First Segment: The 1300s. The rise of the Ottomans, The Avignon Papacy, the Great Papal Schism, the 100 Years War, the Black Death, the Renaissance. Second Segment: How medieval wars were like NFL games. Third Segment: Lightning Segments.

Michigan's capricious COVID shut down order. Literary short stories are like scripture: both are dense with significance. The years 1190 to 1274: Crusades, Robin Hood, Mongols, Thomas Aquinas

First Segment: We cover the years 1000 to 1200. Ish. Revival of the Byzantine Empire, Saints Francis and Dominic, the Sunni Seljuk Turks, launching the Crusades.Second Segment: Lightning Segments.Third Segment: My Dad during the Korean War. He was kept st

The Years 622-962 LIghtning Segments Peter Singer One Possible Reason We're So Divided

Almost this entire episode talks about the years 313 AD to 622 AD. It covers Emperor Constantine's Edict of Milan that proclaimed religious toleration, thereby ending Christian persecution, the dissolution of the Roman Empire in the west, and the reign of

Coronavirus Ramblings. Do you like the social distancing? Then maybe you're an introvert. What you can (can't) do to protect yourself. The years 27 BC to 313 AD. Octavius becomes emperor. Stoicism. The Roman Peace begins. . . Christianity begins.

Socrates, Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Cato, 2020 Primaries and Disruption of Binary Culture

My family moved to a new house today. The future looks bright (cue Timbuk 3), but right now, things are a bit crazy. I muse here about moving, coffee, the "F" words, and other matters. Short episode. Regular episodes resume next week.

Why does Gnosticism even matter? Because it provides a crucial key to understanding modern and postmodern political discourse. Gnosticism, in today's world, laces the Left, just as Christianity laces the Right. Lightning Segments: Murder of Playboy mode

What is the primary ingredient of Gnosticism? Plato: Inability to deal with the Metaxy. Lightning Segments. The year 1300 BC to 586 BC: Moses to the Babylonian Captivity. What was happening in Greece during this time?