HBH 45: The Omphalos and the Oracle at Delphi
Attention: This is the episode that started the podcast -- the story of the maxim Know Thyself, the Prophetess at Delphi, Apollo and the python, Zeus and the omphalos, and the much more ancient Egypti...
21 Mars 202319min
HBH 44: Changes Coming To A Podcast Near You
In this brief announcement I discuss the philosophy and rationale for content choices and discuss a few changes coming to the podcast.It is my belief that these changes will add value to my listeners,...
9 Mars 20238min
HBH 43: The Mysterious, Tragic Death of Edgar Allen Poe
From the new Studio P, provided by Peyton, comes the death of Poe. In a sad case of life imitating art, Edgar Allen Poe, the master of the macabre and father of the mystery story presents us with a re...
5 Mars 202329min
HBH 42: Alexander the Great's Amazing Life and Mysterious Death
Alexander was a prodigy in all things military and administrative, as unaccountably great in his own field as Mozart was in music or Michelangelo in art. By age 32, he had conquered the mightiest empi...
25 Jan 202335min
HBH 41: Friedrich Nietzsche's Mysterious Descent into Madness and Death
At the age of 44, Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the most influential philosophers and writers of his age, suffered a psychotic breakdown. For the next 11 years until his death from pneumonia, he evidenc...
10 Jan 202340min
HBH 40: King Tut's Mysterious Mother and her Mysterious Death
Even King Tut had a mother. Once. And not for very long, it seems. This episode is actually several mysteries in one. Who was King Tut's mother? Why did she die, esecially so young? Was it sickness, ...
21 Nov 202236min
HBH 39: The Death of King Tut
Tutankhamen died at 19 years old. No one is sure why or how. His tomb, his mummy, and his DNA offer some tantalizing clues, but no definitive answer. Here is the life and death of one of the best k...
31 Okt 202247min
HBH 38: Anaximenes and His Air Get Their Due
The third and final member of the Milesian school, once considered the weak little sister of the philosphers, now appreciated in all his Air-udite glory. This is his story, as we have it, which may or...
11 Okt 202224min
