- 124
- Episodes
- 41
- Transcribed
- 1,216
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 671K
- YouTube views
About Cost of Glory
The most influential biographies ever written, admired by leaders, creators, soldiers, and thinkers for nearly 2,000 years: Plutarch’s Parallel lives. Essential listening for anyone striving after greatness. Alex Petkas, former professor of ancient philosophy and history, revives and dramatically retells these unforgettable stories for modern audiences. The subjects are statesmen, generals, orators, and founders; pious and profane, stoics and hedonists. The stakes bear on the future of Western civilization. The cost of glory is always great. Visit costofglory.com to find out more.
- Publisher
- Alex Petkas
- Category
- education · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Aug 2021
- Latest episode
- 14 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
41 of 124 episodes have a transcript.
14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
123 - Odyssey 2: Man of Wiles
7 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
122 - The Odyssey Retold (by a Classicist): Part 1
4 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
121 - Plutarch and Shakespeare, w/ The Base Creates
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123 - Odyssey 2: Man of Wiles
Published 14 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And Homer and his contemporaries, they're looking at these ruined palaces and other bits of evidence that were still around. They were thinking, what kind of men built these things? I mean, did they get cyclopses to do it? Jeez. And that's the world that they figured Odysseus and Agamemnon lived in. […]
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- Morgan Watkins
- George Carter
- Nicholas Tobias
- Victor Davis Hanson
- Michael Gibson
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- YouTube views
- 671,142
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 443 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 773 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 91
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