Podcast Episodes featuring Edith Hall

179. Edith Hall (classicist) – from Aristotle to Oprah and back again: how to live your best life

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - January 26, 2019 11:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 556 ratings
We’ve been talking a lot lately on this show about happiness. What it is, where we can get more of it, why it does not yet seem to be available on the Internet. Author Ruth Whippman presented some compelling evidence that the way most Americans are pursuing happiness is making us unhappier. Buddh...

Episode 145: Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life, with Edith Hall

Give and Take - January 16, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratings
My guest is Edith Hall. Her newest book is Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life (https://www.amazon.com/Aristotles-Way-Ancient-Wisdom-Change/dp/0735220808/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1547648446&sr=1-1-catcorr). In expert yet vibrant modern language, Hall lays out t...

12 The Comedy of Democracy w/ Edith Hall (Aristophanes)

Ancient Greece Declassified - September 21, 2017 05:16 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 446 ratings
World-renowned classicist Edith Hall joins us to discuss the relation between entertainment and politics in ancient Athens, particularly on the comic stage. Theatrical comedy, which was invented in Athens after the city's democratic revolution, was at first highly political. Comedy plays, put on...