Brian and Jeff are joined by Michael Grenke, St. John's College - Santa Fe, to discuss Lise van Boxel's posthumously published book "Warspeak" from Po...
Ep. 49 Xenophon's "The Education of Cyrus" Book VIII with Shilo Brooks
All good things must come to an end -- but so must all bad things, and Cyrus' empire ends badly. Was Cyrus happy? Is it possible to rule human being...
Ep. 48 Xenophon's "The Education of Cyrus" Book VII with Shilo Brooks
Abradatas is hacked to pieces, and Panthea kills herself over his corpse. Croesus is defeated by Cyrus, and tries to teach him what "know thyself" me...
Ep. 47 Xenophon's "The Education of Cyrus" Book VI with Shilo Brooks
Brian, Shilo and Jeff get together to talk more about the difference between sexual and political love, or eros, and about the connection between eros...
Ep. 46 Xenophon's "The Education of Cyrus" Book V with Shilo Brooks
Shilo Brooks returns for the next podcast in our series on Xenophon's Education of Cyrus. We talk about Book V, the love book -- easy now -- and espe...
Ep. 45 Xenophon's "The Education of Cyrus," Book IV
Shilo Brooks returns for Book IV of Xenophon's "The Education of Cyrus." We discuss Cyrus' attack on the Assyrians, consolidation, cavalry, and Cyrus'...
Ep. 44 Xenophon's "The Education of Cyrus" Book III with Shilo Brooks
Shilo Brooks returns for another episode of "The Education of Cyrus" by Xenophon. We discuss moderation, virtue, risk and a brief mention of the ugly ...
Ep. 43 Pierre Manent's "The Metamorphoses of the City" with Dr. Joseph Wood
Dr. Joseph Wood (Institute for World Politics and Cana Academy) joins Brian and Jeff to discuss Pierre Manent's "The Metamorphoses of the City," Chapt...
Ep. 42 Xenophon's "The Education of Cyrus" Book II with Shilo Brooks
Shilo Brooks returns to continue our exploration of Xenophon's "The Education of Cyrus" Book II where Cyrus goes to war against the Assyrians and we t...
Ep. 41 Xenophon's "Education of Cyrus," Book I
Shilo Brooks returns to the pod to discuss Book I of Xenophon's "Education of Cyrus" examining the early upbringing of Cyrus and the nature of governm...