[Nevadan]

re: If anyone is interested (or if anyone is not interested) Story of Human Language (36 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Course No. 1600 Taught by John McWhorter

Thanks for the recommend! I've enjoyed several courses from the same company. One related to the topic is: History of the English Language
Course No. 800
Taught by Seth Lerer of Stanford University. It is great!

[Valin]

Taught by Seth Lerer of Stanford University. It is great!

Indeed. I'm on the 2nd set of lectures now. I would also recomend (having watched it) "The Early Middle Ages". Think Early Middle Ages 101. This is a time period that I've been reading about for some years now, and this is pretty good & well balanced.