Too busy reading  blogs, books, and  newspapers,and teaching some challenging research classes to post much.  I find that I need to keep reading current issues because of research classes.  Thus I am not surprised when an instructor informs me that his students are interested in fracking, even if I don't know all the resources which would work best.
Oh yes, I've been listening to open culture lectures as well which pointed me to this lecture about the Greco-Roman World and historical context. 

http://academicearth.org/lectures/historical-context-bible-greco-roman

Sometimes a good lecture is more informative than a book, especially if it in the right season.