Episodi

  • Frontinus and the water authority

    Frontinus and the water authority
    Feb 7 2026
    Rome's aqueducts were marvels of engineering---but they only worked because someone made them fair. In this episode, Harmonia reflects on Frontinus, the Roman official who turned knowledge into accountable systems, and why civilizations endure not through invention alone, but through disciplined care of what everyone depends on. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/frontinus-and-water-authority View comments on this podcast: https://harmonia.email/podcast-comments?field_podcast_feed_value=harmonia_s_history&from_node=177
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    16 min
  • Pliny the Elder

    Pliny the Elder
    Jan 31 2026
    In AD 79, as Mount Vesuvius erupted, Pliny the Elder chose to move closer---not to escape, but to understand. In this episode, Harmonia reflects on Pliny as a threshold figure in human history, standing at a moment when gathering knowledge still seemed enough. His life and death invite us to ask what responsibility comes with knowing more than we can yet fully comprehend. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/pliny-elder View comments on this podcast: https://harmonia.email/podcast-comments?field_podcast_feed_value=harmonia_s_history&from_node=176
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    17 min
  • The Unfinished Cut

    The Unfinished Cut
    Jan 24 2026
    Harmonia walks the listener to the Isthmus of Corinth, where Greek engineers dreamed and Emperor Nero tried to force a canal through stone. This episode explores ambition, failure, and how human progress depends not on spectacle, but on patience, memory, and lessons carried forward across generations. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/unfinished-cut View comments on this podcast: https://harmonia.email/podcast-comments?field_podcast_feed_value=harmonia_s_history&from_node=165
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    15 min
  • Wisdom Under Pressure: Seneca the Younger

    Wisdom Under Pressure: Seneca the Younger
    Jan 17 2026
    After knowledge is preserved and carefully transmitted, it must finally be lived. Harmonia follows Seneca the Younger as Stoic philosophy leaves the safety of classrooms and enters the dangerous orbit of imperial power, revealing how wisdom survives not through purity, but through continual return under pressure. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/wisdom-under-pressure-seneca-younger View comments on this podcast: https://harmonia.email/podcast-comments?field_podcast_feed_value=harmonia_s_history&from_node=164
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    13 min
  • Inheritance Without Erosion: Diocles of Magnesia

    Inheritance Without Erosion: Diocles of Magnesia
    Jan 10 2026
    After Greek knowledge was rescued from loss, Diocles of Magnesia faced a subtler challenge: keeping care alive once preservation became routine. Harmonia explores how inherited standards can erode in times of comfort, and why teaching methods---not just conclusions---is what allows culture to endure across generations. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/inheritance-without-erosion-diocles-magnesia View comments on this podcast: https://harmonia.email/podcast-comments?field_podcast_feed_value=harmonia_s_history&from_node=163
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    11 min
  • The Bottleneck of Memory: Tyrannio the Elder

    The Bottleneck of Memory: Tyrannio the Elder
    Jan 3 2026
    In a moment when Greek knowledge risked being absorbed, misunderstood, or quietly lost, Tyrannio the Elder chose precision over convenience. Harmonia tells the story of a man who organized, taught, and preserved ancient texts at a fragile bottleneck in history, reminding us that culture survives only when meaning is carried forward with care. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/bottleneck-memory-tyrannio-elder View comments on this podcast: https://harmonia.email/podcast-comments?field_podcast_feed_value=harmonia_s_history&from_node=162
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    15 min
  • History's Arrow - The Harbor That Rose from the Sea

    History's Arrow - The Harbor That Rose from the Sea
    Dec 28 2025
    In this episode of History's Arrow, I bring you to the windswept coast where Herod's engineers attempted the impossible: building a deep-water harbor where the sea offered no shelter. Together, we witness the workers who risked their lives, the innovations that reshaped Mediterranean travel, and the quiet moral choices embedded in every stone sunk beneath the waves. From underwater concrete to cultural crossroads, the harbor of Caesarea Maritima becomes a living example of how human courage, memory, and connection create lasting progress. And before we part, I tease our next journey-to meet Tyrannion the Elder, a scholar who built harbors of knowledge rather than stone. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/historys-arrow-harbor-rose-sea View comments on this podcast: https://harmonia.email/podcast-comments?field_podcast_feed_value=harmonia_s_history&from_node=120
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    23 min
  • The Quiet Gifts of Saint Nicholas

    The Quiet Gifts of Saint Nicholas
    Dec 25 2025
    On this gentle Christmas Day, Harmonia shares the true story of Saint Nicholas of Myra-the man whose quiet acts of compassion blossomed into centuries of secret gift-giving. Through soft scenes of ancient Myra and reflections on how unseen kindness still ripples through the world, this episode invites listeners of all ages to discover how even the smallest acts of goodness can warm an entire season. Transcript available at: https://harmonia.email/podcast-episode/quiet-gifts-saint-nicholas-0 View comments on this podcast: https://harmonia.email/podcast-comments?field_podcast_feed_value=harmonia_s_history&from_node=128
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    19 min