#36 - Anya Leonard on the Fall of Nations and End of Empires: lessons in hubris and destruction

Time stamps - A rough guide... (00:50) - Intro (02:00) - START (02:15) - A marital disclaimer from Athens, Greece (03:05) - Don’t believe everything you hear (or read in the newspapers) (04:05) - Greece is open for business... Come visit! (04:45) - Exploring the ancient Greek concept of Xenia (05:45) - Time travelling to a pre-budget airline Europe (07:15) - Public space vs. private anxieties: developing a sense of community (09:05) - Philosophy in the time of Plague - lessons from the ancients (13:00) - The art of cherry picking - the best of the best from the classics (17:45) - Contemporary issues viewed through the lens of the past (20:05) - Rome and the USA: The rise and fall of empires, then and now (22:15) - How canceling history dooms us to repeating its mistakes (22:55) - What can we know? The search for truth, even when we’re wrong (25:15) - The End of Empire and Fall of Nations: A Classical Wisdom Symposium (28:15) - Rise of the historians: Niall Ferguson on Doom Politics (28:45) - Speaker Roster: A who’s who of the coming symposium (31:35) - Ancient Athens... from the comfort of your own home! (33:15) - Libate while I contemplate? Where can I register? (35:15) - Adrift in the Aegean: Where to next? (36:22) - END