Thebes Gets a Bad Rap
b'Thebes, the Forgotten Greek City
Guest: Paul Cartledge, AG Leventis Senior Research Fellow Emeritus of Clare College Cambridge, and author of "Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece"
Frequently overshadowed by its Greek counterparts Athens and Sparta, Thebes too often gets a bad rap. But Thebes was actually pretty important, mythically and historically; it was the birthplace of Hercules, and played a key role in the Peloponnesian War. But it had to be resurrected after it was thoroughly crushed by Alexander the Great.\\xa0
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Greek Mythology
Guest: Sam Payne, host, "The Apple Seed," BYUradio
Of Greek descent, Sam Payne grew up thinking of Greek mythology as family history.\\xa0
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The Real Impact of Joan of Arc
Guest: Kelly DeVries, Professor, History, Loyola University Maryland
590 years ago, Joan of Arc had a frankly miraculous year. Though countless books and articles have been written on her, her military career is pretty much confined to 1429, and she died only two years later. We revisit this dramatic period of history and ask how she ever could have had the impact she did.'