The O'Leary Review - Episode 12 - Andronikos - Journey through the Western Canon
Release Date: 12/05/2022
The Heart of Performance: Jim Murphy on Inner Excellence
The Brian D. O'Leary Show
In the latest episode of the Brian D. O'Leary Show, Jim Murphy, the author of the bestselling book INNER EXCELLENCE: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance in the Best Possible Life, discusses the widespread impact and philosophy behind his work. Highlighting how NFL star AJ Brown benefited from Inner Excellence's teachings during critical games, Murphy elaborates on the book's core system that promotes being fully present and mastering self for extraordinary performance. He compares his concepts to those popularized by James Clear in Atomic Habits, emphasizing the importance of...
info_outline
Reading People – Human Typology with Scott Fischbuch
The Brian D. O'Leary Show
After a long delay in production … Brian hosts Scott Fischbuch, a Jungian Typology expert, for an in-depth conversation on personality types and his methods. Scott explains his approach to personality typing, which involves analyzing preferences in conversation, turns of phrase, and behavioral mannerisms. Brian shares his journey into podcasting and reflects on how his personality type has evolved. Scott identifies Brian's personality type as ISTJ and explains the significance of introverted sensing and extraverted intuition. They discuss the impact of cultural influences...
info_outline
They hate you for believing in real things. Who's team are you on?
The Brian D. O'Leary Show
Website re-launch: Los Gatos Review (quarterly magazine): The O'Leary Letter: O'Leary's Laws O'Leary's First Law: Nice is not a virtue. O'Leary's Second Law: You can't cast yourself out of a tangle. O'Leary's Third Law: While apologies are often necessary or appropriate, never should you have to explain yourself, particularly for something you believe and are not sorry for.
info_outline
They're now calling it discourse ... not disinformation
The Brian D. O'Leary Show
Column at Substack: For our regular emails: Find us on 𝕏-Twitter : This column on 𝕏-Twitter : Text of article follows: They're now calling it 'discourse' What happened to disinformation? By now, you've probably seen a host of graphics in the swampwaters of social media, hastily cobbled together by run-of-the-mill milquetoast leftists. Virtue-signalers, viz. A meme gone viral over the last few days is a checklist that attempts to pacify the reader with a bunch of platitudes, one being "Contribute to discourse, not division." This, of course, is a less-than-subtle dig at...
info_outline
Surround yourself with better people
The Brian D. O'Leary Show
Straight to the email list + our FREE Time Management checklist : O'Leary's Inner Sphere : (gathered by Alistair Cooke) “As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.” Since we tend to “Serious Content Amidst an Unserious Culture,” we don’t believe in linking to anything that isn’t worthwhile. We believe in our mission here and we’re in the business of keeping our website, emails, and podcasts going. Affiliate commissions do help to cover some associated costs.
info_outline
Biden v. Trump - where do we stand right now?
The Brian D. O'Leary Show
The first and perhaps only presidential debate happened on June 27. Adam Haman and Brian O'Leary have the definitive smackdown of the whole thing. The fellows awarded a winner and offered some commentary. Hilarity ensues (though not necessarily intentional - it's a factor of who was "debating.") Adam Haman - https://hamannature.substack.com/ Brian O'Leary - https://briandoleary.com/ O'Leary's FREE e-book Run at Thunder, Vol. 1 - https://runatthunder.com/ Natural Order - https://naturalorderpodcast.com/
info_outline
Henry Bingaman - Freedom Through Freelancing
The Brian D. O'Leary Show
Links: (Tom Woods School of Life)
info_outline
Save Standard Time — Ditch Daylight Saving. Keep Standard.
