30 Best Western Civilization Podcasts

1. Cost of Glory

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The most influential biographies ever written, admired by leaders, creators, soldiers, and thinkers for nearly 2,000 years: Plutarch's Parallel lives. Essential listening for anyone striving after greatness. Alex Petkas, former professor of ancient philosophy and history, revives and dramatically retells these unforgettable stories for modern audiences. The subjects are statesmen, generals, orators, and founders; pious and profane, stoics and hedonists. The stakes bear on the future of Western civilization. The cost of glory is always great. Visit costofglory.com to find out more.MORE Ranking #80 in Apple Charts (US)
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2. The Andrew Branca Show

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MISSION: political analysis that is exuberantly pro-America as envisioned by our Founders, pro-Constitutional order, pro-western civilization, pro-meritocracy, pro-family, and adamantly opposed to everyone and everything that undermines those values. If those are your values, as well, hit that SUBSCRIBE button and join the Law of Self Defense community as we defend our great nation against the many forces that wish to tear it to rubble.MORE Host Andrew F. Branca
Producer/Network Attorney Andrew F. Branca
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 294Facebook 87.3KTwitter 204Instagram 7.6K Avg Length 79 min Format Long form Since Dec 2020 Get Email Contact

3. War And Conquest

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The rise of Western Civilization through its political and military conflicts. Sarcasm throughout but still as grounded to reality as possible, there's no reason this can't be fun. Multiple episodes on a specific time period or leader with a different metal intro for every episodeMORE Host Neil Eckart
Producer/Network Neil Eckart
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 516Instagram 501 Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. ArchaeoEd Podcast

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Get ready to embark on a time-traveling adventure with the legendary archaeologist, Dr. Ed Barnhart! Let's unearth the stories of the awe-inspiring civilizations of the Americas. These are the tales that only get a fleeting mention in western history books. Tune in on the 1st of every month for a fresh episode!MORE Host Ed Barnhart
Producer/Network Dr. Ed Barnhart
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 241Facebook 656Twitter 846 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Video Podcast YouTube
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5. Rebuilding The Renaissance

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This podcast will explore the development of the art, architecture, culture and history in Italy, from ancient Roman times through the Renaissance. Listeners will develop an understanding of Italy's role in the development of Western civilization and an ability to appreciate and understand works of art in their historical context.MORE Host Rocky Ruggiero
Producer/Network Rocky Ruggiero
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 283Facebook 6.8KTwitter 659Instagram 5.9K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact

6. Magnus Podcast: Conversations from the Catacombs of Liberal Education

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Welcome to Magnus Podcast - a production of the Albertus Magnus Institute, Inc. Imagine an academy deeply rooted and committed to the classical liberal arts, stocked to the brim with well-known, world-class faculty, and universally accessible. Now imagine it being completely affordable, even free.  This was the vision of St. Albert the Great, father of classical education: an education that is at once freeing and free.
A true and human liberation has always been the promise of an education in the liberal arts...MORE Producer/Network Albertus Magnus Institute, Inc.
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 72 Avg Length 67 min Format Long form Since Aug 2019 Get Email Contact

7. Lucretius Today - Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy

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Lucretius Today is a podcast dedicated to learning Epicurean philosophy through study of the poet Lucretius, who lived in the age of Julius Caesar and wrote 'On The Nature of Things,' the only complete presentation of Epicurus' ideas left to us from the ancient world. We'll walk you line by line through the six books of Lucretius' poem, and we'll discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you today. In this podcast we won't be talking about modern political issues. How you apply Epicurus in your own life is entirely up to you. Over at the Epicureanfriends...MORE Producer/Network Cassius Amicus
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8. Western Civ

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A fast-moving history of the western world from the ancient world to the present day. Examine how the emergence of the western world as a global dominant power was not something that should ever have been taken for granted. This podcast traces the development of western civilization starting in the ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, past the collapse of the Western Roman Empire into the Dark Ages, and then follows European and, ultimately, American history as the western world moved into a dominant world position.MORE Host Adam Walsh
Producer/Network Adam Walsh
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9. The Mount Hermeneutics Podcast

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Three lifelong friends and Marine Corps veterans from wildly different backgrounds talk about our respective searches for God and truth and our journeys through the Bible, through life and middle age, and the secrets of history and religion and the universe and our own humble struggle to save Western civilization. We're not experts, but we take ourselves VERY seriously, and you should too! Or don't. At the very least, you'll be entertained. We always are!MORE Hosts Matt Moore, Andrae Bibbs, Brian Ervin
Producer/Network MOBIVIN, LLC
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 8Twitter 30Instagram 71 Avg Length 98 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

