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One page, read cold.

Can't sleep? Voice actor Brett Thorson reads one page of an old book, chosen by dice or by a listener. He's never seen it before. He reads it to himself, and to you.

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Page 255

The Catalog · page 255 · 14 min

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Earlier pages

  1. Page 89p. 89 No. 11 · The Catalog · Nov 10, 2026 · 17 min
  2. Page 448p. 448 No. 10 · The Catalog · Nov 8, 2026 · 14 min
  3. Page 23p. 23 No. 9 · The Catalog · Nov 6, 2026 · 14 min
  4. Page 387p. 387 No. 8 · The Catalog · Nov 4, 2026 · 17 min
  5. Page 375p. 375 No. 7 · The Catalog · Nov 2, 2026 · 21 min Special thanks: Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Index and the Internet Archive.

Every page so far

437 pages not read yet

Every lit square is a page of The Last Whole Earth Catalog (1971) already read on the show. Listeners choose some. The dice choose the rest.

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The new page, who chose it, and which pages are still open. Nothing else.

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