Episode 48 - Scholasticism, and the endeavour of blending the Greek and Christian Tradition.

Welcome back to the Ancient World Podcast! We'll be warming up again now with some short meditations and reflections from the Ancient World and the Renaissance, aiming for shorter episodes with inspi...

7 Marras 20215min

In this episode we'll look at the iconic Greek myth about the Sun God Apollo and his son Phaethon, a story about Hubris and forces of nature in the early Greek Mythology. For more episodes on the Myt...

25 Marras 202010min

Welcome back, we're warming up a new season here - with an excerpt from Vita Nuova when Lady Philosophy is entering Dante's Life, and in many ways lays the groundwork for one of the major themes of th...

27 Elo 20204min

Welcome back, and Happy Easter! We've just started a new journey through Dante's Purgatory in the last couple of weeks, with highlights and brief excerpts from each chapter. The first 9 Episodes are o...

9 Huhti 20205min

Updates! We now have a new Morning Show companion Podcast called the "Ancient World - Morning Show!". And we've just started a daily series of 5 minutes with inputs from Dante's Purgatory and we are n...

30 Maalis 202014min

In this episode we'll have seven different highlights from the group conversation this week! Part 1: Newman, "Grammar of Assent". http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34022 McGilchrist, "Master and his Em...

21 Maalis 202020min

In this episode we have two short clips from a great group conversation this week about early Church Founders with a focus on Origen, the Ancient City of Alexandria, and Gregory of Nyssa. And also, wi...

18 Maalis 202016min

A short clip and brief commentary on a great conversation between the British Historian Tom Holland and the Californian Pastor Paul Vanderklay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JADIcgUvw4 The book is ...

11 Maalis 202011min