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Discussing "Medea" By Euripides With Evan
Jun 5, 2026
1h 01m 46s
Discussing "Mozart On The Way To Prague" By Eduard Mörike
May 15, 2026
33m 52s
Discussing Petrarch's "Scattered Rhymes"
May 9, 2026
46m 05s
Discussing Max Planck's "Where Is Science Going?"
Apr 19, 2026
44m 29s
Discussing "Novum Organum" By Francis Bacon
Apr 4, 2026
58m 15s
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| 6/5/26 |  Discussing "Medea" By Euripides With Evan | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball, Evan and I discuss the play "Medea," which Euripides wrote and which was first performed in 431 BC. The cover art for this episode is the painting "Jason and Medea," which John William Waterhouse completed in 1907. | 1h 01m 46s | ||||||
| 5/15/26 |  Discussing "Mozart On The Way To Prague" By Eduard Mörike | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Mozart On The Way To Prague" by Eduard Mörike, which was published in 1856. Here is the final scene of Don Giovanni, Mörike's description of which we discuss at around 28:32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioc9shJa_lI Here is a website of translations of Mörike's poetry: https://www.cingolani.com/Moerike_English.html | 33m 52s | ||||||
| 5/9/26 |  Discussing Petrarch's "Scattered Rhymes" | Send us Fan Mail In today's episode of Canonball we discuss Francis Petrarch's "Scattered Rhymes," which were written over 40 years and finalized as a collection shortly before Petrarch's death in 1374. | 46m 05s | ||||||
| 4/19/26 |  Discussing Max Planck's "Where Is Science Going?" | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Where Is Science Going?" by Max Planck, which was published in 1932. | 44m 29s | ||||||
| 4/4/26 |  Discussing "Novum Organum" By Francis Bacon | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Novum Organum," which Francis Bacon wrote and which was published in 1620. | 58m 15s | ||||||
| 3/30/26 |  Discussing The Oresteia – Part III: Eumenides – By Aeschylus With Evan | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball, Evan and I discuss the play "Eumenides," which is the third part of Aeschylus' only extant trilogy "Oresteia," which premiered in 458 BC. The cover art for this episode is from a painting titled Pallas Athena that Rembrandt completed in 1657. | 1h 40m 01s | ||||||
| 3/6/26 |  How To Actually Learn Any Language | Send us Fan Mail This is a summary of what I think is the best approach to learning a language, based on my experience mastering a foreign language as an adult. Here you can download the software that I mentioned, Anki: https://apps.ankiweb.net/ Here is a page of links to word-frequency lists for German; similar lists can be found online for many other languages: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists/German The cover art is from the painting "Before the Audienc... | 17m 43s | ||||||
| 2/28/26 |  Discussing "The Life Of Saint Louis" By Jean De Joinville | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Life Of Saint Louis," which Jean de Joinville completed in 1309. The cover art for this episode is a painting titled Louis IX that Émile Signol completed in 1844. The other painting I mentioned is Saint Louis Mediating Between the King of England and His Barons which Georges Rouget completed in 1820 and can be found here. | 39m 40s | ||||||
| 2/22/26 |  Discussing The Fragments Of Heraclitus | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss the fragments of Heraclitus, who lived in the sixth and fifth centuries BC. The cover art for this episode is The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, which JMW Turner completed in 1834 or 1835. | 38m 18s | ||||||
| 2/15/26 |  Discussing The Oresteia – Part II: The Libation Bearers – By Aeschylus With Evan | Send us Fan Mail In this video, Evan and I discuss "The Libation Bearers," which is the second play in the Aeschylus' trilogy Oresteia. The cover art for this episode is from Orestes Pursued by the Furies, which William-Adolphe Bouguereau completed in 1862. | 1h 15m 02s | ||||||
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| 2/8/26 |  Discussing "The Civilization Of The Renaissance In Italy" By Jacob Burckhardt | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Civilization Of The Renaissance In Italy," which was written by Jacob Burckhardt and published in 1860. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.com | 47m 27s | ||||||
| 1/31/26 |  Colleges Are Abandoning the Classics — Down 70% Since 2008 | Send us Fan Mail The data below are in the format indicated in the first line: The first word given is the term that I searched on opensyllabus.org, followed by its frequency in 2008, its frequency in 2024, and the percent change. So, for example, the first term in the list, that of the name of Diderot, declined by 90 percent in 16 years. Term 2008 frequency 2024 frequency percent change Diderot 0.027714 0.0025916 -90.64876957 Thucydides 0.10137 0.011824 -88.33579955 Petrarch 0.0... | 7m 33s | ||||||
