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Back to SearchSedimental Journeys: Two More Ovidian Vignettes (Ad Navseam, Episode 61)
Episode 61
It's tufa one in the Vomitorium today! Two petrifying tales from the Metamorphoses, that is. First, Perseus gets hopelessly lost and takes it for gr…
4 years, 11 months ago
“Just Ghosts To Show Ya” - Halloween Special (Ad Navseam, Episode 60)
Episode 60
Do you encourage your children to stay in their beds at night by telling them that, if they get up, a vampiric meany will sneak in through a window a…
5 years ago
“That’s the Power of Love: Two Ovidian Vignettes” (Ad Navseam, Episode 59)
Episode 59
Jeff and Dave wade into the Olympic-sized pool that is Ovid’s masterpiece, the Metamorphoses. After untangling etymological tendrils of the word “vig…
5 years ago
The Jung and the Restless: Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey (Ad Navseam, Episode 58)
Episode 58
Today the guys tackle the life and work of public intellectual Joseph Campbell, best known for his theory of the monomyth which proposes that all her…
5 years ago
The Abiding Value of the Liberal Arts - A Conversation with Heather Mac Donald (Ad Navseam, Episode 57)
Episode 57
This week Dave and Jeff sit down with intellectual powerhouse and controversialist Heather Mac Donald. Known primarily for her incisive social commen…
5 years ago
Pay no Attention to the Girl behind the Curtain - The Delphic Oracle (Ad Navseam, Episode 56)
Episode 56
This week join Jeff, Dave, and Toto on a climb up the fragrant slopes of Mount Parnassus to consult what was the premier divination site in the ancie…
5 years ago
Whatsa Motto with You?! - Latin Mottoes of the US States (Ad Navseam, Episode 55)
Episode 55
Ever run into the phrase Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur (“Whatever is said in Latin seems profound”)? Well, most of the states in the Ameri…
5 years, 1 month ago
“Up and Atoms!”: Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, Part IV (Ad Navseam, Episode 54)
Episode 54
This week Jeff and Dave wrap their look at Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, doing their best to break down the essentials all the while dodging those clin…
5 years, 1 month ago
Shebang, the Whole: Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 53)
Episode 53
This week Dave and Jeff make their way through the heart of the matter with a close look at Books 2-4 of Lucretius' Epicurean masterpiece. The guys s…
5 years, 1 month ago
The Heart of Hidden Things: Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 52)
Episode 52
Our dive into Lucretius continues this week and after a quick review of Epicureanism we get to the particulars. First up, Memmius, Lucretius’ patron…
5 years, 1 month ago