236: "The Clouds," by Aristophanes

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Christianity, Education, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts

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🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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"The Clouds" is the famous play that helped doom poor Socrates. Thomas leads us through the bawdy ancient comedy. By the way, this episode includes a little content that may not be appropriate for all ages. We did edit a little of it out with some jaunty music in the middle, but if you're listening with small children, you were warned.

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to classical stuff you should know, a podcast about classical books, classical education, old things, and three old guys.
0:19.0	Well, we're not that old.
0:20.0	One old guy.
0:20.7	Oh, gosh. My name. One old guy. Oh, gosh.
0:22.5	My name...
0:23.3	Happy recent birthday.
0:24.1	Yeah, thanks.
0:25.1	My name is Graham Dallenson,
0:27.6	and I am with my partners in classicism.
0:33.3	AJ Hanenberg.
0:34.2	Right here.
0:34.7	And Thomas Magby.
0:36.3	Hello.
0:37.2	And, Thomas, I feel like corrupting the youth.
0:44.1	Okay, cool.
0:45.0	I feel like, you know.
0:46.8	Is this a turn of attitude for you?
0:48.2	No, I'm always in that place.
0:49.1	I feel like, you know what?
0:50.3	I want to ruin their, they want to go off and become like lawyers and doctors
0:55.0	and politicians. I think that's just, that's not the good life. Yeah. I want them to live as
1:01.4	vagrants. Wow. As philosophing vagrants. Yeah, that, I mean, living in pots. Yeah.
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