Podcast Episodes

Slave of God: Should We Rethink St. Augustine?

Existing at the very edge of the Classical world, in both time and geography, Saint Augustine has proven to be immensely influential on the modern wo…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

How Plato Explains the Modern World

What can Plato tell us about life TODAY?

Quite a lot, it turns out…

Today Anya is joined by Professor Angie Hobbs to discuss the essential and enduring…

3 months, 1 week ago

Man or Myth? King Arthur and Rome's Legacy in Britain

Was King Arthur real?

What can his story tells us about British history and identity? And what exactly happened to Britain after the Romans left? 

Toda…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Echoes in Ancient Texts: India and Ancient Greece

How is Odysseus like the heroes of Indian literature?

And how did two cultures, separated by vast time and distances, come to have such remarkably sim…

4 months ago

The Life-Changing Lessons of Stoicism

What can Seneca, the Roman statesman and Stoic, teach us about life today? 

And how can we teach ourselves to do the right thing? 

Today Anya is joined…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

How Ancient Greece Revolutionized Thought

How did ancient Greek culture accomplish so much? 

Especially across so many different fields, and in such a comparatively short period of time?

It tur…

5 months ago

Have We Broken the Golden Thread? Why the West’s Future Depends on Remembering Its Past

The West’s greatest peril is forgetfulness, its loss of cultural memory. Without knowing where we came from, how can we know what to defend, or even …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Homer's Forgotten Women

Who were the women of the Odyssey? How have they been understood (and misunderstood) by history?

And what is the secret of Calypso’s sail?

Today Anya i…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Plato and the Tyrant: What Inspired Philosophy's Greatest Masterpiece?

Bridging the ancient and the urgent, historian James Romm and acclaimed author and translator Daniel Mendelsohn dive into the dramatic story behind P…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Life of Stories

Sometimes stories have a life of their own... literally.

Today Anya is joined by Joel Christensen to discuss how mythology acts as a living being in i…

6 months, 4 weeks ago