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History"s Arrow

History"s Arrow is a podcast about real people, big questions, and the long story of civilization--told by Harmonia, a time-traveling goddess who"s been watching humanity since the first campfire stories. Each episode explores a moment in history through the eyes of someone who was there--leaders, rebels, inventors, prophets, and ordinary people caught in extraordinary times. But this isn"t just a collection of facts. It"s a story about how choices ripple through time, how ideals rise and fall, and

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00:14:47

The Shadow of a Stick

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2025/11/06

How do you measure the world with nothing but a stick and a question? Harmonia remembers Eratosthenes of Cyrene-the ancient librarian who watched shadows, measured sunlight, and dared to calculate the circumference of the earth. In a city of scrolls and doubters, Eratosthenes' quiet curiosity changed how humanity saw itself. Through sunlit moments, doubts, and stubborn hope, this episode weaves a story of memory, courage, and the endless quest to understand our place in the universe. For the young

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00:12:56

The Lyceum — Memory With a Roof

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2025/10/31

Harmonia walks beside us through the colonnades of the Lyceum -- Aristotle's school, and one of history's earliest knowledge institutions. This episode explores not just the famous thinkers who taught and studied there, but the quiet labor of preservation and memory that took place under its roof. Harmonia reflects on how the Lyceum became a shelter for ideas, and how its role as an archive helped knowledge survive across centuries.Libraries, she reminds us, are not just places -- they are

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00:13:40

The Skin of Memory

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2025/10/26

Long before cloud storage and keyboards, memory lived in flesh. In this special interlude, Harmonia invites the listener into the quiet, sacred world of vellum -- the calfskin that carried philosophy, poetry, and prayers through the centuries. From the careful work of medieval scribes to the modern-day monks fighting beetles at Hungary's Pannonhalma Abbey, this episode reveals how preservation is not just an act of history... but of love.Transcript available at:

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00:15:48

Theophrastus and the Memory of the Lyceum

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2025/10/21

Theophrastus didn't start a school, didn't fight a war, and didn't try to reshape the world. He did something harder. He kept a legacy alive. In this episode, Harmonia guides us through the quiet brilliance of Aristotle's most devoted student -- a man who cataloged plants, sketched human character, and preserved the Lyceum across decades of uncertainty. We explore the nature of stewardship, institutional memory, and the often-overlooked work of those who hold the thread when others let go. As we

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00:16:08

Aristotle and the Lyceum

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2025/10/16

Aristotle didn't invent knowledge -- but he gave it shape. In this episode, Harmonia walks beside the great philosopher as he founds the Lyceum, studies everything from sea creatures to city laws, and builds the architecture of human understanding one question at a time. We explore his restless curiosity, his influence on civic and moral life, and his long collaboration with his students -- especially the quiet figure of Theophrastus, who ensured that Aristotle's legacy didn't vanish with his death

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00:15:13

Zeno and the Painted Porch

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2025/10/11

Zeno of Citium arrived in Athens with empty pockets and a restless mind -- and from the colonnades of the Painted Porch, he offered something rare: stillness. In this episode, Harmonia remembers the shipwrecked merchant who founded Stoicism, a philosophy of inner discipline, quiet strength, and moral clarity. As the world spun with chaos, Zeno taught that reason was a kind of armor, and virtue the only true compass. We walk through his life, his teachings, and his legacy -- not as a cold creed, but

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00:13:37

Plato and the Shadow of the Cave

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2025/10/06

After witnessing the death of his teacher and the decline of his beloved city, Plato tried to rebuild the world -- not with bricks, but with ideas. In this episode, Harmonia remembers the philosopher who gave us dialogues, ideals, and the Allegory of the Cave. Through memory and longing, he shaped a vision of truth and justice that still echoes today -- even as we continue to climb toward the light.Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/plato-and-shadow-cave

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00:14:20

Democritus and the Invisible Dance

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2025/10/01

Long before microscopes, long before science had a name, a man from Abdera imagined that everything -- from stars to laughter -- was made of tiny, invisible pieces. In this episode, Harmonia remembers Democritus: the laughing philosopher who saw the world as a dance of atoms, trusted the power of human reason, and left behind a fragile thread of understanding that still echoes today. A story of curiosity, pattern, and invisible truths -- and a quiet invitation to wonder.Transcript available at:

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00:17:21

The Man Who Asked Too Much

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2025/09/26

Socrates didn't write.He didn't preach. He simply asked -- until it became dangerous. In this episode of Harmonia's History, we follow the quiet earthquake of his life: from his wandering questions in the streets of Athens to the moment he calmly drank poison in defiance of fear itself. Through Harmonia's eyes, we reflect on the power of unexamined belief, the purpose of public doubt, and the legacy of a man who gave the world a method, not a doctrine. This isn't just history. It's the echo of a

