Douglas Lensing joins the show to talk about his path from the Navy to St. John's College and his paper "<a href= "https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8EYa6vYhiD7b2E3Y2xUdnZjVmhxbDRUSklqZ05vWklseE5z/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8EYa6vYhiD7b2E3Y2xUdnZjVmhxbDRUSklqZ05vWklseE5z/view?usp%3Dsharing&source=gmail&ust=1530559763933000&usg=AFQjCNFUSpBPGX-oxtdLtTKXxjQwO9_cDg">Passion and Mind: Homer's Formula for Victory in the Iliad</a>." Doug joined the Navy on a Naval Special Warfare contract, but after failing to complete BUD/S went to Defense Language Institute, learned Farsi and worked at Fort Gordon, Georgia as a linguist. Doug will be starting his Ph.D. at Baylor University in Political Science in the fall of 2018.

Ep. 21: Aristotle's Politics Bk. I, part 1

Combat and Classics is a series of podcasts and free online seminars for active duty, reserve, and veteran U.S. military members, sponsored by St. John's College. The podcasts and seminars encourage deep thought and reflection by leaders in the company of their peers. In the discussion-based seminars devoted to what a leader must be and know, participants study historical and fictional leaders from the great books of the western canon. We examine techniques and examples of persuasion and fundamental questions on the nature of man. When participants take the time to reflect, with their peers, on the principles of leadership, they find that they return to their lives and professional positions energized and focused, with a deeper understanding of the context of their decisions, decision-making processes, and leadership roles.