The Greeks invented political liberty and everyone loves them for it. 

Were they freedom-loving geniuses? Maybe. 
Were they farm boys who could handle a spear? Yes. 
Were they deep in debt and looking for a way out? Absolutely.

 Art: Marijke Bouchier
Music: David Zikovitz and Clayton Tapp
Editing, episode art and social: Sepideh

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Executing an innocent 70-year-old philosophy might look bad but you had to be there.

Topics include:
Why a reasonable, well-intentioned Athenian may have voted to kill Socrates.
Why politics might get interested in you, even if you’re not interested in politics.
The difference between morality tales and philosophy tales.

Art: Marijke Bouchier
Music: David Zikotivz and Clayton Tapp
Editing, episode art and social: Sepideh
Creamsicles: Zachary Amzallag

Cute Athenian boy tryna smash

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A lot of Athenians suspect Socrates of plotting to overthrow democracy. On the other hand, Socrates says that when Athenians start thinking politics, they turn into a paranoid mob. This episode covers both sides and it honestly sounds like Socrates is complaining about Twitter. 

Topics:
-Why people who are into politics are so annoying. 
-How the “political mindset” differs from the “philosophical mindset.”
-Whether Socrates is an enemy of the state.

Art: Marijke Bouchier
Music: David Zikotivz and Clayton Tapp
Editing, episode art and social: Sepideh
Fudgicles: Zachary Amzallag

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Some people think that philosophy is an outrage to religion and a danger to morality. Was this why the Athenians killed Socrates? Are these ever good reasons to kill a philosopher? Do people say philosophy is dangerous just to make it sound sexier?


Pod art: Marijke Bouchier
Music: David Zikotivz and Clayton Tapp
Editing, episode art, social: Sepideh
Popsicles: Zachary Amzallag

Impious outrages include:
Piss Christ
Mutilation of the Herms
#notmychristian
Gay Dumbledore
Irreligious acts with an olive tree
Clerks on LotR 

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Socrates insults his jury, dares them to sentence him to death, then makes fun of them when they do. 

Unswerving commitment to truth? Troll’s defence? Suicide by jury? All of the above? 

Part 2 of a 4-part series on Plato’s Apology. 

Bill and Ted trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3fx6TugN7g

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Socrates, daddy of Greek philosophy, is on trial for impiety and corrupting the youth. 

According to him, his only crime was trolling the city of Athens. 

The Apology is an account of Socrates’s court defence, told by his student Plato.  This is part 1 of a 4-part series on this book. 

Text of Plato’s Apology: http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/apology.html 

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Good in Theory is a podcast about political philosophy and the history of ideas. Clif Mark explains his favourite books in enough detail that you'll feel like you read them yourself. 

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