Oct. 17, 2026
Episode 836: Nicomachean Ethics with Robin Waterfield and John Sellars
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 Episode 836, Jacke talks to translator Robin Waterfield and scholar John Sellars about their new edition of Aristotle's classic text.
If you enjoyed this episode on Aristotle with Robin Waterfield and John Sellars, tune into Jacke's other conversation with author and translator Robin Waterfield, in which they discuss Thucydides (Episode 772) and Aesop's Fables (Episode 643).
Episode 838: The Emerson Circle with Bruce Nichols
In Episode 838, Jacke talks to author Bruce Nichols about his new book The Emerson Circle: The Concord Radicals Who Reinvented the World. They discuss how literary luminaries — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, Bronson Al…
Twenty Shakespeare Episodes on the History of Literature Podcast
Spend time exploring the world of Shakespeare with host Jacke Wilson on the History of Literature Podcast! Here's a list of the twenty episodes on Shakespeare on the History of Literature Podcast. In these episodes, Jacke talks with eminent scholar…
