Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee

A.J., Graeme, and Thomas discuss everything having to do with the classical world. Our aim is to help both educators and laypeople enjoy the classical world as much as they enjoy fine ales and good tales.

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300 episodes
Updated Tuesday

Episodes300

Newest first

Jul 12, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min
205: The Social Contract 2: Electric Boogaloo
More boogaloo than the last!
Jul 5, 2022 · 1 hr 2 min
204: Frederick Douglass on the 5th of July
Frederick Douglass, Master of Tone
Jun 28, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min
203: Bronowski's "The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination"
It's just axiomatic!
Jun 21, 2022 · 56 min
202: Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "The Social Contract" (Compact?)
OBEY THE SOVEREIGN (it's okay, that's you!)
Jun 15, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
201: On the Genealogy of Morality
Everything Everywhere All at Once
May 31, 2022 · 57 min
200: What are Wordsworth?
NOT AS MUCH AS MEMORIES OF NATURE
May 24, 2022 · 53 min
199: The Master and Margarita
Black magic shows in Russia? Seems like a rough night.
May 3, 2022 · 49 min
198: The Proslogion
This episode is greater than which no episode can be conceived
Apr 26, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min
197: Sympathy and Satan
He's defo not the good guy.
Apr 19, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
196: Giacomo Leopardi
Let me cut my own meat, DAD!
Apr 12, 2022 · 57 min
195: Isaac Asimov's "Foundation"
Capitalism! IN SPAAAACE
Apr 5, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min
194: Ulysses, by James Joyce
I read the book so you don't have to
Mar 29, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
An Interview with Joshua Gibbs
We're in the big leagues now, boys!
Mar 22, 2022 · 1 hr 5 min
193: So Your Parents are Thinking of Sending You to a Classical Christian School
For children!
Mar 8, 2022 · 59 min
192: Waiting for Godot
Bozzo. Pozzo? Bozzo?
Mar 1, 2022 · 1 hr
191: Atlas Shrugged and the Therapeutic Man
I wish it was that "break things" therapy. I would love that therapy.
Feb 22, 2022 · 1 hr 5 min
190: Herodotus IV: Cambyses "The Passable"
the "We Graded on a Curve"
Feb 15, 2022 · 1 hr
189: Leibniz and the best of all possible worlds
Life is bad but it's the BEST
Feb 8, 2022 · 1 hr 7 min
188: Four reasons why classical education can't happen
Spoiler: A.J. takes issue with one of them
Feb 1, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min
187: Atlas Shrugged: BECOME A TITAN OF INDUSTRY
In Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged," a character gives a two-hundred-page-long speech on objectivism, her philosophy. Hey, if you're looking for an ethos that gives you both independence AND cash, you're in the right place.

Classical Stuff You Should Know

205: The Social Contract 2: Electric Boogaloo

204: Frederick Douglass on the 5th of July

203: Bronowski's "The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination"

202: Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "The Social Contract" (Compact?)

201: On the Genealogy of Morality

200: What are Wordsworth?

199: The Master and Margarita

198: The Proslogion

197: Sympathy and Satan

196: Giacomo Leopardi

195: Isaac Asimov's "Foundation"

194: Ulysses, by James Joyce

An Interview with Joshua Gibbs

193: So Your Parents are Thinking of Sending You to a Classical Christian School

192: Waiting for Godot

191: Atlas Shrugged and the Therapeutic Man

190: Herodotus IV: Cambyses "The Passable"

189: Leibniz and the best of all possible worlds

188: Four reasons why classical education can't happen

187: Atlas Shrugged: BECOME A TITAN OF INDUSTRY