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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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09:01

Episode XII.004 - The Study Method III: Introduction...

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2025/02/05

Using outlines to enhance study.

51:18

Episode III.05 - Roman Mythology II: Ovid’s...

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2025/01/31

Our souls are deathless, but nothing retains its own form. Thus speaks Pythagoras in this long and winding tale that combines ancient myth and history. Through a Roman lens, we read of Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Hercules, Ulysses and more, coming right down to the advent of the Roman Empire.

46:59

Episode III.04 - Roman Mythology I: Roman Religion

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2025/01/15

The gods through the eyes of the earliest Romans. The Indo-European religious inheritance. Jupiter, Juno, Mars, Minerva. The precision and discipline of Roman religious practice. The ties to early Christianity.

54:07

Episode XIB.007 - Genesis 6:1-9:29

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2025/01/05

God chastises the world with the Flood. Only Noah and his family are spared. A breakdown of symbols and morality in the flood narrative.

41:45

Episode II.42 - Greek Twilight

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2024/12/20

Pyrrhus, Greek king and general, fights the Roman tide that threatens to wash over the entire Greek world. The Seleucid Empire and Ptolemaic Egypt flourish and endure. The Maccabees revolt in Judea and start the Hasmonean dynasty of kings in Jerusalem.

44:32

Episode II.41 - The Rise of the Diadochi

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2024/11/29

Alexander the Great dies and leaves behind a fragmented world of multi-cultural states led by Greek soldiers. The Hellenistic period which follows brings western ideas in to East. More than anything, it paves the way for Eastern religions, like Judaism, Buddhism and Christianity, to infiltrate the West.

43:41

Episode II.40 - Alexander the Great: The Conquest of...

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2024/11/16

Alexander the Great at the Battle of Granicus, the Battle of Issus and at Gaugamela. Jerusalem and Gaza. The Temple of Ammon in Egypt. His horse Bucephalus. His strategos Parmenio. Darius III flees to the East.

37:03

Episode II.39 - Alexander the Great: Hegemon of Greece

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2024/10/28

The youth of Alexander the Great. His strange mother Olympias. His friends Ptolemy, Nearchus and others. Cleopatra , Darius III and the fall of Thebes.

35:54

Episode III.03 - The Aeneid

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2024/10/17

Virgil writes of Aeneas and the Trojan origins of Rome. The tale is both distinctively Roman and notably Greek. Heroes such as Odysseus and Achilles are recalled, as are monsters such as Scylla and Cerberus. The relationship between Roman mythology and Greek myths.

01:00:27

Episode II.38 - Introduction to the Hellenic Period

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2024/10/02

Phillip II of Macedonia. Alexander the Great. The Sacred Band of Thebes. A brief digression on Greek sexuality. Olympias. Leuctra, Mantinea, Chaeronea. Epaminondas. Pelopidas

43:59

Episode XIB.006 - Genesis 4:17 - 5:32

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2024/09/20

Exitus and Reditus. The theology of the genealogies in the Bible.

47:32

Episode II.37 - Greek Philosophy VI: Aristotle

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2024/09/11

The philosophical works of Aristotle. Metaphysics, Ethics and Politics.

45:58

Episode IX.05 - Sympathy for the Bully: Part One -...

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2024/08/30

Who is rewarded by the school system? Who benefits from the regimentation? Who benefits from the system of alienation? The child who sits still. The child who is quiet. The child who keeps his hands to himself. The child who doesn’t ask to go outside. We are trained to be docile from day one.

08:09

Episode XII.003 - The Study Method II

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2024/08/22

The next step up in sophistication with regard to note-taking.

31:08

Episode II.36 - Greek Math

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2024/08/16

Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes and more. Over the centuries, the ancient Greeks separate Mathematics and other fields of study from philosophy.

42:03

Episode II.35 - Greek Science II: Introduction to...

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2024/08/09

The Aristotelian contribution to Greek Science. Defining first principles. Substance, Accidents and the nature of being.

11:16

Episode XII.002 - The Study Method I

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2024/07/26

Asking questions about your reading projects to increase retention of information. The power of handwriting. Avoiding negative input during the early stages of learning.

21:07

Episode XIB.005 - Genesis 4:1-16

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2024/07/25

The blood of thy brother cries out to me from the earth! The typology of Abel and Christ.

45:22

Episode II.34 - Greek Philosophy V: Plato’s Republic

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2024/07/19

Socrates envisions a just society in which men and women are equals, and all are suited perfectly for their station in life. But is the cost of this just society too high? Censorship, lies and eugenics in the philosophy of Plato.

35:28

Episode II.33 - Greek Philosophy IV: The Death of...

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2024/07/11

From his jail cell in Athens, Socrates makes his last argument in defense of the immortal soul. Death as separation of body and soul. The essences of Beauty, Justice and more. The perfection and purity of the soul.

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