SEASON 7: All Roads Lead to Clermont

Miniseries: Popes, Emperors, Kings, & A Countess

EPISODE 163: Exorcising Her Demons

The world turns its eyes to a single Tuscan city—Piacenza. Over the course of one monumental week, Church and state collide, grievances are aired, and the groundwork is laid for seismic shifts that will echo for centuries...and it's all thanks to one lady in particular: Matilda of Canossa.

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SEASON 7: All Roads Lead to Clermont

Miniseries: Popes, Emperors, Kings & A Countess

EPISODE 162: Henry IV Strikes Back!

Once again we find Henry IV attempting to take down Countess Matilda of Canossa, and this time he threw as much as he could at her. But will it work? Will he finally take down the one person who has stood in his way all these years?

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PHILOSOPHY SERIES 1: Foundations of Western Thought

EPISODE 004: Plato: The Shape of Reality

After the death of Socrates in 399 BC, Plato steps out from his teacher’s shadow and tackles his first major contribution to Western philosophy: What is Truth?

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• Plato’s Search for Truth

• “Theory of Forms”

• “Allegory of the Cave”

• “The Form of the Good”

• Plato’s “Divided Line”

• Plato’s (and Socrates’) “Theory of Recollection”

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SEASON 7: All Roads Lead to Clermont

Miniseries: Popes, Emperors, Kings & A Countess

EPISODE 161: Rise of Pope Urban II

Pope Urban II’s story begins long before he was pope, when he was simply Odo of Chatillon, but this episode will focus on his impressive ascendancy through the Catholic ranks to be the answer to what the Christian world was looking for as the 11th century came to a close.

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SEASON 7: All Roads Lead to Clermont

Miniseries: Popes, Emperors, Kings & A Countess

EPISODE 160: Pope Victor III

Conrad the Younger, Matilda of Tuscany, and Desiderius of Monte Cassino…these are the foci of our next thread leading up to the First Crusade!

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SEASON 7: All Roads Lead to Clermont

Miniseries: Southern Italy and Sicily, 1085 - 1095

EPISODE 159: Rebellions & Conquests: Hauteville Edition, Pt2

Roger Borsa and Bohemond hold onto a tenuous peace, while their uncle Count Roger faces challenges back in Sicily. Maybe a little vacay to the island of Malta could do the trick…

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SEASON 7: All Roads Lead to Clermont

Miniseries: Southern Italy and Sicily, 1085 - 1095

EPISODE 158: Rebellions & Conquests: Hauteville Edition, Pt1

Roger Borsa may have inherited dad’s domains, but Bohemond wasn’t going to sit idly by and be left with nothing. The Balkans should’ve been his, so if they would one day be under his control he would have to begin by carving out a base of his own. All the while, Uncle Roger was closing in on his dream of conquest over all of Sicily…all while playing referee to his two troublesome nephews.

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SEASON 7: All Roads Lead to Clermont

EPISODE 157: Catholic Corridors to the East

Venice and Hungary don’t seem to have much in common, but they would pave the way for crusaders to make the long, treacherous journey to the Holy Land, whether by land or by sea.

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