10. The Book Club | PragerU

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Michael Knowles and special guests discuss great literature that has shaped Western Civilization.
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Producer/Network PragerU
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.1KFacebook 4.6MTwitter 1.1MInstagram 2.4M Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Ascend - The Great Books Podcast

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Welcome to Ascend!We are a weekly Great Books podcast hosted by Deacon Harrison Garlick and Adam Minihan.What are the Great Books?The Great Books are the most impactful texts that have shaped Western civilization. They include ancients like Homer, Plato, St. Augustine, Dante, and St. Thomas Aquinas, and also moderns like Machiavelli, Locke, and Nietzsche. We will explore the Great Books with the light of the Catholic intellectual tradition.Why should we read the Great Books?Everyone is a disciple of someone. A person may have never read Locke or Nietzsche, but he or she thinks like them...MORE Hosts Harrison Garlick, Adam Minihan
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 124 Avg Length 101 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

12. Tomes of the West

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Journey through the original books that built Western civilization one ancient chapter at a time.Beginning with Herodotus in 440 BC and marching forward through Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Livy, Tacitus, Bede, Froissart, and more. Every episode we'll cover chapters distilled into gripping detail. No fluff. No modern commentary. Just the greatest stories, battles, speeches, and ideas as they were written 2,500 years ago brought to life with cinematic sound and a voice that feels like it stepped straight out of antiquity...MORE Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind

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Welcome to The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind, a podcast that tells the story of the prophets, philosophers, and poets who created the West. In this podcast, Rabbi Dr. Mitchell Rocklin guides listeners through more than 3,000 years of Western history, offering a coherent, civilizational story of how the West came to be—along with a deepened understanding of the challenges it now faces...MORE Host Rabbi Dr. Mitchell Rocklin
Producer/Network Lobel Center for Jewish Classical Education
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 100 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Daily Modern Wisdom

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Welcome to Daily Modern Wisdom, where we blend the timeless teachings of ancient philosophers with the challenges and opportunities of today's world. If you've ever wondered how the wisdom of the past can help navigate the complexities of modern life, then Daily Modern Wisdom is the podcast for you. Each episode takes you on a journey through history, philosophy, and spirituality, uncovering profound lessons from ancient civilizations and applying them to contemporary issues such as personal growth, leadership, and mindfulness...MORE Producer/Network NETWORK
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15. American Freedom Alliance

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American Freedom Alliance is the home of the Parresia Podcast hosted by AFA President Dr Karen Siegemund and hosts a wide range of events to educate, build alliances and advocate for the defense of Western Civilization.MORE Estimated listeners
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16. Archways: Western Civilization History Podcast

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Archways is a podcast for learning history! We offer a classical perspective to history, believing that Western Civilization's future success hinges on helping everyone understand our Judeo-Christian heritage: the events, ideas, and people who worked to build it and ensure its success. But we will also be seeing what we can learn from other parts of the world as well.MORE Producer/Network Doug And Marie Archway
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17. Echoes of Jewish History

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Echoes of Jewish History, the flagship podcast of Echoes Media, takes listeners on a journey through the events, ideas, and personalities that shaped the Jewish people — and their enduring influence on Western civilization.Hosted by Jimmy Bitton — Jewish historian, educator, and founder of Echoes Media — the podcast blends scholarship, storytelling, and moral clarity to reveal how the past is not a relic, but the foundation of freedom, resilience, and identity...MORE Estimated listeners
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18. The Last Crusade

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For centuries, the Crusades have been misrepresented — but their lesson remains: Western Civilization must be defended.The Last Crusade explores the decline of Western culture, the erosion of Christian moral foundations, and the ideological encroachments challenging Europe and the Americas today. Hosted by pastor and Marine veteran Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes, this podcast combines historical clarity, biblical conviction, and modern cultural insight.If you believe Western civilization is worth preserving, this podcast is your call to stand firm.Bold. Unfiltered...MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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19. Project Lumify

