Jorah: Impostor Syndrome and Second ChancesGot Academy2026-09-25 | Jorah: Impostor Syndrome and Second ChancesHouse of the Dragon: How Chance Events Shape HistoryGil Kidron2022-10-26 | House of the Dragon season 1 concluded with a series of three chance events that took the realm into civil war. What role does chance have in history? And in storytelling?
Check out our podcast As Depicted on Film shows.acast.com/62a1990d3786050011c494c2 Check out Gil's podcast A Podcast of Biblical Proportions a-podcast-of-biblical-proportions-4515049a.simplecast.comHouse of the Dragon Episode 2: Sensitive Nuclear Material Taken HomeGil Kidron2022-08-29 | House of the Dragon episode 2 tells the tragic story of princes and princesses who can't get everything they want all the time. A horrowing tale.
A Podcast of Biblical Proportions shows.acast.com/6059f3496d8d6f4db88ee71b/episodes As Depicted on Film shows.acast.com/62a1990d3786050011c494c2The Many Writing Layers of JacobGil Kidron2021-12-27 | They say that the winners get to write history, but the Hebrews lost alongside the Philistines to the Babylonian juggernaut who exiled the vanquished from their land. But the Hebrew losers had something their petty rivals and co-losers Philistines did not have - a book. And billions have read it. So we have a negative perception of the Philistines. But how would they tell their own story?
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3Fgxm6b For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsJacob is the first COMPLETE Character of GenesisGil Kidron2021-12-22 | They say that the winners get to write history, but the Hebrews lost alongside the Philistines to the Babylonian juggernaut who exiled the vanquished from their land. But the Hebrew losers had something their petty rivals and co-losers Philistines did not have - a book. And billions have read it. So we have a negative perception of the Philistines. But how would they tell their own story?
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/32hLg9q For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsThe Philistines of GenesisGil Kidron2021-12-20 | They say that the winners get to write history, but the Hebrews lost alongside the Philistines to the Babylonian juggernaut who exiled the vanquished from their land. But the Hebrew losers had something their petty rivals and co-losers Philistines did not have - a book. And billions have read it. So we have a negative perception of the Philistines. But how would they tell their own story?
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/33pGabM For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsCall Me Ishmael: Post-Biblical UniverseGil Kidron2021-12-16 | Abraham's firstborn was Ishmael, but according to the Hebrew story, he was the lesser son because his mom was an Egyptian slave. He was a placeholder until the right son was born by Abraham's wife, Sarah. A miraculous menopausal birth. But there are many indications in the story that Ishmael was a far more prominent character in the ancient world, even if he had to wait 1000 years to get his due, when the Muslims officially adopted him into Arabdom.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3q0r842 For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsSamson Is In Fact A SATIRICAL PLAY!Gil Kidron2021-12-13 | It turns out that if you read aloud the Samson story (Judges 13-16) in Hebrew as a script for a theater comedy - it morphs into an outrageously funny Greek satire that parodies biblical heroes and tropes. It was most likely written by Alexandrian Hellenistic Hebrews around the 200s BCE as a Hebrew version of Greek satire.
