The Western Traditions Podcast

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

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.

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

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.

Episode XIB.004 - Genesis 3

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.

Episode II.32 - The Anabasis of Xenophon

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.

Episode XIB.003 - Genesis 2:4 - 25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Episode II.30 - Greek Drama III: Aristophanes

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.

Episode X.001 - Introduction to the Americas

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.