Podcastnik's Travis Dow shares the story of the castle guarding the mouth of Hell. Xander and Erik from ReConsider remind us that the most terrifying thing of all is reality.

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Thom talks to Prof. Claude Myron Goozer and Daniel Daughhetee from The Canon Ball!

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Benjamin Jacobs from Wittenberg to Westphalia share's Martin Luther's NSFW ideas on witch deterrence; Then Heather Teysko from the Renaissance English History Podcast takes shelter with a bewitching spirit.

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Tiny Vampires' Raven Forrest Fruscalzo makes her Agoraphobia debut to tell us about body-snatchers. Then Stephen Guerra discusses the legend of Pope John VII.

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Thom Daly reads "The Devil & Tom Walker" by Washington Irving and Claude Myron Goozer dissects James Merrill's "The Changing Light at Sandover."

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With the rise of Trump, the Brexit, and the better than expected electoral showing of extremist political elements around the world and across the political spectrum, it is clear that there is much discontent within the modern political arena. These events have begun to call into question the very legitimacy of our democratic institutions and governments. Today we are going to address the issue of legitimacy squarely from a political science and philosophy perspective. Within the westphalian state system, What is legitimacy and how is it procured? What happens when it is lost? How does this discussion relate to modern events?

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Ben Jacobs (Wittenberg to Westphalia) hosts the Agora US Electoral Reform Special featuring Roifield Brown (10 American Presidents), Thom Daly (American Biography), Erik Fogg (ReConsider) and Dominic Perry (History of Egypt). Topics include the Electoral College, gerrymandering, the permanent campaign cycle and more!

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ReConsider hosts Erik and Xander join Thom to discuss media, intellectual bubbles and the art of thinking!

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Thom's back and he's joined by the History of Egypt's Dominic Perry to talk about celebrating Christmas in the summer... and ancient Egypt!

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Today Zack Twamley form When Diplomacy Fails, Ben Jacobs from Wittenberg to Westphalia, Travis Dow from the History of Germany and your host Steve Guerra from the History of the Papacy Podcast discuss how the Treaty of Westphalia set the stage for the modern conception of the state and the state system. agorapodcastnetwork.com “Procession of the King” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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