1A – The Discovery of Gilgamesh

What does it mean to live a good life? How can we accomplish it? For more than two thousand years, Western civilization has looked to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics to help answer those questions. In this episode, Jacke talks to translator Robin Waterfield and scholar John Sellar ...  Show more

What do Iranians - both home and abroad - think of race? Does "blackness" exist in Iran? And what can we learn about race and slavery in Iran from folklore, ethnography, literature, and films? In this episode, Jacke talks to author Amy Motlagh about her book Colorblind: Racial Th ...  Show more

It's amazing how many curious things can be uncovered if only we took the time to do a little digging.

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Curiosity is often found in the center of unusual stories. Let's see what bounty today's tour brings us, shall we?

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Learning about things that happened in the past can generate a sense of wonder. And these two stories are bound to do just that.

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The beginning rarely looks like the end, but once you dig into these curious lives, you'll start to notice the shape of greatness.

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