To listen to all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsThe Political Power of the AlphabetGil Kidron2021-11-18 | The phonetic alphabet was invented by the Phoenicians back in the 9-10 centuries BCE, very close to Ancient Israel and Judea. As that revolutionary concept spread out, the Hebrews had a headstart and right away put up their "national" stories and religion into writing, turning Ancient Israelites and Judeans into one people, after the former got destroyed by the Assyrians. the power of language and its written form have proved throughout history to be the strongest unifying and disunifying forces that drive internal politics and geopolitics.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3F0OHQ6 For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsHow Come Isaac is Such a LAME Character?Gil Kidron2021-11-17 | After going through the myriad of stories about the first Hebrew patriarch, Abraham, we now get to his son Isaac. Even though he is supposed to be important, the biblical authors spend very little time and effort on developing his character and in making us care about him at all. That reveals the real purpose of Isaac in the biblical project.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3opvalA For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsThe Death of AbrahamGil Kidron2021-11-15 | Abraham is one of the most important characters of the bible. And now that he's gone and we went over all of his stories we want to better understand the different writers that put his stories down to text and what were they trying to do.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3F91eAT For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsNoah Movie Biblical Historical ReviewGil Kidron2021-10-28 | The Movie Noah (2014) is an ambitious and imaginative adaptation of the biblical tale, which is itself an adaptation to earlier flood and ark stories from Mesopotamia. Garry Stevens from The History in the Bible Podcast joins Gil and Rutger for a review.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3p3PWZR For all our episodes ourpodacademy.com/podcast The History in the Bible Podcast historyinthebible.comWhen Genesis Breaks Its Own MoldGil Kidron2021-10-25 | The story of Sodom and Gomorrah has remained iconic for 2,500 years, incorporated enthusiastically by later Abrahamic religions. But looking at it in its proper context, it is most likely a pre-religious story of city people breaking the laws of hospitality. Abraham gets his family deity to send in a SWAT team to extricate his brother from Sodom right before the carpet bombing.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3mOyZAb For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsThe First Biblical War (in Siddim)Gil Kidron2021-10-21 | The only honest-to-god heroics in the story of Abraham is his small part in a regional war between four Mesopotamian kings and five local Canaanite vassals. The Mesopotamians crush the insignificant rebellion and take goodies and captives up north. One of the captives is Abraham's brother Lot, which is why Abraham and 300 of his men carry out a night raid to free him and bring back the loot taken from the Canaanites.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3FHrgMY For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsThe Binding of Isaac is a Dramatic Short StoryGil Kidron2021-10-18 | Yahweh and Abraham had a deal. But the god keeps demanding more and more and testing and prototypical follower. In this final and toughest test, Yahweh asks Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, Yitzhak, and Abraham obeys without asking questions, in a riveting short story that might be the best one in the whole book.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3v5Xr3D For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsThe Sodom and Gomorrah OperationGil Kidron2021-10-13 | The story of Sodom and Gomorrah has remained iconic for 2,500 years, incorporated enthusiastically by later Abrahamic religions. But looking at it in its proper context, it is most likely a pre-religious story of city people breaking the laws of hospitality. Abraham gets his family deity to send in a SWAT team to extricate his brother from Sodom right before the carpet bombing.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3CFUwBm For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsBack to the Future Trilogy RevisitedGil Kidron2021-09-22 | In our series on time travel, we treat ourselves to one of the greatest film franchises of all time: Back to the Future. Gil and Rutger explore the evolution of our morals from the depicted 1950s (and 1880s and 2010s) through the time the films were made, and on to our present day. Are time machines just tools for manipulating the world into getting what you want - especially from women - or can we aim higher?
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3EBre8N For all our episodes ourpodacademy.com/podcastThe Abraham-Yahweh DealGil Kidron2021-09-16 | Abraham doesn't become the patriarch of the Hebrew people after completing a particular feat. Rather, it happens through a deal. God/Yahweh gives him a lineage, and Abraham gives him absolute obedience. The details change over time according to Yahweh's wishes. And there is a constant need to reiterate the deal and make sure that we're still on the same page.
