All Episodes
Cost of Glory — 122 episodes
121 - Plutarch and Shakespeare, w/ The Base Creates
120 - The Modern Roman Legion? w/ "Monastery of the Damned" author Nicholas Tobias
119 - Sparta vs. Stoicism
118 - Is Julius Caesar in Heaven?
117 - Alexander's Sack of Thebes, w/ Victor Davis Hanson
116 - Caesar 3: Divus Julius
115 - Aristotle, Thiel Fellowship, and Human Greatness w/ Michael Gibson
114 - Julius Caesar and the Jews, w/ Barry Strauss
113 - Cato and his Stoicism: w/ Johnathan Bi
112 - The Psychology of Envy and the Fall of Caesar: w/ Rob Henderson
111 - Caesar's Civil War III: Came Saw Conquered
110 - Caesar's Civil War II: Bloody Pharsalia
109 - Caesar's Civil War I: Breakdown
108 - Caesar 2: Law and Nature
107 - Caesar 1: Man of Destiny
106 - The New Indiana Jones - w/ Dr. Brent Seales
105 - Breeding Future Statesmen: Interview w/ Kevin Dolan on the EXIT podcast
104 - Heroic Struggles in Vietnam, w/ Doyle Glass
103 - The Immortal Cato
102 - Cato III: The Senate's Ashes
101 - Cato II: Seducers of Rome
100 - Cato I: A Strange Boy
99 - On Progress - Against Stoicism
98 - Gallic Wars 8: Finale
97 - Gallic Wars 7: Vercingetorix and the Great Revolt
96 - Gallic Wars 6: Manhunt
95 - Gallic Wars 5: Uprisings
94 - Gallic Wars 4: Amphibious Assault
93 - Gallic Wars 3: Caesar At Sea
92 - Gallic Wars 2: Conspiracy
91 - Gallic Wars 1: Caesar's Chance
90 - Heroes are Dangerous: Rousseau & Nietzsche with Johnathan Bi
89 - A Manual for Greatness — with Johnny Burtka
88 - Mysteries of the Scrolls — with Nat Friedman
87 - Pursuing Greatness — with Pano Kanelos
86 - Pompey: Aftermath, Comparison w/ Spartan King Agesilaus
85 - Pompey III: Fields of Pharsalus
84 - Pompey II: Empire of Venus
83 - Pompey I: Kid Butcher
82 - How to Tell a Flatterer From a Friend
81 - Spartacus — with Barry Strauss
80 - The Best Stoic Sentences
79 - Spencer Klavan: Why Achilles Plays the Lyre
78 - Lucullus III: Betrayal
77 - Lucullus II: Armenia
76 - Lucullus I: Starvation
75 - How to Turn People Down (or, "On Cringe")
74 - Crassus Aftermath, Takeaways, Sources
73 - Crassus III: Battle of Carrhae
72 - Crassus II: Puppet Master
71 - Crassus I: Richest Man in Rome
70 - How to Praise Oneself Inoffensively - Part 2
69 - How to Praise Oneself Inoffensively
68 - Catiline III: The Last Stand
67 - Catiline II: Cicero's Moment
66 - Catiline I: Rome's Deadliest Conspiracy
65 - Seneca, The Madness of Hercules
64 - Xenophon, Anabasis VII
63 - Xenophon, Anabasis VI
62 - Xenophon, Anabasis V
61 - Agesilaus: Takeaways & Next Actions
60 - Agesilaus III: The Fire Breathers
59 - Agesilaus II: The Spartan Supremacy
58 - Agesilaus I: Persian Expedition
57 - Xenophon: Anabasis IV
56 - CoG in Conversation - w/ Ben Wilson of How to Take Over the World
55 - Xenophon, Anabasis III
54 - Xenophon, Anabasis II
53 - Xenophon, Anabasis I - Power Highlights
52 - When it Clicks that You can Do This
51 - Win like the Santa of Power (Christmas Special)
50 - How to Botch a Conspiracy
49 - Prosper and Succeed with Spartan Realpietik
48 - Comparison: Lysander and Sulla
47 - Sulla: Five Takeaways. And Aftermath.
46 - Sulla III: Vengeance
45 - Sulla 2: Rogue Commander
44 - Sulla 1: The Lucky
43 - An uncommon strategy for mastering fear
42 - Get Friendships with Powerful People
41 - Plato on how to Destroy an Aristocracy
40 - How to get lucky when the gods are against you
39 - Lysander Aftermath: or, How to Keep Fighting
38 - Lysander 3: Kings of Sparta
37 - Lysander 2: Thirty Tyrants
36 - Lysander 1: Death of Democracy
35 - Socrates on Public Shaming
34 - Harry Truman on Plutarch
33 - How to Learn Free Speech
32 - The Sovereign Mind
31 - Aristotle's Quadrivium; Season 2 ANNOUNCEMENT!
30 - Comparison - Pyrrhus and Marius
29 - The Joy of a Humorless Stoic - Publius Rutilius Rufus
28 - Marius Aftermath and Takeaways
27 - Marius 3: The Ruin of Cities
26 - Marius 2: Third Founder of Rome
25 - Marius 1: Ambition
24 - Plutarch on Listening to Podcasts
23 - Odysseus' advice to proud young men
22 - Vice and the Cold Jacket
21 - Being the Octopus
20 - On Having Even More Friends
19 - On Having Many Friends
18 - Christmas Episode - Pyrrhus aftermath
17 - Pyrrhus 3: Battle for Greece
16 - Pyrrhus 2: Men and Beasts
15 - Pyrrhus 1: Rise of a Warrior King
14 - Nietzsche on the Dangers of History
13 - Plato's Mantra
12 - Next pair TRAILER... and How to Profit from Enemies
11 - Comparison: Sertorius and Eumenes
10 - Eumenes Aftermath and Takeaways
9 - Eumenes 3: Loyalty
8 - Eumenes 2: Man of War
7 - Eumenes 1: The King's Secretary
6 - Rule the Sparta you got (Tranquillity Part 2)
5 - Plutarch on Tranquillity of Mind
4 - End of the Sertorius Story, and Takeaways
3 - Sertorius 3: Public Enemy Number One
2 - Sertorius 2: Crisis in Rome
1 - Sertorius 1: Survival
Introducing The Cost of Glory