16 Dialogue and Dialectic w/ MM McCabe (Philosophy, Plato, Socrates)
Philosopher MM McCabe joins us to discuss the art of the philosophical dialogue, both as a literary form and as a practice between people in real-time conversation. What makes Plato's dialogues, for e...
4 Feb 201840min
15 Homer's Meta-Odyssey w/ Richard Martin
Mythology expert Richard Martin joins us to discuss why the Odyssey has been considered great story-telling by audiences across millennia. As we talked about in episode 2 (on the Iliad), the Homeric e...
5 Jan 201847min
14 Did Aristotle Hold Science Back 2000 Years? w/ Peter Adamson
Did you know that Aristotle is to blame for the sad state of science during the Dark Ages in Western Europe? We could have colonized Mars by now if it weren't for Aristotle's disastrously wrong scient...
21 Nov 201748min
13 Decoding Atlantis w/ Mark Adams (Plato, Timaeus, Critias)
No other story from ancient Greece has fueled so many controversies, theories, investigations, novels, movies, and documentaries as the story of Atlantis – that grand civilization that supposedly flou...
27 Okt 201748min
12 The Comedy of Democracy w/ Edith Hall (Aristophanes)
World-renowned classicist Edith Hall joins us to discuss the relation between entertainment and politics in ancient Athens, particularly on the comic stage. Theatrical comedy, which was invented in At...
21 Sep 201749min
11 Caves and Classrooms w/ Raffaella Cribiore
Papyrologist Raffaella Cribiore on education in the ancient Greco-Roman world---- Much of our modern educational system – from the names of our institutions to the books we consider the "classics" – d...
18 Jul 201749min
10 Hannibal Takes On Rome w/ Patrick Hunt (Carthage, Polybius, Livy)
Archaeologist Patrick Hunt joins us to discuss Hannibal - the infamous Carthaginian general and one of the greatest military strategists of all time. Having witnessed Carthage's defeat by the Romans a...
14 Jun 201749min
09 The World's Oldest Computer w/ Xenophon Moussas (Antikythera Mechanism)
Xenophon Moussas, physicist and member of the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project, sheds light on the mysterious device that has been described as an "ancient computer," an "astronomical calculator...
19 Mai 201749min
