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The Western Traditions Podcast

By: Robert Paxton
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  • A podcast, in nine series, about the history of western culture and traditions.
    Copyright 2022 All rights reserved.
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Episodes
  • Episode XIB.001 - Introduction to the Old Testament

    Episode XIB.001 - Introduction to the Old Testament
    Apr 25 2024
    The Bible is our book. No matter which religious tradition to which you belong, even if you are non-religious, this is your book. This is your patrimony, just as the Iliad and the Odyssey and the works of Aristotle and Plato are your inheritance.
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    24 mins
  • Episode IX.04 - The Dead Internet

    Episode IX.04 - The Dead Internet
    Apr 19 2024
    On the periphery of this online cemetery, we grubby humans rifle through the garbage, looking for a movie on Netflix or flicking past several hundred TikTok’s, all the while, beyond the gates of the graveyard, the bots replicate and babble to one another - the animated, digital ruins of a society that once built pyramids and dared to cross the oceans in ships powered by the wind.
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    24 mins
  • Episode II.28 - The Peloponnesian War V: The Fall of Athens

    Episode II.28 - The Peloponnesian War V: The Fall of Athens
    Apr 14 2024
    Alcibiades finally comes to power. Lysander leads Sparta to victory. The long walls of Athens come tumbling down.
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    40 mins
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Great listen!

Well read and great information flow ties together nicely. Can't wait for the next one!

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