Episode 87: Alexander the Great, with Meg Finlayson

This episode is all about Alexander the Great, and especially about his reception by later Greeks & Romans, the middle ages, and modern popular culture. We had the pleasure of interviewing Meg Finlayson who studies Alexander and his reception and shared their knowledge, enthusiasm, and dreams of a new Alexander movie with Colin Farrell playing Philip!

Alexander mosaic

Alexander sarcophagus

Pompey “the Great”

Alexander the Great in his “submarine”

Meg’s twitter @agameganon

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Episode 85: Election Talk to Take Your Mind off the Election

It’s election night 2020 in the US, and our video from 4 years ago about the language of politics is relevant once again. We discuss the changing vocabulary of democracy and what it can tell us about shifting attitudes towards popular rule and politicians. It may not be a complete break from political coverage, but at least it’s mostly about the distant past, not the uncertain future!

Ballot Box Cocktail

Mashed Radish blog post on Candidate

Mashed Radish blog post on Poll

Anatoly Liberman on Booth

“Sublime” video

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