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Back to SearchWe Know What you Did Last, Summers: A Conversation with Kirk Summers about Theodore Beza as Poet (Ad Navseam, Episode 147)
Episode 152
This week Jeff and Dave welcome into the studio Classicist extraordinaire and all around good guy Dr. Kirk Summers. We should probably also mention t…
2 years, 2 months ago
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part VII (Ad Navseam, Episode 146)
Episode 151
Herein Dave and Jeff resume their tour through Henri-Irénée Marrou's ground-breaking volume on ancient education. We wrap up Chapter VI, "The Masters…
2 years, 2 months ago
Make it Come Alive: A Conversation with Veteran Translator Stanley Lombardo (Ad Navseam, Episode 145)
Episode 150
This week tune in as the guys interview one of the greatest and most prolific translators of this and the previous century—Dr. Stanley Lombardo. In t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Oh boy oh boy: A Conversation with Gary "Hercules" Schmidt (Ad Navseam, Episode 144)
Episode 149
This week the guys welcome back good friend, former colleague, and two-time Newberry Medal honoree, young-adult writer Gary Schmidt. How did Jeff and…
2 years, 3 months ago
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part VI (Ad Navseam, Episode 143)
Episode 148
This week, Jeff and Dave resume their woolly perambulations through the wonders of Henri-Irénée Marrou's august volume on ancient education. Specific…
2 years, 4 months ago
Anna Maria van Schurman and Women's Education, with Anne Larsen and Steve Maiullo of Hope College (Ad Navseam, Episode 142)
Episode 147
This week the guys are joined in the Bunker (via Zoom) by scholars Anne Larsen (emerita, French, Hope College) and Stephen Maiullo (Classics, Hope Co…
2 years, 4 months ago
Gullible's Travels? An Introduction to Herodotus with Dr. Ken Bratt (Ad Navseam, Episode 141)
Episode 146
This week Dave and Jeff welcome back into the studio (this guy's becoming a regular!) our longtime friend, mentor, former colleague, and teacher, the…
2 years, 4 months ago
In the Beginning was Sermo: Reopening the Conversation on John 1:1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 140)
Episode 145
In the beginning was the…conversation? In this episode Jeff and Dave tackle a fascinating 1977 article by Marjorie O’Rourke Boyle in which she review…
2 years, 4 months ago
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part V (Ad Navseam, Episode 139)
Episode 144
This week, Jeff and Dave continue on their stroll through the wonders of Marrou's volume on ancient education. Specifically, they look at Chapter V a…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Roman Mysteries: A Conversation with Bestselling Children’s Author Caroline Lawrence (Ad Navseam, Episode 138)
Episode 143
This week the guys have the honor of interviewing kids/young adult author Caroline Lawrence (The Roman Mysteries and Roman Quests series, along with …
2 years, 5 months ago