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Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3j8FVaC For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsContext for the Noah Flood StoryGil Kidron2021-08-19 | The story of Noah and the ark is extremely similar to an earlier Mesopotamian myth from the epic of Gilgamesh. Other flood myths appear from different places in the Ancient Near East and all the way to Scandinavia and China.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3g8VUDQ For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.com To support us on Patreon patreon.com/biblicalproportionsCain and Abel: The First Conflict in the BookGil Kidron2021-08-11 | In the Garden of Eden, there are clear legal hierarchies: Yahweh is the judge, jury, and executioner, Adam is being read his Miranda rights, Eve (Hawa) gets a say and the snake isn't even allowed to defend itself. Then they're expelled and a spinning flaming sword is placed to protect the magical garden from humans for all time.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3xDxzvu For all our episodes bit.ly/2VDZ8rW Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.comThe Garden of Eden Criminal CourtGil Kidron2021-08-09 | In the Garden of Eden, there are clear legal hierarchies: Yahweh is the judge, jury, and executioner, Adam is being read his Miranda rights, Eve (Hawa) gets a say and the snake isn't even allowed to defend itself. Then they're expelled and a spinning flaming sword is placed to protect the magical garden from humans for all time.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/2WIO7p9 For all our episodes shows.acast.com/6059f3496d8d6f4db88ee71b/episodes Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.comJulius Caesar on FilmGil Kidron2021-08-04 | Julius Caesar is synonymous with history, which is why he has been depicted numerous times in films. We go back to several of the movies and shows about him to see they succeeded and where they missed on the drama.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3jpmcSQ For part 2 bit.ly/3lqIBSx For all our episodes ourpodacademy.com/podcastThe Bible Creation Story was Intended for a Local AudienceGil Kidron2021-08-02 | Unlike the better-known first creation story that spans six days, the second creation story is a one-day affair, totally improvised by Yahweh that is set in a very specific geographical location.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3hSyTX2 For all our episodes shows.acast.com/6059f3496d8d6f4db88ee71b/episodesA.I. on Film: Expert SystemsGil Kidron2021-07-19 | For many decades, humans have lived with the alluring idea that it must be possible to design artificial intelligence systems that can advise us on the most critical life and death decisions we may have to take, in warfare, justice, or complex missions that push human boundaries. However, such systems can easily fail, resulting in flawed decisions or analysis paralysis. In this episode, we discuss three dystopian scenarios where expert systems failed to deliver on their promises.
Listen to the full episode bit.ly/3rtuQDx For all our episodes ourpodacademy.com/podcastBible Creation Story or Rearranging Story?Gil Kidron2021-06-28 | God establishes a hierarchy in the world he creates: first he lays the base, then the lights of the day and night, then the plants and the simplest living beings, then birds, the wild animals, and on the sixth day he creates the farm animals and a male and female prototype humans.
Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.comGreek Heroes in MoviesGil Kidron2021-06-21 | Greek Heroes have been a staple of western culture for millenias, and are still relevant in contemporary moviemaking. Special guest and expert paleontologist Charalampos Kevrekidis joins us to break down Hercules (1997), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Troy (2004), and the two Wonder Woman movies (2017 and 2020).
Check out our website ourpodacademy.comThe Bible Creation Story: a Distant & Calculated DeityGil Kidron2021-06-16 | The Bible's Creation Story might well be the most famous story ever written. It highlights a god rarely seen in the human world: a dispassionate, calculated and amorphous deity with a solid plan it executes to perfection. So who is this deity that the people of the Eastern Mediterranean people of the Kingdom of Israel created? Did they create him out of nothing?
Visit our website ttps://podcastofbiblicalproportions.comMedieval Music in FantasyGil Kidron2021-06-06 | Medieval music has left its DNA in most of the popular music today. It was a storytelling tool, whether to impart history, genealogy, or as a PR tool for nobles and knights. Our movies/shows for this topic are Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Witcher. Special guests joining Rutger Vos and Gil Kidron: violinist Bridget Hall and campsite guitarist Shay Golan.
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Like us on Facebook facebook.com/gotacademy Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/OurPodAcademyIntroducing A Podcast of Biblical ProportionsGil Kidron2021-06-01 | A Podcast of Biblical Proportions combines those genres, while taking the unique perspective of the people who lived in Ancient Mesopotamia 3000 years ago.
With that point of view, we go through the stories of the Old Testament, one by one, contrasting the original ancient Hebrew text and the King James translation to bridge the gap between how the story was written and how it is remembered today, and between how it was meant to be understood by the target audience and how it was changed to be popular with different peoples living thousands of km away, thousands of years in the future.
Visit our website podcastofbiblicalproportions.comDaenerys III Re-Read with Got Academy Co-founder!Gil Kidron2021-03-09 | Daenerys III from A Game of Thrones follows Dany's acclimation into Dothraki society and her punching back for the first time.
Check out A Podcast of Biblical Proportions http://www.podcastofbiblicalproportions.comArya and Neds Tender Father-Daughter Relationship | Re Reading ASOIAFGil Kidron2020-10-05 | Re reading A Song of Ice and Fire: Arya II, A Game of Thrones.
Arya is wilful and independent, but she's also very sensitive, caring and tender, and in this chapter we see it front and center. Especially when she interacts with her dad, one Eddard Stark.