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Project Lumify exists to call men back into the arena—to faith, responsibility, and truth—in a time when America and the West are drifting toward confusion, cowardice, and spiritual amnesia. We believe the Christian faith shaped the moral foundations of Western civilization, ordered liberty, and the dignity of the individual, and that abandoning those foundations leads not to progress, but to chaos. Lumify illuminates biblical truth, historical reality, and cultural consequence so men can see clearly, think critically, and live courageously under God...MORE Estimated listeners
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20. The Story of the Middle Ages by Samuel B. Harding

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Intended for children 11 to 14 years old, The Story of the Middle Ages relates a little known period of history in an interesting and entertaining way. The author terms the Middle Ages as that period in the history of Europe between the fifth and fifteenth centuries. Its beginning is marked by the decline and fall of the mighty Roman Empire and its end is generally thought to be the dawn of the Renaissance or the Age of Discovery.The Middle Ages are also divided by historians into the Early, High and Late Middle Ages...MORE Estimated listeners
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21. The Good Times Are Killing Us

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Join us as we assess the downfall of western civilization and dive into the good, the bad, and the ugly of various controversial movements, events, and people.
Producer/Network The Good Times Gang
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22. Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion by George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

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Even before the Great War turned the world upside down, Western civilization was being revolutionized at all levels: intellectually, philosophically, artistically. Noted positivist philosopher George Santayana published this volume on the eve of the War, trying to portray the status of philosophy and theology at that moment by analyzing six significant topics: 1. the intellectual 'temper' of the age 2. the clash between Modernism and Christianity 3. the new idealism of Henri Bergson 4. the new skepticism of Bertrand Russell 5. Shelley's fusion of philosophy and poetry 6...MORE Producer/Network LibriVox
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Apple Rating 1.5/5Apple Reviews 2Twitter 12.2K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

23. Besides The Revolution,

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Besides The Revolution is an online publication by authors Aaron Everitt and Jack Buckby. They write about their take on culture, politics and interesting topics surrounding Western Civilization. Jack is from the UK and Aaron is from the United States. While both might be described as right-leaning in their politics, they discovered their primary voices about American politics during the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign in 2023-24. The podcast covers an array of topics including politics, AI, culture, music, and other interesting topics in society.MORE Producer/Network Aaron Everitt
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24. Silent Realms Podcast

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Welcome to the Silent Realms podcast, the podcast that attempts to explore the corners of history that often go unnoticed. The place for stories of forgotten realms and overlooked cultures. Civilizations that have not made it into the spotlight of Western audiences, but offer fascinating stories, nonetheless!MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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25. All In One Breath

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Stories of awakening, unlearning, and rewilding to support your recovery from Western civilization 🌿🐻🍄 grittygracious.substack.com
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26. Story of Mankind

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Embark on a captivating journey through the annals of Western civilization, from its earliest roots to the dawn of the twentieth century. This engaging narrative highlights the remarkable individuals and pivotal events that shaped history, showcasing the extraordinary achievements of humanity in art and discovery, alongside the political currents that gave rise to modern nation-states. Accompanied by the authors own vivid illustrations, The Story of Mankind has been a cherished introduction to world history for generations of children...MORE Email ****@adfreesounds.com
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27. Rise of the Macedonian Empire

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Discover how the Kingdom of Macedonia, under the visionary leadership of Philip II (382-336 BC), rose to dominate ancient Greece through a mix of shrewd diplomacy and military prowess. Philip revolutionized the classical Greek phalanx by integrating soldiers armed with the formidable 6-meter spear known as the sarissa, creating an infantry that remained unmatched until the rise of the Roman legions...MORE Email ****@adfreesounds.com
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28. The First War for Western Civilization

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This video is a preview lasting 3:00 Minutes.TO SEE ALL 8 EPISODES IN THEIR ENTIRETY, PLEASE VISIThttp://www.celebrategreece.com/products/56-the-first-war-for-the-west'Go back 2,500 years to the wars between ancient Greece (West) and Persia (East). The Greco-Persian Wars 2,500 years ago were a clash between two peoples, two cultures,two systems of government and two continents. The first clash between East and West.A clash that has, sadly, continued all the way to today.'-- Dr. Michael Scott (Cambridge University), HostMORE Producer/Network Worrigee Multimedia (Australia)
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29. The DOOM Merchant Speaks!

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Documenting the Long Decline of Industrial Society, Faustian Man & Western Civilization. Man's Destined March out of the Caves & Into the Stars... Ends Now: He will Die Down Here On Earth, with the Heavens Above him. www.thefallofthewest.caMORE Estimated listeners
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