Decline and Fall Podcast Episodes

The Huns - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 26 Part 1

History Books Review - July 08, 2012 15:11 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Gibbon was not alone in his fascination for the Roman Empire, and in the following generation Napoleon Bonaparte expressed his interest rather more practically by attempting to effectively refound it with himself as the new emperor.  So it is quite fitting that in one his first battles as empero...

The Last Roman - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 25 Part 7

History Books Review - June 21, 2012 05:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
The emperor Valerian was a strong and effective emperor, marred by a massive temper.  And in the event it was his temper that got him in the end.

Theodosius in Africa- Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 25 Part 6

History Books Review - June 13, 2012 22:11 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
From the fall of Carthage in 146 BC to the arrival of Christianity at the end of the 2nd Century nothing much happened in the Roman province of Africa.  But although it was uneventful it was far from unimportant. The Romans used Africa as the name for the area around Carthage, modern day Tunisia...

Theodosius in Britain - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 25 Part 5

History Books Review - June 06, 2012 14:01 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
The governement of Roman Britain suffered a catastrophic collapse when someone stole the troops' wages.  The deserted and pillaged the country and allowed the Scots, Picts and Saxons to raid far and wide.  Theodosius led a major operation to restore order. 

Barbarians on the Rhine - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 25 Part 4

History Books Review - May 24, 2012 06:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
The wide waters of the Rhine separated the rich and peaceful provinces of Gaul from the violent barbarians of Germany.  But it was no barrier.  The warlike tribes were only prevented from helping themselves to the property of the empire's inhabitants by the Roman army.

The Reigns of Valentinian and Valens - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 25 Part 3

History Books Review - May 17, 2012 06:39 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Valentinian was a brutal soldier, but did have a soft spot deep down.  He had a no nonsense approach to religion.  His brother had a lot more trouble with religious dissension, particularly in Egypt.

Procopius - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 25 Part 2

History Books Review - May 10, 2012 05:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Procopiuswho w as the cousin of Juian and the last person with any connection with the house of Constantine made a bid to take over the empire and very nearly succeeded.

Brief Reign of Jovian - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 25 Part 1

History Books Review - May 06, 2012 21:47 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Jovian's reign was promising but in the event was short lived.  But it did mark the final establishment of Orthodox Christianity.

The Retreat of Jovian - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 24 Part 3

History Books Review - April 26, 2012 12:31 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Jovian comes from nowhere to ascend the throne of the Roman Empire, then proceeds to make the first territorial concessions in hte empire's history.  Julian is buried to widespread grief.

The Death of Julian - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 24 Part 1

History Books Review - March 29, 2012 12:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
To everyone's surprise, Julian was killed in hand to hand fighting in Persia.

Julian Invades Persia Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 24 Part 1

History Books Review - March 24, 2012 11:49 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Julian invades the Persian Empire.  Nobody knows why, but it was probably motivated by his dislike of the Christians.

Episode 68: The Decline and Fall of Marketing Discipline

Power to the Small Business | Branding / Marketing Plans & Ideas / Social Media / Customer Experience Design / Digital Marketing - November 08, 2010 15:43 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Three marketers join host Jay Ehret to discuss what the lack of traditional marketing discipine has done to today's generation of marketers. Guests: Stephen Denny, Emanuel Brown and Mike Wagner. Topics Include: Why advertising and marketing is so bad How to test new ideas and products W...

J.G.A. Pocock - Anglican Enlightenment and Christian revelation: The reception of Gibbon's Decline and Fall

Lectures in Intellectual History - March 02, 2010 18:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 52 ratings
  In 1776, two chapters of Edward Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall' on the spread of Christianity; they aroused such controversy that it is still supposed that he wrote his history as an attack on religion. In this lecture, Professor Pocock argues to the contrary that the two chapters were prematurely ...

Lec 13: Decline and Fall of the Gold Standard

Podcast – International Political Economy (Fall 09) - October 22, 2009 06:51 ★★★★ - 2 ratings
The Decline and Fall of the Gold Standard (Thur 22 Oct) Slides / Audio

Lec 13: Decline and Fall of the Gold Standard

International Political Economy (Fall 09) - October 22, 2009 06:51 ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The Decline and Fall of the Gold Standard (Thur 22 Oct) Slides / Audio

The Decline and Fall of Christian America?

New World Radio - July 31, 2009 13:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 6 ratings
With a Newsweek cover looking ominously like the 1967 Time magazine cover asking, "Is God Dead?," Newsweek editor Jon Meacham suggests the decline and fall of Christian America. He cites a recent survey that found that the percentage of Americans identifying themselves as Christians has dropped f...

The Decline and Fall of Christian America?

New World Now - July 31, 2009 13:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratings
With a Newsweek cover looking ominously like the 1967 Time magazine cover asking, "Is God Dead?," Newsweek editor Jon Meacham suggests the decline and fall of Christian America. He cites a recent survey that found that the percentage of Americans identifying themselves as Christians has dropped f...

The Avant Garde's Decline and Fall in the 20th Century

In Our Time: Culture - February 25, 1999 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 529 ratings
Melvyn Bragg examines the social and aesthetic impact of the Avant Garde and discusses whether it has failed in making painting relevant in the 20th century.Avant-garde is in the dictionary as 'anything that is in the forefront of new developments in their media'. Jackson Pollack in the 1960s wa...