From Zero
Real stories from history, science, money and more. About seven minutes each, and every one checked against its sources.
Coming soon to Google Play
Free to start · English, German and Spanish · Android · No account needed
How it works
Listen
Each story is an audio piece of about seven minutes on one idea: how Rome was really founded, where money came from, who paid for the Renaissance.
Answer
Three quick questions after every story, and a fact card to keep or share.
Remember
The questions come back after 1, 3, 7 and 21 days, until you simply know the answers.
Built on real sources
Sources you can open
Every story is written from sources listed in the app, and every figure is checked before it is recorded.
Real pictures
Engravings, maps and photographs from museum and archive collections, credited on every page.
On this day
A short, sourced story for every date of the year, on your home screen and in the daily reminder if you want one.
Listen your way
Read along as the sentence lights up, set the speed from 0.8x to 1.5x, use the sleep timer, and keep listening with the screen off.
In three languages
Every story is written and recorded in English, German and Spanish. The app follows your phone's language.
Free and Premium
Free
- Six complete courses, free for good
- Quizzes, fact cards and spaced review
- The daily "on this day" story
- Supported by ads
Premium
- All 39 courses: 195 stories, 23 hours of audio
- No ads, unlimited hearts
- Download stories to listen offline
- New courses as they are published
Start with the founding of Rome
Fourteen subjects: history, America, art, science, money, philosophy, mythology, nature, technology, literature, music, psychology, language and mathematics. The first story takes about seven minutes.
Coming soon to Google Play