Best Antique Beat Podcasts (2024)

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James A. Anderson, "The Dong World and Imperial China's Southwest Silk Road: Trade, Security, and State Formation" (U Washington Press, 2024) 31:05

5d ago31:05

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From the eighth to thirteenth centuries along China’s rugged southern periphery, trade in tribute articles and an interregional horse market thrived. These ties dramatically affected imperial China’s relations with the emerging kingdoms in its borderlands. Local chiefs before the tenth century had considered the control of such contacts an importan…

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Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom, "Desert Ascetics of Egypt" (ARC Humanities Press, 2020) 1:01:37

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Egypt is revered as the home of the famous Desert Ascetics, who first embraced a monastic life and established homosocial communities on the borders of their urban centres in the Nile Valley. Regarded as angels and warriors, the wisdom of the Desert Ascetics formed part of the oral and literary tradition of wonder-working saints whose commitment to…

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William T. Taylor, "Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History" (U California Press, 2024) 1:03:56

6d ago1:03:56

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From the Rockies to the Himalayas, the bond between horses and humans has spanned across time and civilizations. In this archaeological journey, William T. Taylor explores how momentous events in the story of humans and horses helped create the world we live in today. Tracing the horse's origins and spread from the western Eurasian steppes to the i…

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William H. F. Altman, "Plato the Teacher: The Crisis of the Republic" (Lexington, 2012) 1:39:30

11d ago1:39:30

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In Plato the Teacher: The Crisis of the Republic (Lexington, 2012), William Altman shines a light on the pedagogical technique of the playful Plato, especially his ability to create living discourses that directly address the student. Reviving an ancient concern with reconstructing the order in which Plato intended his dialogues to be taught as opp…

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Rafal K. Stepien, "Buddhism Between Religion and Philosophy: Nāgārjuna and the Ethics of Emptiness" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:20:20

11d ago1:20:20

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Nāgārjuna (c. 150-250), founder of the Madhyamaka or Middle Way school of Buddhist philosophy and the most influential of all Buddhist thinkers aside from the Buddha himself, concludes his masterpiece, Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way, with these baffling verses: For the abandonment of all views He taught the true teaching By means of compassio…

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Philip Freeman, "Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor" (Yale UP, 2023) 41:32

19d ago41:32

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Today I talked to Philip Freeman about his new book Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (Yale UP, 2023). Flavius Claudius Julianus, or Julian the Apostate, ruled Rome as sole emperor for just a year and a half, from 361 to 363, but during that time he turned the world upside down. Although a nephew of Constantine the Great, the first Christian empero…

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John Schofield, "Wicked Problems for Archaeologists: Heritage as Transformative Practice" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:07:56

20d ago1:07:56

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'Wicked Problems' are those problems facing the planet and its inhabitants, present and future, which are hard (if not impossible) to resolve and for which bold, creative, and messy solutions are typically required. The adjective 'wicked' describes the mischievous and even evil quality of these problems, where proposed solutions often turn out to b…

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Theodore Papakostas, "How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator" (William Collins, 2024) 28:13

21d ago28:13

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Two strangers meet in a trapped elevator. One is an archaeologist, the other isn’t. A simple question, ‘What do you do?’, becomes the springboard for a dialogue that weaves a fascinating tale. In How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator (William Collins, 2024) archaeologist Dr. Theodore Papakostas takes us on a spectacularly iconoclastic and…

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Martha Rampton, "Trafficking with Demons: Magic, Ritual, and Gender from Late Antiquity to 1000" (Cornell UP, 2021) 56:36

26d ago56:36

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Martha Rampton, Trafficking with Demons: Magic, Ritual, and Gender from Late Antiquity to 1000 (Cornell University Press, 2021) explores how magic was perceived, practiced, and prohibited in western Europe during the first millennium CE. Through the overlapping frameworks of religion, ritual, and gender, Martha Rampton connects early Christian reck…

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Find Inner Peace with Deep Meditation 1:10:36

27d ago1:10:36

1:10:36

Sounds Embark on a Journey to Inner Peace! Discover the transformative power of relaxing meditation and unlock a world of serenity and clarity. Whether you're seeking relief from stress, anxiety, or simply craving a moment of stillness amidst the chaos of daily life, our meditation podcast is your sanctuary. Immerse yourself in soothing guided medi…

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Deep Meditation Sleep Harmonies 2:06:30

28d ago2:06:30

2:06:30

Sounds Embark on a Journey to Inner Peace! Discover the transformative power of relaxing meditation and unlock a world of serenity and clarity. Whether you're seeking relief from stress, anxiety, or simply craving a moment of stillness amidst the chaos of daily life, our meditation podcast is your sanctuary. Immerse yourself in soothing guided medi…

