Podcast Episodes

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, 8 months ago

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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 …

4 years ago

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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…

4 years ago

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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…

4 years, 1 month ago

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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…

4 years, 1 month ago

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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…

4 years, 1 month ago

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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, 2 months ago

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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, 3 months ago

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In Search of Sarcophagi with Barry Ferst

Season 3 Episode 1

Sarcophagus comes from Greek, with "sarco" meaning flesh and "phagus" meaning eater... but what can a flesh eating box tell us about the ancient Roma…

4 years, 3 months ago

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Homer's Thebes... or lack thereof?

Season 2 Episode 28

Why doesn't Homer mention Thebes? It was a powerful city-state, at one point the most powerful in the Mediterranean... and yet it's conspicuously not…

4 years, 4 months ago

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