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Hi, I'm Derek Sivers and

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this is How to Listen

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to Ulysses. One,

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book a flight to Kolkata,

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India and from Kolkata to

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Istanbul for at least four

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days each between February and

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April. Rent a homestay room

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on College Street in Kolkata and

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in the Balat neighborhood of Istanbul.

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Two, get wired over -the

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-ear headphones, a phone with a headphone

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jack and a long battery life and

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walking shoes. 3. Download

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the Odyssey audiobook, translated

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by Emily Wilson, read

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by Claire Danes. Length 13

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hours. 4.

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Download two different audiobook recordings of

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Ulysses by James Joyce. Length

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30 hours each. 5.

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Download a course about Ulysses

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from TheGreatCourses .com. Length

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12 hours. 6.

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On the way to Kolkata, listen to

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the Odyssey, start to finish. 7.

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Learn about Kolkata's Bengali

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identity, languages, its colonial past

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as the capital of British India,

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the Writers' Building, the Victoria Memorial,

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Boypada, and reputation as

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the literary capital of India. 8.

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In Kolkata, walk around the city,

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Listening to the Ulysses audiobook

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for 10 hours per day, three

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days in a row, start

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to finish. 9.

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Record, voice or voice memo

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or write, all of your

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questions and observations. When done,

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ask everything to an expert or a

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top tier AI. Save

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the answers to reread later. 10.

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While traveling from Kolkata to

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Istanbul, listen to the

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course about Ulysses, for more understanding

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and layers of meaning preparing

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you to listen again. 11.

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Learn about Istanbul's past rulers, mixed

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identities and languages juxtaposition of

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the sacred and the commercial

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and note its proximity to the Aegean

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Sea of the Odyssey. 12.

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In Istanbul listen to the

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other recording of Ulysses. hours

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a day three days in a

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row start to finish while walking around

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the vastly different neighborhoods, taking a

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ferry across the Bosphorus, the

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similarities between Istanbul's call to

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prayer and Dublin's church bells.

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This time you'll have a

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deeper appreciation of the book.

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13. Record all of

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your questions and observations Again,

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done ask everything to an expert or

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top tier AI. Re

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-read the previous answers now too.

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14. Back home, post

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pictures, videos, the GPS map

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of where you walked while listening

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and especially your thoughts. I

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haven't done this yet but I plan to. I

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to that Odyssey audiobook in two

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days of walking around Port Oxford, I've

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been yearning to listen again.