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Paul J. Kosmin, "Time and Its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire" (Harvard UP, 2018) 1:16:00

28d ago1:16:00

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In the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s conquests, the Seleucid kings ruled a vast territory stretching from Central Asia to Anatolia, Armenia to the Persian Gulf. In a radical move to impose unity and regulate behavior, this Graeco-Macedonian imperial power introduced a linear and transcendent conception of time. Under Seleucid rule, time no lon…

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Relaxing Calming Rhythm Tunes 1:59:16

29d ago1:59:16

1:59:16

Sounds Embark on a Journey to Inner Peace! Discover the transformative power of relaxing meditation and unlock a world of serenity and clarity. Whether you're seeking relief from stress, anxiety, or simply craving a moment of stillness amidst the chaos of daily life, our meditation podcast is your sanctuary. Immerse yourself in soothing guided medi…

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Jeannine Hanger, "Sensing Salvation in the Gospel of John: The Embodied, Sensory Qualities of Participation in the I Am Sayings" (Brill, 2023) 33:04

29d ago33:04

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Recent scholarship focused on the role of embodiment within cognition and communication reminds us that part of how we “know” is through our physical senses. We only know the softness of a kitten by touching its fur, or the tastiness of bread by eating. How might this influence our understanding of biblical texts, such as Jesus’s claim, “I am the b…

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Deep Sleep Crystal Healing Sounds 2:04:50

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Sounds Embark on a Journey to Inner Peace! Discover the transformative power of relaxing meditation and unlock a world of serenity and clarity. Whether you're seeking relief from stress, anxiety, or simply craving a moment of stillness amidst the chaos of daily life, our meditation podcast is your sanctuary. Immerse yourself in soothing guided medi…

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David Chaffetz, "Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires" (Norton, 2024) 47:25

1M ago47:25

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After reading David Chaffetz’s newest book, you’d think that the horse–not oil–has been humanity’s most important strategic commodity. As David writes in his book Raiders, Rulers and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires (Norton, 2024), societies in Central Asia grew powerful on the backs of strong herds of horses, giving them a military and a…

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Healing Crystal Energy Sleep 2:04:44

1M ago2:04:44

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Julia Kindt, "The Trojan Horse and Other Stories: Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 46:37

1M ago46:37

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What makes us human? What, if anything, sets us apart from all other creatures? Ever since Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, the answer to these questions has pointed to our own intrinsic animal nature. Yet the idea that, in one way or another, our humanity is entangled with the non-human has a much longer and more venerable history. In the Wes…

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Cozy Evenings Relaxing Melodies 2:00:00

1M ago2:00:00

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Cosmic Waves Sleep Tunes 2:00:02

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Violet Moller, "The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found" (Doubleday, 2019) 1:06:15

1M ago1:06:15

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Violet Moller has written a narrative history of the transmission of books from the ancient world to the modern. In The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found (Doubleday, 2019), Moller traces the histories of migration of three ancient authors, Euclid, Ptolemy and Galen, from ancient Alexandria in 500 t…

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Laura Salah Nasrallah, "Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses: Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:06:28

1M ago1:06:28

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Ancient Christians and their non-Christian contemporaries lived in a world of 'magic.' Sometimes, they used curses as ritual objects to seek justice from gods and other beings; sometimes, they argued against them. Curses, and the writings of those who polemicized against curses, reveal the complexity of ancient Mediterranean religions, in which mat…

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LoFi Beats for City Nights 2:05:44

1M ago2:05:44

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Chakra Meditation Antique Instruments 4:27:24

1M ago4:27:24

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Sounds Embark on a Journey to Inner Peace! Discover the transformative power of relaxing meditation and unlock a world of serenity and clarity. Whether you're seeking relief from stress, anxiety, or simply craving a moment of stillness amidst the chaos of daily life, our meditation podcast is your sanctuary. Immerse yourself in soothing guided medi…

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Binaural Beats Sleep Melodies 2:06:01

1M ago2:06:01

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Aura Cleansing Negative Removal 2:00:00

1M ago2:00:00

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Calm Christmas Holiday Relaxation 1:59:44

1M ago1:59:44

1:59:44

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Chill-hop Relaxing Melodies 2:00:00

1M ago2:00:00

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Sounds Embark on a Journey to Inner Peace! Discover the transformative power of relaxing meditation and unlock a world of serenity and clarity. Whether you're seeking relief from stress, anxiety, or simply craving a moment of stillness amidst the chaos of daily life, our meditation podcast is your sanctuary. Immerse yourself in soothing guided medi…

