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Matt Crawford speaks with author Christian Sheppard about his book, The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball: Lessons for Life from Homer's ODYSSEY to the World Series. Who are you, how are you supposed to live, and what about happiness? Answers to age-old questions are offered in classic myths about heroes, gods, and monsters, and at the […]

Join author Christian Sheppard in this thought-provoking podcast as he shares his deep love for baseball, from his roots as a Red Sox fan to his current loyalty to the Cubs. In an engaging conversation, Sheppard reflects on the emotional bonds fans form with players and explores how baseball serves as a metaphor for life, […]

I’ve always enjoyed books that look at the game from an “outside” point of view. That’s why I’m drawn to those titles that look at such diverse topics as baseball and philosophy or baseball and film.

Sheppard will trace Plato's thought back to Homer and the great tragedians. He will then cover Plato's reception by Aristotle (and his student Alexander the Great), Plotinus and the stoics and then by the Christian theologians Augustine and Aquinas. From there, it's onto modernity with Nietzsche and Simone Weil.

In "The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball: Lessons for Life from Homer's ODYSSEY to the World Series", author Christian Sheppard interweaves Homer’s epics with glorious stories from the green fields of America’s pastime. He talked to CBS News Boston's Joe Weil about the new book.