Books of All Time
@booksofalltime.bsky.social
A new podcast that's tackling classic literature in chronological order. New episodes every other Sunday. Hosted by @rosejudson.bsky.social.
don't think it's the quantity of alpha that's unreal, here, Marc
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
don't think it's the quantity of alpha that's unreal, here, Marc
This, FTR, is our favourite Socrates meme. #classicsky #booksky
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This, FTR, is our favourite Socrates meme. #classicsky #booksky
Hello! New episode on Plato and Socrates out this coming Sunday, Nov. 9th. We apologise for the extended break between episodes—in addition to handling family responsibilities, Rose has been preparing for her first guest-hosting stint! More on Sunday. Thanks for listening! #podcasts #booksky
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
dactylic hexameter gets everybody on the floor
October 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
dactylic hexameter gets everybody on the floor
NEW EPISODE! #icymi, our second (of three) episodes on Plato's Republic dropped last night. It covers the back half of Republic, exploring Plato's theory of forms and the famous allegory of the cave. Available now wherever you get podcasts! #philosophy #booksky #podcasts
October 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NEW EPISODE! #icymi, our second (of three) episodes on Plato's Republic dropped last night. It covers the back half of Republic, exploring Plato's theory of forms and the famous allegory of the cave. Available now wherever you get podcasts! #philosophy #booksky #podcasts
NEW EPISODE! We continue our trilogy on Plato's Republic with an episode exploring the latter half of the work, which includes philosophical ideas like universal forms, the nature of knowledge, and the Good (capital G), as well as Plato's dissection of the five types of states... #booksky #podcasts
October 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It . . . did not go well. If you're interested in this topic, read Romm's book! We will talk about it at the end of our next episode. In the meantime, we leave you with this excellent quote from Bertrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy. #booksky #philosophy
September 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
It . . . did not go well. If you're interested in this topic, read Romm's book! We will talk about it at the end of our next episode. In the meantime, we leave you with this excellent quote from Bertrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy. #booksky #philosophy
It's time to think about thinking, fam. The first of our three-episode series on Plato's Republic (c. 380 BCE) is in feeds now! This philosophical dialogue, which interrogates morality and the just society, is the founding document of Western political theory . . . #booksky #philosophy #podcasts
September 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It's time to think about thinking, fam. The first of our three-episode series on Plato's Republic (c. 380 BCE) is in feeds now! This philosophical dialogue, which interrogates morality and the just society, is the founding document of Western political theory . . . #booksky #philosophy #podcasts
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Some Greek-ish mask details on the side of the convention center in Asbury Park, New Jersey. #classicseverywhere
August 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Some Greek-ish mask details on the side of the convention center in Asbury Park, New Jersey. #classicseverywhere
NEW EPISODE! Euripides's plays, including The Trojan Women, include many complex and sympathetic female characters. In this episode, we use Euripides's interest in women as a jumping-off point to look at the real lives of women in Classical Athens during the 5th century BCE.
Or at least, we try to.
Or at least, we try to.
July 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
NEW EPISODE! Euripides's plays, including The Trojan Women, include many complex and sympathetic female characters. In this episode, we use Euripides's interest in women as a jumping-off point to look at the real lives of women in Classical Athens during the 5th century BCE.
Or at least, we try to.
Or at least, we try to.
Our research assistant is not terribly good at research, but he does make it difficult for our host to leave her desk. #ProofOfCat
July 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Our research assistant is not terribly good at research, but he does make it difficult for our host to leave her desk. #ProofOfCat
Euripides is often portrayed by historians as a bitter loner who was disappointed by his failure to win the Dionysia more than a few times. But he was very popular in his time nevertheless.
June 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Euripides is often portrayed by historians as a bitter loner who was disappointed by his failure to win the Dionysia more than a few times. But he was very popular in his time nevertheless.
NEW EPISODE! Our first official Sunday show introduces us to Euripides (c. 480–406 BCE), the youngest of the three Ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived to the present day. We summarize his 415 BCE play The Trojan Women in this episode . . . #booksky #podcasts #classics
June 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
SCHEDULE CHANGE! Our host's day job is asserting its needs once again. We'll be a day late in your feeds, but it'll be worth it. This one is a bit ranty. #cocaineisahellofadrug #booksky
June 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
SCHEDULE CHANGE! Our host's day job is asserting its needs once again. We'll be a day late in your feeds, but it'll be worth it. This one is a bit ranty. #cocaineisahellofadrug #booksky
Coming Thursday: a very special episode of CSI: Thebes! Years after cracking the riddle of the Sphinx, forensic mastermind Oedipus comes out of retirement to solve a notorious cold case—the murder of his wife's first husband. What he discovers is SHOCKING.
May 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Coming Thursday: a very special episode of CSI: Thebes! Years after cracking the riddle of the Sphinx, forensic mastermind Oedipus comes out of retirement to solve a notorious cold case—the murder of his wife's first husband. What he discovers is SHOCKING.
New episode! This week, we look into how the Jesuits tried to convert China to Christianity and wound up starting a cultural exchange program instead.
Learn how the Jesuits blinded the Chinese elite with science, and hit them with theology. And also failed to get them into harpsichord jams.
Learn how the Jesuits blinded the Chinese elite with science, and hit them with theology. And also failed to get them into harpsichord jams.
May 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
New episode! This week, we look into how the Jesuits tried to convert China to Christianity and wound up starting a cultural exchange program instead.
Learn how the Jesuits blinded the Chinese elite with science, and hit them with theology. And also failed to get them into harpsichord jams.
Learn how the Jesuits blinded the Chinese elite with science, and hit them with theology. And also failed to get them into harpsichord jams.
Rose’s sinus cavities feel like they’re full of bees. Her vocal folds are caked with spackle and sand.
Our next episode will release next week (17 April) instead of 10 April as scheduled. Apologies for the delay! Blame the stupid sexy trees.
Our next episode will release next week (17 April) instead of 10 April as scheduled. Apologies for the delay! Blame the stupid sexy trees.
April 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Rose’s sinus cavities feel like they’re full of bees. Her vocal folds are caked with spackle and sand.
Our next episode will release next week (17 April) instead of 10 April as scheduled. Apologies for the delay! Blame the stupid sexy trees.
Our next episode will release next week (17 April) instead of 10 April as scheduled. Apologies for the delay! Blame the stupid sexy trees.
Hopalong, hoplites, to the second part of our summary of Herodotus's Histories. Books 6–9 cover all manner of battles, and while not as entertaining as the first half of the work, there are some incredible battles to cover. Plus, the real story of Pheidippides, the first "marathon" runner.
March 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hopalong, hoplites, to the second part of our summary of Herodotus's Histories. Books 6–9 cover all manner of battles, and while not as entertaining as the first half of the work, there are some incredible battles to cover. Plus, the real story of Pheidippides, the first "marathon" runner.
Herodotus: Father of History and so much more.
March 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Herodotus: Father of History and so much more.