Classical Stuff You Should Know
Education

Classical Stuff You Should Know

by 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.

100 episodes
EN-US language
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1
298: Federalist Papers #10
54:32 Mar 3, 2026
2
297: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Fall of the House of Usher"
1:03:12 Feb 24, 2026
3
296: Coleridge's "Kubla Khan"
59:46 Feb 10, 2026
4
295: Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
1:00:08 Feb 3, 2026
5
294: The Servile State, by Hilaire Belloc
1:02:24 Jan 20, 2026
6
293: Cinderella
47:32 Jan 13, 2026
7
292: Nominalism and William of Ockham
58:24 Dec 30, 2025
8
291: J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas
49:19 Dec 23, 2025
9
290: Civil Disobedience by David Henry Thoreau
1:04:12 Dec 16, 2025
10
289: John Bunyan and Babe le bœuf bleu
1:03:07 Dec 9, 2025
11
288: Macbeth Inverted
1:06:30 Dec 2, 2025
12
287: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving
56:36 Nov 4, 2025
13
286: Prince Darling
42:36 Oct 7, 2025
14
285: The Democratic Man: Plato's Republic Revisited
1:07:38 Sep 30, 2025
15
284: Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"
1:18:24 Sep 9, 2025
16
283: Beauty and the Beast
1:01:14 Sep 2, 2025
17
282: Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
1:09:40 Aug 26, 2025
18
281: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1:09:24 Aug 19, 2025
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280: Raskolnikov and Narcissism
1:01:43 May 20, 2025
20
279: Aesop's Fables
43:12 May 13, 2025
21
278: Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations"
1:06:52 Apr 22, 2025
22
277: "Emma," by Jane Austen
1:02:10 Mar 18, 2025
23
276: Dyskolos (my favorite DJ)
58:26 Mar 11, 2025
24
275: Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener"
1:03:32 Mar 4, 2025
25
274: The Lord of the Flies
56:24 Feb 11, 2025
26
273: Against Christian Civilization
58:32 Feb 4, 2025
27
272: Sir Thomas More
1:01:09 Jan 21, 2025
28
271: The Socratic Method
58:44 Jan 14, 2025
29
270: Phaedo
55:14 Dec 17, 2024
30
Aristotle v. Plato
1:01:12 Dec 10, 2024
31
268: Hamlet and Socrates and Death
59:41 Oct 8, 2024
32
267: Plato's Dialogues: Meno
57:46 Oct 1, 2024
33
266: A Parley with Youth
1:06:14 Sep 10, 2024
34
265: The Great Gatsby
1:09:04 Sep 3, 2024
35
264: An Interview with Davies Owens and Keith McCurdy
35:39 Aug 9, 2024
36
263: The Ballad of the White Horse and Some Dudes Who Sing
1:03:52 Jul 30, 2024
37
262: The Wrath of Khan
57:22 Jul 9, 2024
38
261: Montessori
1:03:11 Jul 2, 2024
39
260: The Plantagenets 13: A Fairytale
1:00:47 May 14, 2024
40
259: Genghis Khan 4: Anda Undone!
1:00:36 May 7, 2024
41
258: Plantagenets 12: Three Kings in Three Months
1:01:10 Apr 16, 2024
42
257: Plantagenets 11: Bleeding to Death from a Broken Heart
1:05:43 Mar 19, 2024
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256: Genghis Khan 3: Loki and the Frat Battle
58:34 Mar 12, 2024
44
255: Winnie the Pooh
46:40 Mar 5, 2024
45
254: Kristin Lavransdatter 2: "I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL"
1:14:10 Feb 27, 2024
46
253: Beatrix Potter
57:45 Feb 13, 2024
47
252: Genghis Khan 2: The Coat Khan and a Wife Named Borte
1:04:21 Feb 6, 2024
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251: Kristin Lavransdatter
1:05:23 Jan 23, 2024
49
250: Genghis Khan 1
59:20 Jan 16, 2024
50
249: War of the Roses 10: "Whatsup subjects?"
56:22 Dec 25, 2023
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