Archways: Western Civilization History Podcast

In this episode, Doug talks about how the Greeks invented the idea of the West during the epic conflict of the Greco-Persian Wars. We then explore what "The West" has evolved to mean today, and how we ought to study and look back on the Greeks. Prior to the industrial revolution, children in school and youths in college could read and speak Greek, and knew the stories, myth, history, philosophy, a...

In this episode we will discuss the impacts and influence of ancient Greece. After discussing the geography and peoples of the Greek archipelago, we will discuss significant Greek contributions to humanity such as the art of writing history, the art of philosophy, and the art of theater.

In this special holiday episode, we examine the tale of a self-absorbed Greek Seleucid Tyrant and the one Jewish family that refused to obey his unlawful edicts. That family, the Maccabees, preserved religious freedom in their nation, and created a new royal dynasty. Without their bravery, there would be no Christmas. Their story is a great story of faith and courage for all freedom-loving familie...

Was Santa a little more passionate than you thought? Did he punch a guy in the face? A few of Marie's favorite stories about St. Nicholas of Myra aka Santa Clause.

Just in time for the holidays, we dive into the history of Turkey (the country (not the food made of bird)). Ancient Turkey, called Anatolia, served a key role in classical Greek, Persian, Roman, and Byzantine civilization. In this podcast we tour 7 of its most influential ancient cities and see what we can learn about how they changed the West forever. The 7 cities are Urfa, Constantinople, Sardi...

Christianity, starting off as a sect of Judaism, continued to build on the ideas of that faith and introduced new ideas that have since become integrated into western civilization. Namely, Christianity heavily emphasized caring for the poor and needy and creating organizations to accomplish that, and Christianity was an evangelizing universal religion that actively sought new converts. These two e...

In this episode we will learn about Aaron Burr, one of the Founding Fathers, and his bizarre attempt to create his own dynasty.

This episode discusses Cataline's conspiracy. Brief edit: Cicero was consul in 63BC. This episode comes with a worksheet for families to work on at home to review the material: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OqAnlk_O7hiPIGkLLboNGrNL_bDpB8XI/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109987401202259754934&rtpof=true&sd=true Read Cataline's full speech here: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc...