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Start here. These featured episodes are handpicked highlights from the Western Traditions archive.
Sept. 16, 2021
Episode 14 - First Mesopotamia
The first known civilization arises in Mesopotamia around the year 3,500 BC. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:
Feb. 3, 2024
Episode IX.02 - The Technological Singularity I
From the card catalog at the University of Arizona library to the apocalypse of the human race. The introduction to the Technological Singularity. RECOMMENDED READS - Click Image for Link:v
Oct. 16, 2025
Episode III.17 - The Second Punic War III: To the Defeat at Cannae
Rome commits to the war, raising more troops than ever before and pushing the limits of their constitution. Hannibal is victorious over Rome again and again. Fabius Maximus manages to slow the destruction, until Carthage's gr...
Recent Episodes
May 18, 2026
Episode III.24 - Introduction to the Late Roman Empire
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus returns home from war to find his nation in decline. The rich have imported immigrants and slaves into Italy to displace the native citizens. The rise of plantations drives free Romans into urban ...
May 18, 2026
Episode III.24 - Introduction to the Late Roman Republic
Tiberius Gracchus returns home from the Third Punic War and finds his nation in decline. The wealthy have imported immigrants and slaves to replace the native-born Romans in the countryside. Ex-soldiers and their families hav...
April 27, 2026
Episode IX.09 - The Tyranny of Optimization
How the process of optimization ultimately ruins everything. Beginning with examples from Mexican politics and President Gustavo Diaz, the podcast goes on to consider business, sports, diet, religion, marriage and technology ...