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Combat and Classics is a series of podcasts and free online seminars for active duty, reserve, and veteran U.S. military members, sponsored by St. John’s College. The podcasts and seminars e...
ANNOUNCEMENT: We recently learned that C&C co-founder Lise van Boxel has been diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. She is currently undergoi...
We begin our next "close read" series with the first two sections of Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, which conclude with the famous line...
Brian interviews Daniel Elkins, founder and director of the Veterans Education Project, which works to address issues faced by veterans in h...
Brian interviews Daniel Elkins, founder and director of the Veterans Education Project, which works to address issues faced by veterans in h...
We're joined today by actor Matt Eitzen who is also a Shakespeare and Roman history aficionado. You can catch Matt in upcoming productions a...
Brian is joined by guest George Eckerle, St. John's grad and co-founder (with Brian) of the Plato Project, a series of online seminars for d...
How does speech move the human soul? How can a leader use speech inspire others to action? Lise, Jeff, and Brian tackle those questions in t...
Jeff, Lise, and Brian continue our "close-read" series on Aristotle's Politics. They continue to tackle Aristotle's discussion of slavery, w...
Brian sits down with St. John's College alum Jennifer Wright , who is a writer and the author of several books including It Ended Badly: Thi...
What is the relationship between the natural world and the human world? In this belated Halloween episode, Lise, Jeff, and Brian discuss Edg...
What is slavery? What does slavery have to do with the household or the state? Brian, Lise, and Jeff dig deeper into the Politics in Part 3...
How do human beings confront a crisis? Anne Kniggendorf and Matt Young join Brian for a conversation about Ernest Hemingway's short story "H...
"Man is by nature a political animal." Lise, Jeff, and Brian continue their conversation about Book I of Aristotle's Politics, in which that...
Brian interviews Matt Young , Marine Corps veteran, English professor, and author of Eat the Apple , an memoir that has been described as "T...
Jeff, Lise, and Brian roll up their sleeves and dig in to Aristotle's Politics. How are this and other "Great Books" relevant to how we live...
Douglas Lensing joins the show to talk about his path from the Navy to St. John's College and his paper " Passion and Mind: Homer's Formula...
Is human life "nada" - nothing? In their discussion of Hemingway's (very) short story, Brian, Lise, and Jeff examine the contrast between yo...
Can you simultaneously hate and love the same thing? What is the relationship between virtue and love? Lise, Jeff, and Brian tackle those qu...
Jeff, Lise, and Brian discuss Freud's On Transience , in which Freud ruminates on the transitory nature life and beautiful things in life. T...
Brian interviews St. John's College alum and U.S. Navy veteran Anne Kniggendorf. They have an engaging discussion about the relationship bet...
"I beheld the wretch – the miserable monster whom I had created." Why did Victor Frankenstein create his monster? What role did beauty, love...
How should human life be valued? Is death something to suffer, or something that provides relief? Jeff, Lise and Brian discuss these questio...
Should we fear death? Jeff, Lise, and Brian discuss Plato's Phaedo, in which Socrates is joined by his friends to discuss that and other que...
What role do lying and deception play in achieving strategic objectives? Jeff, Lise and Brian discuss that and other questions as raised by...
Jeff, Lise, and Brian are joined by the distinguished Dylan Casey and Wes Alwan for this crossover episode with the Partially Examined Life...
In this episode, Lise, Jeff and Brian discuss "The Student," a (very) short story by Anton Chekhov. The central character is Ivan, a student...
Lise, Jeff and Brian discuss another work by Joseph Conrad, a rip-roaring, seafaring tale! In his novella Typhoon , Conrad tells the story o...
In this episode, Lise, Jeff and Brian discuss Joseph Conrad's short story "The Secret Sharer," which features a psychological drama between...
How do military leaders relate to the civilians they protect? In this episode, Lise, Jeff and Brian discuss that and other questions raised...
Join Lise, Jeff and Brian for another Platonic dialogue! Socrates and Alcibiades reappear at a party attended by several characters who deci...
What can we learn from a farce about banishment? Where do politics, nature and religion collide with the absurd? Check out our discussion on...
Let's do some more Plato! Alcibiades is one of the most famous figures in military history. An incredibly successful Athenian general who fl...
Join us for a discussion with Martin L. Cook, Distinguished Visiting Professor at United States Air Force Academy. Prior to that, Professor...
Join Lise, Jeff and Brian for a conversation on Book I of the Republic. BUT FIRST! How to approach the "Great Books": How do you start from...
Join Lise, Jeff and Brian as they discuss Sophocles' Ajax , the story of a great Greek warrior who takes his own life on the beach of Troy....
Join Lise, Jeff and Brian for the kick off podcast explaining a little what we're about. Spoiler alert: it's a strange brew of classical lit...