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[PREVIEW] Doomscroll 41.5: David Wengrow
From Doomscroll with Joshua Citarella by Joshua Citarella
February 23, 2026 · 13 min
About this episode
The episode explores pseudo-archaeology's racist classifications and discusses concepts of sortition and ancient democratic systems.
We dive deeper into pseudo-archaeology’s racist classifications and implicit myth structures. Later on, we explore the concept of sortition, Greek democracy and the early Aztec parliamentary system. You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella
People in this episode
Host: Joshua Citarella
Guest: David Wengrow
Topics covered
- pseudo-archaeology
- racism
- sortition
- Greek democracy
- Aztec parliamentary system
Keywords
- pseudo-archaeology
- racism
- sortition
- Greek democracy
- Aztec
- parliamentary system
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Organizations: Doomscroll, patreon.com/joshuacitarella
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