Podcast appearances and mentions of Edward Watts

Students at Winnetonka High School are working at a bank located inside the school. A business partnership with CSD Credit Union focuses on financial literacy and ensures students learn about all aspects of banking. President and CEO of CSD Credit Union, Edward Watts and students Adam Magnuson and David Milosovich who work at the branch join host Susan Hiland to talk about this first of its kind in the state opportunity. 

It's the end of the year, and that means our annual State of the Union episode is here! In this episode, I'm joined by judicial scholar Dr. Sara Benesh, historian and expert on the fall of Rome, Dr. Edward Watts, and scholar of political violence, Dr. James Hawdon. We draw striking parallels between Rome's transition from a republic to an autocracy and the current state of American politics, and we discuss the erosion of institutional integrity, the rise of political violence, and the unsettling warning sign found in events like the January 6th Capitol attack. We question whether America's democratic foundations might be at risk of crumbling under similar pressures of corruption and strongman politics.As Donald Trump makes his return to the presidency, the dynamics of the U.S. Supreme Court face intense scrutiny. So, we discuss how the current Court might behave under a second Trump presidency, and how the Court's legitimacy may further erode amidst mounting partisan divides. Historical unpredictability among justices is a focal point, as we examine how their decisions could serve as both checks on presidential power and potential avenues for self-aggrandizement. The stakes are raised by provocative statements from Trump's vice president, J.D. Vance, about ignoring Supreme Court decisions, posing a significant challenge to the court's future authority.The path forward for American democracy is fraught with challenges. Our discussion underscores the collective responsibility to defend democratic institutions, emphasizing that this duty extends beyond judges and politicians to each and every citizen. With the world watching, we weigh the potential consequences of ignoring warning signs of political decay, urging listeners to consider their stance in this pivotal moment. How will history judge our actions during this critical time for democracy?Counterpoint Podcast-------------------------Follow Deep Dive:InstagramYouTube Email: deepdivewithshawn@gmail.com Music: Majestic Earth - Joystock

The CAFE team is taking a break from our usual programming this week to share another show we think you might like.  It's a show called “The Gray Area,” hosted by Sean Illing, that explores issues across culture, technology, politics, and the world of ideas, all through a philosophical lens.  In the episode we're about to share, Sean Illing and his guest, historian Edward Watts, discuss how America today feels a lot like ancient Rome…right before its empire collapsed.  We hope you enjoy their conversation. You can listen to more of the show here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In an interview recorded on October 29, 2024, Clay interviews the eminent classicist, Edward Watts of the University of California, San Diego, on the collapse of the American narrative. The old narrative that began when Columbus bumped into the New World and then moved through the colonial period, the American Revolution, the Westering movement, the Indian Wars, and America's reluctant intervention in the 20th century's two world wars has been discredited by the cultural revolution of the last 30 years. It is now possible to imagine an American narrative that would satisfy most of the constituencies of the United States. What happens when a nation loses its capacity to understand its mission, values, and history? Professor Watts is one of the world's leading experts on the collapse of the Roman Republic. How did Rome recover after its disastrous Civil Wars? Can America learn from Rome's example?

What can ancient Rome teach us about American democracy? The Roman Republic fell for a lot of reasons: The state became too big and chaotic; the influence of money and private interests corrupted public institutions; and social and economic inequalities became so large that citizens lost faith in the system altogether and gradually fell into the arms of tyrants and demagogues. It sounds a lot like the problems America is facing today. This week's guest, historian Edward Watts, tells us what we can learn about America's future by studying Rome's past. Host: Sean Illing, (@SeanIlling), host, The Gray Area Guest: Edward Watts, author, Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny and The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deep Dive returns! In this episode we bring back a number of contributors to our recently concluded limited series - After America - and ask if they have hope for American democracy, or if we already past the Rubicon. Can American democracy survive the storm of voter disenfranchisement, misinformation, and rising authoritarianism? This episode promises not just a look at the challenges, but also a glimmer of hope for our democratic future.We explore the perennial struggle to uphold the ideals of equality and the essential role of our political institutions. And, you'll hear insights into how the Republican Party's transformation and Donald Trump's influence pose unique threats to American democracy. Yet, amid these daunting challenges, we find reasons for cautious optimism in the resilience of U.S. institutions and the enduring power of foundational principles like equality and justice.What would another Trump presidency mean for the United States? Through poignant personal stories and global perspectives, we highlight the immediate and structural dangers we face. This episode isn't just a wake-up call; it's a call to arms to protect the future of American democracy.Featuring: Dr. Carol Graham, Dr. Kate Starbird, Dr. Edward Watts, Dr. Alice Marwick, Dr. Tara Grove, Dr. James Robinson, Dr. Sara Benesh, Dr. Benjamin Hett, Dr. Sheri Berman, Dr. Bernard Schlager, Jason van Tatenhove, Dr. Balint Magyar, Stephen Marche-------------------------Follow Deep Dive:InstagramYouTube Email: deepdivewithshawn@gmail.com Music: Majestic Earth - JoystockAcoustic Folk Instrumental - Hyde

Can democracy deliver the economic stability and growth we need, or do strongman tactics offer a more effective solution? In this episode, we dissect the economic impacts of contrasting political systems, drawing on the U.S. responses to COVID-19 under both Trump and Biden. We discuss the historical economic performances of authoritarian states like the Soviet Union and modern-day China, while also confronting the grim realities of poverty in a democratic America, and its implications for democracy in the United States. By comparing the resilience of minority communities to the disillusionment among low-income whites, we delve into how social structures and economic policies shape societal well-being and commitment to democracy.Lastly, we address the broader implications of wealth inequality and financial instability, drawing troubling parallels with ancient Rome. Highlighting the risks of economic crises fueling authoritarianism, we examine today's U.S. context as a potential breeding ground for similar trends. From the dangers of Project 2025 to the essential role of democracy in securing long-term prosperity, this episode is a must-listen for anyone concerned about the future of the American economy and its global impact.Guests: Drs. James Robinson, Carol Graham, Peter Kramer, Edward Watts, and Monika NalepaCredits:Infados - Kevin MacLeodDark Tales: Music by Rahul Bhardwaj from Pixabay-------------------------Follow Deep Dive:InstagramYouTube Email: deepdivewithshawn@gmail.com

We discuss the life, times, and reign of Justinian, ‘probably the most consequential Roman emperor, at least since Constantine, and maybe since Augustus.' He transformed the empire; nothing will be the same after his reign. Said reign also saw the closure of the Athenian academy and a number of crucial crises within Christianity, all of which are essential for the history of western esotericism.

What happens when the very fabric of American democracy is put to the test? Join us as we confront the alarming state of our nation in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, featuring a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. We begin by dissecting the chaos of January 6th, 2021, when a Trump-incited mob stormed the Capitol, marking a pivotal moment in our history—a moment that saw many Republican members of Congress attempt to overturn the election results, forever altering the party's trajectory toward authoritarianism.Our journey takes us back to the 1960s, exploring the origins of racially charged rhetoric and the pivotal shifts of the Republican Party. From Barry Goldwater's extremism to Nixon's Southern strategy and Reagan's unifying conservative factions, we unravel how coded language and strategic political moves laid the groundwork for today's divisive landscape. The rise of figures like Newt Gingrich and the influence of Fox News further transformed Republican politics, setting the stage for the Tea Party and the ideological battles that followed Obama's election. And, then Trump.As we examine the aftermath of the 2020 election and the January 6th attack, we spotlight Trump's baseless voter fraud claims and the disturbing rise of far-right militia groups. With the 2024 election on the horizon, we discuss the precarious state of American democracy and the erosion of democratic norms.  Guests: Dr. Ian Haney Lopez, Dr. David Faris, Dr. David Gushee, & Dr. Edward Watts Sources:January 6th Audio Footage – Courtesy of the January 6th House CommitteeNixon/Reagan Call – Courtesy of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum: Tape 013-008Ronald Reagan 1980 Campaign Ad – Courtesy of the Reagan FoundationRonald Reagan Campaign Remarks 1976 – Courtesy of the Reagan LibraryRonald Reagan Remarks at Liberty Park – Courtesy of the Reagan LibraryRonald Reagan Inaugural Address – Courtesy of the Reagan LibraryObama Inaugural Address – Courtesy of President Barack Obama White House ArchiveTrump Sworn In – Courtesy of President Donald Trump White House ArchiveKevin McCarthy Statement on Trump – Courtesy of C-SpanMitch McConnell Statement on Trump – Courtesy of C-SpanLiz Cheney Statement on House Floor – Courtesy of C-SpanConfessions of a Republican – Courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson LibraryInfados - Kevin MacLeodNews Theme · Kevin MacLeodDark Tales: Music by Rahul Bhardwaj from Pixabay-------------------------Follow Deep Dive:InstagramYouTube Email: deepdivewithshawn@gmail.com

Prominent journalist E.J. Dionne, known for his op-eds in The Washington Post and essays in Commonweal Magazine, advocates for bridging societal divides by addressing issues like social isolation and loneliness. As part of the Burke Lectureship at UC San Diego, Dionne, a distinguished professor at Georgetown University, invites audiences to contemplate solutions transcending political boundaries. Joining Dionne is Dean Nelson, journalism professor at Point Loma Nazarene University, and Edward Watts, history professor at UC San Diego. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 39522]

Prominent journalist E.J. Dionne, known for his op-eds in The Washington Post and essays in Commonweal Magazine, advocates for bridging societal divides by addressing issues like social isolation and loneliness. As part of the Burke Lectureship at UC San Diego, Dionne, a distinguished professor at Georgetown University, invites audiences to contemplate solutions transcending political boundaries. Joining Dionne is Dean Nelson, journalism professor at Point Loma Nazarene University, and Edward Watts, history professor at UC San Diego. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 39522]

Prominent journalist E.J. Dionne, known for his op-eds in The Washington Post and essays in Commonweal Magazine, advocates for bridging societal divides by addressing issues like social isolation and loneliness. As part of the Burke Lectureship at UC San Diego, Dionne, a distinguished professor at Georgetown University, invites audiences to contemplate solutions transcending political boundaries. Joining Dionne is Dean Nelson, journalism professor at Point Loma Nazarene University, and Edward Watts, history professor at UC San Diego. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 39522]

******Support the channel****** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao   ******Follow me on****** Website: https://www.thedissenter.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT   This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning & Development done differently. Check the website here: http://enlites.com/   Dr. Edward Watts is presently the Vassiliadis Professor of Byzantine Greek History at the University of California, San Diego, where he was formerly Co-Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. His research interests center on the intellectual and religious history of the Roman Empire and the early Byzantine Empire. He is the author of several books on ancient history, including Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny, The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea, and Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher.   In this episode, we focus on Hypatia. We first get into the social, political, and historical context where Hypatia lived, and the intellectual life in Alexandria. We then talk about her early years, how she became a philosopher and the head of a philosophy school, her main intellectual contributions, her political life and public service, and her tragic death and its aftermath. We also discuss her intellectual legacy, how she has been portrayed by artists, and what she symbolizes for modern people. -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: PER HELGE LARSEN, JERRY MULLER, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BERNARDO SEIXAS, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, COLIN HOLBROOK, PHIL KAVANAGH, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, FERGAL CUSSEN, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, ROMAIN ROCH, DIEGO LONDOÑO CORREA, YANICK PUNTER, CHARLOTTE BLEASE, NICOLE BARBARO, ADAM HUNT, PAWEL OSTASZEWSKI, NELLEKE BAK, GUY MADISON, GARY G HELLMANN, SAIMA AFZAL, ADRIAN JAEGGI, PAULO TOLENTINO, JOÃO BARBOSA, JULIAN PRICE, EDWARD HALL, HEDIN BRØNNER, DOUGLAS FRY, FRANCA BORTOLOTTI, GABRIEL PONS CORTÈS, URSULA LITZCKE, SCOTT, ZACHARY FISH, TIM DUFFY, SUNNY SMITH, JON WISMAN, WILLIAM BUCKNER, PAUL-GEORGE ARNAUD, LUKE GLOWACKI, GEORGIOS THEOPHANOUS, CHRIS WILLIAMSON, PETER WOLOSZYN, DAVID WILLIAMS, DIOGO COSTA, ANTON ERIKSSON, ALEX CHAU, AMAURI MARTÍNEZ, CORALIE CHEVALLIER, BANGALORE ATHEISTS, LARRY D. LEE JR., OLD HERRINGBONE, MICHAEL BAILEY, DAN SPERBER, ROBERT GRESSIS, IGOR N, JEFF MCMAHAN, JAKE ZUEHL, BARNABAS RADICS, MARK CAMPBELL, TOMAS DAUBNER, LUKE NISSEN, KIMBERLY JOHNSON, JESSICA NOWICKI, LINDA BRANDIN, NIKLAS CARLSSON, GEORGE CHORIATIS, VALENTIN STEINMANN, PER KRAULIS, KATE VON GOELER, ALEXANDER HUBBARD, BR, MASOUD ALIMOHAMMADI, JONAS HERTNER, URSULA GOODENOUGH, DAVID PINSOF, SEAN NELSON, MIKE LAVIGNE, JOS KNECHT, ERIK ENGMAN, LUCY, YHONATAN SHEMESH, MANVIR SINGH, PETRA WEIMANN, PEDRO BONILLA, AND CAROLA FEEST! A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, TOM VANEGDOM, BERNARD HUGUENEY, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, THOMAS TRUMBLE, KATHRINE AND PATRICK TOBIN, JONCARLO MONTENEGRO, AL NICK ORTIZ, NICK GOLDEN, AND CHRISTINE GLASS! AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MATTHEW LAVENDER, SERGIU CODREANU, BOGDAN KANIVETS, ROSEY, AND GREGORY HASTINGS!

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/hypatia-alexandria. Hypatia of Alexandria, late antiquity public figure and scholar, made significant contributions to mathematics, philosophy, and astronomy. Her embrace of Neoplatonism was seen as such a threat to the political elite in Alexandria that she was murdered by a mob of Christians. So what made her ideas so dangerous and revolutionary for her time? As a woman in Ancient Egypt, how did she exert power over her own narrative? And should she really be considered a "martyr" for philosophy? Josh and Ray explore Hypatia's life and thought with Edward Watts, Professor of History at UCSD and author of "Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher."

This week, Clay Jenkinson's conversation with Dr. Edward Watts, professor of history at the University of California San Diego. Watts, the author of Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny, is a historian of the classical world or more than 2000 years ago, but his work inevitably asks the question, is the American republic in the kind of chaos and decline that led to the collapse of the Roman Republic about the time of Christ? Was the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, a harbinger of greater and more purposeful uses of political violence in our future? How much public corruption can a republic endure? We have a sense of who the Caesar might be, but where is the Cato in modern American life, or even the Cicero? Support the show by joining the 1776 Club or by donating to the Thomas Jefferson Hour, Inc. You can learn more about Clay's cultural tours and retreats at jeffersonhour.com/tours. Check out our merch. You can find Clay's books on our website, along with a list of his favorite books on Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and other topics. Thomas Jefferson is interpreted and portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson.

Rod is fresh off a trip to Turkey, visiting the Seven Churches of the Book of Revelation. Walking the places of the early church helps bring home the "realness" of these ancient lands.   Topics: -Turkey and the Seven Churches -the early church as the challenge to the established order -touching real things in real places -Book of Revelations is written for us -Tish Harris Warren NYT piece on "getting along" -Edward Watts' Final Pagan Generation -there is no such thing as "post-religious"; myth is not optional -Idol worship and worshipping in the metaverse -technologies blind us -NT Wright's Revelation for Everyone -burden of being an image-bearer -Twitter is happening (minute 48), and Team Nothingburger is all over it -dark spirits of race resentment  

Mike Isaacson: Rome gets sacked ONE TIME, and that's all these people can talk about! [Theme song] Nazi SS UFOsLizards wearing human clothesHinduism's secret codesThese are nazi lies Race and IQ are in genesWarfare keeps the nation cleanWhiteness is an AIDS vaccineThese are nazi lies Hollow earth, white genocideMuslim's rampant femicideShooting suspects named Sam HydeHiter lived and no Jews died Army, navy, and the copsSecret service, special opsThey protect us, not sweatshopsThese are nazi lies Mike: Welcome to another episode of The Nazi Lies Podcast. Today we're talking with Edward Watts, professor of history and Alkaviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair in Byzantine Greek History at the University of California San Diego. He's here to talk to us about his book, The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea. The book is an extraordinary scholarly endeavor that managed to give a detailed and engaging history of 1700 years of Roman history in under 300 pages. Welcome to the podcast, Dr. Watts. Edward Watts: Thanks so much for having me. It's exciting to be here. Mike: All right. Now, you are one of the rare guests on our show whose book was actually directed at debunking Nazi lies. Tell us what you had in mind when you were writing this book. Edward: So the thing that prompted me to write this book was a recognition that the history of Rome, and in particular the legacy of Rome as it relates to the end of Roman history, was something that was being repeatedly misused across thousands of years to justify doing all sorts of violence and horrible things to people who really in the Roman context had very little to do with the decline of Rome, and in a post-Roman context, had nothing really to do with the challenges that people using the legacy of Rome wanted to try to address. And in particular, what prompted this was the recognition after 2016 of how stories about the classical past and the Roman past were being used on the far right and the sort of fascist fringe as a way of pointing to where they saw to be challenging dynamics and changes, critical changes, in the way that society was functioning. What was happening was people were doing things like using the story of the Gothic migrations in the 4th century AD to talk about the need to do radical things in our society related to immigration. And the discussions were just misusing the Roman past in really aggressive ways as kind of proof for radical ideas that didn't really relate to anything that happened in the past and I think are generally not things that people would be willing to accept in the present. And Rome provides a kind of argument when it's misunderstood,when Roman history is misunderstood, it provides a kind of argument that people are not familiar enough with to be able to refute, that might get people who think that a certain policy is aggressive or inhumane or unnecessary to think twice about whether that policy is something that is a response to a problem that people need to consider. And that's just wrong. It's a wrong way to use Roman history. It's a wrong way to use history altogether. And it's a rhetoric that really needs to be highlighted and pointed to so that people can see how insidious these kinds of comparisons can be. Mike: Okay, so your book discusses the idea of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, which you say started before any such decline or fall in the late Republic. What was politics like in the Roman Empire before the myth of Rome's decline popped up? Edward: So this is an interesting question because the story of Roman decline actually shows up in some of the very earliest Roman literature that we have. So the very first sort of intact Latin texts that we have from the Roman period are things like the plays of Plautus. In one of the earlier plays of Plautus, he is already making fun of people for saying that Rome is in decline. And he's saying this at a time right after the Roman victory over Hannibal when there is no evidence that Rome is in decline at all. And yet we know that there are politicians who are pushing this idea that the victory over Hannibal has unleashed a kind of moral decline in Rome that is leading to the degeneration of Roman morals and Roman behaviors and Roman social structures in such a fashion that will disrupt the ability of Rome to continue. This is just not something that most people recognized to be true, but what we see when politicians in the third century and second century BC are saying things like this, they aren't particularly interested in describing an objective reality. What they're looking to do is insert ideas into popular discourse, so that people in the context of their society begin to think it might be possible that decline exists. So I think that when we look at Roman history before Roman literature, or before these pieces of Roman literature exist, we really are looking at much later reconstructions. But I think that it's fair to say that even in those reconstructions of stories about things like say, the sixth king of Rome, those stories too focus on how that particular regime was inducing a decline from the proper behaviors of Romans. So I think we could say that there is no before decline. Rome seems always to have been talking about these ideas of decline and worrying about the fact that their society was in decline, even when objectively you would look around and say there is no reason whatsoever that you should be thinking this. Mike: Okay. Now your book argues that this political framing helped politicians shape the politics of the Roman Empire in particular ways. So how did those who pushed this declensionist narrative change the Roman republic? Edward: So in the Roman republic, there are a few things that this narrative is used to do. In the second century, early second century BC, this narrative is used to attack opponents of a politician named Cato. What Cato tried to do was single out people who had been getting particularly wealthy because of the aftermath of Rome's victory in the Second Punic War over Hannibal and then its victories in the eastern Mediterranean against the Greek King, Philip V. And what Cato saw was that this wealth was something that profoundly destabilized society because now there were winners who were doing well economically in a way that the old money establishment couldn't match. And so what he's looking to do is to say that when you look around and you see prosperity of that level in the Roman state, this is a sign that things are actually bad. It's not a sign of things are good. It's a sign that things are deteriorating, and we need to take radical steps to prevent this. And the radical steps that Cato takes, and that he initially gets support for, involves very onerous taxes directed specifically against groups of people that he opposed. He also serves as the person who decides who gets to be in the Roman Senate, and he uses that position to kick out a lot of people on the basis simply of him deciding that they embody some kind of negative trajectory of the Roman State. And there's a reaction to this and Cato eventually is forced to kind of back away from this. As you move later in the second century, the narrative of decline becomes something that first is used to again justify financial policies, and then later, actual violence against officials who are seen as pushing too radical an agenda. And so this becomes a narrative that you can use to destabilize things. It doesn't matter if you're coming from what we would say is the right or the left, the kind of equal opportunity narrative that can be used to get people to question whether the structures in their society are legitimately in keeping with the way the society is supposed to function. Mike: Okay. So a lot of people have this misconception that Rome kind of snapped from being a republic to being governed by an emperor, but that's not really so. What was the imperial administration like and how did it change? Edward: The Roman republic was in many ways a very strong constitutional system that had a lot of things built into it to prevent one individual from taking over. Not only did it have a structure that was based on a kind of balance of power–and the description of that structure was something that influenced the Founding Fathers in the US to create the balances of power that we have–but in Rome, the administrative office that correlated to the presidency actually was a paired magistracy. So there were two consuls who governed together and could in theory check one another. What the decline narrative happened or allows to happen is that these structures begin to be questioned as illegitimate. And you get, starting in the later part of the second century and going all the way through the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 BC, a long set of discussions about how the Constitution is not functioning as it's supposed to, how the interests of everybody are not being represented by the representatives in the Senate and by the sorts of laws that are being put forward in assemblies. And you have a greater sense that there's an emergency, and an emergency that requires people to assent to an individual exercising more power than the structure really permits. And so this idea of decline heightens this sense of emergency and you have cycles every generation or so, where the sense of emergency gets greater and another constitutional structure snaps. Until eventually what you have is an individual in Julius Caesar, who is able to exercise complete and effective control over the direction of politics in the state. Mike: Okay. So for whatever reason, the assassination of Julius Caesar sticks strong in our cultural psyche, but reading your book it seems like assassinating emperors was kind of commonplace? Edward: It depends on the period. Yeah, there are definitely periods where the violent overthrow of emperors are somewhat common. I think with Caesar, what we have is the assassination. We're still when Caesar was assassinated in the final death throes of the Roman republic. And so it takes a while and a really brutal nearly 15-year-long sprawling Civil War for Rome to finally just accept that the republic as a governing structure is not really going to function in the way it had before. And the first emperor is Augustus. The first assassination actually occurs about 75 years after Augustus takes over. The first emperor that's assassinated is Caligula. Then you have moments of really profound peace and stability that are punctuated by these upheavals where, you know, in the year 68 the Emperor Nero commits suicide and this leads to a sprawling civil war in which four emperors take power in the course of a single year. Then things kind of calmed down. There's an assassination in 96, and no more assassinations for almost 100 years. And so you have these moments where the structures of the empire are very stable, but when they break, it breaks very seriously. It's very rare when an emperor is assassinated, that there's only one assassination and things kind of work out after that. And so generally, I think what this suggests is, if you have faith that the Imperial structure is working predictably, it's very, very hard to disrupt that. But if you have a sense that an emperor is not legitimate or is not in power or has taken power violently, there's a very serious risk that that emperor will in turn be overthrown violently, and something very serious could happen, even going so far as resulting in a civil war. Mike: Okay so one of the biggest myths surrounding the Roman Empire is that it fell in 476 AD, and that plunged Europe into the Dark Ages, but this isn't really so. What happened in 476 AD, and how did it become the legendary fall of Rome? Edward: Yes, so 476 AD is one of the greatest non-events in history. Because when we look at our history and our timeline for the fall of Rome, this is the date that stands out to us. But actually in 476, there's not a single person who seems to think that Rome fell on that day. What happens is in the middle part of the fifth century, the eastern empire and the western empire separated in 395. And in the middle part of the fifth century, the western empire has a very serious loss of territory and then a loss of stability within Italy. So that there are, in a sense, kingmakers who run the army and decide whether an emperor should be in power or not. And so you have a number of figurehead emperors, starting really in the 450s and going through 476, who are there, in a couple of cases at certain moments they do exercise real power, but much of the time they're subordinate to military commanders who don't want to be emperor, or in many cases are of barbarian descent and don't think they can make imperial power actually stick, and in 476, Odoacer who was one of these barbarian commanders overthrows an emperor in Italy and says, "We are not going to have an emperor in Italy anymore. Instead, I'm just going to serve as the agent of the eastern emperor in Italy." And for the next 50 years, there are barbarian agents–first Odoacer and then Theodoric–who serve in this constitutional way where they acknowledge the superiority and the authority of the emperor in Constantinople over Italy. And in practice, they're running Italy. But in principle, they are still affirming that they're part of the Roman Empire, the Roman senate is still meeting, Roman law is still used. It's a situation where only when the eastern empire decides that it wants to take Italy back, do you start getting these stories about well, Rome fell in 476 when these barbarians got rid of the last emperor and now it's our obligation to liberate Italians from this occupation by these barbarians. In 476, though, this is not what anyone in Constantinople or in Italy actually thought was going on. Mike: Okay. So both the east and the west of the Roman Empire eventually became Christian. How did this alter the myth of the declining Rome? Edward: So for much of Roman history, there is very much this idea that any problem that you have is a potential sign of the decline of Rome, and if you are particularly motivated, you can say that the problem requires radical solutions to prevent Rome from falling into crisis. But with Christianity, when the Roman Empire becomes Christian, there is no past that you can look back to say, "Well, we were better as a Christian empire in this time." When Constantine converts to Christianity, he's the first Christian emperor. And so it's very natural for opponents to be able to say, "Look, he made everything Christian and now things are going to hell ,and so Christianity is the problem." So what Christians instead say is what actually is going on here is we are creating a new and better Rome, a Rome where the approach to the divine is more sophisticated, it's more likely to work. And so for about 100 years, you have instead of a narrative decline, a narrative of progress where Christians are pushing a notion that by becoming Christian, the Empire is embarking on a new path that is better than it has ever been before. Not everybody accepts this. At the time of Constantine's conversion, probably 90% of the Emperor's still pagan so this would be a very strange argument to them. And by the time you get into the fifth century, you probably are in a majority Christian empire, but like a 50% majority, not like 90% majority. So there is a significant pushback against this. And in moments of crisis, and in particular after the Sack of Rome in 410, there is a very strong pagan reaction to this idea of Christian Roman progress. And Christians have to come up with evermore elaborate explanations for how what looks like decline in any kind of tangible sense that you would look at in the western empire is actually a form of progress. And the most notable production of that line of argument is Augustine's City of God, which says effectively, “Don't worry about this world. There's a better world, a Christian world that really you should be focusing on, and you're getting closer there. So the effect of what's going on in the Roman world doesn't really matter too much for you.” Mike: Okay. Now at one point, there were actually three different polities across Europe and Asia Minor all claiming the inheritance of the Roman Empire. How did this happen? Edward: There are different moments where you see different groups claiming the inheritance of Rome. In the Middle Ages, you have the rise of the Holy Roman Empire, which is a construction of Charlemagne and the papacy around the year 800. And the claim that they make is simply that there is the first empress of the Roman state who takes power all by herself in 797–this is the Empress Irene–and the claim Charlemagne makes as well that eliminates the legitimacy of the Roman Empire and Constantinople because there's no emperor. Therefore because there's no emperor, there's no empire and therefore we can just claim it. Another moment where you see this really become a source of significant conflict is during the Fourth Crusade when the Crusaders attack Constantinople and destroy the central administration of the eastern Roman Empire. After that point, you have the crusaders in Constantinople who claim that they are a Roman state. You have the remains of the Roman state that had been in Constantinople sort of re-consolidating around the city of Nicaea. You have a couple of other people who claim the inheritance of the Roman state inEpirus and Trebizond, and they all kind of fight with each other. And so ultimately, what you see is that the Roman Empire has this tremendous resonance across all of the space that was once Roman. So their empire at its greatest extent went from the Persian Gulf all the way to Scotland. And it went from Spain and the Atlantic coast of Morocco all the way down to the Red Sea. It's massive. And in a lot of those territories after Rome recedes, the legacy of Rome remains. So a lot of people who felt that they could claim the Roman legacy tried to do that, because it gave a kind of added seriousness and a more, a greater echo to these little places that are far away from the center of the world now, places like Britain or places like France or places like Northern Germany. And so you, in a sense, look like you're more important than you are if you can make a claim on the Roman imperial legacy. Mike: Okay. And so how do these would-be empires finally end up collapsing? Edward: So, each in their own way. In the case of the Holy Roman Empire, it actually lasts for very long time. It's created under Charlemagne in 800, and it lasts really until the time of Napoleon. And it collapses because it's sort of dissolved because in Germany there was a fear that Napoleon might actually use the hulk of the Holy Roman Empire and the title of Holy Roman Emperor to claim a kind of ecumenical authority that would go beyond just what he had as emperor of France. The crusader regime in Constantinople is actually reconquered by the Nicene regime in 1261. So the Crusaders take Constantinople in 1204, and then these Roman exiles who set up a kind of Roman Empire in exile in Nicaea reconquer in 1261. And they hold Constantinople for another 200 years until the Ottomans take it in 1453. The other sort of small Roman states are absorbed either by the state in Constantinople or by the Ottomans, but ultimately by the end of the 1460s, everything that had once been part of the Eastern Empire in the Middle Ages is under Ottoman control. Mike: Okay. And so despite all of the polities that could have contended for the inheritance of Rome collapsing, Rome's decline still played a large part in political considerations across what was formerly the Roman Empire but now as an instructive metaphor. How was the decline of the Roman Empire leveraged to influence politics leading into the modern era, and who were the big myth makers? Edward: Yeah, there's a couple of really important thinkers in this light. One is Montesquieu, the French thinker who uses a discussion of Roman history to launch into a much more wide and expansive and influential discussion of political philosophy that centers really on notions of representation and sets some of the groundwork for what actors in the American Revolution and French Revolution believed they were doing. Montesquieu is really, really important in understanding 18th-century political developments. And I think it's impossible really to understand what the American Revolution and the French Revolution thought they were doing without also looking at Montesquieu. But now I think the more influential figure in terms of shaping our ideas about what Roman history looked like and what Roman decline meant is Edward Gibbon. Gibbon is also an 18th-century thinker. When he started writing a history of Rome, he started writing in the 1770s when he believed that there was a firm and stable European political structure of monarchies that could work together and kind of peacefully move the continent forward. And while Gibbon is working on this, of course, you know, the American Revolution happens, and the French Revolution happens, and his whole structure that he was looking to defend and celebrate with his Roman history disappears. And so his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire becomes a book that is extracted from its historical context. And it seems like it is an objective narrative of what happens. It's not objective at all. What Gibbon is trying to do is compare the failings of one large single imperial structure and the advantages of this kind of multipolar world where everyone is balanced and cooperative. But everybody forgets that that multipolar world even existed because the book comes out after it's gone. So what you have with Gibbon is a narrative that seems to be just an account of Roman history, and a very, very evocative one. I think most of the people now who have Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire on their shelf don't read it. But they know the title. They know the concept. This means that you have a ready-made metaphor for anything that's bothering you. You know, you can talk about the decline and fall of Rome. Just about everybody in the entire world knows that Rome declined and fell. And very few of them know much about why it happened or how it happened or how long it took. And so evoking the decline and fall of Rome allows you to kind of plug in anything, as my friend Hal Drake says, anything that's bothering you at a particular moment, you can plug in and say Rome fell because of X. And if you look at the last 50 years you can see lots and lots and lots of examples of X, lots of different things that bothered people that got plugged into the story of Rome fell because of whatever's bothering me that day. Mike: I am certainly guilty of having a copy of Gibbon on my bookshelf and not having read it. [laughs] So in talking about the modern appropriation of the memory of Rome, you of course talk about Fascist Italy. You reference Claudio Fogu, whom I absolutely love, check out his book The Historic Imaginary. How did Fascists wield the memory of the Roman Empire to justify their regime? Edward: Yeah, it's so, so seductive what is done in the city of Rome in particular. And there's a sense that I think is a very real sense that creating and uncovering and memorializing the imperial center of the Roman Empire makes real the experience of walking through it, and with the right kind of curation can make it feel like you're in a contemporary environment that's linked to that ancient past. And what Mussolini and his architects tried very very hard to do was create this, in a sense, almost Roman imperial Disneyland in the area between the Colosseum and the Capital line. So when we walk there, we see a kind of disembodied and excavated giant park with a large street down the middle running from the Colosseum along the length of the Roman Forum. But that was actually neighborhoods.  Before Mussolini, there were actual houses and shops and restaurants and people living there, and very, very long-standing communities that he removed with this idea that you were in a sense restoring the past and creating a future by removing the present. And I think that's a very good metaphor for what they were up to. What they were trying to do was create an affinity for the fascist present by uncovering this Roman past and getting rid of what they saw as disorder. And the disorder, of course, was real people living their lives in their houses. But the other thing that people, you know, when tourists visit this now, they don't know that history. They don't know that when they walk on the street alongside the Forum, they're actually walking on a street that is a 20th-century street created for Fascist military parades on the ruins of modern, early modern, and medieval houses. They just see this as a way to kind of commune with this Roman past. And the Fascists very much understood that aesthetic and how seductive that aesthetic was. Mike: Okay, so let's circle back to where we started with your motivation for the book. How are people invoking the fall of Rome now, and what are they getting wrong? Edward: I think that we see, again, this temptation to take what's bothering you and attaching it to Rome. And I think even if you just look over the last 50 years, you can almost trace the sorts of things people are anxious about in a modern context based on the things that are advanced for what possibly made Rome fall. So in the 70s and early 80s, there's lots of concern about environmental contamination and the effect that this is going to have on people's lives. And we get the story of Rome fell because of lead poisoning. I mean, it didn't. It's just ridiculous that you would think Rome fell because of lead poisoning when there is no moment that it fell, the place was active and survived for well over 1500 years when it was using lead pipes. There's no evidence whatsoever that this is true. In the 70s, Phyllis Schlafly would go around and say that Rome fell because of liberated women. I think that would be a very big surprise to a lot of Roman women that they were actually liberated, definitely in the 1970's way. In the 80s, and even into the 2010s, you have people like Ben Carson talking about Rome declining because of homosexuality or gay marriage. Again, that has nothing to do with the reality of Rome. There are other places where I think people come a little bit closer to at least talking about things that Romans might acknowledge existed in their society. So when you have Colin Murphy and others in the lead up to the Iraq War talking about the overextension of military power as a factor that can lead to the decline of Rome, yeah, I mean, Rome did have at various moments problems because it was overextended militarily. But most of the time it didn't. To say that the Romans were overextended militarily because they had a large empire ignores the fact that they had that large empire for almost 400 years without losing significant amounts of territory. So comparing Roman military overextension and US military overextension could be a useful exercise, but you have to adjust the comparison for scale. And you have to adjust the comparison to understand that there are political dynamics that mean that places that in the first century BC required military garrisons, in the third century did not. And so you're not overextended because you're in the same place for 400 years. At the beginning, you might need to have an extensive military presence in a place that later you won't. So I think that what we need to do when we think about the use of the legacy of Rome, is think very critically about the kinds of things that Rome can and can't teach us, and think very clearly about the difference between history repeating itself–which I think it doesn't–and history providing us with ideas that can help us understand the present. I think that's where history is particularly useful, and Roman history in particular is useful. Because it's so long, there are so many things that that society deals with, and there are so many things that it deals with successfully as well as fails to deal with capably. All of those things offer us lessons to think with, even if they don't offer us exact parallels. Mike: Okay, so we've talked a bunch about the fabricated history of Rome and the popular memory of Rome. What does the actual history of Rome and fears of Roman decline have to teach us about the present? Edward: I think the biggest thing that we can see is if somebody is claiming that a society is in profound decline and the normal structures of that society need to be suspended so the decline can be fixed, that is a big caution flag. What that means is somebody wants to do something that you otherwise would not agree to let them do. And the justification that they provide should be looked at quite critically, but it also should be considered that, even if they identify something that might or might not be true, the solution they're proposing is not something that you absolutely need to accept. Systems are very robust. Political systems and social systems are very robust and they can deal with crises and they can deal with changes. If someone is saying that our system needs to be suspended or ignored or cast to the side because of a crisis, the first step should be considering whether the crisis is real, and then considering whether it is in fact possible to deal with that crisis and not suspend the constitutional order, and not trample on people's rights, and not take away people's property, and not imprison people. Because in all of these cases that we see Roman politicians introduced this idea of decline to justify something radical, there are other ways to deal with the problem. And sometimes they incite such panic that Romans refuse or forget or just don't consider any alternative. That has really profound and dangerous consequences because the society that suspends normal orders and rights very likely is going to lose those rights and those normal procedures. Mike: All right. Well, Dr. Watts, thank you so much for coming on The Nazi Lies Podcast to talk about the myth of the Roman Empire. The book, again, is The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome out from Oxford University Press. Thanks again, Dr. Watts. Edward: Thanks a lot. This was great. Mike: If you enjoyed what you heard and want to help pay our guests and transcriptionist, consider subscribing to our Patreon at patreon.com/nazilies or donating to our PayPal at paypal.me/nazilies or CashApp at $nazilies [Theme song]

As we witness Russia's targeting of civilians in Ukraine, here's my 2019 conversation with directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts of the Oscar-nominated documentary, For Sama, and with Dr. Hamza al-Kateab, who ran the last hospital in East Aleppo. The film takes us inside the long siege by al Assad and the Russians. In the course of the film, Waad al-Kateab falls in love, marries, and has a baby - all as bombs fall around them. You can learn more and watch this remarkable film at forsamafilm.com  

Ed Watts is one of the most engaging writers and speakers on Roman history I have talked to. In this podcast we talk about the fall of the Republic  - why and how it happened and who was most to blame. The podcast picks up the themes of his excellent book Mortal Republic which is highly, highly recommended.

For Sama discussion with directors Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts, and film subject Hamza Al-Khateab on July 23, 2019 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.  Moderated by Alex Cohen.

Edward Watts startled me with his claim that the Western Roman Empire didn't fall in AD 476. And he has other revisionist takes on Roman history. (Domitian a much better emperor than Trajan??) I love Roman history and enjoyed this episode hugely. His book The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea is absolutely terrific. A superb balance between the detail and a sweeping narrative.

In this episode of our ScreenTalks Archive, we revisit a powerful conversation exploring 'For Sama's' intimate and epic journey into the war in Syria with directors Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, hosted by Krishnan Guru-Murthy. The Barbican ScreenTalks Archive podcast is presented by Ellen E Jones and produced by Jane Long for Loftus Media. Listen to more episodes on: barbican.org.uk/screentalksarchive Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Dr. Edward Watts makes his THIRD appearance on theEWpodcast to talk about his new book, "The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea".Dr. Watts is the Chair of the History Department at University of California San Diego. He has previously written "Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny", "City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria" and more.**This episode was recorded on July 26, 2021**DR. EDWARD WATTS LINKSDr. Edward Watts: https://history.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/watts.html“The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome”: https://amzn.to/3mTQ7Gp1st appearance on this podcast: https://ericwhte.com/podcast-031-dr-edward-watts-and-is-america-in-a-fall-of-rome-moment/2nd appearance on this podcast: https://ericwhte.com/podcast-043-dr-edward-watts-and-what-rome-teaches-us-about-political-violence/theEWpodcasthttps://ericwhte.com/podcast-053-dr-edward-watts-and-the-eternal-decline-and-fall-of-rome/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw27qaF6r_XdQrzREV21QSATwitter: https://twitter.com/ericwhteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/eric.whte/TIMESTAMPS00:00 “The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome”05:43 The necessary tension between liberal and conservative09:27 “Everything is bad and only I can fix it”23:41 Why write this book now?26:27 Distortions of Roman history and the Fall of Rome37:00 Defining ‘Decline'55:00 “There are rules for how problems are solved”59:26 Closing thoughts

Beowulf and guest Edward Watts examine the many, many reincarnations of the cautionary tale of the fall of ancient Rome, used to argue for many varied positions.

Edward Watts, Chair and Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.

This episode we talk about For Sama chosen by Chloe. For Sama is a documentary about Waad al-Kateab's life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while conflict rises around her. For Sama was directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts and was released in 2019. This is a must-watch, we looking forward to hearing your thoughts.For Sama (2019) is available on All4Next Episode's Film: Vivarium (2019) available on Amazon Prime See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr. Edward Watts is the Chair of the History Department at University of California San Diego and author of several books including “Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny” and “The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome” which will be available this August, 2021. This conversation is a follow up to the conversation Dr. Watts and I had in 2020, prior to the presidential election. Here, we focus on political violence, specifically the events at the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021, and what Ancient Roman history can tell us about what it may mean.**This episode was recorded on April 14, 2021**DR. EDWARD WATTS LINKSDr. Edward Watts: https://history.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/watts.html“Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny”: https://amzn.to/3peOilO“The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome”: https://amzn.to/2Qu0pysDr. Watts' 2020 appearance on theEWpodcast, “Is America in a ‘Fall of Rome' Moment?”: http://ericwhte.com/podcast-031-dr-edward-watts-and-is-america-in-a-fall-of-rome-moment/Full list of links: http://ericwhte.com/podcast-043-dr-edward-watts-and-what-rome-teaches-us-about-political-violence/TIMESTAMPS00:00 Introducing Dr. Edward Watts06:42 A historian of Rome reflects on the January 6th storming of the Capitol18:03 Ancient Rome's ‘January 6th'19:52 How does a historian process current events?24:51 How Rome in the 2nd century BC was strikingly similar to the modern US36:49 What do Joe Biden and Marcus Aurelius have in common?45:40 Broken Republic? Or Benevolent Emperor?48:05 Spreading messages and ideas in Ancient Rome57:35 Has our Republic already fallen but we just don't realize it yet?

Here’s my 2019 conversation with directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts of the Oscar-nominated documentary, For Sama, and with Dr. Hamza al-Kateab, who ran the last hospital in East Aleppo. The film takes us inside Aleppo during the long siege by al Assad and the Russians. In the course of the film, Waad al-Kateab falls in love, gets married, and has a baby - all as bombs fall around them.

10 years ago last week pro-democracy protests began in Syria as the latest front in the - at the time still hopeful - Arab Spring. Here’s my 2019 conversation with directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts of the Oscar-nominated documentary, For Sama, and with Dr. Hamza al-Kateab, who ran the last hospital in East Aleppo. The film takes us inside Aleppo during the long siege by al Assad and the Russians. In the course of the film, Waad al-Kateab falls in love, gets married, and has a baby - all as bombs fall around them. You can learn more and watch this remarkable film at forsamafilm.com

Edward Watts, Chair and Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.

Charles McClure, assistant professor of accounting at the University of Chicago, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast to discuss his paper Disclosure Processing Costs and Market Feedback Around the World, which was written with co-authors Shawn Shi and Edward Watts. In this paper, McClure and his co-authors exploit international introductions of centralized electronic disclosure systems, like the SEC's EDGAR database, to examine how disclosure technologies affect managers' learning from securities prices and investors' information processing. This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.

The traits of a leading man extend past the screen and stage. All too often it’s not discussed enough what happens off stage and behind closed doors. Ed Watts (who's no stranger to the nature of show business) has made a career out of being leading man. Edward Watts is a New York City base actor and singer who accomplishments include leading roles on Broadway, off-Broadway, at Lincoln Center, and dozens of major regional theaters around the country including the Gutherie in Minneapolis, the old globe in San Diego, the Shakespeare Theatre in DC and the fifth Avenue in Seattle Dash among many others. He has toward the US with several musical productions, as well as sung concerns with symphony and philharmonic orchestra's around the country and in Europe. It has also appeared on television in shows such as “NCIS: New Orleans”, “The Sopranos”, “Rescue ME” and “Quantico” to name a few… CHECK OUT the link to his website to learn more. Throughout his career he's witnessed the best and worst examples of how to be a leading man. In our discussion he shares a curated guide he’s developed throughout his own career that any young actor/actress can apply to their respective journey in integrity, morals, and worth ethic. ED WATTS SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.instagram.com/watts5th/?hl=en http://edwardwatts.net/ HTBISB SOCIAL MEDIA: https://linktr.ee/HTBISB

The traits of a leading man extend past the screen and stage. All too often it’s not discussed enough what happens off stage and behind closed doors. Ed Watts (who's no stranger to the nature of show business) has made a career out of being leading man. Edward Watts is a New York City base actor and singer who accomplishments include leading roles on Broadway, off-Broadway, at Lincoln Center, and dozens of major regional theaters around the country including the Gutherie in Minneapolis, the old globe in San Diego, the Shakespeare Theatre in DC and the fifth Avenue in Seattle Dash among many others. He has toward the US with several musical productions, as well as sung concerns with symphony and philharmonic orchestra's around the country and in Europe. It has also appeared on television in shows such as “NCIS: New Orleans”, “The Sopranos”, “Rescue ME” and “Quantico” to name a few… CHECK OUT the link to his website to learn more. Throughout his career he's witnessed the best and worst examples of how to be a leading man. In our discussion he shares a curated guide he’s developed throughout his own career that any young actor/actress can apply to their respective journey in integrity, morals, and worth ethic. ED WATTS SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.instagram.com/watts5th/?hl=en http://edwardwatts.net/ HTBISB SOCIAL MEDIA: https://linktr.ee/HTBISB

In episode 21, host Toby Davis sits down with Dr. Edward Watts, author of "Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny" and Chair of the History Department at University of California San Diego. They look at the current social and political turmoil in the United States and draw comparisons from the fall of the Roman Republic. Dr. Edward Watts: https://history.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/watts.htmlMortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny: https://amzn.to/2Xn01lFJoin the discussion here! discuss.ArticlesOfUnity.orgTo learn more about Unity, visit the website:https://www.articlesofunity.org/Make sure to like and subscribe to UnityNow! to get weekly content about the Unity movement!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnityNowPodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/UnityNowPodcast?s=20Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unitynowpodcast/

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As Rome headed into the 1st Century BC, its power continued to expand, they had destroyed its rival in the Mediterranean, the Carthaginian Empire and various Greek Warlords who attempted to keep their independence. But with tremendous success came costs as a series of civil wars and unrest transformed the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. But Rome had a well functioning representative democracy for centuries, so how did it all come to an end? To help explain we interview Dr. Edward Watts; he is a professor of History at UC San Diego focusing on the intellectual and religious history of the Roman Empire and the early Byzantine Empire. He has written several books including City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria, Riot in Alexandria: Historical Debate in Pagan and Christian Communities which was a 2010 PROSE Award Honorable Mention. He also wrote The Final Pagan Generation which was awarded the 2015 Phi Alpha Theta Best Subsequent Book Prize and Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny. We also explore how the Roman government function and how Roman society was transformed as a result of this transition.

Today's episode is a conversation with Dr. Edward Watts. Dr. Watts is the Chair of the History Department at University of California San Diego and author of “Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny”. In today's episode, Dr. Watts and I discuss this book and look for similarities and differences between the Fall of the Roman Republic and the current moment in the United States. Dr. Watts shares his thoughts on what history can teach us about the future, why Rome is a good model for thinking about the possibilities in the US, why compromise and consensus are important to the healthy operation of government through the lens of the Roman experience, how political violence contributed to the downfall of the Roman Republic and why we should pay attention to the eventual acquiescence of the Roman people to the rule of authoritarians. We also discuss the risks presented by political polarization and other topics.Dr. Edward Watts: https://history.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/watts.htmlMortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny: https://amzn.to/3peOilOMichael Tomasky's book "If We Can Keep It: How the Republic Collapsed and How it Might Be Saved": https://amzn.to/3kapiIJThe French Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R8ZBm6_H9A&t=3601s

This episode features Oscar nominated, BAFTA and Emmy award winning director, Edward Watts. Edward has directed twenty-five narrative and documentary films, telling true stories from far flung corners of the world. His most recent film 'For Sama', which he co-directed with Waad al-Kateab received worldwide critical acclaim. Ed has made documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 and PBS Frontline to name a few. We chat about Edward’s humble beginnings making tea for TV executives, the responsibility that came with making a film like 'For Sama' and 'Escape from ISIS', his film about Yazidi women being held captive by the Islamic State.

Welcome to this special Election Season edition. We have invited back Dr. Edward Watts to talk to us about voting practices in the Ancient World.Edward Watts received his Ph.D. in history from Yale University. He is presently the Vassiliadis Professor of Byzantine Greek History at UC San Diego, where he was formerly Co-Director of the Center for Hellenistic Studies. He is the author of several books on ancient history, the most recent of which is Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny.Order Mortal Republic on AmazonIntro and Outro music is “Marsbilly Stomp” by Twang Darkly This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit historia.substack.com

David interviews Professor Edward Watts about his book Mortal Republic. Republics don't have to die, but they often do. What lead to the fall of the Roman Republic? Dr. Watts and David discuss this and more.Books discussed today (Links will take you to Amazon. Ordering after clicking on the link will help this site.):Mortal Republic by Edward WattsRome at War: Farms, Families, and Death in the Middle Republic by Nathan RosensteinSPQR by Mary BeardTen Caesars by Barry StraussThe Fate of Rome by Kyle HarperRome and the Making of a World State, 150 BCE–20 CEby Josiah OsgoodThrough the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD by Peter BrownThe Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine NixeyIntro and Outro music is “Marsbilly Stomp” by Twang Darkly This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit historia.substack.com

Waad is an award-winning Syrian filmmaker. She became a citizen journalist in 2011, after protests broke out across Syria against the Assad regime, and in January 2016 she began documenting the horrors of Aleppo for Channel 4 News in a series titled, “Inside Aleppo.” Waad’s first feature documentary, For Sama, documented her life over five years in Aleppo. The film, directed with Edward Watts, received worldwide critical acclaim, winning numerous awards, including the Prix L'Œil d'or for best documentary at Cannes Film Festival, Best Documentary at the BAFTAs and a nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the 2020 Academy Awards. After fleeing Aleppo in December 2016, Waad, her husband, and their two daughters now reside in London, United Kingdom. Waad continues to work with Channel 4 News and dedicates time to her advocacy campaign, Action For Sama.

Faire des enfants a son utilité. Perpétuer la race humaine, par exemple (encore que…). Mais surtout, ça permet d'avoir des films d'enfants méchants, délicieux sous-genre qui inverse les codes et transforme d'adorables bambins en machines à tuer. À l'occasion de la (res)sortie en salles et en Blu-ray du chef d'œuvre Les Révoltés de l'an 2000, le PIFFFcast vous propose une sélection de films qui alimenteront joyeusement votre pédophobie ! Avec Véronique Davidson, Xavier Colon, Talal Selhami, Laurent Duroche et Cyril Despontin. Réalisation : Xavier Colon Musique du générique : Donuts' slap par Laurent Duroche ► Flux RSS pour Android : bit.ly/2FrUwHo ► En écoute aussi sur Itunes : apple.co/2Enma9n ► Sur Deezer : www.deezer.com/fr/show/56007 ► Sur Spotify : open.spotify.com/show/4n3gUOfPZhyxL5iKdZIjHA ► Sur Youtube : https://youtu.be/LMLHtxQ0Vy8 ► La liste des films abordés dans les précédentes émissions : bit.ly/PIFFFcast-List ► Venir discuter avec nous du PIFFFcast : bit.ly/ForumPIFFFcast REFERENCES L'oeil du PIFFF : - German Angst de Michal Kosakowski, Andreas Marschall, Jörg Buttgereit (2015) - The Profan exhibit (2013) - Zero Killed de Michal Kosakowski (2012) - Gretel & Hansel de Oz Perkins (2020) - Pluie Noire de Shōhei Imamura (1989) - Palm Springs de Max Barbakow (2020) - Irréversible inversion intégrale de Gaspar Noé (2002) - Lux Aeterna de Gaspar Noé (2019) - Le fils de Saul de László Nemes (2015) Le dossier : - L'autre de Robert Mulligan (1972) - Du Silence et des ombres (To kill a mockingbird) de Robert Mulligan (1962) - L'enfant miroir de Philip Ridley (1990) - Les révoltés de l'an 2000 de Narciso Ibanez Serrador (1976) - La résidence de Narciso Ibanez Serrador (1969) https://soundcloud.com/pifffcast/pifffcast-57-romero-undead - Come out and play de Makinov (2012) - La faute de Narciso Ibanez Serrador (2006) - Don't grow up de Thierry Poiraud (2015) - La Malédiction de Richard Donner (1976) - Damien, La Malédiction 2 de Don Taylor, Mike Hodges (1978) - La Malédiction finale de Graham Baker (1981) - La Malédiction de John Moore (2006) - De bons présages de Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett (roman - 1990) - La sentinelle des maudits de Michael Winner (1977) - Joshua de George Ratliff (2007) - Le bon fils de Joseph Ruben (1993) - Esther de Jaume Collet-Serra (2009) - Birth de Jonathan Glazer (2004) - Photo Obsession de Mark Romanek (2002) - Goodnight Mommy de Veronika Franz et Severin Fiala (2014) - The Lodge de Veronika Franz et Severin Fiala (2019) https://soundcloud.com/pifffcast/pifffcast-72-bad-robots Les recos en vrac : - Programmation des Hallucinations Collectives à Lyon : http://www.hallucinations-collectives.com/ - Lesson of the evil de Takashi Miike (2012) - I am a hero de Shinske Sato (2015) https://soundcloud.com/pifffcast/pifffcast-64-nos-meilleurs-inedits-volume-2 - Mr. Bungle "Raping your mind" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U5ZKKxqUzY - Pour Sama de Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts (2019) - CERNO l'anti enquête (podcast) https://play.acast.com/s/cerno - First Reformed / Sur le chemin de la redemption de Paul Schrader (2017) - Mishima de Paul Schrader (1985)

Mariayah Kaderbhai talks to the BAFTA-winning documentary directors of For Sama; Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts as well as composer Nainita Desai. They talk about the evolution of the project, the global impact of Waad & Sama’s story, and the soundtrack that places you right in the middle of the Aleppo.

Adriano Favole"Dialoghi sull'uomo"https://www.dialoghisulluomo.it/Il festival di antropologia del contemporaneo Pistoia – Dialoghi sull'uomo non lascia solo il suo pubblico, anche se quest'anno non sarà possibile affollare le piazze e i teatri di Pistoia a causa dell'emergenza sanitaria: i Dialoghi stanno pubblicando sui social da inizio marzo una serie di contributi dei relatori e hanno organizzato conferenze in streaming e contributi video nelle giornate che erano previste per la manifestazione, il 22, 23 e 24 maggio, sul tema I linguaggi creano il mondo.Promossi dalla Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia e dal Comune di Pistoia, ideati e diretti da Giulia Cogoli, i Dialoghi testimoniano così la loro volontà di proseguire, anche in queste condizioni di difficoltà, il loro impegno culturale e civile.«Crediamo che le culture siano cantieri sempre aperti, che evolvono grazie agli scambi e al dialogo. Mai come ora abbiamo bisogno del confronto e della condivisione culturale, e se non può avvenire nelle piazze i Dialoghi sull'uomo entrano nelle nostre case – dichiara Giulia Cogoli – Da 11 anni stiamo compiendo con il nostro pubblico un percorso per meglio comprendere la realtà che ci circonda, nella consapevolezza, oggi più che mai, di essere su una imbarcazione comune, in un viaggio antropologico attorno all'umanità».Il programma delle tre giornate sui canali Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter Venerdì 22 maggio video del linguista Federico Faloppa sul tema Il linguaggio al centro di tutto. Venerdì 22 maggio, ore 18, lo scrittore Antonio Scurati terrà la conferenza diretta streaming: I linguaggi della paura e del lutto. Mass media e letteratura in un'epoca d'angoscia. (FB, YT)Venerdì 22 maggio sarà trasmessa l'intervista al fotografo Sebastião Salgado di Roberto Koch; di Salgado è in corso a Pistoia la mostra Exodus. In cammino sulle strade delle migrazioni.Sabato 23 maggio video del linguista Luca Serianni Le parole della rinascita.Sabato 23 maggio, ore 18, la scrittrice Chiara Gamberale terrà la conferenza in diretta streaming: Come parliamo quando parliamo l'amore? (FB, YT).Sabato 23 maggio video dello scrittore e critico Bruno Arpaia in ricordo di Luis Sepúlveda, l'autore cileno da poco scomparso, che avrebbe dovuto ricevere quest'anno il Premio Internazionale Dialoghi sull'uomo.Domenica 24 maggio video dell'italianista e scrittore Nicola Gardini Le parole del dolore.Domenica 24 maggio, ore 18, l'antropologo Marco Aime e il giornalista e scrittore Gad Lerner si confronteranno in diretta streaming sul tema Parlare in tempi oscuri: nuovi confini e nuovi razzismi (FB, YT).Domenica 24 maggio sarà trasmesso il documentario For Sama – Alla mia piccola Sama diretto da Waad al-Kateab ed Edward Watts.Il festival ha raccolto le idee per superare le difficoltà di alcuni dei suoi relatori, tra i quali: Marco Aime; Stefano Allovio; Guido Barbujani; Stefano Bartezzaghi; Marco Belpoliti; Laura Boella; Ascanio Celestini; Adriano Favole; Matteo Lancini; Vittorio Lingiardi; Elisabetta Moro; Marino Niola; Ferdinando Scianna; Emanuele Trevi; Manuela Trinci; Eva Pattis Zoja; Luigi Zoja. I contributi video hanno superato le 100.000 visualizzazioni.Il festival offre inoltre 350 fra conferenze, interviste, dialoghi, lezioni per studenti fruibili gratuitamente sul proprio canele YouTube o in formato podcast dal sito, e una collana di 15 volumi editi da Utet per fornire nuovi strumenti di riflessione, in tutte le librerie italiane.La mostra fotografica di Sebastião Salgado Exodus. In cammino sulle strade delle migrazioni, a cura di Lélia Wanick Salgado, in corso a Palazzo Buontalenti e nell'Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi a Pistoia, è stata prorogata sino a fine luglio, con riapertura il 18 maggio. L'esposizione è realizzata da Fondazione Pistoia Musei in collaborazione con Pistoia - Dialoghi sull'uomo, Contrasto, Amazonas Images, Fondazione Caript, Comune di Pistoia.Facebook: @festivaldialoghisulluomoTwitter: @DialoghiPistoiaInstagram: pistoia_dialoghisulluomoYoutube: Pistoia – Dialoghi sull'uomo dialoghisulluomo IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

To complete our re-launch trilogy, we have an action-packed episode ushering us back to Los Angeles just as the coronavirus forces us to rethink everything. We process the new reality with a sci-fi radio play, a neurofunk tribute, a conversation with documentarians of the Syrian conflict, and on-the-ground interviews as LA's stay-at-home order goes into effect. COVID-19 Radio Drama > Pt.1 0:00 > Pt. 2 - 36:19 > Pt. 3 - 1:28:42 Written by: Drew Penner and Jason Bowers. Performed by: Leslie Pine (Esmerelda), Drew Penner (Dom), and Jason Bowers (Rick). Interview with the For Sama team -- Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts and Hamza Al-Khateab -- who ended up getting nominated for a best documentary Oscar, shortly after I met them. 58:19 On the Frontlines > Emma 21:04 > Amanda 47:30 > Spanish Speaker 1:23:00 Mini-mix homage to Virus Recordings 50:28 Cover Art "The Journey" by Nancy Wood (which was actually inspired by the coronavirus landscape) http://www.nancywoodartanddesign.com/ Paula (Ricarda) Freitag reconsiders the value of art in the midst of a pandemic that's made the world topsy-turvy. > 1:39:15 https://paulafreitag.wordpress.com/ Theme by Nasoshnik #GetMorePlays Episode 109 Tracklist: Theme: Nasoshnik “Carve it Up” Roy of the Ravers @acidwaxa “Abstract Ibiza” Ardalan @ardalann “Lifted feat Claire George” Royksopp @royksopp “Were You Ever Wanted” Incl. s/o to parkour dude Lucas Pearson https://www.instagram.com/lucas_pearson_parkour/ Lyft segment includes Alien Air Music @alien-air-music https://kxlu.com/dj/alien-air-music/ and then Travis Holcombe of @kcrw in the background https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/travis-holcombe Mall Grab @mallgrab “Bust” Maribou State @mariboustate “Feel Good feat. Khruangbin” @khruangbin Current Value @tim-e-aka-current-value “Dark Rain” Neurofunk minimix: Ed Rush @edrush & Optical @deejayoptical “No Cure feat. Ryme Tyme” Ed Rush & Optical “The Medicine” Ed Rush & Optical “The Host” Lake Haze @lakehaze “Dog Walking in the Park” Wajatta @wajatta “Don’t Let Get You Down” Lealani @lealanisbeats “Floating” Instituto Mexicano del Sonido @instituto-mexicano-del-s “Mirando a las muchachas” Moy @moy “Wisdom Track” Bella Boo @bella-boo “Barak” Luxora Major @luxora-major “Precursor” Keaton Henson @keatonhensondear “Field” Track of the Week: Jack Boston @bostondnb “The Place feat. Vanity Jay” Jade Cicada @jadecicada “Komorebi” Kove @kove “Le Retour” Love Regenerator @calvinharris “Hypnagogic” Psychemagik @psychemagik “Triumph of the Gods”

Heb jij wel eens iets meegemaakt waarvan je niet zeker weet of het echt is gebeurd? In de nieuwe aflevering van onze podcast hebben Maan, Lauren en Erik het over het koortsdromerige Atlantique, over bezoekjes uit de geestenwereld en over de zee als monster. Ze praten over de jonge Frans-Senegalese regisseur Mati Diop, die met Atlantique een wonderdebuut maakt. En ze vertellen wat het vreemdste is dat ze zelf ooit in hun slaap hebben gedaan. In Atlantique gebeuren de gekste dingen in het leven van de 17-jarige Ada uit Dakar. Sinds haar grote liefde Souleiman op een gammel bootje de zee is opgegaan om naar Spanje te vluchten, is er een mysterieuze pyromaan actief, heeft een slaapwandelende agent zichzelf niet meer in de hand en lijken de meisjes in de strandbar 's nachts door geesten bezeten. Vertel al je filmvrienden over onze podcast, abonneer je op ons kanaal, laat een review achter of volg ons op Twitter (@cinevillepod). En luister goed, want er zit ook weer een neptitel tussen de echte titels verstopt! Als je weet welke titel het is mail die dan naar podcast@cineville.nl of Tweet 'em naar @cinevillepod en maak kans op vier maanden gratis Cineville voor jezelf (als je nog geen pas hebt) of voor een vriend.Deze films kwamen langs:Atlantique (Mati Diop, 2019)Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (Céline Sciamma, 2019)Human Flow (Ai WeiWei, 2017)For Sama (Waad Al-Khateab & Edward Watts, 2019)Atlantiques (Mati Diop, 2009)Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambéty, 1973)35 Rhums (Claire Denis, 2009)Waterworld (Kevin Reynolds, 1995)Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)How to Meet a Mermaid (Coco Schrijber, 2016)Les quatre cents coups (François Truffaut, 1959)The Long Walk (Mattie Do, 2019)Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)Cemetery of Splendor (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2015)Beanpole (Kantemir Balagov, 2019)Little Women (Greta Gerwig, 2019)The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers, 2019)The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015)Les misérables (Ladj Ly, 2019)La haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)En dit was ook leuk: Apitchapong Weerasethakul bedankt de 'ghosts and spirits' in Cannes in 2010En luister hier naar de soundtrack van Atlantique door Fatima Al QadiriAan tafel: Erik Schumacher, Maan Meelker & Lauren MurphyTechniek: Lieke Malcorps (Dag en Nacht Media)Redactie: Jente Buskes aka Wiki-Jente See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Primal Screening your way into this week includes a review of the Oscar-nominated documentary, FOR SAMA (2019) Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts; an interview with Kirsten Stevens, deputy director of the Melbourne Women in Film Festival; a review of the opening night film for the Melbourne Women in Film Festival, VAI (2019) dir. Becs Arahanga, Amberley Jo Aumua, Matasila Freshwater, Dianna Fuemana, Miria George, Ofa Guttenbeil, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Nicole Whippy and Sharon Whippy. Included in this week's episode is a weekly round up of film news including 3 film festivals currently screening in Melbourne! Festivals include the Melbourne Women in Film Festival, Melbourne Queer Festival Film and Transitions Film Festival.

Actress and activist Mimi Kennedy explains the new voting system coming to LA County and how it works. The new voting system lets you create your own paper ballot but might require a little help getting people to learn it and if they can trust it.Book Club readings from "How Bernie Won: Inside the Revolution That's Taking Back Our Country--and Where We Go from Here" by Jeffrey P. Weaver and "Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny" by Edward Watts.

Today, we hear part two of Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire series. In this episode, we continue our conversation with Edward J. Watts diving into what tore the ancient Roman Republic apart.  We talk about what happened in the more than one hundred years in which the Roman republic descended into chaos caused by factional fighting that at first was very political but then turned violent. Guest: Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and is a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. The author and editor of several prize-winning books, including The Final Pagan Generation.  His latest is Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny. Support KPFA, Donate today! MP3 CD Rome: From Republic to Empire. 3 One Hour Shows with Edward Watts and Barry Strauss  $75 MP3 CD The Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire  $120 USB Drive The Ancient History Pack (Over 30 interviews)   $180 Book: Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny by Edward J. Watts  $150 The post Fund Drive Special – Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire Series (Part 2) appeared first on KPFA.

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Well, the 2020 Academy Awards may have come and gone, but that’s no reason to stop watching the nominated films, even the ones that did not win. In this week’s episode, returning guest host Patricia Aufderheide joins Bart and Chris to discuss all 5 of the Oscar-nominated short documentaries, after which Chris interviews co-directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts (along with al-Kateab’s husband, Hamza) about their collaboration on the (also Oscar-nominated) documentary feature For Sama. Group Review Short Documentaries: IN THE ABSENCE (Yi Seung-Jun, South Korea, 28 min.) Available in select theaters or at www.fieldofvision.org *LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) (Carol Dysinger, UK, 39 min.) Available in select theaters or through shorts.tv/theoscarshorts/ *This year’s Oscar winner LIFE OVERTAKES ME (John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson, Sweden/USA, 39 min.) Available in select theaters or on Netflix LOUIS SUPERMAN (Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan, USA, 28 min.) Available in select theaters or through shorts.tv/theoscarshorts/ WALK RUN CHA-CHA (Laura Nix, USA, 21 min.) Available in select theaters or at www.nytimes.com/video/op-docs   Film Featured in Interview Portion: FOR SAMA (Waad al-Kateab/Edward Watts, 2019) Still playing in select theaters and on PBS   Other Films/Shows Mentioned: BoJack Horseman (Raphael Bob-Waksberg, 2014-2020 Netflix series) Cheer (Greg Whiteley, 2020 Netflix series) Collective (Alexander Nanau, 2019) The Kingmaker (Lauren Greenfield, 2019) Les Misérables (Ladj Ly, 2019) Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak (Doug Shultz, 2020 Netflix series) Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul (Orlando von Einsiedel, 2011) A Thousand Cuts (Ramona Diaz, 2020)   Links to reviews by Christopher Llewellyn Reed: Hammer to Nail reviews of all 2020 Oscar-nominated short films Film Festival Today review of For Sama Film Festival Today interview with Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts and Hamza al-Kateab of For Sama   Timestamps: 00:37 – Intro 03:27 – Group discussion of the Oscar-nominated documentary shorts 25:55 – Chris interviews Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts and Hamza al-Kateab of FOR SAMA ­­41:07 – Doc Talk   Website/Email: www.fogoftruth.com disinfo@fogoftruth.com Credits: Artwork by Hilary Campbell Intro music by Jeremiah Moore Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst) Editing and shownotes by Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Today we offer our series Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire, in which we explore the nature of the Roman Republic compared and contrasted to our own. We also look at how the Roman Republic evolved into an empire. Guest: Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and is a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. The author and editor of several prize-winning books, including The Final Pagan Generation.  His latest is Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny. Support KPFA, Donate today! MP3 CD Rome: From Republic to Empire. 3 One Hour Shows with Edward Watts and Barry Strauss  $75 MP3 CD The Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire  $120 USB Drive The Ancient History Pack   $180 Book: Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny by Edward J. Watts  $150 The post Fund Drive Special – Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire Series (Part 1) appeared first on KPFA.

This week, in honor of the upcoming Academy Awards, Here's the Thing brings you a collection of conversations with Oscar-winners -- and, today, with a pair of 2020 nominees.  They are Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, the co-directors of For Sama, which is up for Best Documentary Feature.  It's a movie pieced together from more than 500 hours of footage shot by Al-Kateab, a young mother in rebel-controlled Aleppo, Syria, as government troops closed in.  For Sama is about what it's like for an ordinary, middle-class family to conceive and raise a child in a city under siege.  As the San Francisco Chronicle puts it, "For Sama is a film made with the instincts of a journalist, the passion of a revolutionary, and the beating heart of a mother."  Watts, Waad, and Waad's husband, Dr. Hamza Al-Kateab, joined Alec at a live taping of Here's the Thing at the Hamptons International Film Festival.

We speak with Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts about their stunning and critically acclaimed documentary For Sama. The film was awarded the Bafta for Best Documentary at this year's ceremony. Way To Blue oversaw the full UK publicity and UK awards campaigns. Find out how you can help at https://www.actionforsama.com/

Hi everyone! We’re closing out the week with another entry in our ongoing series, Under the Kanopy. Kanopy is a library and university funded streaming service that grants card holders six free streams per month from a variety of classic, mainstream, independent, and international releases. They also have streaming agreements with excellent distributors, like A24 and Kino Lorber, who often produce and distribute the critically acclaimed, if not commercially successful films. Today’s film, FOR SAMA, was originally available on Kanopy, but has also recently become available on Amazon Prime, YouTube, and PBS after this year’s nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars. It is not an easy watch, as it deals with the siege of Aleppo in Syria, from the perspective of a journalist and doctor raising a child in a makeshift warzone hospital. We’ve previously covered Syria in our review for LAST MEN IN ALEPPO (Episode #032), which tackled the noble White Helmets, a community-organized first responder squad which rescued civilians from bomb sites and transported them to hospitals like those in FOR SAMA. Both documentaries are very powerful, but also very graphic, as one might expect. Before the review, we’ll have a promo from our good friend Rory Mitchell, from the Mitchell Report Unleashed podcast. They were gracious enough to have yours truly on as a guest recently, which you can check out in Mitchell Report Unleashed Episode #173. You can follow Rory on Twitter @officallyrory, on Facebook @mitchellreportunleashed, and on Instagram @re3684. You can also subscribe to the podcast at anchor.fm/rory-mitchell8. Don’t miss a single episode of his insightful interview-driven show. Subscribe to stay current with the latest releases. Contribute at Patreon for exclusive content. Connect with us over social media to continue the conversation. Here we go! ///// > ///// Today’s movie is FOR SAMA(2019), the powerful documentary directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts. Set within the city of Aleppo, FOR SAMA is a love letter from Waad Al-Kateab to her daughter Sama, born during the brutal siege after the revolution. It is comprised of video shot by Waad Al-Kateab, centered around the makeshift hospital operated by her husband, Hamza Al-Kateab. No spoilers, but a very serious content warning for graphic violence. FOR SAMA is video taken within a war zone, showing the true horrors of modern warfare. It is an important film, but the destruction is very real, and therefore may not be suitable for all viewers. If there’s one blind spot I had last year, it was documentaries. I used to do a regular feature here at One Movie Punch called Documentary Thursdays, and I loved using the opportunity to keep up with theatrical documentaries, or to take in something I wanted to learn more about. 2019 was a very busy year for the podcast, so before today’s film, I had only reviewed one of the current Oscar nominees, AMERICAN FACTORY (Episode #585). Jon-David will be up next week with his review of THE CAVE (Episode #706), another documentary from Syria about another makeshift hospital. We’ll pick up the other two in the coming weeks, but many suspect the award with go to one of these three documentaries. We know AMERICAN FACTORY has reached many viewers thanks to producers Michelle and Barack Obama, but why are there a surprising two documentaries about Syria? Well, because the situation in Syria is horrific. In the early 2010s, the so-called Arab Spring spread across North Africa and the Middle East, a series of popular uprisings against existing governments and dictators, starting in Tunisia, and spreading in large measure to five countries: Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria. Without getting into the politics of each specific situation, the governments each responded in different ways, most with extreme forms of violence. Syria’s situation, in particular, is horrific thanks in very large part to their current dictator, Bashar al-Assad, and his use of chemical weapons and other forms of collective punishment against the people. This brutal response brought condemnation from the international community, but apparently not enough to push forward with another regime change. This internal conflict would be enough to create a terrible situation, but Syria is also involved to some degree in three external conflicts: sitting next to a volatile situation between Israel and Palestine; a larger regional power struggle with new factions formed out of the chaos of the US occupation in Iraq; and perhaps the most volatile of all, a growing perceived cold war between the United States and Russia, both of which are involved on the ground in Syria for dubious, sometimes confused reasons. The news cycle, especially in the United States, flips between scenes of extreme destruction and very privileged pundits talking about the situation like a geopolitical chess game. They rarely discuss the effect on the actual people on the ground, because they refuse, or are not allowed, to send reporters. So when video evidence is smuggled out, as with FOR SAMA, the truths they reveal become all the more important. That’s the key strength of FOR SAMA: it’s very human focus. Nearly everything we see in FOR SAMA is being captured by Waad al-Kateab, using a decent video camera, and whatever software was available. Waad is a journalist before a documentarian, but FOR SAMA blurs that line a great deal. While news outlets tend to use aerial photos, maps, and staged interviews to discuss the situation, Waad is capturing everything from a very human perspective. Not just bringing her eye to the events around her, but literally capturing things at eye-level and in real-time, during bombings, emergency room trauma, and other regime-induced horrors. Simply put, there is no other record for the horrors taking place in Aleppo except for the footage being captured inside, which is exactly why both FOR SAMA and THE CAVE are very important documentaries, not just for last year, but for the larger historical record. For me, this ground-level focus of FOR SAMA is as important as other works that look at or discuss the horrors of war for everyday citizens. Last year, One Movie Spawn covered IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD (Episode #562), which looked at the horror of bombing Japanese civilians during World War II, which was a different take on similar themes in 1983’s BAREFOOT GEN, set in the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Or the impact of reading Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse Five”, based in part on his experience being a prisoner of war in Dresden during the Allied bombings. All these works show the perversely described “collateral damage” of war, waged in our names, and for which we bear responsibility in equal measure for our support of said actions. And all of which should give us caution in pursuing war at all. Finally, what’s especially important about FOR SAMA is that it is told from a female perspective, and further, from both a mother’s and a daughter’s perspective. I don’t mean this in the sense that crimes against women and children are categorically worse, even if they are in nearly all cases. I mean this in helping men to understand a basic question asked right now, not just in war-torn regions, but in looking towards the coming climate catastrophe: Why bring any life into this world at all? It’s a decision every potential mother will have to make going forward. And yet, when Waad looks at Sama through the camera, and when Sama looks back at her, and through that same camera at us, we know instinctively why. Women have the incredible capability to bear children, and as such, bear the truly awesome responsibility of answering that specific question about bringing life into this world. There is no universal answer to that question, but by the end of FOR SAMA, we all can understand a little more about Waad’s answer. And I suspect mothers will understand her decisions a lot more, in ways I can understand as a father, but also in ways I cannot as a man. FOR SAMA is a poignant, effective, and necessary addition to the historical record, capturing a ground-level look at the siege of Aleppo, from the point of view of director Waad al-Kateab. While capturing the real-life horrors of modern war, it also meditates very well on the larger question of bringing life into a destructive world, provides at least one answer to that question, and importantly all from a mother’s perspective. Documentary fans, or folks who want to learn more about the effect of war on civilians, should definitely check out this film. But please heed all the graphic content warnings! Rotten Tomatoes: 99% (CERTIFIED FRESH) Metacritic: 89 (MUST SEE) One Movie Punch: 10/10 FOR SAMA (2019) is rated TV-PG and is currently playing on Amazon Prime, Kanopy, PBS, and YouTube. Check the show notes for a link to the full film on YouTube. FULL FILM: youtu.be/8jFHbo0Cgu8

Co-directors of the Oscar-nominated documentary “For Sama.”

Filmmaker Waad al-Kateab spent years documenting the horror and humanity of life in Aleppo, Syria. When she fled with her family, she smuggled 12 hard drives of footage past a Syrian checkpoint. That footage became the Oscar-nominated documentary “For Sama.” Al-Kateab and her collaborator Edward Watts tell us how they crafted an intimate 90-minute film dedicated to al-Kateab’s daughter. 

Erik en Maan zitten aan de podcasttafel met regisseur Sam de Jong, die na het succes van Prins de kans kreeg om in de VS een film te maken voor megastudio 20th Century Fox. Goldie is een kleurrijke, onstuimige coming-of-age-film waarin popcultuur en dure kleren een belangrijke rol spelen - een beetje het zusje van Prins dus, maar dan in The Bronx in New York in plaats van de Molenwijk in Amsterdam-Noord.Model Slick Woods speelt de titelrol, een brutale 18-jarige die haar zusjes uit de handen van jeugdzorg probeert te houden door een rol als danseres in een rapclip te bemachtigen. ⁠Sam vertelt over zijn worsteling om als witte man een film te maken over een zwarte vrouw, over de valse beloftes die popcultuur kan maken en over waarom hij nog voor geen tien miljoen weer een film in de VS zou maken.In deze aflevering komen de volgende films en videoclips langs:Prins (Sam de Jong, 2015) Goldie (Sam de Jong, 2019) Stoker (Park Chan-wook, 2013) American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016) Sterrenstof (Sam de Jong, 2010) Drank & Drugs (Sam de Jong, 2015)Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986) Tangerine (Sean Baker, 2015) The Florida Project (Sean Baker, 2017) Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog, 2007) Goud (Rogier Hesp, 2020) Drama Girl (Vincent Boy Kars, 2020) Paradise Drifters (Mees Peijnenburg, 2020) Uncut Gems (Benny en Josh Safdie, 2019) For Sama (Waad Al-Khateab en Edward Watts, 2019) Ook leuk:WTF is drillrapDie keer dat Sam een pistool probeerde te kopen (niet aan zijn broertje vertellen)Het volledige fragment uit TangerineHosts: Maan Meelker en Erik SchumacherTechniek: Lieke Malcorps (Dag en Nacht Media) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Listeners call in with insights on the meaning and impact of the historic impeachment of Donald Trump. For the Book Club Thom reads portions from "Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny" by Edward Watts and "Treason & Betrayal: The Rise and Fall of Individual - 1" by Kenneth F. McCallion.

For Sama tells the story of one woman’s journey through love, motherhood, war and survival during five years of the Syrian conflict. Directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaking duo Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts (Escaping ISIS), the film chronicles the experiences of 26-year-old Syrian filmmaker Waad al-Kateab, who filmed her life in the rebel-held city of Aleppo over five years from age 21 - 26. For Sama is the first film to document the Syrian conflict from a woman's perspective. With her on screen, and in real life, is her physician husband Hamza al-Kateab and British filmmaker/producer Edward Watts.

Syrian filmmaker Waad al-Kateab chronicles four years of living in Aleppo during wartime in the documentary diary “For Sama” (titled after her daughter). The film, directed in collaboration with Edward Watts, contains unexpected moments of sweetness, humor, and comradery. It won the Cannes Golden Eye Award for documentary among many other festival prizes. — Raphaela Neihausen and Thom Powers For more information, click here to visit the film web site.

Welcome to the Directors UK Podcast! This episode comes from our September screening of For Sama, followed by our Q&A with Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts. In a wide-ranging discussion, Waad and Edward spoke to Tom Roberts about structuring the documentary, finding hope amongst the devastation, and their hopes for the film going forward. We hope you enjoy the episode. If you like what you hear please subscribe and leave us a review.

Waad Alkateab, Edward Watts, and Hamza Alkateab discuss their critically acclaimed documentary "For Sama."

The documentary FOR SAMA - airing on PBS Tuesday 11/19 - takes us inside Aleppo during the brutal siege by al Assad and the Russians. Waad al-Kateab began shooting graffiti on university walls and a revolution rose around her - followed by an overwhelming response. Best Doc, Cannes Film Festival, Doc Grand Jury Prize, SXSW. I talk with directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, and with Dr. Hamza al-Kateab, who ran the last hospital in East Aleppo. Listen. You’ll get a unique feel for life - and death - in Syria. Learn more at forsamafilm.com

Embouteillage cette semaine dans les sorties des films du mercredi 9 octobre 2019 avec les 4 très bons films suivants : "Joker", un drame américain de Todd Phillips, avec Joaquin Phoenix, "La Fameuse invasion des ours en Sicile", un film d'animation franco-italien de Lorenzo Mattotti, "Papicha", un drame algérien de Mounia Meddour et enfin "Chambre 212", une comédie dramatique française de Christophe Honoré, avec Chiara Mastroianni, Vincent Lacoste, et Camille Cottin. A noter, le poignant documentaire "Pour Sama" de Waad al-Kateab et Edward Watts.

If you were subjected to daily bombardment from the air, you were entrenched in a make-shift hospital, and you'd just recently had a baby, would you still be able to pick up your camera and film events? Well, if you're Syrian doc filmmaker, https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/aug/25/for-sama-documentary-interview-waad-al-kateab (Waad Al-Kateab), you would. And she did, while living in the basement of a hospital, with her husband and baby in the besieged city of Aleppo. Eventually, she would be forced to leave her homeland behind, and headed to England to meet up with fellow conflict zone filmmaker, https://www.edwardwattsfilms.com/ (Edward Watts). The two poured over her twelve hard drives of footage, and the resulting documentary film – quite possibly the most talked about documentary of 2019 – https://www.forsamafilm.com/ (For Sama), was made. And speaking of documentary filmmaking abroad, not surprisingly, our resident doc filmmaker and podcast host, has a few things to say on the subject as well! Whether you are on your own or with your family, there are going to be a number of important items that you must consider before documentary filmmaking overseas.  In our first segment, Chris draws from his own experiences documentary filmmaking abroad and comes up with 5 Tips for Doc Filmmaking Abroad with Your Family.   Topics Discussed filmmaking while under siege filmmaker, Waad Al-Kateab's conscious decision to bring her own thoughts & emotions to her filmmaking process and to her film how Al-Kateab risked her life to transport 12 hard drives out of Syria to meet up with fellow doc filmmaker, Edward Watts Watts' belief that sometimes the filmmaker must choose a subjective approach in their docs when it's for the benefit of humanity tips for documentary filmmaking abroad with Chris G. Parkhurst   Additional Resources FOR SAMA TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsvBqtg2RM0 Sponsors & Thank Yous  ° http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) – Special Thank You to recording artist, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dlay/ (Dlay) who supplied music for this week's episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artists' music by going to http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) today! Subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp (Spotify) | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life (Stitcher) |  Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2 (link) and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!  

Jim Sciutto, author of "The Shadow War", and Steve Hall, former Head of CIA Russia Operations, join Christiane Amanpour to discuss U.S. national security, Russia and the recent resignation of U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton. Film-makers Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts join Christiane on set in London to talk about their new documentary "For Sama", which provides a first-hand look at the horror and humanity of life in Aleppo, Syria. Our Walter Isaacson is joined by author Sarah M. Broom, whose latest memoir "The Yellow House" recalls the devastation caused by 2005 Hurricane Katrina, and the struggle to rebuild.

FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much. The film is the first feature documentary by Emmy award-winning filmmakers, Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts. -------------------- FOLLOW US -------------------- NADIA SAWALHA & FAMILY https://www.instagram.com/nadiasawalhaandfamily.com http://www.twitter.com/nadiasawalha For more movie news follow: POPCORN JUNKIES: https://www.instagram.com/popcornjunkiesmovieclub/ ------------------------------------ BUSINESS ENQUIRIES ------------------------------------ For business enquiries contact: michelle@doghouse-media.co.uk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/popcorn-junkies/message

The new documentary For Sama is an intimate feature documentary detailing the story of Syrian filmmaker, Waad Al-Kateab, who filmed her extraordinary journey through love, war and motherhood across five years of the uprising in rebel-held Aleppo, Syria. Taking the form of a letter from Al-Kateab to her daughter Sama, footage for the documentary was recorded in the final days of the battle for Aleppo. Waad lives with Samas father, a doctor in the last surviving hospital in the city. Surrounded on all sides and bombarded daily by the Syrian regime and Russian air force, she fears they may be killed at any moment. As bombs go off around them, she crafts a filmed message to her one-year old daughter to explain who her parents were, what they were fighting for and why Sama came into this world"a record for the young girl in case they dont survive. Through the local protest movement she meets Hamza al-Kateab, a young medic, and together they form a close group of friends demanding freedom in their native land. Soon Waad and Hamza fall in love, marry, and have a daughter, all while the war rages around them. The result is a rare glimpse at the challenges the Syrian conflict imposes on women and children. Join us for a discussion of "For Sama" and the devastating events it shows with Waad Al-Kateab, Dr. Hamza al-Kateab and Edward Watts in this edition of "Leonard Lopate at Large" on WBAI.

FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much. FOR SAMA took home the Best Documentary Award at this year's 2019 Cannes Film Festival, FOR SAMA had its world premiere at SXSW Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for Best Documentary.  Since then, it continues to gather more awards every time it screens.  The growing awards list includes the aforementioned SXSW; Cannes Film Festival; and Sheffield Doc/Fest; Telluride MountainFilm; Hot Docs; Nantucket Film Festival; River Run; LA Asian Pacific Film Festival; and Newport Beach Film Festival. Co-directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts join us for a conversation on the courage to document the unimaginable horror of a brutal regime and what it means to believe in something so deeply that you are willing to risk everything for it. For news, screenings and updates go to: ForSamaFilm.com For Sama - Q&A with directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts and Dr. Hamza al-Kateab following the 4:30 pm show on Sunday, 7/28.
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The documentary FOR SAMA takes us inside the heartbreaking suffering of the people of Aleppo during the long and brutal siege by al Assad and the Russians. Waad al-Kateab began shooting students spraying revolutionary graffiti on university walls. The revolution rises around her – as does the overwhelming response. Best Doc, 2019 Cannes Film Festival and Doc Grand Jury Prize, 2019 SXSW Film Festival. I interview directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, and Dr. Hamza al-Kateab, who ran the last hospital in East Aleppo. Don’t miss this podcast. You will get a unique feel for Syria. Learn more at forsamafilm.com

Today, we hear part three of the part series of Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire. In this episode, we focus on the rise of the ancient empire that came out of the destruction of the republic with a leading expert on ancient military history Barry Strauss. Guest: Barry Strauss is a professor of history and classics at Cornell University. He has written or edited several books, including The Battle of Salamis, The Trojan War, The Spartacus War, Masters of Command, The Death of Caesar and his latest Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine. Support KPFA, Donate today! MP3 CD Rome: From Republic to Empire. 3 One Hour Shows with Edward Watts and Barry Strauss  $75 MP3 CD The Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire  $120 USB Drive The Ancient History Pack (Over 30 interviews)   $180 Book: Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny by Edward J. Watts  $150 The post Fund Drive Special – Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire Series (Part 3 of 3) appeared first on KPFA.

Today, we hear part two of Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire series. In this episode we continue our conversation with Edward J. Watts diving in to what tore the ancient Roman Republic apart.  We talk about what happened in the more than one hundred years in which the Roman republic descended into chaos caused by factional fighting that at first was very political but then turned violent. Guest: Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis endowed Chair and is professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. The author and editor of several prize-winning books, including The Final Pagan Generation.  His latest is Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny. Support KPFA, Donate today! MP3 CD Rome: From Republic to Empire. 3 One Hour Shows with Edward Watts and Barry Strauss  $75 MP3 CD The Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire  $120 USB Drive The Ancient History Pack (Over 30 interviews)   $180 Book: Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny by Edward J. Watts  $150 The post Fund Drive Special – Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire Series (Part 2 of 3) appeared first on KPFA.

Every day, no matter what the issue — whether it’s election integrity, rule of law, climate change, guns, impeachment, or the Mueller report — what’s at stake is not just daily political wins and losses, but the very survival of the republic. As was the case at its founding, during the Civil War, and at a select few times in US history, Americans would be making a huge mistake if they took the survival of the nation for granted. History tells us that the Roman Republic had a very good 400-year run, only to have its citizens let it fail. In this podcast we talk to prize-winning historian, professor, and Rome scholar Edward Watts. He takes us through some of the frightening parallels, which include cults of personality, dramatic wealth creation, the wearing down of critical guardrails and norms, and the willingness of Roman voters to ignore the damage being done as Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. Watts explains how, while it may have taken 100 years for the full effects to be felt, violent language, immigration issues, the ginning up of fear, and the violation of conventions in order to implement policy all played important roles. It’s ancient history we should well remember. My WhoWhatWhy.org conversation with Edward Watts:

Today we begin our three part series Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire, in which we explore the nature of the Roman Republic compared and contrasted to our own. We also look at how the Roman Republic evolved into an empire. Guest: Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis endowed Chair and is professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. The author and editor of several prize-winning books, including The Final Pagan Generation.  His latest is Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny. Support KPFA, Donate today! MP3 CD Rome: From Republic to Empire. 3 One Hour Shows with Edward Watts and Barry Strauss  $75 MP3 CD The Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire  $120 USB Drive The Ancient History Pack   $180 Book: Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny by Edward J. Watts  $150 The post Fund Drive Special – Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire Series (Part 1 of 3) appeared first on KPFA.

In 509 BC, the Roman Republic was born. The Romans established a republic, a government in which citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf. A republic is quite different from a democracy, in which every citizen is expected to play an active role in governing the state. This is the governmental model America’s Founding Fathers chose to emulate. Because of the close similarities between Rome and America some use it as a model to predict what the fate of America may be. Is America fated to fall and repeat the same mistakes as those of the Roman Republic? Here today on Educate For Life, Kevin has as his guest Professor Edward Watts. Professor Watts received his PhD in History from Yale University in 2002. His research interests center on the intellectual and religious history of the Roman Empire and the early Byzantine Empire. His first book, City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria (University of California Press, 2006), explains how the increasingly Christian upper class of the late antique world used a combination of economic and political pressures to neutralize pagan elements of the traditional educational system. His second book, Riot in Alexandria: Historical Debate in Pagan and Christian Communities (University of California Press, 2010), uses Greek, Latin, Coptic, and Syriac sources to reconstruct an Alexandrian riot that erupted in 486 AD. Riot received a 2010 PROSE Award Honorable Mention in Classics and Ancient History. His third book, The Final Pagan Generation (University of California Press, 2015) offers a generational history of the men born in the 310s that traces the experience of living through the fourth century’s dramatic religious and political changes. It was awarded the 2015 Phi Alpha Theta Best Subsequent Book Prize. His fourth book, Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher (Oxford University Press, 2017) recounts the life of an important female philosopher whose work redefined philosophy and whose death resonated as a symbol of dramatic religious and social change in the early fifth century. He is also the author of Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny (Basic Books, 2018). This episode first aired on Mar 2, 2019

Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film For Sama, Syria and justice, the strength of the human spirit, acts of resistance and a better future. Playing at Hot Docs 2019 Synopsis: For Sama is an intimate feature documentary that takes the form of a letter from Waad al-Kateab, a 26-year old Syrian mother, to her daughter Sama recorded in the last days of the battle for Aleppo, Syria. Waad’s story begins in 2012 when she was a student studying marketing at Aleppo University. Protests against the brutal dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad reach the university and Waad is one of the first to join. Her camera captures the joy and optimism of those early days. She meets a young medic in the protests called Hamza and with a group of friends they continue to demand freedom even as the regime resorts to greater and greater violence to crush them, eventually engulfing the city in full-blown war. Eventually, they are overwhelmed and forced into exile. In the exodus, the family pack their things and with tears in their eyes, bid farewell to the shattered city, the place where their dream of freedom was born and where it died. Yet they carry their daughter with them, an eternal symbol of the love and hope that the violence of tyrants cannot destroy. For more info on the film head here. About the Directors: In January 2016 Waad al-Kateab started  documenting the horrors of Aleppo  for Channel 4 News in a series of devastating films simply titled Inside Aleppo. The reports she made for Channel 4 News on the conflict in Syria, and the most complex humanitarian crisis in the world, became the most watched pieces on the UK news programme – and received almost half a billion views online and won 24 awards – including the 2016 International Emmy for breaking news coverage. Waad was a marketing student at the University of Aleppo when protests against the Assad regime swept the country in 2011. Like many hundreds of her fellow Syrians, she became a citizen journalist determined to document the horrors of the war. She taught herself how to film – and started filming the human suffering around her as Assad forces battled rebels for control of Aleppo. She stayed through the devastating siege – documenting the terrible loss of life and producing some of the most memorable images of the six-year conflict. When she and her family were evacuated from Aleppo in December 2016  she managed to get all her footage out. Waad lives in London with her husband and two daughters. Edward Watts is an Emmy award-winning, BAFTA nominated filmmaker who has directed over twenty narrative and documentary films that tell true stories of courage, heroism and humour from across the world, covering everything from war crimes in the Congo to the colourful lives of residents in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. His 2015 film Escape from ISIS exposed the brutal treatment of the estimated 4 million women living under the rule of the Islamic State and, for the first time on television, told the extraordinary story of an underground network trying to save those it can. It received numerous international awards and citations, including an International Emmy and Bafta nomination for Best Current Affairs Documentary. Edward's film making aspires to tell visceral, gripping stories about people who live in far flung corners of the world, to emphasise our common humanity to audiences back home. In so doing, he hopes his films can make a positive contribution to reducing the hatred in our tumultuous world. He has an eye for the unexpected: the intimacy found even in the bleakest places; the stories of hope amid horror. He creates films on a strong foundation of riveting narrative story telling and striking, cinematic images. Image: Copyright Waad al-Kateab and ITN Productions Inc. Used with permission. Theme Music: Copyright David Peck & Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When many of us think “Ancient Rome,” we think of the Empire and the Caesars. But the Empire was preceded by the Roman Republic, which flourished for a full five centuries. Why, after such a long and prosperous run, would an essentially democratic form of government change — with a good deal of approval from its citizens — into an autocracy? That’s the question I discuss with today’s guest, historian Edward Watts. It’s a fascinating story with many contemporary resonances, especially how reformers choose to balance working within the system to overthrowing it entirely. Lessons for modern politics are left largely for listeners to draw for themselves. Support Mindscape on Patreon or Paypal. Edward Watts received his Ph.D. in history from Yale University. He is presently the Vassiliadis Professor of Byzantine Greek History at UC San Diego, where he was formerly Co-Director of the Center for Hellenistic Studies. He is the author of several books on ancient history, the most recent of which is Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny. UC San Diego Web Page Center for Hellenistic Studies Page Mortal Republic on Amazon Academia.edu page

We talk to Edward Watts about his new book Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny, which covers the history of Rome from the 3rd century BCE to the rise of Octavian to princeps. Our conversation ranges across questions of Roman identity, our fascination with transitional periods, and the connections between Roman history and contemporary politics.Edward WattsAncient Greece Declassified episode 19 “America's Greco-Roman Legacies w/ Caroline Winterer”Our Patreon pageiTunes linkStitcher linkGoogle Play Music linkThis podcast episode on YouTubeThis podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International LicenseThe Endless Knot RSS

Each day more of our national political and governmental norms fall away. Our national leadership is at best in a moral vacuum, at worst, a corrosive force, an autoimmune disease eating the very fabric of the nation. The violence of the past months reminds us that it does no good to hold the Pollyannaish belief that everything will all be all right, that we’ve been through this before and that the democratic institutions that Madison and the founders designed, and that moral framework upon which it was built, can withstand what we face today. We like to think, based on past crisis, that our systems are strong enduring, resilient. Maybe. But there is no guarantee that it will last forever. After all, the Roman Republic lasted for 500 years and then collapsed. It Collapsed for many reasons similar to the issues and choices we face today. Historian and Professor Edward Watts, in his new book Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny shines a light on the path we are headed down. My conversation with Edward Watts: 

Is the American republic like Rome's? For this week's podcast we spoke with Edward Watts, author of Mortal Republic, to see if that comparison makes sense. The post Can We Learn from the Fall of the Roman Republic? appeared first on Octavian Report.

“Readers will find many parallels to today’s fraught political environment,” reads the Publishers Weekly review of “Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny” by Wednesday’s guest on “Leonard Lopate at Large” on WBAI, UC San Diego professor Edward J. Watts. “The powerful influence of money in politics, a delegitimized establishment and the emergence of a personality-driven, populist politicking…His well-crafted analysis makes clear the subject matter’s relevance to contemporary political conversations.” While Americans often compare this particular moment in the nation’s history to the fall of Rome, in this installment of the show, Leonard and Prof. Watts will examine the concrete similarities between the end of their civilization and ours.

Channel 4’s Unreported World is the UK’s longest-running foreign affairs programme. Rooted in the lives of ordinary people in extraordinary situations the series has given a voice to those who normally remain unheard, often the in toughest places on earth. Here documentary filmmaker Edward Watts, journalist Ramita Navai, exectutive producer Eamonn Matthews and Channel 4's comissioning editor for news and current affairs, discuss the series with host by Tulip Mazu. Find out more about BAFTA's heritage at www.bafta.org/heritage

The generation of Romans who came of age after the tetrarchic and Constantinian administrative reforms entered a world in which governmental positions were far more numerous and lucrative than ever before. The Roman educational system opened the doors to these opportunities and socialized students to take best advantage of them by developing social networks. In the 360s, 370s, and early 380s, however, we begin to see a movement in which educated elites turn against both their education and the careers for which it prepared them. Intriguingly, part of what makes their rejection of elite social norms and aspirations possible are the networks of friends their education helped them to develop. Edward Watts is the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Chair and Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.

In episode four, 'Pakistan: Defenders of Karachi', Peter Oborne and director Edward Watts spend time with a few courageous individuals who are risking their lives to hold the line against anarchy in Pakistan's largest city. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A celebration of the 50th anniversary of “The Fantasticks,” with lyricist/librettist Tom Jones, the show’s original co-star Rita Gardner and members of the current company: Erik Altemus, Edward Watts and Robert Felstein.