The Brian D. O'Leary Show
Links: O'Leary and Company Brian O'Leary on 𝕏-Twitter Save Standard Time on 𝕏-Twitter
info_outline
Jason Purcell on the Petrodollar System (part 3)
The Brian D. O'Leary Show
Links: Tucker talks to Vlad about the role of the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency. They must have been listening to Purcell and O’Leary … O’Leary side project (Natural Order Podcast) breaks down the entire Tucker-Vlad interview… Possible definitions of “petrodollar” Revenues from petroleum exports. Dollars paid to oil-producing nations (petrodollar recycling). The currency of oil-producing nations usually fluctuates with the price of oil. E.g.s when the price of oil rises, the currency has more value. Vice-versa … when the price of oil falls, the...
info_outline
Remembering Buddy Holly and Friends
The Brian D. O'Leary Show
Links:
info_outlineThe O’Leary Review Podcast
Andronikos
December 4, 2022
A reminder, the Substack page has the most thorough show notes with all the live links. Please join us at https://briandoleary.substack.com/
We’re talking about the “Classics” of literature today… it leads to a great discussion and is certainly a “conversation that matters.”
Our guest today, Travis—a.k.a. Andronikos—writes a blog called Wends of Change at https://wendsofchange.substack.com and wrote a book called Revenge and its Discontents: My Journey Through the Iliad which is available on Amazon (the Kindle edition is free with Kindle Unlimited).
In his daily life, Travis enjoys reading, writing, bowling, and video games. As Andronikos, he is “on a journey through the great books of the Western Canon.” His goal is to “read and think deeply about them with as little help from outside sources as possible.”
The Great Books Reading List that Andronikos is working his way through can be found at https://wendsofchange.com/books/
Book mentioned:
How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler
Essay mentioned:
“On the Reading of Old Books” by C.S. Lewis
From the Lewis essay: “There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that the amateur should content himself with the modern books… The error is rather an amiable one, for it springs from humility. The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he will not understand him. But if he only knew, the great man, just because of his greatness, is much more intelligible than his modern commentator.”
Commentary from Annie Holmquist at Intellectual Takeout on the Lewis essay.
Andronikos
The nom de plume derives from a fellow mentioned in Romans 16:7
“Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and fellow prisoners: who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.” Romans 16:7 (Douay-Rheims)
Tom Woods 100
For no reason other than I am involved in the Tom Woods School of Life, I decided that I’d get 100 of my fellow members or people closely tied into Tom’s orbit on this podcast eventually. Travis/Andronikos is a fellow member.
After this week, we will only have about 90 to go!
Enrollment in Tom’s School of Life comes around every six months or so. Go to https://tomschooloflife.com/ … totally worth it. I’m planning to have a podcast episode dedicated entirely to Tom’s School in the near future.
#TomWoods100
Travis found out about Tom Woods via Michael Malice, who is a very failed podcaster and writer in his own right. Chain reaction led him to Tom.
Podcasts mentioned:
Your Welcome with Michael Malice
The Tom Woods Show ep. 2245 with Michael Heise
The Brion McClanahan Show — “Think Locally. Act Locally.”
The Brian D. O’Leary Show (Spanish Civil War Week)
- https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/the-brian-d-oleary-show-111422
- https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/the-brian-d-oleary-show-111522
- https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/the-brian-d-oleary-show-11162022
- https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/the-brian-d-oleary-show-111722
- https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/the-brian-d-oleary-show-111822
Movie mentioned:
Who was Homer?
The Wikipedia entry.
Article mentioned:
The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Steve Sailer
The Iliad is perhaps the second and the Odyssey could be the seventh in the “eight epics of the Trojan War.” The other six are lost poems according to the Epic Cycle theory.
Best translations for Homer (Iliad & Odyssey) include:
Robert Fagles
- The Paris Review interview, Robert Fagles, The Art of Translation No. 2
- Considered by Andronikos as the best modern translation of the Iliad and as the best work in the career of Fagles.
Samuel Butler
- Considered the best public domain translation, though it uses Latin names instead of the Greek.
Robert Fitzgerald
- The Fitzgerald translations are what I started reading in preparation for this conversation. I still have a long way to go!
Augustus Murray
- Public domain translation with the Greek names. Used for the Loeb Classical Library
Andronikos links:
Blog/Substack https://wendsofchange.substack.com
- Posts drop at 3am Pacific on Sundays
Book, Revenge and its Discontents https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHC3ZH8G
Reading List https://wendsofchange.com/books/