Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchH.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XIV (Ad Navseam, Episode 166)
Episode 171
Down in the Vomitorium it’s back to Marrou and his section on Primary School and Education in antiquity. Jeff starts the episode a little skeptical t…
1 year, 11 months ago
Libris Helluari, Buried in Books Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 165)
Episode 170
This week the guys resume a conversation begun in Episode 13! What's it like to be a book club of one, and what are the social dynamics when two book…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Bear Switch Project: Two More Ovidian Vignettes (Ad Navseam, Episode 164)
Episode 169
It’s back to Ovid this week in the bunker for two more ingenious tales of transformation. We start in Book I by chewing our cud and patting our 8 tum…
1 year, 11 months ago
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XIII (Ad Navseam, Episode 163)
Episode 168
This week Jeff and Dave resume their longstanding friendship with Henri-Irénée Marrou, "French historian" and "Christian humanist in outlook", for Pa…
2 years ago
The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part IV (Ad Navseam, Episode 162)
Episode 167
This week it’s back to Richards’ fascinating book, and finishing up our look at how the Classics were used as a lens for interpreting the American de…
2 years ago
Let's Get this Potty Started: A Conversation on Aristophanes with Translator Diane Arnson Svarlien (Ad Navseam, Episode 161)
Episode 166
This week, Jeff and Dave welcome into the studio seasoned translator Diane Arnson Svarlien, to talk about her new addition of three plays by the bril…
2 years ago
The Golden Age of the Classics in America by Carl Richard, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 160)
Episode 165
This week Jeff and Dave are back to antebellum America with a long and luxurious look at Chapter 2 from Carl Richard's 2009 masterpiece, The Golden A…
2 years, 1 month ago
Civil Serpents: The Myths of Asclepius and the Healing Sanctuary at Epidauros (Ad Navseam, Episode 159)
Episode 164
This week the guys take ya'll on a virtual tour of the ancient cult site Epidauros. As part of Jeff's continuing project of 3D reconstructions on arc…
2 years, 1 month ago
Becoming Nobody: A Conversation with Homeric Bluesman Joe Goodkin (Ad Navseam, Episode 158)
Episode 163
This week the guys interview (via Zoom from Chicago) wandering troubadour Joe Goodkin, a singer/songwriter/guitarist who has traveled the world perfo…
2 years, 1 month ago
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part XII (Ad Navseam, Episode 157)
Episode 162
Jeff and Dave are at it again, with a veritable pent, hept, dec -athlon of "Physical Education" bits and blocks, and a major excursus on the centrali…
2 years, 2 months ago