***Special Guest Episode on Ten Caesars w/Barry Strauss***
In this special guest episode, Dr Barry Strauss and I discuss the content and the methodology behind his new book, the Ten Caesars, his podcast Antiquitas, the importance of public history and writing...
15 Apr 201937min
***Special Guest Episode at MFA Boston w/Phoebe Segal***
In this special guest episode, I am joined by Dr. Phoebe Segal, Mary Bryce Comstock Curator, Greek and Roman Art, at Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA). She gave me a one-on-one tour of their new "Daily...
1 Apr 201949min
089 The Breakdown of Peace
In this episode, we discuss the mid-5th century BC history of two areas that were important economically and politically to Athens—the west (including the Sikel Revolt, Syracuse's defeat of Akragas, t...
11 Mars 20191h 47min
088 Thoukydides and Periklean Politics
In this episode, we discuss the life, influences, drawbacks, and positives of the "Father of Scientific History," Thoukydides (ca. 460-395 BC); the nature of Athenian politics and political organizati...
18 Feb 20191h 8min
087 Rhetoric and the Sophists
In this episode, we describe the development of rhetoric in the ancient Greek world as an art that could be studied and employed in the law courts and politics, and its importance especially in Classi...
4 Feb 20191h 29min
***Special Guest Episode on Drinking and 'Sportsing' w/Amy Pistone***
In this special guest episode, Dr Amy Pistone and I have a lively discussion about ancient Greek drinking culture with a side of sports, aka how college students can relate to the ancient Greeks. Sh...
21 Jan 20191h 17min
086 Early Astronomy
In this episode, part four of four on a series on Greek philosophy, mathematics, and science in the 5th century BC, we describe the earliest astronomical observations and calculations in ancient Mesop...
24 Dec 20181h 4min
085 Mathematics and Early Pythagoreans
In this episode, part three of four on a series on Greek philosophy, mathematics, and science in the 5th century BC, we describe the lives, influences, and various theories and discoveries made by Gre...
10 Dec 20181h 1min