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00:24:26

Aspasia at the Doorway

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2025/09/21

Step to the threshold of Aspasia's home and watch Athens learn to listen. A metic--foreign to the paperwork but central to the city's ideas--Aspasia hosted a room where soldiers, poets, and statesmen brought rough sentences to be sharpened. We follow her partnership with Pericles, the human cost of the 451 BCE citizenship law, the sting of comedy and rumor, and the grief of plague that gentled and hardened her voice at once. This isn't influence by spell or office; it's curation, clarity, and the

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00:17:45

Pericles and the Shape of a City’s Soul

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2025/09/16

Pericles' Athens was more than marble temples and famous speeches. It was a living experiment in democracy -- flawed, fragile, and dazzlingly ambitious. I'll take you into the heart of the Pnyx, where voices rose in debate, and through the streets where ideas shaped the destiny of a city. Along the way, we'll pause to reflect on the place of women in that world, and the astonishing changes that have brought us closer to the justice so many before could only dream of. And yes... there's even a word

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0:15:23

Mozi: The Engineer of Universal Care

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2025/09/14

In the chaos of the Warring States, Mozi raced from city to city -- not with armies, but with carts of timber, stone, and iron. His goal was simple: keep the gates standing and the people alive. But behind this urgency was a radical philosophy -- that care should fall on everyone, friend and stranger alike.In this episode, Harmonia walks beside Mozi through the smoke of an approaching siege, exploring how his doctrine of "impartial care" challenged the dominant ideals of his time. We see how his

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00:21.34

Herodotus: The Weaver of Worlds

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2025/09/06

Step into the bustling harbor of Halicarnassus, where ships from every shore bring not just goods, but stories. In this episode, Harmonia walks beside Herodotus -- the man often called the Father of History -- as he gathers tales from across the known world. Through the lens of the great tapestry of history, we explore how Herodotus wove together threads of tradition and archaeology, fact and embellishment, to create The Histories. We see the stakes of telling these stories in an age of empires, and

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00:14:31

Confucius: Harmony Between Hearts

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2025/08/31

Confucius lived in a time of political chaos, yet he believed the path to stability began not with armies or laws, but with kindness, respect, and daily acts of virtue. Join Harmonia as she recalls the philosopher who wove harmony from human relationships, and see how his wisdom still speaks today.Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/confucius-harmony-between-hearts

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00:13:40

Pythagoras: When Numbers Could Sing

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2025/08/28

Pythagoras is remembered for his famous theorem, but to those who knew him, he was far more than a mathematician. In Croton, his secretive brotherhood sought harmony in all things -- not just in numbers, but in life itself. Join Harmonia as she recalls the man who believed the universe was a great weaving of balance and proportion, and discover how his ideas have echoed through time. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/pythagoras-when-numbers-could-sing

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00:14:35

Laozi and the Way That Cannot Be Spoken

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2025/08/25

In a world of laws and noise, Laozi stepped away. He left behind a short, mysterious book--the Tao Te Ching--that invites readers to live with less striving, more listening, and a gentler grip on power. In this episode, Harmonia explores how Laozi's vision of the Tao shaped not only Chinese philosophy but the broader human search for balance. This is a story of stillness, softness, and the quiet revolution of letting go. Transcript available at:

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00:15:18

Pāṇini and the Grammar of Memory

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2025/08/22

Long before printing presses or textbooks, a scholar named Pini created something astonishing: a complete generative grammar of Sanskrit. In this episode, Harmonia explores how his system preserved not just language, but cultural memory, clarity, and continuity. Pini didn't just document speech--he revealed the structure behind it. His legacy isn't carved in stone, but passed from mind to mind, generation after generation. Along the way, we reflect on memory, tradition, and the invisible

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00:15:42

Solon and the Laws That Listened

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2025/08/19

Before democracy had a name, Athens faced a crisis of injustice, debt, and despair. Into the chaos stepped Solon--a poet, not a tyrant--who changed the rules without seizing power. In this episode, Harmonia remembers how one man rewrote the laws of a city and trusted its people to live by them. With wisdom, balance, and a steady hand, Solon planted seeds that would shape the future. Along the way, we reflect on law, memory, and the quiet courage that makes progress possible.Transcript available

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00:12:43

The Voice That Burned: Sappho of Lesbos

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2025/08/16

What survives of Sappho could fit in your hand--a few torn pages, a few glowing lines. And yet her poetry changed the shape of human expression forever.In this episode, Harmonia invites you to meet Sappho of Lesbos, the lyric poet who made emotion visible in a world ruled by rules. While lawmakers and kings built systems of power, Sappho built something else: a language for the heart. Learn how her voice--soft, honest, and enduring--became part of the great human story, and why even broken poems

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00:16:07

Anaximander: Drawing the Infinite

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2025/08/09

Anaximander, a student of Thales, was the first to map the known world--and to name what lay beyond it. In this episode, Harmonia explores his radical ideas: a boundless origin, a structured cosmos, and a vision of knowledge not rooted in myth, but in models. The questions he asked still shape our world. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/anaximander-drawing-infinite

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