Time Traveling to the Ancient World Thirty three scholars, philosophers, and archaeologists answer the question: If you could time travel to the ancient world, who would you want to meet?
Thucydides: A Historian for Our Time? w/ Emily Greenwood Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is a study of the struggle between democracy and oligarchy, as well as a meditation on the dangers of populism and political polarization.
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.
