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TheGreatCoursesPlus - How to Boost Your Physical and Mental Energy

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - How to Boost Your Physical and Mental Energy Boost your sense of vitality...

1: Facing the Day with Energy What is energy and where does it come from? Start your course by thinking about the emotional and physical inputs-from good self-care to living a purpose-driven life-that contribute to vitality. Then try your first exercise to become more aware of your body and the...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - How the Stock Market Works

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - How the Stock Market Works Discover the opportunities and risks of stock investing...

1: Is Investing in Your Blood? Begin the course by exploring the difference between beating the market and investing in it. One carries very high risk, while the other is a much safer strategy. Learn about the human propensity to look for patterns in everything-but are stock returns predictable? 2:...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - How Jesus Became God

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - How Jesus Became God Uncover the extraordinary story behind an idea that has...

1: Jesus-The Man Who Became God First, consider the huge historical significance of the Christian belief in Jesus's divinity, in terms of its effects on Western civilization as well as today's world. Learn about different scholarly views of the historical Jesus, and trace the remarkable diversity of early Christian thought...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - How Colors Affect You: What Science Reveals

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - How Colors Affect You: What Science Reveals Discover how color influences your brain-and...

1: The Meanings of Color Begin your exploration of how colors affect you with a look at the general science behind color, first uncovered during landmark experiments by Isaac Newton. Then, investigate the pervasive power of color on human behavior with a close look at how color shapes our perception...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration Follow in the footsteps of history's most ambitious...

1: The Earliest Explorers Begin your study journey with the Vivaldi brothers' ill-fated journey to India. What drove the brothers-or drives any explorer-to take a risk and venture into the unknown? Consider that question as you look at theories on how the Pacific islands became populated starting with an epic...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach Explore pivotal incidents of...

1: Petersburg: Union Digs Its Own Grave-1864 Follow the chain of events that led to the Civil War's ill-fated Battle of the Crater, a notable example of what can happen in warfare when a plan goes awry due to poor leadership, last-minute changes, and other unclear objectives. Then, look at...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - History of the Supreme Court

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - History of the Supreme Court Trace the development of the Supreme Court from...

1: Personality and Principle We outline the Court's development as an institution and discuss the themes that will recur throughout the course: continuity and change, consensus and conflict, and the societal diversity that creates many of the Court's cases.... 2: Shaping the Constitution and the Court This lecture discusses the...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective Look at world history through...

1: Cities, Civilizations, and Sources Learn about the different kind of approach the course will take in its explorations of the ancient world and hear a story that perfectly illustrates the risks inherent in letting one's own cultural biases and limited perspective overly influence the interpretation of archaeological discoveries. 2:...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - History of Russia: From Peter the Great to Gorbachev

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - History of Russia: From Peter the Great to Gorbachev Hear about 300 years...

1: Understanding the Russian Past This lecture introduces the course's focus on human experience, ideas, and values as manifested in the lives of Russian people, and discusses why Russia's own history is significant as both a shaper of world history and a story of human experience.... 2: The Russia of...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - History of Ancient Egypt

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - History of Ancient Egypt Chronologically survey the full 3,000 years of recorded ancient...

1: Introduction What makes ancient Egypt so interesting? How do we know what we know about it? What can you, as a student, expect from these lectures?... 2: Prehistoric Egypt In this lesson, we will see just how old "old" is. The basic divisions of prehistory will be discussed, and...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Hacking American Elections: Why We’re Vulnerable, and How We Can Stop It

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Hacking American Elections: Why We’re Vulnerable, and How We Can Stop It A...

1: Hacking American Elections: Why We’re Vulnerable, and How We Can Stop It Nothing is more singularly significant in American government than the ritual of voting; if the electorate were to lose confidence in the integrity of our elections, it would be a tragedy. Yet, since allegations of hacking and...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Great Minds of the Medieval World

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Great Minds of the Medieval World Go beyond the typical philosophy course and...

1: Augustine of Hippo Begin the inquiry with Augustine, whose writings were a towering influence on the great medieval minds that followed. Trace Augustine's life, from his early experiences and restless spiritual inquiry to his conversion to Christianity and ministry. Study his core teachings on the nature of language, good...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Gnosticism: From Nag Hammadi to the Gospel of Judas

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Gnosticism: From Nag Hammadi to the Gospel of Judas Discover the mysteries of...

1: Rediscovering Gnosis Begin by exploring the key tenets of the religious movements of ancient Gnosticism, centered in the concept of gnosis, or direct, personal knowledge of God. Learn about the exciting 1945 discovery of the Nag Hammadi codices, a large cache of ancient manuscripts representing four diverse Gnostic traditions....

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Game of the Century: How Baseball's All-Star Game Began

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Game of the Century: How Baseball's All-Star Game Began Baseball's first All-Star Game...

1: Game of the Century The All-Star Game. The best of the best. How did this American tradition begin? Discover how baseball was the first sport to offer an All-Star Game and why giving the fans a chance to select the team rosters for the first time had such an...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World Expand...

1: The Importance of the West This lecture is an overview of the past 500 years of European history and culture-the system of government, economic structures, science and technology, and much of the literature, art, and music.... 2: Geography Is Destiny We look at how the physical realities of Europe...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Foundations of Eastern Civilization

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Foundations of Eastern Civilization Uncover the fascinating origins of East Asian civilization in...

1: Journey to the East Embark on your exciting voyage through the geography, history, people, and culture of Eastern civilization with a reflection on three key words of the course. What do we mean by "Eastern"? By "civilization"? By "foundations"? This lecture readies you for the fascinating journey to come....

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Food: A Cultural Culinary History

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Food: A Cultural Culinary History Learn how the entirety of human civilization-war, trade,...

1: Hunting, Gathering, and Stone Age Cooking Consider food as a major catalyst in human history, and what food choices reveal about our values and ambitions. Then study food culture in prehistoric times-our ancestors' wide-ranging diet of everything from mammoths and seafood to acorns, insects, seeds, and grasses-and the ways...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Financial Literacy: Finding Your Way in the Financial Markets

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Financial Literacy: Finding Your Way in the Financial Markets Take better advantage of...

1: Feeling at Home in the Financial Markets Sometimes it's hard to see how the financial markets are connected to the "real" economy. What do financial markets actually do for us? Start to get a handle on how the financial markets operate through an exploration of the societal functions that...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Famous Greeks

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - Famous Greeks Examine a gallery of historical characters who shaped the story of...

1: Theseus Theseus, legendary founder of Athens, traveled to the far corners of the Greek world doing great deeds, and at home he created the prototypes of Athens's key institutions. Athenians' beliefs about Theseus, like Americans about George Washington, set a standard for judging leaders. 2: Achilles and Agamemnon No...

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - The Fall of the Pagans and the Origins of Medieval Christianity

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TheGreatCoursesPlus - The Fall of the Pagans and the Origins of Medieval Christianity Join a...

1: Religious Conflict in the Roman World The Christianization of the Roman world is one of the most important turning points in Western civilization. This lecture introduces you to the issues you will consider and the scholars whose seminal theories serve as the gateways to the course's different lines of...

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