| 1/25/26 |  Discussing "The Revolt Of The Masses" By Jose Ortega y Gasset | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Revolt Of The Masses" which Jose Ortega y Gasset first published as a series of essays in 1929 before it was published as a book in 1930. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.com | 35m 47s | ||||||
| 1/18/26 |  Discussing The Oresteia – Part I: Agamemnon – By Aeschylus With Evan | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss the play "Agamemnon," by Aeschylus, which is the first part of Aeschylus' only extant trilogy "Oresteia," which premiered in 458 BC. I was very pleased to have my good friend Evan join me for this discussion. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. The cover art for this episode is from the painting Clytemnestra Hesitating Before Striking Agamemnon, which French painter Pierre-Narcisse Guerin completed in 1817. Get a copy of m... | 1h 08m 54s | ||||||
| 12/13/25 |  Discussing "The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism" By Max Weber | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism," which was written by Max Weber and published in 1904. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.com | 1h 02m 05s | ||||||
| 10/23/25 | Bookstore Talk: Exploring Frankenstein And The World In Which Mary Shelley Created A Monster | Send us Fan Mail This is a talk I gave at a bookstore in Western Maryland in October 2025 discussing the world in which Mary Shelley was living when she wrote Frankenstein. Pick up my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: https://www.vollrathpublishing.com At 3:36 I reversed the names of the Islands of St. Helena and Elba; Napoleon was of course first imprisoned on Elba, then St. Helena. 00:00 Intro 00:40 The French Revolution, The Napoleonic Wars, And Mary's Parents... | 27m 58s | ||||||
| 9/5/25 |  Discussing "The Spirit Of The Laws" By Montesquieu | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Spirit Of The Laws," which was written by Montesquieu and published in 1748. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.com | 48m 03s | ||||||
| 6/23/25 |  Discussing "Fathers And Sons" By Ivan Turgenev | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Fathers And Sons," which was written by Ivan Turgenev and published in 1862. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.com | 36m 57s | ||||||
| 5/10/25 |  Discussing "We" By Yevgeny Zamyatin | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "We," which was written by Yevgeny Zamyatin and first published in 1924. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.com | 48m 12s | ||||||
| 4/13/25 |  Discussing "The New Science" By Giambattista Vico – Part II | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we continue discussing "The New Science," which was written by Giambattista Vico and first published in 1725, before being republished in a revised edition in 1730, and a final edition in 1744. See also Part I for more on Vico. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.com | 38m 59s | ||||||
| 3/30/25 |  Discussing "The New Science" By Giambattista Vico – Part I | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we begin discussing "The New Science," which was written by Giambattista Vico and first published in 1725, before being republished in a revised edition in 1730, and a final edition in 1744. See also Part II for more on Vico. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.com | 34m 58s | ||||||
| 3/9/25 |  Discussing "The Devil's Dictionary" By Ambrose Bierce | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Devil's Dictionary," which was written by Ambrose Bierce and first published as a book in 1906 before being republished in 1911. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.com | 35m 15s | ||||||
| 2/8/25 |  Discussing "The Last Man" By Mary Shelley | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Last Man," which was written by Mary Shelley and published in 1826. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.com | 33m 23s | ||||||
| 1/26/25 |  Mendacious Impressions – An Original Short Story | Send us Fan Mail This is a short story I wrote. I hope you enjoy it. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.com | 17m 04s | ||||||
| 1/24/25 |  Discussing "Statesman" By Plato | Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Statesman," which is one of the dialogues of Plato, who lived in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. The cover art for this episode is Plato as depicted in a portion of the oil painting The Death of Socrates, which French painter Jacques-Louis David completed in 1787. Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website: VollrathPublishing.com | 32m 24s | ||||||
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