61 Who is Lantern Jack? (Doug Interviews Me)
About this episode
I chat with friend and fellow podcaster Doug Metzger about how I first became fascinated with the ancient world and share some of the adventures I had on the way to getting a PhD in Classical Philosophy.
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Timestamps
[01:25] Why I started AGD
[05:15] Why Stoicism is misunderstood today
[11:20] Debunking two big myths about the ancient world
[14:45] How I got interested in ancient Greece
[19:58] Reggie Foster, renegade priest
[25:08] What makes Ancient Greek a precise and musical language
[33:57] Hitchhiking adventures
[44:27] AGD tours
[53:35] The genius of Aeschylus' "Oresteia"
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