Episodes
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Aristophanes mocks and derides the latest developments in Athenian society, and lambasts the motives for the seemingly endless Peloponnesus War. His play, The Clouds, takes aim at Socrates and all philosophers.
Friday May 10, 2024
Episode X.001 - Introduction to the Americas
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
Native Americans are the real westerners. As an outsider, in this series, I investigate the history and culture of more than ten thousand years in the Americas.
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Episode XII.001 - Introduction to the Western Traditions Curriculum
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Implementing the Western Traditions Podcast as a personal curriculum. For homeschool or for adults.
Thursday May 02, 2024
Episode II.29 - Greek Philosophy II: Introduction to Socrates
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
Introduction to Socrates and Plato and the tetralogies of dialogues. First Principles. Post-war Athens. Analysis of Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro.
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Episode XIB.001 - Introduction to the Old Testament
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
The Bible is our book. No matter which religious tradition to which you belong, even if you are non-religious, this is your book. This is your patrimony, just as the Iliad and the Odyssey and the works of Aristotle and Plato are your inheritance.
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Episode IX.04 - The Dead Internet
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
On the periphery of this online cemetery, we grubby humans rifle through the garbage, looking for a movie on Netflix or flicking past several hundred TikTok’s, all the while, beyond the gates of the graveyard, the bots replicate and babble to one another - the animated, digital ruins of a society that once built pyramids and dared to cross the oceans in ships powered by the wind.
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Episode II.28 - The Peloponnesian War V: The Fall of Athens
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Alcibiades finally comes to power. Lysander leads Sparta to victory. The long walls of Athens come tumbling down.
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Episode II.27 - Ancient Greek Religion
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
The mystery religions of Ancient Greece: Eleusis, Orphism and Christianity. From the Kykeon of Demeter to the Eucharist of Jesus.
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Episode III.02 - Introduction to the Roman Origins Unit
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
The Proto-Indo-European diaspora pours into Italy in the Second Millennium BC. Meet the Etruscans, the original nemeses of the Romans.
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Episode XIA.01 - Introduction to the Christian Mythos
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
The West and Christianity have become almost synonymous. This podcast series explains that process and also provides exegesis of the entire Bible.