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August 21 · 1 hr 8 min
Capitalism vs Aristocracy: Who Actually Had it Better? Tocqueville Seminar ft. Alpha School
A seminar on Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://greatbooks.io Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/seminar-on-tocqueville-with-alpha-school Companion lectures: - This Idea Destroys All Religions | Tocqueville on Christianity: https://youtu.be/NlYxwfxK1NI - America is No Longer a Democracy, That’s Why I Immigrated Here | Tocqueville Explained: https://youtu.be/XjhLQYGOmks Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
August 3 · 52 min
Why Odysseus Cries When Listening to the Trojan War Stories | Gregory Nagy
My interview with Gregory Nagy on epic and grief. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://greatbooks.io Companion interviews: - Harvard Prof: Homer Didn’t Write the Odyssey, This is who did ...: https://youtu.be/5GU1RN3eGQw - This Decision was Worse Than You think | Odyssey Movie Review (Spoilers): https://youtu.be/svdTYgthz_c - I Traveled to Ithaca to Answer This Question: https://youtu.be/Z7SmVKDz_Sk - This One Sentence Explains the Entire Odyssey: https://youtu.be/Wm6Yod-hsM0 - How to Choose a Good Wife (who won’t kill you): https://youtu.be/KT-up3hgtyY Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
July 30 · 15 min
How to Choose a Good Wife (According to Odysseus)
My video essay on Odysseus and Penelope. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://greatbooks.io Companion videos:- Gregory Nagy on the Homeric Question: https://youtu.be/5GU1RN3eGQw- Odysseus after the Odyssey: https://youtu.be/Z7SmVKDz_Sk- Odysseus vs. Achilles: https://youtu.be/Wm6Yod-hsM0 Music by Michael Levy, "Composer for Lyre" — used with permission. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Dx2vFEg8DmOJ5YCRm4A5v?si=IK4k7e2SQ_u6_d70Ror1XA Website: https://www.ancientlyre.com Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
July 25 · 29 min
Odysseus and the Art of Lying | Homer's Odyssey Explained
My video essay on Odysseus and the art of lying. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: greatbooks.io Companion videos: - Gregory Nagy on the Homeric Question: - Odysseus after the Odyssey: Timestamps: 00:00 0. Introduction 00:27 1. The Cyclops Scene 06:07 2. Lying as Institution 18:17 3. Hero as Man of Pain 25:54 4. Socrates as Hero Music by Michael Levy, "Composer for Lyre" — used with permission. Website: https://www.ancientlyre.comSpotify: Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
July 18 · 58 min
What Happens to Odysseus After the Odyssey? Telegony, Inferno, Ulysses, Republic Compared
My video essay on Odysseus after the Odyssey. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://greatbooks.io Companion interviews:- What All Great Men Want (But Won’t Admit To) | UT Philosopher Thomas Pangle: Music by Michael Levy, “Composer for Lyre” — used with permission. Website: https://www.ancientlyre.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Dx2vFEg8DmOJ5YCRm4A5v?si=IK4k7e2SQ_u6_d70Ror1XA Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
July 14 · 1 hr 8 min
Homer Didn't Write The Odyssey, This is Who Did | Harvard’s Gregory Nagy
An interview with Gregory Nagy on the Homeric question. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://greatbooks.io Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-gregory-nagy-homeric-question Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
July 6 · 1 hr 30 min
America's War on Christianity | Tocqueville on Religion
My lecture celebrating America’s 250th at the Chateau de Tocqueville: Tocqueville on Religion. Professor Aaron Herold tutored me as I was going through Democracy in America. His insights were critical to forming my own reading on Tocqueville and you can read more about them in his wonderful book: https://amzn.to/3Ssp7zt Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://greatbooks.io Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-lecture-on-tocquevilles-religious-views Companion lectures & interviews: - What All Great Men Want (But Won’t Admit To) | UT Philosopher Thomas Pangle: https://youtu.be/_ozwvr2Pdls - Democracy with American Characteristics | Tocqueville’s Industrial Aristocracyhttps://youtu.be/XjhLQYGOmks Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
July 4 · 1 hr 40 min
Democracy with American Characteristics | Tocqueville on America's Industrial Aristocracy
My lecture celebrating America’s 250th at the Chateau de Tocqueville: “Democracy with American Characteristics” Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: greatbooks.io Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-lecture-on-tocquevilles-aristocracy Companion interviews: What All Great Men Want (But Won’t Admit To) | UT Philosopher Thomas Pangle: https://youtu.be/_ozwvr2Pdls Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
June 29 · 1 hr 48 min
The American Love of Acquisition & Commerce | UT Philosopher Thomas Pangle
An interview with Thomas Pangle on the American Founding. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: greatbooks.io Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-thomas-pangle-on-the-american-founding Companion interviews: What All Great Men Want (But Won’t Admit To) | UT Philosopher Thomas Pangle: https://youtu.be/_ozwvr2Pdls Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
June 21 · 20 min
The 4 Best Books to Prepare for AI (of the Hundreds I’ve Read)
Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: greatbooks.io Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-the-4-best-books-to-prepare-for-ai Companion interviews & lectures:- He Studied Every Religion, This One Came Closest to Truth | Rice Professor Jeff Kripal: https://youtu.be/yZPHXK4Q60c- Introduction to Mimetic Theory | René Girard: https://youtu.be/5Qu6vBebwwg Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
May 30 · 1 hr 25 min
The Path to God is Through Sex | Rice Professor Jeff Kripal
An interview with Jeff Kripal on mysticism, sexuality, and the homoerotic structure of orthodox religion. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Companion interviews: He Studied Every Religion, This One Came Closest to Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZPHXK4Q60c The Secret Religion of Nietzsche | On Mysticism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ux64RyQGU Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
May 18 · 1 hr 5 min
The High Integrity Way Great Men Chase Fame | UT Philosopher Thomas Pangle on the American Founding
An interview with Thomas Pangle, Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin and one of the foremost commentators on the American founding... Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-of-interview-with-thomas-pangle-on-great-men Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
May 4 · 2 hr 35 min
Comparing the World Religions with Rice's Jeff Kripal
An interview with Jeff Kripal. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-jeff-kripal-on-comparative-religion Companion interviews: Uncovering the CIA's Secret Weapon: Psychic Spies: https://youtu.be/cNJwV3Ksxa8 The Secret Religion of Nietzsche | On Mysticism: https://youtu.be/z_ux64RyQGU Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
April 4 · 37 min
Inside the CIA’s Psychic Spy Program | Stargate
An interview with Jeff Kripal on Stargate and remote viewing.Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-jeff-kripalon-on-stargate Companion interviews:The Secret Religion of Nietzsche | On Mysticism https://youtu.be/z_ux64RyQGU Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
March 16 · 2 hr 5 min
Only Treachery Can Defend Freedom | Machiavelli's Domestic Policy Explained
A lecture on Machiavelli’s the Prince and the Discourses on Livy. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-lecture-on-machiavellis-domestic-policy Companion interviews: - You Need More Danger In Your Life | Machiavelli Explained: https://youtu.be/W5EeZ4i73IM - This is How I Fell in Love with Machiavelli | Q&A: https://youtu.be/zXUvEN-LI_M - Power Will Cost You Everything, It’s Worth It: https://youtu.be/zPKMDxVBZ8A - The Forgotten 11th Commandment | Princeton’s Maurizio Viroli on Machiavelli's God: https://youtu.be/cE6gz40RRV8 - Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs | Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli: https://youtu.be/l21HUb4uunM These were the secondary texts I referenced and found most insightful (affiliate links) - Mansfield, Machiavelli’s Virtue: https://amzn.to/44twNVb - Mansfield, Machiavelli’s Effectual Truth: https://amzn.to/4phinje - Viroli, Machiavelli’s God: https://amzn.to/49FZAtf - McCormick, Machiavellian Democracy: https://amzn.to/43QiNVq Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
March 7 · 3 hr 13 min
Nietzsche Was NOT an Atheist. He Was a Mystic
Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-jeff-kripal-on-nietzsche Companion lectures and interviews: - Masters vs. Slaves | Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality Explained: https://youtu.be/M0w2eQ-FcEA Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
February 21 · 1 hr 33 min
The Chinese Billionaire Paying People to Have Kids | James Liang on Demography
An interview with James Liang, founder of https://trip.com You can get his new book Innovationism here: https://amzn.to/3MGCWI2 Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://cosmosinst.typeform.com/johnathanbi Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/interview-with-james-liang-on-demography We are hiring/investing/building at Cosmos, to learn about all the ways to get involved check out: https://johnathanbi.com/cosmos Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
February 9 · 1 hr 31 min
The Overwhelming Evidence for Miracles Suppressed By Authorities | Princeton's Dale Allison
An interview with Princeton’s Dale Allison Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-of-interview-with-dale-allison-on-miracles Companion lectures and interviews: - The Devastating Wrong Turn in Early Christianity | Princeton Historian Explains: https://youtu.be/CTM8YFMMZrk - The Surprising Evidence for Christian Miracles | Yale Historian Carlos Eire: https://youtu.be/Dm-xlAHM7Xc Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
February 2 · 2 hr 1 min
The Struggle for Recognition | Axel Honneth
Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcr... Companion interviews: Columbia Professor Teaches the Art of Self-Esteem | Fred Neuhouser on Rousseau: • Columbia Professor Teaches the Art of Self... Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
January 27 · 50 min
The Case for Imperialism | Machiavelli's Foreign Policy Explained
Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-lecture-on-machiavelli-foreign-policy Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe

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