Doomed Republic

If the title is too shocking for you, keep in mind: they don't exactly call it "the arranged marriage of the Sabine women."Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/postsAR+IO abbrevi...

Here's the link to MKULTRA hearing from a few days ago in the American House of Congress, i.e., the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, specifically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpQulJS-R50Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel...

THESEUS. Episode 01 of a series on Plutarch's Lives, reading the whole thing, from start to finish. And quite possibly by the end I'll be fluent in Finnish. (For totally unrelated reasons, I AM CURRENTLY LEARNING FINNISH.)#ancientgreece #ancientrome #ancientgreek #ancientlatin #classics #booktube #bookreview Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for n...

Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/postsAR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.)...

Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/postsAR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.)...

On à-bas-le-ciel: LINK: ⁠https://youtube.com/live/t6vBgeJRiyI⁠ On Eisel Mazard, Monolingual Polyglot: LINK: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tY7o0cE-sk⁠ Find me on Instagram.  Support me on Patreon.  Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings). https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/ https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ci...

Implicitly, this is a significant contrast to my old "manifesto" titled On Community , although it does not address the thesis of that video, directly, in any way: if you regard this as a manifesto, it is addressed to the youtuber (or podcaster) as a solitary intellectual dissident, cultural critic, commentator and comedian --not as the center of an incipient community, pulling together...

Doomed Republic: a podcast about ancient ideals, modern utopias, dystopias and attempts at democracy, including Greece, Rome China, India, Europe and America. Find me on Instagram.  Support me on Patreon.  Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings). https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/ https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_...

Intellectual honesty and sexual infidelity in 2025. Find me on Instagram.  Support me on Patreon.  Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings). https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/ https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for...

The first of many QNA episodes on Doomed Republic : a podcast about ancient ideals, modern utopias, dystopias and attempts at democracy, including Greece, Rome, China, India, Europe and America. Find me on Instagram.  Support me on Patreon.  Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings). https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ci...

Watch for the sequel, "Latin: Racism Without a Race" and, of course, "Veganism: Racism Without a Race." Find me on Instagram.  Support me on Patreon.  Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings). https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/ https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and In...

Doomed Republic: a podcast about ancient ideals, modern utopias, dystopias and attempts at democracy, including Greece, Rome China, India, Europe and America. This is episode 5 of Doomed Republic, (AR+IO-008). Find me on Instagram.  Support me on Patreon.  Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings). https://www.instagram....

Doomed Republic: a podcast about ancient ideals, modern utopias, dystopias and attempts at democracy, including Greece, Rome China, India, Europe and America. Find me on Instagram.  Support me on Patreon.  Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings). https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/ https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/po...

Doomed Republic: a podcast about ancient ideals, modern utopias, dystopias and attempts at democracy, including Greece, Rome China, India, Europe and America. This is episode 3 of Doomed Republic, (AR+IO-007) . Find me on Instagram.  Support me on Patreon.  Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings). https://www.instagram.com/a_bas...

Elagabalus is now celebrated as "the first transgender emperor of Rome", raising questions of the limits of tolerance in the Ancient Greco-Roman world: did he cross some line that Nero never crossed? And was that line sexual, religious or political? Why is it that Elagabalus would be remembered as the lowest of the low by Roman historians who had already narrated the excesses (gay, straight and bi...

Episode 01 of Doomed Republic: a podcast about ancient ideals, modern utopias, dystopias and attempts at democracy, including Greece, Rome China, India, Europe and America.  (AR+IO-004) Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings). https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/ https://www.patre...