The Septuagint – It Really is Greek to Me
The Septuagint is the most important translations you’ve never heard of. In this episode of the 10th Anniversary of the History of the Papacy series, Steve Guerra and his special guest Garry Stevens l...
30 Dec 202317min
Benedict Arnold Was America’s Greatest Hero Before He Became Its Worst Villain
Benedict Arnold committed treason— for more than two centuries, that’s all that most Americans have known about him.Yet Arnold was much more than a turncoat—his achievements during the early years of ...
28 Dec 202339min
The Sacking of Rome in 410: Caused By Sclerotic Bureaucrats or Unassimilated Barbarians?
It took little more than a single generation for the centuries-old Roman Empire to fall. In those critical decades, while Christians and pagans, legions and barbarians, generals and politicians squabb...
26 Dec 202339min
How Scientists Learned to Stop Deuling With Each Other (Literally) and Start Cooperating
Scientists have always been rivals—for priority, prizes, and positions within science, and for fame and funding. This can be seen when Newton and Leibniz fought over who invented calculus (and the for...
21 Dec 202341min
Victory to Defeat: The British Army, 1918–40
The British Army won a convincing series of victories between 1916 and 1918. But by 1939 the British Army was an entirely different animal. The hard-won knowledge, experience and strategic vision that...
19 Dec 202337min
The Most Interesting American: Personal Encounters, Quotations, and First-Hand Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt
A century after Theodore Roosevelt’s death, the personal attributes that endeared him to Americans have become obscured.He is mostly known for his many accomplishments in conservation, as a solider an...
14 Dec 202336min
The History of Equality, and How Close Different Civilizations Were to Attaining It
The most tried-and-true method of kings or politicians justifying their hold on power is by promising equality (this was the slogan of the French Revolution, along with liberty and brotherhood). All s...
12 Dec 202344min
How the Catholic Church Maintained Civilization in the Lowest Points of the Middle Ages
For 2,000 years, Catholicism – the largest branch of Christianity and – has shaped global history on a scale unequal by any other institution. It created the university, modern health care, reinvigora...
7 Dec 202343min
