by CJR | Feb 27, 2015 | 30, Premium Podcasts
In this glorious episode, we are STILL talking about Philip but! BUT! Good news y'all – Alexander makes his first (albeit small) appearance. He's 14! The good news is that he's going to become a bigger part of the story very soon. So other news in...
by CJR | Feb 23, 2015 | 30, Podcasts, Premium Podcasts
If you’re not already one of the many fans of Peter Adamson’s “History Of Philosophy Without Any Gaps” podcast, you will be by the end of this episode. Peter does to philosophy what we do to history – he provides a blow-by-blow account of...
by CJR | Feb 11, 2015 | 30, Premium Podcasts
On this TWO AND A HALF HOUR episode, we go insane. I mean it – this is literally the most insane episode you’ve ever heard. WHY DO WE DO IT TO OURSELVES??? So – what happens in this episode? We cover the years 352 – 346 BCE Philip attacks...
by CJR | Jan 30, 2015 | 30, Premium Podcasts
On this TWO HOUR episode, we go into much more detail about the Third Sacred War, the state of Phocis, the god Apollo and pederasty (trust us, it’s relevant) – and then we talk in detail about The War Of Apollo and how Philip got his revenge on Onomarchus...
by CJR | Jan 13, 2015 | 30, Premium Podcasts
On this TWO HOUR episode, you’ll hear how Philip II of Macedon invented lying, invented siege warfare (more or less), lost an eye and held down a Phayllus, but was then beaten for the first and only time in his life. We also talk in detail about the Oracle of...
by CJR | Jan 6, 2015 | 30, Premium Podcasts
Our first VIP episode! And apologies in advance for the sucky sound quality. We were calling Bob on his home telephone and I think it looked like this: Today’s guest is Emeritus Professor Bob Milns, of the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at...