Modern Wisdom Review

This is my 55th podcast. It is currently ranked number 40. The episode I listened to is titled, "The Rise of History's Greatest Emperor: An Untold Story." Chris Williamson hosts the show, his guest was Alex Petkas. Petkas has a podcast titled, "Cost of Glory." In this episode Williamson interviewed Petkas about the life of Julius Caesar. Williamson asked a few questions, but Petkas was speaking most of the time without questions telling about the life of Caesar. I don't know much about Caesar's life so I thought it was interesting to learn about. Some interesting tidbits of Caesar's life include how when he was captured by pirates and convinced the pirates to raise his ransom. Petkas said he wanted his ransom raised to make his worth in the eyes of the Romans to be higher. He promised the pirates he would execute them and he did. Petkas went through Caesar's life all the way until his assassination. Petkas seemed like he really liked Caesar. It seems he thinks he is a model of leadership. I thought Petkas seemed too positive toward Caesar but with my limited knowledge on the subject it was difficult to say too much. Petkas says one of Caesar's mistakes was being too kind to his enemies and pardoning them because they were the ones who would assassinate him later. Personally, I think his mistake would be declaring himself dictator for life and trying to get absolute power. I think Petkas treats Caesar's ambition as a recipe for greatness. I don't really like when people treat war like people and people who seek power as great. I just don't like the terminology because even if it is not intended that way, it makes it seem like a positive thing to accumulate power at all costs. Just a quick side note, I did think it was kind of weird when Petkas was rating Cleopatra saying she probably wasn't a 10 but maybe an 8. Just weird when people rate women like that. Williamson did not talk much so a lot of the rating of the podcast necessarily has to go on the guest. Even though Williamson did not talk much, he did find some time to insert some profanity into the podcast. I am giving this podcast a 3/5. Minus one for profanity. I will minus one more point because I don't like the way he was making it seem like I should admire Caesar. It gets three points for being interesting and educational value.