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Cost of Glory

Cost of Glory

Tvorca: Alex Petkas

The most influential biographies ever written, admired by leaders, creators, soldiers, and thinkers for nearly 2,000 years: Plutarch’s Parallel lives. Essential listening for anyone striving after greatness. Alex Petkas, former professor of ancient philosophy and history, revives and dramatically re...

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113 - Cato and his Stoicism: w/ Johnathan Bi

113 - Cato and his Stoicism: w/ Johnathan Bi

A conversation with Johnathan Bi (Cosmos Institute, The Great Books podcast) for a deep dive into Stoicism through the life and philosophy of Cato the...

2025-10-03 18:20:37 4103
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112 - The Psychology of Envy and the Fall of Caesar: w/ Rob Henderson

112 - The Psychology of Envy and the Fall of Caesar: w/ Rob Henderson

A conversation with Rob Henderson — Air Force veteran, psychologist, and author of the bestselling "Troubled". 
In this episode:
Subscribe...

2025-09-23 18:26:52 4293
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111 - Caesar's Civil War III: Came Saw Conquered

111 - Caesar's Civil War III: Came Saw Conquered

Part 3 of 3 of Caesar's Civil War series. From triumph to near-disaster. Caesar's Egyptian entanglement transforms him from a glorious victor to a des...

2025-09-11 22:52:51 5555
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110 - Caesar's Civil War II: Bloody Pharsalia

110 - Caesar's Civil War II: Bloody Pharsalia

Part 2 of 3 of Caesar's Civil War series. After his lightning conquest of Italy, Caesar faces his greatest challenge yet as Pompey masses a vast army...

2025-07-12 04:40:45 5511
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109 - Caesar's Civil War I: Breakdown

109 - Caesar's Civil War I: Breakdown

Part 1 of 3 of Caesar's Civil War series. The die is cast—Caesar crosses the Rubicon and plunges Rome into civil war. In this episode:
Caesar's...

2025-06-04 08:24:00 6557
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108 - Caesar 2: Law and Nature

108 - Caesar 2: Law and Nature

Part 2 of 3 of the Life of Julius Caesar. In this episode:
Caesar transforms both Rome and Gaul forever through calculated strategy, personal ma...

2025-05-10 20:42:24 7800
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107 - Caesar 1: Man of Destiny

107 - Caesar 1: Man of Destiny

The much awaited series on Julius Caesar begins, with the inaugural episode: "Man of Destiny".
In this episode:
A tale of charm, audacity,...

2025-04-08 23:59:19 6829
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106 - The New Indiana Jones - w/ Dr. Brent Seales

106 - The New Indiana Jones - w/ Dr. Brent Seales

A conversation with Dr. Brent Seales, professor of computer science at the University of Kentucky and a modern day Indiana Jones who has been using ad...

2025-03-23 20:35:40 3077
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105 - Breeding Future Statesmen: Interview w/ Kevin Dolan on the EXIT podcast

105 - Breeding Future Statesmen: Interview w/ Kevin Dolan on the EXIT podcast

A conversation w/ Kevin Dolan on Kings of Sparta, Anti-Natalist Roman Aristocrats, and whether Christianity destroyed or saved Rome.
Join me at...

2025-02-27 00:41:49 6217
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104 - Heroic Struggles in Vietnam, w/ Doyle Glass

104 - Heroic Struggles in Vietnam, w/ Doyle Glass

A conversation with Doyle Glass, author of Swift Sword, The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967. 
Intro Story fe...

2025-02-13 18:28:26 4888
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103 - The Immortal Cato

103 - The Immortal Cato

Cato's Afterlife, Takeaways, Sources.
Some Modern Sources:
Rome's Last Citizen, by Goodman and Soni
Uncommon Wrath, by Osgood
...

2025-02-07 00:14:24 1527
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102 - Cato III: The Senate's Ashes

102 - Cato III: The Senate's Ashes

The Finale, of the life of Cato the Younger. In this episode:
A tale of principle and paradox, Cato's resolute stand for Republican values helpe...

2025-01-22 07:20:04 6504
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101 - Cato II: Seducers of Rome

101 - Cato II: Seducers of Rome

Part 2 of 3 of the Life of Cato the Younger. In this episode:
A story of political intrigue, street violence, and the struggle to preserve Repub...

2024-12-21 15:17:31 5927
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100 - Cato I: A Strange Boy

100 - Cato I: A Strange Boy

Episode 1 of the Life of Cato the Younger, Rome's great Stoic statesman.
In this episode:

On this centennial episode, I'd like to t...

2024-11-22 15:24:26 5163
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99 - On Progress - Against Stoicism

99 - On Progress - Against Stoicism

How to make progress, and know it. Featuring a few of Plutarch's critiques of some Stoics of his day - whether fairly or unfairly, you can decide.

2024-11-06 18:42:55 1215
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98 - Gallic Wars 8: Finale

98 - Gallic Wars 8: Finale

Caesar ties all loose ends in his Gallic Campaign, in part 8, the final episode of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strategy, and prop...

2024-10-21 15:46:28 2130
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97 - Gallic Wars 7: Vercingetorix and the Great Revolt

97 - Gallic Wars 7: Vercingetorix and the Great Revolt

Caesar faces the Gallic Grande Armée through fire and snow, in part 7, the climax of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strategy, and pr...

2024-09-30 01:06:11 7032
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96 - Gallic Wars 6: Manhunt

96 - Gallic Wars 6: Manhunt

Caesar fights through enemy tribes and orders a Purge in his manhunt for Ambiorix, in part 6 of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strat...

2024-09-12 19:44:37 3907
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95 - Gallic Wars 5: Uprisings

95 - Gallic Wars 5: Uprisings

The mighty Caesar returns to Britain, and faces uprisings and deadly skirmishes in Gaul, in part 5 of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology,...

2024-08-26 23:00:00 4368
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94 - Gallic Wars 4: Amphibious Assault

94 - Gallic Wars 4: Amphibious Assault

Caesar crosses two major bodies of water (and he hasn’t even gotten to the Rubicon yet), in part 4 of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology,...

2024-07-31 19:32:31 3450
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93 - Gallic Wars 3: Caesar At Sea

93 - Gallic Wars 3: Caesar At Sea

Caesar faces enemies at home and on sea, in part 3 of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strategy, and propaganda: On the Gallic War (De...

2024-07-19 22:11:47 3792
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92 - Gallic Wars 2: Conspiracy

92 - Gallic Wars 2: Conspiracy

Caesar almost loses it all, in part 2 of our series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strategy, and propaganda: On the Gallic War (De Bello Gallic...

2024-07-03 18:06:21 3106
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91 - Gallic Wars 1: Caesar's Chance

91 - Gallic Wars 1: Caesar's Chance

The beginning of a new series on Caesar’s masterwork of psychology, strategy, and propaganda: On the Gallic Wars (De Bello Gallico). It’s a world-hist...

2024-06-19 03:03:15 4655
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90 - Heroes are Dangerous: Rousseau & Nietzsche with Johnathan Bi

90 - Heroes are Dangerous: Rousseau & Nietzsche with Johnathan Bi

Johnathan Bi left success in the startup world to focus on researching the deep ideas that power the world, and has recently launched his series on th...

2024-06-12 16:43:51 4836
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89 - A Manual for Greatness — with Johnny Burtka

89 - A Manual for Greatness — with Johnny Burtka

An interview with Johnny Burtka, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. He is a graduate of Hillsdale Col...

2024-06-07 15:00:00 3597
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88 - Mysteries of the Scrolls — with Nat Friedman

88 - Mysteries of the Scrolls — with Nat Friedman

An interview with Nat Friedman, former CEO of GitHub and creator of the Vesuvius Challenge, which aims to crack the riddles of the Herculaneum Papyri....

2024-05-30 15:00:00 3286
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87 - Pursuing Greatness — with Pano Kanelos

87 - Pursuing Greatness — with Pano Kanelos

An interview with Pano Kanelos, the founding president of the University of Austin and the former President of St. John’s College, Annapolis.

2024-05-22 02:41:29 3039
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86 - Pompey: Aftermath, Comparison w/ Spartan King Agesilaus

86 - Pompey: Aftermath, Comparison w/ Spartan King Agesilaus

In which we follow the lead of Plutarch and study Pompey's character and analyze what we can learn from the life of Pompey the Great, by comparing him...

2024-05-08 13:52:17 2404
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85 - Pompey III: Fields of Pharsalus

85 - Pompey III: Fields of Pharsalus

Life of Pompey Part 3 of 3: Pompey's final rise to the heights of Roman power, his war with his friend Julius Caesar, and his final downfall.  
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2024-04-30 15:22:51 7074
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84 - Pompey II: Empire of Venus

84 - Pompey II: Empire of Venus

Pompey becomes Rome’s greatest conqueror, and empire builder, but faces even greater trials back home in Rome. 
 
People 
Gnaeus Pom...

2024-04-09 17:11:41 6566
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83 - Pompey I: Kid Butcher

83 - Pompey I: Kid Butcher

Pompey, the Great.  Part 1 of 3.  Pompey's rise to become one of Rome's greatest generals - before he's even old enough to hold office.  How he got th...

2024-03-19 15:49:19 4902
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82 - How to Tell a Flatterer From a Friend

82 - How to Tell a Flatterer From a Friend

Check out Ralston College's FUNDED MA program: https://www.ralston.ac/humanities-ma !
...Plutarch offers some advice on how to choose your frien...

2024-03-01 03:48:41 1861
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81 - Spartacus — with Barry Strauss

81 - Spartacus — with Barry Strauss

An interview with Barry Strauss, Spartacus expert, and author of The Spartacus War
In this episode: 
-How Spartacus' Slave revolt almost f...

2024-02-14 05:15:00 3068
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80 - The Best Stoic Sentences

80 - The Best Stoic Sentences

A method for reading that can transform your life.
W/ help from Dana Gioia, California Poet Laureate, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts...

2024-01-31 03:46:42 1873
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79 - Spencer Klavan: Why Achilles Plays the Lyre

79 - Spencer Klavan: Why Achilles Plays the Lyre

Why does Achilles, slaughterer of men, play the lyre? A conversation with Spencer Klavan of the Young Heretics podcast.
Check out the Cost of G...

2024-01-18 02:43:39 3615
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78 - Lucullus III: Betrayal

78 - Lucullus III: Betrayal

The fall and political struggles of the great Lucullus, rival of Pompey and Caesar.
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2024-01-03 04:49:16 4255
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77 - Lucullus II: Armenia

77 - Lucullus II: Armenia

Lucullus drives Mithridates out of Pontus, and war escalates
In this episode:
-The power of concentration
-Nothing is more important...

2023-12-20 05:26:11 3702
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76 - Lucullus I: Starvation

76 - Lucullus I: Starvation

Lucullus, Conqueror of Armenia.  Highlights from Plutarch's biography of the great foe of Pompey

Thanks to our sponsor Ancient Language I...

2023-12-13 05:39:30 3796
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75 - How to Turn People Down (or, "On Cringe")

75 - How to Turn People Down (or, "On Cringe")

The vice of "dysopia" brings down even the strongest.  Plutarch gives some advice on how to fortify ourselves against it. 
Reach out to alex@anc...

2023-11-29 03:24:29 1230
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74 - Crassus Aftermath, Takeaways, Sources

74 - Crassus Aftermath, Takeaways, Sources

What happened to Crassus' captured soldiers?  To his family?  What can we learn from his successes and his world-historic failure? 
ANNOUNCEMEN...

2023-11-17 15:19:01 1195
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