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Deep Slumber Calming Meditation 2:02:26

1M ago2:02:26

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Karl Hoffmann and Johanna Narten, "Vedic Sentences: Edited from the Literary Estate" (Heidelberg Asian Studies, 2024) 1:01:07

1M ago1:01:07

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The ancient Indian Vedas contain sentences of rather varied content, including religious statements ("Varuṇa truly is the king of the gods"), words of wisdom ("Thought is quicker than speech") or even banal observations ("Wife and husband wash each other's back"). The well-known Erlangen Indo-Europeanists and Indologists Karl Hoffmann (1915-1996) a…

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Roaring Waterfall Brown Noise 2:10:22

1M ago2:10:22

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Scott Harrower, "Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity" (Medieval Institute Publications, 2024) 54:22

1M ago54:22

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Powerful religious elements for living in the aftermath of trauma are embedded within North African Christian hagiographies. The texts of (1) The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, (2) The Account of Montanus, Lucius, and their Companions, and (3) The Life of Cyprian of Carthage are stories that offered post traumatic pathways to recovery for its hi…

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Water Sounds Calming Sleep 2:16:03

1M ago2:16:03

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Gentle Calm Cove Ocean Sounds 2:00:00

1M ago2:00:00

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Peaceful Celtic Flute Sleep Tunes 2:37:20

1M ago2:37:20

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Rachel Kousser, "Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great" (Mariner Books, 2024) 50:05

1M ago50:05

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In 330 BC, Alexander the Great conquers the city of Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire. His troops later burn it to the ground, capping centuries of tensions between the Hellenistic Greeks and Macedonians and the Persians. That event kicks off Rachel Kousser’s book Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years o…

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Deep Sleep Calming Melodies 2:00:00

1M ago2:00:00

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Diana V. Edelman and Philippe Guillaume, "The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes" (Equinox, 2024) 1:13:48

2M ago1:13:48

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The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in 5 Minutes (Equinox Books, 2024), co-edited by Philippe Guillaume and Diana V. Edelman, is a digestible, concise, reader-friendly introduction to biblical scholarship for undergraduate students and lay readers alike. Written without technical language or jargon by diverse specialists in Hebrew Bible, its 83 cha…

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Chillhop Lofi Beats Calming Tunes 2:05:38

2M ago2:05:38

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Bamboo Dreams China Sounds 2:05:54

2M ago2:05:54

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Laura S. Lieber, "Staging the Sacred: Performance in Late Ancient Liturgical Poetry" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:04:36

2M ago1:04:36

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Staging the Sacred: Performance in Late Ancient Liturgical Poetry (Oxford UP, 2023) examines the importance of Christian, Jewish, and Samaritan liturgical poetry from Late Antiquity through the lenses of performance, entertainment, and spectacle. Laura Lieber proposes an account of hymnody as a performative and theatrical genre, combining religious…

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Sleep Meditation Calming Tunes 2:00:00

2M ago2:00:00

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Cure Insomnia and Calm Mind 2:00:00

2M ago2:00:00

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Sounds Embark on a Journey to Inner Peace! Discover the transformative power of relaxing meditation and unlock a world of serenity and clarity. Whether you're seeking relief from stress, anxiety, or simply craving a moment of stillness amidst the chaos of daily life, our meditation podcast is your sanctuary. Immerse yourself in soothing guided medi…

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Studying Serenity: Calming Piano Melodies to Enhance Focus and Concentration 2:40:57

2M ago2:40:57

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Soothing Slumber: Calming Soundscapes to Ease You into a Peaceful Sleep 2:00:00

2M ago2:00:00

2:00:00

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Year of the Dragon Chinese Tunes 2:06:24

2M ago2:06:24

2:06:24

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Mark Sweetnam, "Paul's Last Letter: A Commentary on the Second Epistle to Timothy" (Wipf and Stock, 2024) 33:22

2M ago33:22

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The Second Epistle to Timothy is, by any standard, a remarkable document. Even as the apostle urges his friend and coworker hasten to Rome for a final meeting, the intimacy and urgency of Paul's words make clear his awareness that Timothy might not arrive in time to say goodbye. This makes the epistle deeply personal. But Paul has a much larger pur…

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Studying and Reading Calm Piano 2:37:51

2M ago2:37:51

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Blissful Relaxation Melodies: Soothing Music for Deep Calm, Stress Relief, and Peaceful Moments 2:00:00

2M ago2:00:00

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Birdsong, Ambient, Melodic Sounds 1:02:06

2M ago1:02:06

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