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The Western Traditions Podcast

Robert Paxton

A podcast, in twelve series, about the history of western culture and traditions.

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22:37

Episode 13 - Introduction to Unit II: The...

The Western Traditions Podcast ·

2021/08/20

A brief review of the unprecedented Near Eastern transition into urban life.

32:27

Episode 12 - The Proto-Indo-Europeans

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2021/07/23

A semi-legendary tribe, far to the north of lands previously described, expands into Europe and Asia carrying language and culture that will be passed down all the way to the present.

38:01

Episode 11 - Proto-Cities

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2021/06/10

The Natufian culture, the Rise of Jericho and Catal Huyuk, Neolithic religion and the cult of the skulls.

32:12

Episode 10 - Cataclysms

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2021/05/26

Great floods, the Younger Dryas Impact and the Toba eruption all present obstacles and challenges to the survival of early modern humans.

21:12

Episode 9 - The Bronze Age

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2021/05/11

Early modern humans begin to work with copper and then bronze as their societies change and expand.

22:04

Episode 8 - The Neolithic

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2021/04/21

Early modern humans adapt to a changing world. The Natufian culture rises in the Levant. The developments of agriculture and domestication create the foundations of the world in which we live today.

25:57

Episode 7 - The Mesolithic

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2021/04/08

Early modern humans begin the transition toward the Neolithic, tracking smaller game, experimenting with agriculture and building Gobekli Tepe.

23:54

Episode 6 - The Paleolithic

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2021/03/26

A review of the first portion of the Stone Age - A time in which our ancestors emerge from many diverse groups of archaic humans and spread over the planet, replacing all these others.

20:44

Episode 5 - The Development of Life

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2021/03/13

The development of life from single-celled organisms all the way to the earliest ancestors of man.

14:36

Episode 4 - In the Beginning

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2021/03/05

This fourth episode finally jumps into the historical timeline - starting with the creation of the universe.

13:50

Episode 3 - Prehistory

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2021/02/24

An episode introducing the first unit of the first series in the podcast.

08:02

Episode 2 - The Ancient World

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2021/02/20

A brief introduction to the first series of episodes in the podcast.

15:47

Episode 1 - The General Prologue

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2021/02/10

The introduction to the podcast and to the history of Western Civilization.

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