Join Zeke on part two of an epic adventure

Join Zeke on a truly epic adventure.

Today my podcast iswith Professor Barry Strauss

https://www.barrystrauss.com

Barry is a Professor of History at Cornell University. He has written several bestselling books on history including "Ten Emperors: From Augustus to Constantine", and has been a contributor on the History Channel. His new book, "The War That Made the Roman Empire" is available everywhere now.

Our guest is Professor Paul Rahe. Paul is an American Classicist, historian writer and professor of history at Hillsdale College, He’s taught at Yale University, Cornell University and Franklin and Marshall As well. He’s also delivered lectures for the hoover institution

His CV is filled to the prim with books on antiquity, but todays discussion was prompted by his 2016 book the Spartan Regime. The book focuses on the political ethos of Ancient Sparta. We talked about the history of the spartans, religion in Sparta snd Greece more broadly, the Persian wars, and what lessons we can draw from this particular period of antiquity.

Today, I am speaking with Ben Wilson. Ben is the founder of a popular podcast called "How To Take Over The World." We talked about political philosophy, the dichotomy of the warrior poet, and did some profiles and explorations of the great figures of antiquity,

This is my conversation with Australian artist Sam Vallen. Sam is a guitarist, composer, producer and musical director. His most prominent work is with his band Caligula’s Horse, though he is also a sought after producer and teacher. We discussed a broad range of topics within art, up to and including history of his band and aesthetic concerns more broadly. Find Sam on instagram at @samvallenmusic