Kevin Manzel
@kevinmanzel.bsky.social
History. Music. Books. Running. Learning. Always learning. VP Content Strategy, The Great Courses.
Really excited to start reading this slim yet interesting sounding novel set in Scotland in 825.
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Really excited to start reading this slim yet interesting sounding novel set in Scotland in 825.
5 out of 5 stars for this wonderful and psychologically unsettling series of stories. Thank you to @coyhall.bsky.social and his writing peers for a uniformly excellent read.
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
5 out of 5 stars for this wonderful and psychologically unsettling series of stories. Thank you to @coyhall.bsky.social and his writing peers for a uniformly excellent read.
A couple days late for Halloween, but I am psyched to read this. What a genius idea for an anthology by @coyhall.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A couple days late for Halloween, but I am psyched to read this. What a genius idea for an anthology by @coyhall.bsky.social
Today’s running shirt is my new favorite running shirt.
November 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Today’s running shirt is my new favorite running shirt.
This is a great start, but you need the bird to complete an all-time great costume
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is a great start, but you need the bird to complete an all-time great costume
Happy birthday to this good boy!
October 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Happy birthday to this good boy!
Just finished this book last night. What an utterly bizarre story, from the access Booth had to the Presidential Box to the Jack Ruby-esque death of Booth himself by the gun of all-time weirdo Boston Corbett.
October 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just finished this book last night. What an utterly bizarre story, from the access Booth had to the Presidential Box to the Jack Ruby-esque death of Booth himself by the gun of all-time weirdo Boston Corbett.
Et voila! Straight from today’s filming session
October 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Et voila! Straight from today’s filming session
It’s like Law & Order: Silicon Valley
October 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It’s like Law & Order: Silicon Valley
Just finished. Absolutely 5 stars. Informative, inspiring, provocative, hilarious, self-effacing, tragic. Unlike anything I’ve read before.
September 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Just finished. Absolutely 5 stars. Informative, inspiring, provocative, hilarious, self-effacing, tragic. Unlike anything I’ve read before.
I literally still dream about attending class and studying in this space in college. Every college kid should have a stained glass reading room.
September 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I literally still dream about attending class and studying in this space in college. Every college kid should have a stained glass reading room.
Amazing to be back on campus at Ohio Wesleyan with my daughter. I was literally overwhelmed by so many wonderful memories of my history classes here.
September 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Amazing to be back on campus at Ohio Wesleyan with my daughter. I was literally overwhelmed by so many wonderful memories of my history classes here.
Doing my part. Feel better ❤️
August 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Doing my part. Feel better ❤️
My work energy 9 am
August 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
My work energy 9 am
Next two books queued up. Not sure which one to start first 🤔
August 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Next two books queued up. Not sure which one to start first 🤔
Listening to some seriously spooky Urban Legends Explained on a run and managed to photograph what looks like ghost deer or an AI fail.
August 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Listening to some seriously spooky Urban Legends Explained on a run and managed to photograph what looks like ghost deer or an AI fail.
@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social my teen daughter asked successive questions about whether it was scary during the AIDS crisis and had I heard of the Bataclan attack. I started to answer, then just said, “I have a book for you,” and ordered a new copy.
July 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social my teen daughter asked successive questions about whether it was scary during the AIDS crisis and had I heard of the Bataclan attack. I started to answer, then just said, “I have a book for you,” and ordered a new copy.
Poor Wrigley hides in the basement bathtub any time we have storms. He’s spent a lot of time there lately.
July 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Poor Wrigley hides in the basement bathtub any time we have storms. He’s spent a lot of time there lately.
Bless you random shopkeeper who advised me to go out of my way to see the Portrait Gallery. Saw the most wonderful James VI & I exhibit.
July 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Bless you random shopkeeper who advised me to go out of my way to see the Portrait Gallery. Saw the most wonderful James VI & I exhibit.
Creepily, that is one of my favorite Goya paintings
June 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Creepily, that is one of my favorite Goya paintings
Ordered. Took me 3 days to sort thru my lists and finalize what to read next. Excited to receive and read this.
June 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Ordered. Took me 3 days to sort thru my lists and finalize what to read next. Excited to receive and read this.
Achingly beautiful book. A dark land, a dark time wonderfully evoked. All with contemporary relevance.
May 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Achingly beautiful book. A dark land, a dark time wonderfully evoked. All with contemporary relevance.
Favorite selfie ever. Easter brunch, Charlottesville, 2105. Even got them-CNN contributor Candy Crowley in the background.
May 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Favorite selfie ever. Easter brunch, Charlottesville, 2105. Even got them-CNN contributor Candy Crowley in the background.
Congratulations to the Great Courses team for filling up the recent Telly Awards announcements:
May 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Congratulations to the Great Courses team for filling up the recent Telly Awards announcements: