A podcast about ancient ideals, modern utopias, dystopias and attempts at democracy, including Greece, Rome China, India, Europe and America.
AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
Plutarch 02: Romulus and the Rape Culture of Rome.
If the title is too shocking for you, keep in mind: they don't exactly call it "the arranged marriage of the Sabine women."Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/postsAR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
7 Sept 2026
MKULTRA: the Tyranny of Scientific Certainty.
Here's the link to MKULTRA hearing from a few days ago in the American House of Congress, i.e., the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, specifically: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpQulJS-R50Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/postsAR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
7 Sept 2026
Plutarch 01: Virtue is Not Virtue, Therefore it is Called Virtue.
THESEUS. Episode 01 of a series on Plutarch's Lives, reading the whole thing, from start to finish. And quite possibly by the end I'll be fluent in Finnish. (For totally unrelated reasons, I AM CURRENTLY LEARNING FINNISH.)#ancientgreece #ancientrome #ancientgreek #ancientlatin #classics #booktube #bookreview Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/postsAR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
7 Sept 2026
Quitting Video Games to Read Plutarch's Lives. Again. ;-)
Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/postsAR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.#quitvideogames #quitdrinking #quitdrugs #quitalcohol #quiteverything #vegan #vegans #veganism #booktube #classics #ancientgreece #ancientgreek #ancientathens #ancientrome #plutarch
7 Sept 2026
Don't Stop Reading: from a "gym bro" who spends all his time chasing women half his age.
Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/postsAR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
3 May 2026
The Rejection of Philosophy Becomes a Philosophy Unto Itself: Plato, Buddhism, Nihilism.
On à-bas-le-ciel:
LINK: https://youtube.com/live/t6vBgeJRiyI (https://youtube.com/live/t6vBgeJRiyI)
On Eisel Mazard, Monolingual Polyglot:
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tY7o0cE-sk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tY7o0cE-sk)
Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).
https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/
https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts
AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
11 Oct 2025
Youtube is dead: the lost avant garde of intellectual dissent on the internet
Implicitly, this is a significant contrast to my old "manifesto" titled On Community, although it does not address the thesis of that video, directly, in any way: if you regard this as a manifesto, it is addressed to the youtuber (or podcaster) as a solitary intellectual dissident, cultural critic, commentator and comedian --not as the center of an incipient community, pulling together like-minded people (as per "the spirit season one") with an ambition to accomplish something more than they could ever attempt alone.
Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).
https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/
https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts
AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
6 Jul 2025
BLM FAILED. Martyrs are not messiahs, victims are not heroes: the ancient philosophy that ruined a revolution in our time.
Eisel Mazard, host of Doomed Republic, analyzes how ancient philosophy contributed to the failure of modern revolutions, focusing on the pitfalls of martyrdom and victimhood.
30 May 2025
QNA2: Polyamory in the Library, Nihilism in the Bedroom.
Eisel Mazard, also known as Zel from Ashdod, explores intellectual honesty and sexual infidelity in 2025, offering insights into modern relationships and personal values.
26 May 2025
QNA1: The Unmasking of Ancient Athens and Rome; the Paradox of Required Reading.
Host Eisel Mazard, also known as Zel from Ashdod, answers questions about ancient Athens and Rome, exploring the paradox of required reading in this Q&A episode.
5 May 2025
Learning Ancient LATIN: Now, Baby, or Never (2025 to 2030)
Watch for the sequel, "Latin: Racism Without a Race" and, of course, "Veganism: Racism Without a Race."
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https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/
https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts
AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
22 Jan 2025
First Alcibiades, Socrates as Conspirator and Cult Leader, Plato as Comedian
Doomed Republic: a podcast about ancient ideals, modern utopias, dystopias and attempts at democracy, including Greece, Rome China, India, Europe and America. This is episode 5 of Doomed Republic, (AR+IO-008).
Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).
https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/
https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts
AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
13 Jan 2025
Socrates Must Die, Confucius Must Rule: Failed Revolutionaries and Doomed Utopias of the Ancient World.
Doomed Republic: a podcast about ancient ideals, modern utopias, dystopias and attempts at democracy, including Greece, Rome China, India, Europe and America.
Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).
https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/
https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts
AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
13 Jan 2025
Why Was Socrates Tried? Aristophanes, Alcibiades, Failed Revolutions and Philosophies of Education.
Doomed Republic: a podcast about ancient ideals, modern utopias, dystopias and attempts at democracy, including Greece, Rome China, India, Europe and America. This is episode 3 of Doomed Republic, (AR+IO-007).
Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).
https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/
https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts
AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
E.A. Havelock's article, "Why Was Socrates Tried?", was read aloud from a copy of the 1952 tome, _Studies in Honour of Gilbert Norwood,_ with the imprimatur of The Phoenix and also the University of Toronto Press.
7 Dec 2024
Elagabalus and the Religion of Rome: Emperor, Empress, Priest and Priestess.
Elagabalus is now celebrated as "the first transgender emperor of Rome", raising questions of the limits of tolerance in the Ancient Greco-Roman world: did he cross some line that Nero never crossed? And was that line sexual, religious or political? Why is it that Elagabalus would be remembered as the lowest of the low by Roman historians who had already narrated the excesses (gay, straight and bisexual) of Nero and so many others? Why would Elagabalus have his name scraped off of monuments at the command of the senate after his death, while others who'd committed worse offenses would undergo apotheosis, and instead be referred to as gods?
Episode 02 of Doomed Republic: a podcast about ancient ideals, modern utopias, dystopias and attempts at democracy, including Greece, Rome China, India, Europe and America. (AR+IO-005)
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https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts (https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts)
AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
25 Nov 2024
Thrasymachus: Nihilism Against Idealism, Plato's Republic and the Socratic Method.
Episode 01 of Doomed Republic: a podcast about ancient ideals, modern utopias, dystopias and attempts at democracy, including Greece, Rome China, India, Europe and America. (AR+IO-004)
Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).
https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/
https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts
AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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Podcast Authority Score: 16 / 100
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