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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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40:26

Episode XIB.004 - Genesis 3

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2024/07/04

Adam and Eve listen to the serpent, and suffer exile from Paradise as a consequence. Adam, Eve, the tree and the serpent prefigure Christ, Mary, the cross and Satan.

55:44

Episode II.32 - The Anabasis of Xenophon

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2024/06/27

Xenophon disregards the advice of Socrates and joins the army of Cyrus the Younger. When Cyrus dies in combat against his brother, Artaxerxes, King of Persia, Xenophon and others lead ten thousand Greek soldiers on a long retreat home.

42:58

Episode XIB.003 - Genesis 2:4 - 25

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2024/06/13

Made from earth, and from each other, man and woman meet in Paradise. The meaning of marriage. The eschatology of Genesis.

32:26

Episode X.002 - Paleo-American Origins I: The...

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2024/06/07

The Beringia Theory. Clovis points and the extinction of the megafauna.

31:41

Episode XIB.002 - Genesis 1:1 - 2:3

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2024/05/30

The creation of the world in seven days. Allegory and Anagogy. The textual loop of Scripture.

41:18

Episode II.31 - Greek Philosophy III: The Trial of...

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2024/05/24

Socrates stands trial for impiety. The Apology and the Crito. The similarities between Socrates and Christ.

30:19

Episode II.30 - Greek Drama III: Aristophanes

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2024/05/16

Aristophanes mocks and derides the latest developments in Athenian society, and lambasts the motives for the seemingly endless Peloponnesus War. His play, The Clouds, takes aim at Socrates and all philosophers.

09:46

Episode X.001 - Introduction to the Americas

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2024/05/10

Native Americans are the real westerners. As an outsider, in this series, I investigate the history and culture of more than ten thousand years in the Americas.

16:33

Episode XII.001 - Introduction to the Western...

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2024/05/08

Implementing the Western Traditions Podcast as a personal curriculum. For homeschool or for adults.

50:11

Episode II.29 - Greek Philosophy II: Introduction to...

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2024/05/02

Introduction to Socrates and Plato and the tetralogies of dialogues. First Principles. Post-war Athens. Analysis of Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro.

23:45

Episode XIB.001 - Introduction to the Old Testament

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2024/04/25

The Bible is our book. No matter which religious tradition to which you belong, even if you are non-religious, this is your book. This is your patrimony, just as the Iliad and the Odyssey and the works of Aristotle and Plato are your inheritance.

23:31

Episode IX.04 - The Dead Internet

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2024/04/19

On the periphery of this online cemetery, we grubby humans rifle through the garbage, looking for a movie on Netflix or flicking past several hundred TikTok’s, all the while, beyond the gates of the graveyard, the bots replicate and babble to one another - the animated, digital ruins of a society that once built pyramids and dared to cross the oceans in ships powered by the wind.

39:46

Episode II.28 - The Peloponnesian War V: The Fall of...

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2024/04/14

Alcibiades finally comes to power. Lysander leads Sparta to victory. The long walls of Athens come tumbling down.

54:41

Episode II.27 - Ancient Greek Religion

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2024/04/08

The mystery religions of Ancient Greece: Eleusis, Orphism and Christianity. From the Kykeon of Demeter to the Eucharist of Jesus.

25:33

Episode III.02 - Introduction to the Roman Origins Unit

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2024/03/30

The Proto-Indo-European diaspora pours into Italy in the Second Millennium BC. Meet the Etruscans, the original nemeses of the Romans.

09:14

Episode XIA.01 - Introduction to the Christian Mythos

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2024/03/25

The West and Christianity have become almost synonymous. This podcast series explains that process and also provides exegesis of the entire Bible.

30:21

Episode IX.03 - The Technological Singularity II: Ray...

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2024/03/23

Ray Kurzweil, immortality, resurrection and the technological singularity in the year 2045.

51:44

Episode II.26 - The Peloponnesian War IV: The...

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2024/03/18

The proud Athenians invade Sicily only to suffer inglorious defeat and annihilation. Nicias and Demosthenes executed. Alcibiades in exile.

36:01

Episode II.25 - Greek Science I: Hippocrates

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2024/03/08

One quarter of our food keeps us alive. The rest keeps doctors alive. Medical science in Classical Era Greece. The works of Hippocrates.

31:25

Episode III.01 - Introduction to the Roman Empire Series

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2024/02/23

They say that every man thinks about the Roman Empire at least once a day. But does the Roman Empire still exist? Are there still Roman emperors?

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