The Western Traditions Podcast

Episode II.22 - The Peloponnesian War II - To the Surrender of Plataea

Everywhere treachery, bloodshed, fury and destruction.

Episode II.21 - Greek Drama II: Sophocles and Euripides

The playwrights Sophocles and Euripides. Focus of tragedy on the Trojan War and Heracles. The role of women in Greek tragedy. A review of Medea, a play by Euripides. The catharsis of Greek tragedy and its impact on Western Civilization.

Episode II.19 - Greek Drama I

Greek drama. Aeschylus and some of his plays: Agamemnon, The Persians and Prometheus Bound.

Episode II.20 - The Peloponnesian War I - To the Death of Pericles.

It begins at Epidamnus but only after conflicts at Potidaea and Plataea are all the cities of Greece brought into general warfare. The Plague of Athens. Pericles’ Funeral Oration. The death of Pericles.

Episode IX.01 - Introduction to the Western Traditions Project

The meta-series of the western traditions podcast. Here we take a look at issues both from the past, and those that await us in the human future. Topics include things like: the technological singularity, gender issues, UFOs and aliens, Universal Basic Income and many more.

Episode II.18 - The Athenian Empire

The Greek counterattack begins. Athens and her allies form the Delian league. The power struggles of Xanthippus, Pausanias, Themistocles, Cimon, and Pericles.

Episode II.17 - The Persian War IV: The Battle of Plataea

The final episode of the Persian War. The Athenians and the Spartans defeat the Persian invaders. Victory in Europe!

Episode II.16 - The Persian War III: The Battle of Salamis

The Greek fleet makes a last stand at sea against the Persian armada. The rise of Themistocles and Aristides. Xerxes flees Greece and leaves a garrison under Mardonius in Europe.

Episode II.15 - The Persian War II : Thermopylae

Xerxes comes to power in Persia. A huge army invades Greece. Themistocles rallies the Athenians. The Greek allies stand at Thermopylae. Leonidas and the 300 fall in battle.

Episode II.14 - The Persian War I - The Battle of Marathon

The Persian War begins. The Histories of Herodotus. The Battle of Marathon. Darius and Miltiades.