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Letters & Politics Ancient History Collection

Letters & Politics Ancient History Collection

The History of Money

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09.19.21

By Mitch Jeserich

Guest: Jack Weatherford is the author of the book The History of Money.  He is also the New York Times bestselling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World, The Secret History of the Mongol Queens, and The History of Money, … Continued

Letters & Politics Ancient History Collection

Milman Parry: The Man Who Killed Homer

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09.19.21

By Mitch Jeserich

Guest: Robert Kanigel is Professor Emeritus of Science Writing at MIT and the author of several books for which he has received many awards, including a Guggenheim fellowship and an NEH “Public Scholar” grant.  His book The Man Who Knew Infinity was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; … Continued

Letters & Politics Ancient History Collection

Ancient Athenian Democracy

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09.18.21

By Mitch Jeserich

Guest: Paul Cartledge is A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus at the University of Cambridge.  He is the author of Democracy: A Life.

Letters & Politics Ancient History Collection

The Alt Right and the Classics

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09.17.21

By Mitch Jeserich

Guest: Sarah Teets holds a PhD in Classics from the University of Virginia and an MA in Classics from the University of Colorado, Boulder

Letters & Politics Ancient History Collection

Socrates: A Biography

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09.16.21

By Mitch Jeserich

Guest: Armand D’Angour is a British classical scholar and classical musician, Associate Professor of Classics at Oxford University, and is a Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Jesus College, Oxford. He authored several books, including The Greeks and the New: Novelty in Ancient Greek Imagination and Experience as well as his latest book Socrates in … Continued

Letters & Politics Ancient History Collection

The Crisis of Democracy

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09.15.21

By Mitch Jeserich

Guest: A. C. Grayling is Professor of Philosophy and Master of the New College of the Humanities, London, and author of the book Democracy and Its Crisis.

Letters & Politics Ancient History Collection

Cyrus the Great and the Persian Empire

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09.14.21

By Mitch Jeserich

Guest: Reza Zarghamee is and environmental lawyer and history author. He is the author of acclaimed book Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World (Iran’s Age of Empire).

Letters & Politics Ancient History Collection

Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire Part I

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09.13.21

By Mitch Jeserich

Guest: Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and is a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. The author and editor of several prize-winning books, including The Final Pagan Generation.  His latest is Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny.

Letters & Politics Ancient History Collection

Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire

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09.12.21

By Mitch Jeserich

Guest: Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and is a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. The author and editor of several prize-winning books, including The Final Pagan Generation.  His latest is Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny.

Letters & Politics Ancient History Collection

The Grachi Brothers

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09.10.21

By Mitch Jeserich

Guest: Mike Duncan, author of The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic.

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