The Torch: The Great Courses Podcast

Finding Fun in Grammar, Economics, and Machiavelli


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Discover fascinating, intriguing, and enlightening insights about three rewarding topics—grammar, economics, and Machiavelli.
No matter how proficient at grammar you are, you’ll benefit from joining Professor Anne Curzan, a professor of English at the University of Michigan, to reveal the rules of words, to study the structure of sentences, and to explore how the elegance of English has evolved.
They say money makes the world go round and nowhere is that more evident than when you look at history through a financial lens. Professor Donald Harreld, Chair in the Department of History at Brigham Young
University, shares how a majority of the world-changing moments were a reaction to financially-driven motivations.
Whether you read The Prince in school, or for your own interest, you’ll discover a new perspective about the intention and messages of this controversial and influential work as discussed by Professor William Landon, professor of history at Northern Kentucky University.
Join Ed Leon, Chief Brand Officer of The Great Courses, as he talks to these three expert professors to uncover little known secrets and unpack the nuances behind each of these subjects.
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