#188 -Emily Katz Anhalt - Ancient Wisdom for Polarizing Times | Why Humanity Needs Herodotus 📜🏛️🔥
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Dr. Emily Katz Anhalt — Ancient Wisdom for Polarizing Times | Why Humanity Needs Herodotus 📜🏛️🔥
Nearly 2,500 years ago, a Greek historian named Herodotus drew the first line between myth and fact.
Herodotus introduced the radical idea that truth must be verified — not just believed. Today, that line is disappearing fast.
Dr. Emily Katz Anhalt is a professor of classical languages and literature at Sarah Lawrence College and author of Ancient Wisdom for Polarizing Times: Why Humanity Needs Herodotus, the Man Who Invented History.
In this conversation, she makes the case that the father of history has more to say about our polarized modern world than almost anyone writing today.
We cover why algorithm-driven news bubbles are just a modern version of an ancient tyrant's trick, what Achilles and Odysseus get wrong about leadership, and the one question Herodotus would demand we ask ourselves every single day.
If you've ever felt like the world is splitting into two completely different realities — this episode is for you.
📚 Ancient Wisdom for Polarizing Times — available on Amazon
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