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30 How Alexander Led May 08, 2022

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Alexander was twelve years old when horse dealers brought the great stallion Bucephalus, for sale, to his father Philips's court in Macedonia. The princes all agreed that the animal was spectacular. But he was so wild, no one could even mount him. Then Alexander stepped forward. Nearly twenty years later, Alexander was still riding Bucephalus in battle, still in front of everyone else.
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29 "With a King Like This to Lead Us" May 01, 2022

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With today's episode we'll move on from the Spartans, the consummate Warrior Collective, to the paramount individual warrior in history---Alexander the Great. Today we'll tell two stories of Alexander that demonstrate his style of leadership and the ideals he aspired to as a man and as a king.
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28 I Will Tell His Majesty What a King Is Apr 24, 2022

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We will talk about the King archetype a lot as this series goes along. Why? Because at the center of all our psyches resides this paramount figure, upon whom our happiness, our honor, and the health and prosperity of our family and our country depend. When the king is absent or unjust, the kingdom falls. When the king rules with justice and wisdom, the kingdom prospers.
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27 The Virtue of Selflessness Apr 17, 2022

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Why have we concentrated so intensely in this series on the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae? Because you and I are in a battle too. Like the Spartans, we know the outcome in advance. No miracle will save us. No truce, no negotiation, and certainly no "victory" will see us off the field alive. Our question is the same as the Spartans': what are we going to do about it?
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26 We Are All Spartans Apr 10, 2022

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25 The Western Way of War Apr 03, 2022

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Today's episode borrows heavily from Victor Davis Hanson's book, 'The Western Way of War," whose thesis is that the way Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon and all great Western generals down to today chose to wage war was to seek a pitched, decisive infantry battle that, at one blow, would decide everything. Where did this idea come from? From the ancient Greeks.
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24 Heroes And Villains Mar 27, 2022

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If history is written by the (ultimate) winners, it's no wonder that we in the West view the Persian king Xerxes as a villain and the Spartan king Leonidas as a hero. But the warriors of the East were men of honor too, trained "to draw the bow and speak the truth." Let's investigate the Warrior Archetype today for how it regards enemies ... and why we in the West value certain styles of combat over others.
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23 The Inner Battle Mar 20, 2022

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This episode was not in our schedule. We stumbled upon the cottage you'll see behind me in the video. It prompted me to recall an "inner war" that changed my life years ago, beneath a red-tile roof just like this one.
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22 For We'll All Be Sharing Our Dinner in Hell Mar 13, 2022

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Spartan men (and women) were encouraged from an early age to develop a very specific style of humor--short, punchy quips, often with a dark fatalistic bite. In today's episode we'll examine two examples, both true-historical and both from Thermopylae. Let's see if we can figure out why this style of humor perfectly fit warriors about to undergo a trial of death.
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21 The Hot Gates Mar 06, 2022

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Thermo = Hot. Pylae = Gates. In today's episode, we'll get into the tactical blood-and-guts scenario of the battle of Thermopylae ... three days of "hell in a very small place."
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