Oct. 17, 2026
Episode 836: Nicomachean Ethics with Robin Waterfield and John Sellars
What does it mean to live a good life? How can we accomplish it? For more than two thousand years, Western civilization has looked to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics to help answer those questions.
In Episode 836, Jacke talks to translator Robin Waterfield and scholar John Sellars about their new edition of Aristotle's classic text.
If you enjoyed this episode on Aristotle with Robin Waterfield and John Sellars, tune into Jacke's other conversation with author and translator Robin Waterfield, in which they discuss Thucydides (Episode 772) and Aesop's Fables (Episode 643).
Episode 835: Race in Modern Iran and the Diaspora with Amy Motlagh
What do Iranians - both home and abroad - think of race? Does "blackness" exist in Iran? And what can we learn about race and slavery in Iran from folklore, ethnography, literature, and films? In Episode 835, Jacke talks to author Amy Motlagh abou…
Episode 834: Shakespeare's Scholars with Sean Keilen
Shakespeare himself didn't attend a university — and yet, for centuries, the world's greatest scholars have studied his works to learn about everything from poetry to politics. But have they missed the lessons that Shakespeare had for them in partic…
