New Humanists
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New Humanists

by Ancient Language Institute

Join the hosts of New Humanists and founders of the Ancient Language Institute, Jonathan Roberts and Ryan Hammill, on their quest to discover what a renewed humanism looks like for the modern world. The Ancient Language Institute is an online language school and think tank, dedicated to changing the way ancient languages are taught.

102 episodes
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1
Socrates and the Sophists, feat. David Talcott | Episode CIX
58:49 Apr 1, 2026
2
The Case Against Meritocracy | Episode CVIII
1:03:33 Mar 15, 2026
3
Defining "Culture" | Episode CVII
1:09:49 Mar 1, 2026
4
Technology Versus the Classics, feat. Timothy Griffith | Episode CVI
53:29 Feb 15, 2026
5
Straussian Aristocracy, feat. Pavlos Papadopoulos | Episode CV
1:15:19 Feb 1, 2026
6
Out of the Steppe, feat. Colin Gorrie | Episode CIV
58:51 Jan 15, 2026
7
Enter the Indo-Europeans, feat. Colin Gorrie | Episode CIII
1:10:44 Jan 1, 2026
8
The Sophists Are the Founders of Classical Education | Episode CII
54:17 Dec 15, 2025
9
Big Bad Leo Strauss, feat. Pavlos Papadopoulos | Episode CI
1:12:14 Dec 1, 2025
10
Time Present, Time Past, Time Future | Episode C
2:00:51 Nov 17, 2025
11
Socrates Had It Coming | Episode XCIX
1:05:35 Nov 1, 2025
12
Do "Christian" and "Classical" Go Together? feat. Calvin Goligher | Episode XCVIII
1:14:17 Oct 15, 2025
13
Jocks Versus Nerds | Episode XCVII
1:13:17 Oct 1, 2025
14
That Other Dorothy Sayers Lecture | Episode XCVI
1:35:13 Sep 15, 2025
15
Ahh, the Greeks! | Episode XCV
59:12 Sep 1, 2025
16
Is Christianity Kitsch? | Episode XCIV
58:22 Aug 15, 2025
17
Sparta: Appalling and Enthralling | Episode XCIII
57:43 Aug 1, 2025
18
Sparta Before the Reactionary Turn | Episode XCII
53:34 Jul 15, 2025
19
How to Raise an Achilles | Episode XCI
1:22:19 Jul 1, 2025
20
Gamble, Marrou, and the Uses of History | Episode XC
1:00:39 Jun 16, 2025
21
Philosophy Versus the Liberal Arts | Episode LXXXIX
56:44 Jun 1, 2025
22
Christian Gnosticism? | Episode LXXXVIII
55:59 May 15, 2025
23
Replacing Machiavelli with Francesco Patrizi, feat. James Hankins | Episode LXXXVII
1:21:12 May 1, 2025
24
Using Paganism to Christianize the Pagans | Episode LXXXVI
52:28 Apr 15, 2025
25
The Hieronymus Option | Episode LXXXV
1:00:07 Apr 1, 2025
26
Why Modern Literature Stinks | Episode LXXXIV
57:21 Mar 15, 2025
27
The Declines and Falls of Classical Education | Episode LXXXIII
1:00:20 Mar 1, 2025
28
Will Classical Schools Climb Parnassus? | Episode LXXXII
49:37 Feb 15, 2025
29
"The Church Is Like the Ancient Roman State" | Episode LXXXI
1:02:16 Feb 1, 2025
30
What the Modern World Lost | Episode LXXX
1:10:57 Jan 1, 2025
31
A Great Books Monastery | Episode LXXIX
47:20 Dec 1, 2024
32
The Barren Contemplative Life | Episode LXXVIII
50:20 Nov 15, 2024
33
How to Train a Pastor | Episode LXXVII
1:05:32 Nov 1, 2024
34
Florence the Heir of Rome | Episode LXXVI
1:01:52 Oct 15, 2024
35
The Homer-Industrial Complex | Episode LXXV
58:02 Sep 1, 2024
36
Humanism, With or Without God, feat. Eric Adler | Episode LXXIV
1:40:53 Aug 15, 2024
37
Medieval Monastic Humanism | Episode LXXIII
52:10 Aug 1, 2024
38
How to Learn Like Thomas Aquinas | Episode LXXII
51:55 Jul 15, 2024
39
Pagans and Christians, Glory and Piety | Episode LXXI
1:00:45 Jul 1, 2024
40
Petrarch's Little Dark Age | Episode LXX
59:51 Jun 15, 2024
41
Liberal Arts for Liberal Hearts | Episode LXIX
55:24 Jun 1, 2024
42
What is Tyranny? | Episode LXVIII
53:00 May 15, 2024
43
The Renaissance Politics of Virtue | Episode LXVII
1:09:32 May 1, 2024
44
Christine de Pizan | Episode LXVI
38:23 Apr 15, 2024
45
Your Children Are Weak | Episode LXV
47:46 Apr 1, 2024
46
The Art of Language Teaching, feat. Tim Griffith | Episode LXIV
1:13:58 Mar 15, 2024
47
Republican Education, feat. Clifford Humphrey | Episode LXIII
1:07:52 Mar 1, 2024
48
Mediocrity Versus Glory in the Renaissance | Episode LXII
48:05 Feb 15, 2024
49
Does Education Improve the Soul? | Episode LXI
58:16 Feb 2, 2024
50
Pope Humanist | Episode LX
46:14 Jan 15, 2024
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