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Julius Caesar 2.2 Interview: Caesar and Calpurnia
This video examines a pivotal scene in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" where Caesar decides to ignore ominous warnings and attend the Senate, influenced by the interpretations and persuasions of others around him. The discussion highlights...
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Julius Caesar 2.2 Background: Omens, Soothsayers, Rituals
This video delves into the thematic elements of fortune and political manipulation in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," exploring how characters interpret omens and prophecies within the political landscape of ancient Rome. It also examines...
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Julius Caesar 2.1 Word Nerd: Sacrifice
This video examines the etymology of the word "sacrifice" and its thematic significance in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." The discussion expands to interpret Brutus's metaphor of carving Caesar "as a dish fit for the gods," highlighting...
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Julius Caesar 1.3 Interview Casca and Cassius
This video offers an in-depth analysis of a scene from Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" where characters Casca and Cassius discuss ominous natural phenomena and their interpretations. Casca describes unusual and terrifying events like men...
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Julius Caesar 1.2 Interview: Soothsayer
This video offers a unique insight into the role of a soothsayer in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," focusing on the crucial moment where Caesar is warned about the Ides of March. Discover the ancient practice of divination, the...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream 3.2.203 Word Nerd: Artificial
The term "artificial" originates from the Latin "artificium," meaning craftsmanship or artistry, which was its initial meaning in English. Nowadays, "artificial" typically refers to anything man-made, often carrying a negative...
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Mysteries of Crystal Technology and Lost Civilizations
This video explores the a fantastical theory that many ancient megalithic structures around the world, including the pyramids of Giza and Stonehenge, may have served as data storage units or communication devices with entities from...
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How the Ilopango Eruption Altered Ancient Civlizations Across the Globe
A recent study of an ice core sample from Greenland has pinpointed the Central American Ilopango mega-eruption to 431 AD. This eruption is believed to have devastated an entire Maya region and caused global cooling that affected climates...
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Mesopotamian Gods Family Tree
In this video, the presenter introduces the ancient Mesopotamian gods and their stories. He explains that while there are no definitive versions of these stories, some of them may sound familiar. The video covers the creation of the...
Wonderscape
King Tut: The Teen Pharaoh and Howard Carter's Discovery
Dive into the story of Howard Carter, the archaeologist who uncovered King Tut's tomb in 1922. Learn about Carter's discovery in Egypt's Valley of the Kings and the incredible treasures he found. Explore Tutankhamun's life, his reign as...
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What are Charles Handy's Gods of Management?
In Charles Handy’s 1978 book, Gods of Management, he articulated four organizational cultures or models for how the organization works.
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What is Charles Handy's Triple-I Company?
The Triple-I company is the primary home of 21st century knowledge workers. So, what is it?
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Charles Handy: Philosopher of Organizations
Charles Handy has been the source of a stream of ideas about organizations. We have four other videos about Handy's individual ideas. This one draws them together.
The Guardian
Inside America's last whites-only church
In rural Minnesota, a fringe Heathen group known as the Asatru Folk Assembly has purchased a local church – and membership is strictly whites-only. They worship Nordic, pre-Christian gods and they call themselves a 'folk religion' that...
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Putting the Pieces Together
University of Michigan classical scholar Richard Janko links Aristophanes, Socrates and a controversial poet Diagoras of Melos as he attempts to solve the mystery of who wrote The Derveni Papyrus, the oldest surviving European manuscript.
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The Future of the Past
Classicist Richard Janko (Michigan) describes his motivation to find new perspectives of the past, and his excitement at the possibility of retrieving long-lost manuscripts.
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Athenian Impieties
Classicist Richard Janko (Michigan) describes how classical Athenian society was much more sensitive to religious fundamentalism than many people might imagine.
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Ancient Culture Wars?
Classical scholar Richard Janko, University of Michigan, describes his conviction that the famous trial of Socrates in 399 BCE was hardly a unique event in Classical Athens, but rather one in a series of battles between religious...
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High Five Facts - Ancient Roman Religion
This video explores five fun facts about ancient Roman religion.
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Pyramids and the Great Wall
Pyramids and the Great Wall identifies given human characteristics of three different regions.
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High Five Facts - Ancient Greek Gods
This video explores five fun facts about Ancient Greek Gods.