Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSerial Killers of the Ancient World... with Debbie Felton
Season 3 Episode 11
From the highway killers confronted by the Greek hero Theseus, such as Procrustes, who tortured and mutilated their victims to the Sphinx, or “strang…
3 years, 5 months ago
How to Tell a Story... According to Aristotle: With Philip Freeman
Season 3 Episode 10
Not just for dinner parties and sleepy children, learning how to tell a story is an essential component of understanding literature... but do we only…
3 years, 6 months ago
How Did Octavian Beat Mark Antony and Cleopatra? The Battle of Actium Explained
Season 3 Episode 9
Mark Antony and Cleopatra on one side... Octavian and his brilliant general on the other. It's one of the most riveting, decisive and climatic moment…
3 years, 6 months ago
How have Plato and Socrates influenced Stoicism? With Nancy Sherman
Season 3 Episode 8
Many people don’t see the connection between the key ancient philosophers, Plato, Socrates and Aristotle and the growing trend of Stoicism - but how …
3 years, 10 months ago
Bringing Beauty to Education
Season 3 Episode 7
Has our modern system of education become obsessed with the practical and technical to the detriment of a contemplative view of education? Can we hel…
3 years, 10 months ago
Are Ancient Languages Necessary?
Season 3 Episode 5
In 2021 Princeton University scrapped the Ancient Greek and Latin requirements for Classics students... and this sparked a huge debate, both within t…
3 years, 11 months ago
How Stoicism Can Help: Finding a Philosophy for Life
Season 3 Episode 6
If Seneca said Luck is when preparation meets opportunity... is Resilience when preparation meets struggle?
Even if you aren't suffering pain, loss, o…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ancient Greek Myths... REVISED
Season 3 Episode 4
The Time has come... to tell the other side of the myth... the one where Medea isn't so bad... but Penelope is.
What if Pandora didn’t have a box? An…
3 years, 11 months ago
How Marcus Aurelius Got His 'Insulting' Nickname: Verissimus
Season 3 Episode 3
Donald Robertson's upcoming Graphic Novel tells the tale of Marcus Aurelius like never before... How did Marcus Aurelius get his nickname? And why wa…
4 years, 1 month ago
Is the Myth of Atlantis TRUE? With Angie Hobbs
Season 3 Episode 2
The Myth of Atlantis has captured the imagination since ancient times... when even then people questioned whether it was true or not. Renowned Britis…
4 years, 1 month ago