Episodes
Episode II.29 - Greek Philosophy II: Introduction to Socrates
Introduction to Socrates and Plato and the tetralogies of dialogues. First Principles. Post-war Athens. Analysis of Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link: WATCH ON YOUTUBE
Episode XIB.001 - Introduction to the Old Testament
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 ...
Episode IX.04 - The Dead Internet
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 replic...
Episode II.28 - The Peloponnesian War V: The Fall of Athens
Alcibiades finally comes to power. Lysander leads Sparta to victory. The long walls of Athens come tumbling down. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode II.27 - Ancient Greek Religion
The mystery religions of Ancient Greece: Eleusis, Orphism and Christianity. From the Kykeon of Demeter to the Eucharist of Jesus. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode III.02 - Introduction to the Roman Origins Unit
The Proto-Indo-European diaspora pours into Italy in the Second Millennium BC. Meet the Etruscans, the original nemeses of the Romans. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode XIA.01 - Introduction to the Christian Mythos
The West and Christianity have become almost synonymous. This podcast series explains that process and also provides exegesis of the entire Bible. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode IX.03 - The Technological Singularity II: Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil, immortality, resurrection and the technological singularity in the year 2045. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode II.26 - The Peloponnesian War IV: The Sicilian Expedition
The proud Athenians invade Sicily only to suffer inglorious defeat and annihilation. Nicias and Demosthenes executed. Alcibiades in exile. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode II.25 - Greek Science I: Hippocrates
One quarter of our food keeps us alive. The rest keeps doctors alive. Medical science in Classical Era Greece. The works of Hippocrates. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode III.01 - Introduction to the Roman Empire Series
They say that every man thinks about the Roman Empire at least once a day. But does the Roman Empire still exist? Are there still Roman emperors? RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode II.24 - The Peloponnesian War III: To the Peace of Nicias
The Spartans surrender at Pylos The rise and fall of Brasidas and Cleon. The Peace of Nicias. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode II.23 - Greek Philosophy I: The Pre-Socratics
All is the one. All is a perfect sphere of being and we are all a part of this One, as is all matter and all time and thought and sensation. All is the One, whom forever exists, born from out of eternity, changeless and infin...
Episode IX.02 - The Technological Singularity I
From the card catalog at the University of Arizona library to the apocalypse of the human race. The introduction to the Technological Singularity. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:v
Episode II.22 - The Peloponnesian War II - To the Surrender of Plataea
Everywhere treachery, bloodshed, fury and destruction. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode II.21 - Greek Drama II: Sophocles and Euripides
The playwrights Sophocles and Euripides. Focus of tragedy on the Trojan War and Heracles. The role of women in Greek tragedy. A review of Medea, a play by Euripides. The catharsis of Greek tragedy and its impact on Western Ci...
Episode II.19 - Greek Drama I
Greek drama. Aeschylus and some of his plays: Agamemnon, The Persians and Prometheus Bound. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode II.20 - The Peloponnesian War I - To the Death of Pericles.
It begins at Epidamnus but only after conflicts at Potidaea and Plataea are all the cities of Greece brought into general warfare. The Plague of Athens. Pericles’ Funeral Oration. The death of Pericles. RECOMMENDED READS - Cl...
Episode IX.01 - Introduction to the Western Traditions Project
The meta-series of the western traditions podcast. Here we take a look at issues both from the past, and those that await us in the human future. Topics include things like: the technological singularity, gender issues, UFOs ...
Episode II.18 - The Athenian Empire
The Greek counterattack begins. Athens and her allies form the Delian league. The power struggles of Xanthippus, Pausanias, Themistocles, Cimon, and Pericles. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode II.17 - The Persian War IV: The Battle of Plataea
The final episode of the Persian War. The Athenians and the Spartans defeat the Persian invaders. Victory in Europe!
Episode II.16 - The Persian War III: The Battle of Salamis
The Greek fleet makes a last stand at sea against the Persian armada. The rise of Themistocles and Aristides. Xerxes flees Greece and leaves a garrison under Mardonius in Europe. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode II.15 - The Persian War II : Thermopylae
Xerxes comes to power in Persia. A huge army invades Greece. Themistocles rallies the Athenians. The Greek allies stand at Thermopylae. Leonidas and the 300 fall in battle. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Episode II.14 - The Persian War I - The Battle of Marathon
The Persian War begins. The Histories of Herodotus. The Battle of Marathon. Darius and Miltiades. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link: