Episode 9: Venerable Bede on the Enchanted Worldview

11/03/20 • 44 min

In this semi-miraculous episode, appearing only one day after the last episode, your host discusses the 8th century manuscript called "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People," written by a guy called Bede -- it's full of supernatural anecdotes and medieval atmospheres, and yeah it's a little disorganized because it's election day and everything is distracting!

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In this fine episode, Pierre Grimes and Johnny Cash are quoted, and the discussion centers on the four (or five) political "regimes" described by Socrates in Book VIII of the Republic. There's also a new jingle somewhere in the middle. Hold on to your togas.

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Episode 10: The Bhagavad Gita: Why We Fight

In this ragin' episode, we do the medium-deep dive on Hinduism's golden nugget, the Bhagavad Gita, and question when it's time to take up arms! -- uh, figuratively.