The Western Traditions Podcast

Episode 13 - Introduction to Unit II: The Civilizations of the Ancient Near East 20.08.2021 22:37 ↓

A brief review of the unprecedented Near Eastern transition into urban life.

Episode 12 - The Proto-Indo-Europeans 23.07.2021 32:27 ↓

A semi-legendary tribe, far to the north of lands previously described, expands into Europe and Asia carrying language and culture that will be passed down all the way to the present.

Episode 11 - Proto-Cities 10.06.2021 38:01 ↓

The Natufian culture, the Rise of Jericho and Catal Huyuk, Neolithic religion and the cult of the skulls.

Episode 10 - Cataclysms 26.05.2021 32:12 ↓

Great floods, the Younger Dryas Impact and the Toba eruption all present obstacles and challenges to the survival of early modern humans.

Episode 9 - The Bronze Age 11.05.2021 21:12 ↓

Early modern humans begin to work with copper and then bronze as their societies change and expand.

Episode 8 - The Neolithic 21.04.2021 22:04 ↓

Early modern humans adapt to a changing world. The Natufian culture rises in the Levant. The developments of agriculture and domestication create the foundations of the world in which we live today.

Episode 7 - The Mesolithic 08.04.2021 25:57 ↓

Early modern humans begin the transition toward the Neolithic, tracking smaller game, experimenting with agriculture and building Gobekli Tepe.

Episode 6 - The Paleolithic 26.03.2021 23:54 ↓

A review of the first portion of the Stone Age - A time in which our ancestors emerge from many diverse groups of archaic humans and spread over the planet, replacing all these others.

Episode 5 - The Development of Life 13.03.2021 20:44 ↓

The development of life from single-celled organisms all the way to the earliest ancestors of man.

Episode 4 - In the Beginning 05.03.2021 14:36 ↓

This fourth episode finally jumps into the historical timeline - starting with the creation of the universe.

Episode 3 - Prehistory 24.02.2021 13:50 ↓

An episode introducing the first unit of the first series in the podcast.

Episode 2 - The Ancient World 20.02.2021 8:02 ↓

A brief introduction to the first series of episodes in the podcast.

Episode 1 - The General Prologue 10.02.2021 15:47 ↓

The introduction to the podcast and to the history of Western Civilization.