 1
The Eternal City
The Palimpsest of Ashworth Hall
by Dominik J. Otto
A forty-minute audiobook that teaches rare English vocabulary through vivid historical narrative. Trace the rise and fall of Rome from the Antonine golden age through the sack of 410 AD, encountering words like apotheosis, flagitious, vicissitude, and palimpsest in their natural context. Full transcript and chapter illustrations included. Produced with ElevenLabs (narration), Gemini (illustrations), and Claude (writing and orchestration).
A thirty-minute audiobook that teaches rare English vocabulary through vivid fiction. Follow archivist Eleanor Vance as she uncovers decades of corruption hidden in the palimpsest pages of a university's founding documents.
Paris, 1753. A provincial widow arrives at Madame Geoffrin's salon and spends four decades among the great minds of the Enlightenment — Diderot, Voltaire, Rousseau, d'Alembert, Franklin — as the Age of Reason gives way to revolution. One hour. Ten chapters. Over 300 rare English words woven into the narrative. Full transcript and chapter illustrations included. Watch with illustrated visuals and time-synced subtitles on YouTube: https://youtu.be/e_n8nLSyluk Produced with ElevenLabs (narration), Gemini (illustrations), and Claude (writing and orchestration). Based on extensive historical research, but AI-generated content may contain inaccuracies.