Alexander Schmid Podcast

In Episode 019, we discuss Homer's "Iliad" Bk IV Pt 2. We discuss Agamemnon's dressing down of the troops, the comparisons of Achaians army to the Trojans, and an explanation of the differences between Athene and Ares. The battle begins. The heroes get kills.

In Episode 016, Mr. Wes Schantz and I discuss an array of topics: Being, Meaning, Purpose, Vocation, Education, and Jordan B. Peterson vs. Postmodernism.

In Episode 016, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I cover an array of topics: meaning, purpose, vocation, and Jordan B. Peterson vs. Postmodernism

In this episode we observe Homer's Iliad Book IV and particularly (1) the grim agreement between Zeus and Hera, (2) the tricking of Pandaros, (3) and the shooting of Menelaos and its fallout.

In Episode 017, we correct the Adam and Eve interpretation and explain the terms (a) levels of abstraction and (b) differing levels of analysis.

In Episode 016, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I cover a wide array of topics: Being, Meaning, Purpose, and Jordan B. Peterson vs. Postmodernism.

In this episode, we consider the one-on-one combat between Menelaos and Paris and the marital strife between Paris and Helen.

In Episode 014 friend and listener, Wes Schantz, calls in to ask two major questions: (1) how does a conk shell differ from a staff as a symbol? (2) Is this an analytic or creative endeavor?

In this episode, we consider the famous so-called Teichoscopia where Helen first describes the Achaians to King Priam.

In Episode 012 we discuss the first 120 lines of Homer's Iliad Book III.