We discuss Chapter 8 - The Pursuit of Knowledge in Rodney Stark's How the West Won. Contrary to what we've been taught there were numerous scientific discoveries in the Middle Ages, and there was no Scientific Revolution.  

We discuss chapter 7 on "Climate, Plague, and Social Change" in Rodney Stark's How the West Won. 

We discuss Chapter 6 - Freedom and Capitalism in Rodney Stark's How the West Won.

We are reviewing How the West Won by Rodney Stark, and in this episode we discuss chapter 5 - "Northern Lights over Christendom" and focus on the false histories we've been taught about the Vikings and the Crusades.

We discuss chapter 3 on the Roman Interlude and chapter 4 on the Blessings of Disunity and how the Dark Ages were not so dark after all.

We discussed Chapter 1 on Stagnant Empires and the Greek Miracle and Chapter 2 on Jerusalem's Rational God. 

We discuss the Introduction of Rodney Stark's excellent book, How the West Won.

We discussed chapter 8 on Ethics and Morality in Evolution's Achilles' Heels.

We discuss radiometric dating and cosmology in Evolution's Achilles' Heels. 

We discuss chapter 4 (The Fossil Record) and Chapter 5 (The Geologic Record) from Evolution's Achilles' Heels.