Cost of Glory

Alex Petkas

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Booking Overview

Cost of Glory revives influential ancient biographies (especially Plutarch) and frames their lessons for modern readers through deep historical and philosophical analysis. It’s a strong fit for guests who can connect classical leadership, ethics, rhetoric, and statecraft to contemporary decision-making and culture.

Metrics

Episodes: 122

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 11.6k subscribers

Contact Information

alex@costofglory.com

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Host

Alex Petkas - Former professor of ancient philosophy and history who revives and dramatically retells influential biographies for modern audiences, focusing on statesmen, generals, orators, and founders (Plutarc...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Academic or author-level expertise in classics/ancient history, ancient philosophy (e.g., Stoicism), rhetoric, political theory/statecraft, or military history—often with the ability to translate classical ideas into modern relevance for general educated audiences.
Required Achievements:  
Published book(s) or major scholarly work in classics/ancient history or related philosophy, Teaching or research background in history/philosophy/classics, Demonstrated public communication of classical ideas to non-specialists

Recent Guest Discussions

Nicholas Tobias - Ancient/modern Parallels For Roman Military Life; Connections Between Scholarship And Soldiering; Leadership/character Lessons Drawn From Classical Themes

Recent Topics

Classics, Ancient History, Philosophy, Ethics, Rhetoric

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Cost of Glory
:

121 - Plutarch and Shakespeare, w/ The Base Creates

June 04, 2026

A conversation with Morgan Watkins of TheBaseCreates and George Carter from Old Sovereign Publishing about the importance of re-enchanting the world through theatre and the tradition of the classics, specifically focusing on a new drama competition called "The Great Panathenaea". Links: TheBaseCreates YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBaseCreates TheBaseCreates X: https://x.com/thebasecreatesSubscribe to the Cost of Glory newsletter for detailed maps, images, and analysis of this pivotal m...

120 - The Modern Roman Legion? w/ "Monastery of the Damned" author Nicholas Tobias

May 14, 2026

My conversation with author, soldier, and scholar, Nicholas Tobias.This is the first public interview with Nicholas, and he agreed to speak on condition that we'd preserve his alias and therefore his anonymity. Hence there is no video of him, and the sound quality from his undisclosed location was not perfect. But this was a fascinating conversation that I'm going to be thinking about for a long time.Let me know what you think in the comments.Subscribe to the Cost of Glory newsletter for deta...

119 - Sparta vs. Stoicism

May 07, 2026

On how the Spartans achieved emotional mastery, long before Stoicism was invented.

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