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In this chapter, Tyrion refuses to accept the looming danger of the Others, much like the western powers refused to see the looming danger of fascism, in the Interwar period (AKA Interbellum period).
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Like us on Facebook facebook.com/gotacademy Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/GOT_AcademyASOIAF Languages Shapes Daenerys, Arya, Cersei And MoreGil Kidron2020-07-02 | Language is one of the aspects that shapes the way we perceive the world and the way culture is evolving. It is both personal and societal. Linguist Mallory Aler joins Gil Kidron to break down A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones from a linguistic perspective: how does it affect Westeros, Essos and the character arc of characters like Daenerys, Arya, Sansa, Cersei and More. Daenerys speech in King's Landing to the Dothraki and Unsullied, in Valyrian, in season 8 episode 6, tells us a whole lot about Daenerys, her roots and identity, and about Westeros.
Like us on Facebook facebook.com/gotacademy Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/GOT_AcademyRe Reading ASOIAF: Jons Five Fathers At The WallGil Kidron2020-06-17 | In this re reading A Game of Thrones video, we focus on Jon Snow's first chapter from the Wall. His dreams have been shattered as he realizes the Wall in A Song of Ice and Fire is more like a penal colony than it is an honorable pursuit. He laments his father's abandonment and unknowingly is looking for new father figures at the Wall: Benjen Stark, Alliser Thorne, Donal Noye, Tyrion Lannister and Lord Commander Jeor Mormont.
Like us on Facebook facebook.com/gotacademy Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/GOT_AcademyRe Reading ASOIAF: Catelyn Introduces us to Kings Landing, Littlefinger and VarysGil Kidron2020-05-27 | Re Reading Game of Thrones videos are back, baby! If you enjoy A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones, this is the video series for you! In each video we re read a chapter from ASOIAF, and in this one we're seeing King's Landing, Littlefinger and Varys for the first time, through the eyes of Catelyn Stark, in her 4th chapter of A Game of Thrones, the first book of the series.
Like us on Facebook facebook.com/gotacademy Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/GOT_AcademyGame of Thrones Dragons vs REAL WORLD Use of Air PowerGil Kidron2020-05-14 | Game of Thrones Daenerys Targaryen and her dragons ruled the air right up until the end. With air supremacy, she was able to burn the Westerosi capital of King's Landing, destroy the Lannister army and save her friends beyond the wall from an army of zombies. Yet, she lost two dragons in the process of conquering the Seven Kingdoms. Gil Kidron hosts Ret. Lt. Col. Dan Moshqueda to explore Daenerys' use of airpower compared to real-world use of airpower.
Like us on Facebook facebook.com/gotacademy Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/GOT_AcademyWestworld Season 3 Finale EXPLAINED: God is DeadGil Kidron2020-05-05 | Westworld season 3 finale was full of philosophical debate about humanity's ability to make its own choices, instead of accepting a higher power's decrees about what it is that they should do. The finale had a lot of echoes from The Age of Enlightenment when philosophers and political thinkers pushed ideas that put reason and critical thinking at the base of morality and agency. In this video, we discuss The Enlightenment and Friedrich Nietzche's declaration that God is dead, and how they relate to the Westworld season 3 episode 8.
Like us on Facebook facebook.com/gotacademy Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/GOT_AcademyWestworld Season 3 Episode 7: Civil WarGil Kidron2020-04-29 | Westworld season 3 episode 7 was all about the civil war: brother against brother, soldier against soldier, robot against robot. This civil war has been foreshadowed since the start of the season, what with the many biblical references of the split within the Israelite kingdom. So now Delores is fighting Maeve, Charlotte has switched sides, Cerac is fighting his brother, the two AIs are on different sides, and Caleb is fighting against his best friend.
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Like us on Facebook facebook.com/gotacademy Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/GOT_AcademyWestworld Season 3 Episode 5: Solomon vs RehoboamGil Kidron2020-04-15 | Westworld season 3 episode 5 has a lot of elements from the Bible, specifically references to King Solomon The Wise and his son and heir Rehoboam, whose heavy hand caused the kingdom to fracture. And who is God? Cerrac? What about Delores?