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Back to Search#10 - Anya and Ben: Why is the Odyssey Relevant Today?
Episode 10
Why should we care about Homer's Odyssey? What lessons can it teach us for our modern world? Should we like Odysseus? Or do we want to see him fail? …
5 years, 10 months ago
# 9 - Dr. David Lewis: Slavery in Ancient Greece
Episode 9
David Lewis, Lecturer of Greek History and Culture at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland discusses ancient bondage. How did slavery work in the an…
5 years, 11 months ago
#8 - Sympathy for a Witch? Madeline Miller on Circe
Episode 8
Madeline Miller, the New York Times best selling author of Circe and Song of Achilles, discusses the reasons we need a new perspective for the Odysse…
5 years, 11 months ago
#7 - Anya and Alex: How Do We Know What's True?
Episode 7
In today's confusing world with its conflicting reports, how do we know what is true? How can we seek it and what should we do when we hear ideas we …
5 years, 11 months ago
#6 - How Stoicism Can Help During the Pandemic: Donald Robertson Discusses...
Episode 6
Anya Leonard and Donald Robertson discuss Stoicism: How it can help during the pandemic, its rise in popularity, its influence in parenting and wheth…
5 years, 11 months ago
#5 - Did Ayn Rand Improve on Aristotle? Aaron Smith Discusses...
Episode 5
Aaron Smith, Fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, talks about Aristotle, his impact on Rand, why she called him the 'cultural barometer of western histo…
6 years ago
#4 - Anya and Alex: Does Stoicism Live up to the Hype?
Episode 4
The ancient philosophy of Stoicism has been enjoying a rise in popularity of late... but does it live up the hype? Is it philosophically sound? And d…
6 years ago
#3 - Dr. James S. Romm on Dying Every Day
Episode 3
James S. Romm, James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor, Director of the Classical Studies Program at Bard College, Annandale, NY discusses dying every day, th…
6 years, 1 month ago
#2 - Professor Barry Strauss on the Roman Empire
Episode 2
Did Rome commit suicide? Or was it Murdered?
Barry Strauss, Professor of History and Classics, Cornell University, discusses the Fall of the Roman Em…
6 years, 1 month ago
#1 - Anya and Alex: Should We Kill the Tyrant?
Episode 1
In honor of the Ides of March, April 15, Anya Leonard and Alex Barrientos discuss whether Brutus was the Patriot or Traitor... and whether it's moral…
6 years, 2 months ago