Why Myth Matters
What Can Greek Myth Teach Us About Being Human? | Why Myth Matters Why have stories of gods, monsters, heroes and tragedy survived for thous...
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Classical Wisdom Speaks
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20 of 154 episodesWhat Was Life REALLY Like for Women in Ancient Athens?
Have We Misunderstood the Women of Ancient Athens? | Katherine Backler on Their Forgotten Lives Were women in ancient Athens simply wives an...
Where Are Greece’s GREATEST Hidden Gems? An Archaeologist's Guide
Where Should You Go in Greece for Ancient History? | Aristotle Koskinas on Hidden Gems & Must-See Sites Planning a trip to Greece? Some of i...
How Philosophy Can Help When Things Go Wrong - With Philip Freeman
How Do You Cope When Everything Falls Apart? | Philip Freeman on Boethius & Ancient Wisdom What can philosophy do for you when you have lost...
Why Does Marcus Aurelius Still Speak To Us Today?
Why Is Marcus Aurelius Still So Powerful Today? | Aaron Poochigian on Stoicism & Meditations Nearly 2,000 years after his death, Marcus Aure...
Success & Stoicism: Practical Philosophy You Can Use - With Tom Morris
Can Ancient Philosophy Teach Us How to Succeed? | Tom Morris on Aristotle, Stoicism & Living Well What does it actually mean to succeed in l...
Spirituality in the Ancient World: What Have We Lost?
How Did Beliefs Really Work in the Ancient World?| Michael Satlow on Ancient Religion & Ritual For people in Late Antiquity, gods, spirits a...
What Can Roman Homes Tell Us About Life TODAY?
What Did Roman Houses Reveal About the People Who Lived Inside Them? | Ancient Architecture & Morality Roman houses were more than places to...
Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World | The Ancient Civilization That Still Shapes Your Life Mesopotamia changed the world. Many of...
Do We Really Have Free Will?
Do we truly have free will, or are our choices shaped by biology, habits, and unconscious forces? This fascinating panel explores one of hum...
Secrets of Forgotten Pharaohs
The Amarna Letters: Love, War & Diplomacy in the Bronze Age World | Eric Cline What can 3,400-year-old diplomatic letters teach us about int...
Life Lessons From the Odyssey: Strength, Resilience, and Purpose
What can Homer's Odyssey teach us about resilience, trauma, grief, purpose, and living a meaningful life in the modern world? Clinical psych...
The Secret Legacy of Rome's Scholar-Slaves
Intellectual Slaves in Ancient Rome: The Hidden Minds Behind Roman Literature & Power What is an intellectual slave, and why did some of the...
The Power of the Bull
Why Did Ancient Civilizations Worship Bulls? From the Minotaur to Taurus, explore how bull symbolism shaped mythology, religion, power, and...
Should We Teach Philosophy to Children?
Should philosophy start in childhood? Discover how philosophy for children can improve critical thinking, empathy, communication, and emotio...
Does Ancient History Have A Future?
What Is the Future of Ancient History? In this deep, thought-provoking discussion, leading historians and philosophers explore what “ancient...
The Ancients and the Afterlife: Mythology, Mourning, and Mummies
What Did Ancient People Believe About Death and the Afterlife? Robert Garland explores how Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, and other ancient cult...
The Man Who Tried to Save Athenian Democracy
This episode is for anyone interested in ancient Greece, democracy, political history, and rhetoric, especially if you want to understand ho...
The Misunderstood Myth: Persephone, Hades & Demeter
What does the story of Demeter really tell us about loss, power, and the human experience? In this episode, renowned translator and classici...
Mary Beard: Why You Should Argue With the Ancients
What is the point of studying Classics today? Mary Beard explains why the ancient world still shocks, challenges, and reshapes how we think....