The Persian Wars w/ Ian Morris Ian Morris, archaeologist and professor of Classics at Stanford University, joins us for a discussion on the Persian invasions of Greece in 490-479 BC. How did the Greeks pull off a totally unexpected victory against the biggest invasion force that had ever been launched?
Democracy and Demagogues in Ancient Athens w/ Josiah Ober Historian Josiah Ober of Stanford University joins us for a discussion on ancient Athens, how the Athenian system compared to our own democracy, and what lessons, if any, we can take away from the Athenian experience.
Sappho: The Tenth Muse w/ Andromache Karanika Sappho is one of the first song-writers we know of in history, partly because she was one of the first singers to write down her songs, in around 600BC.
