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November 17, 2025 120 mins

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In celebration of the 100th episode of New Humanists, we do an extended episode that is a retrospective, discussing the history of the Ancient Language Institute and the New Humanists podcast, has some updates on what we're up to at the moment, and a peek behind the curtain so listeners can find out what is upcoming at ALI and on the podcast. We also welcome both Colin Gorrie and Luke Ranieri to the show to discuss Ekho: The Ancient Language Streaming App.


Alan Jacobs’s The Year of Our Lord 1943:  https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780190864651


Jacques Maritain's Education at the Crossroads: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9781685953423


W.H. Auden's Vocation and Society: https://www1.swarthmore.edu/library/auden/documents/vs.pdf


C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780060652944


Simone Weil's The Need for Roots: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780415271028


T.S. Eliot's Notes Towards the Definition of Culture: https://amzn.to/4p5ubVo


Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9781402782831


Introduction to Latin Poetry: https://ancientlanguage.com/intermediate-latin-ii/


Introduction to Ancient Greek Poetry: https://ancientlanguage.com/ancient-greek-intro-poetry/


Introduction to Old English Poetry: https://ancientlanguage.com/intermediate-old-english-ii/


Colin Gorrie's Ōsweald Bera: An Introduction to Old English: https://ancientlanguage.com/vergil-press/osweald-bera/


Learn Old English at ALI: https://ancientlanguage.com/register-for-old-english/


Learn Old Norse (through Old English) with ALI: https://ancientlanguage.com/old-norse-through-old-english/


Laura Spinney's Proto: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9781639732586


Colin Gorrie's interview of Laura Spinney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nVIV-qaHHY


Luke Ranieri's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LukeRanieri


The Ranieri-Roberts Approach to Ancient Greek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vwb1wVzPec


Apuleius' The Golden Ass: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780253200365


Xenophon's An Ephesian Tale: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9781514295557


Benjamin Kantor's The Pronunciation of New Testament Greek: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780802878311


Lucian's Assembly of the Gods: https://amzn.to/4peTcxB


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