Phillip II of Macedon

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Alexander the Great was one of the most famous people from the ancient world. He defeated a vastly larger Persian Empire and conquered everything from Egypt to India. Yet, what Alexander achieved wouldn’t have been possible without his father. In fact, if Alexander hadn’t accomplished what he did, his father would probably be the one given the title “great.” Learn more about Philip II of Macedon and how he changed the world of Ancient Greece and laid the foundations for his son on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond at your local store. Find out more at heavenhilldistillery.com/hh-bottled-in-bond.php Sign up today at butcherbox.com/daily and use code daily to choose your free offer and get $20 off. Visit BetterHelp.com/everywhere today to get 10% off your first month. Use the code EverythingEverywhere for a 20% discount on a subscription at Newspapers.com. Visit meminto.com and get 15% off with code EED15. Listen to Expedition Unknown wherever you get your podcasts. Get started with a $13 trial set for just $3 at harrys.com/EVERYTHING. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Ben Long & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Alexander the Great was one of the most famous people of the ancient world.
0:04.0	He defeated a vastly larger Persian Empire and conquered everything from Egypt to India.
0:09.0	Yet what Alexander achieved wouldn't have been possible without his father.
0:14.3	In fact, if Alexander hadn't accomplished what he did, his father probably would have been the
0:18.8	one given the title, Great.
0:21.6	Learn more about Philip II II of Macedon and how he changed the world of great. Daily. Hey everyone, this is Gary. If you're listening to this podcast, you clearly are
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1:07.6	Listen to Ted Talks daily wherever you get your podcast.
1:20.0	Before I start the discussion of Philip the second, I want to talk about the statistical topic of regression to the mean.
1:25.0	Regression to the mean implies that eventually over time things will go back to average.
1:30.0	If you have a run of good luck or bad luck, it will eventually come to an end.
1:34.4	The concept of regression to the mean also applies to people, in particular between generations.
1:40.8	Consider for a moment anyone who is really talented, an athlete, an actor, a singer, or a scientist.
1:48.0	How many times to someone who is supremely talented have a child who surpasses them in that talent.
1:55.8	There are a few cases, but they're few and far between.
1:59.1	Bobby Bonds was a very good baseball player and his son Barry surpassed him. Henry Fonda was a great actor
2:04.7	and his daughter Jane won two Academy Awards for acting more than the father.
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