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The Students

Discussions on history, philosophy, politics, science, and civilizational questions. We're here to learn.

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  • Avg 1 hr 10 min
  • English

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  • S1 · E6
    May 13 · 1 hr 17 min

    The Machine Gun Killed Democracy

    Ben Landau-Taylor discusses Carroll Quigley's thesis on how weapons systems shape political order—how military technology determines whether a society ends up democratic, authoritarian, or something else entirely.

  • S1 · E5
    May 6 · 1 hr 25 min

    The War that Destroyed the Greek World

    The Peloponnesian War destroyed the Greek world and exposed the violence behind the civilized facade, much like the World Wars of the 20th century. Maxim Dmitrienko walks us through Thucydides' timeless History.

  • S1 · E4
    April 29 · 1 hr 13 min

    Why Study Greek Philosophy?

    Should a student of the 21st century read Plato and Aristotle? Stephen Pimentel explains how Greek philosophy helps us to see past the conceits of our own era.

  • S1 · E3
    April 24 · 1 hr 14 min

    How Civilizations Die

    Carroll Quigley's 1961 book The Evolution of Civilizations describes the stages a civilization goes through as it grows, expands, decays, and falls. Ben Landau-Taylor tells us how Quigley's theory works, and where our civilization sits in this process today.

  • S1 · E1
    April 10 · 1 hr 38 min

    Should I Pick My Kids' Genes?

    Rachel Wallis is using cutting-edge gene selection technology to have kids. Wolf Tivy is using traditional methods. Which is better? They debate. ----------- Reproductive Frontiers 2026 conference in Berkeley this June: reproductivefrontiers.org

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