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31. Zack Fava of Methean.io Talks Great Houses
In this episode of The Great Houses Forum, Gregory Treat sits down with Zack Fava, founder of Methian, an AI-powered homeschooling operating system built to give paren...
30. Cursus Honorum of the AI Future Part 3
In Episode 30 of The Great Houses Forum, Gregory Treat continues his series on the “Cursus Honorum of the AI Future," arguing that AI will collapse today's thousands o...
29. James McPherson Talks Great Houses
In this episode of The Great Houses Forum, host Gregory Treat sits down with James McPherson, author of the Substack "Aegis of Zeus," a former teacher, and an edtech e...
28. Will Tanner Talks Great Houses
Gregory Treat interviews Will Tanner about rebuilding “great houses” and why asset ownership matters more than wage income, using late-17th-century Virginia yeomen and...
27. Cursus Honorum of the AI Future Part 2
Gregory Treat continues his series on AI as an aristocratic technology, arguing that AI will collapse society's need for thousands of specialized roles down to a small...
26. Cursus Honorum of the AI Future Part 1
Gregory Treat launches a new series arguing that AI is an "aristocratic" technology — one where cheap access doesn't produce equality, but instead rewards rare skill a...
25. The Architecture of Trust Part 4
Gregory Treat argues that modern institutions (pensions, public schools, student loans) are failed substitutes for functions the household historically performed, and ...
24. The Valerian Gens Part 2
This episode continues the story of Gens Valeria, one of Rome's oldest and most distinguished houses, tracing its arc from the height of the Republic through its decli...
23. The Valerian Gens Part 1
Continuing the Ancient City Series, Gregory examines House Valerius — Rome's oldest patrician family and the architects of Roman liberty. From the founding oath sworn ...
22. Mike Faulkner Talks Great Houses
In this episode, Greg sits down with Mike Faulkner — a British-born financier who built and took multiple companies public — to explore the intersection of faith, weal...
21. Silas Mähner Talks Great Houses
In this episode, Greg Treat sits down with Silas Mähner, Catholic entrepreneur and founder of Catholic Founders, to discuss long-term employment relationships, corpora...
20. The Architecture of Trust: Part 3
In this episode, Gregory Treat continues the "Architecture of Trust" series, exploring why modern communities trap themselves in poverty by boosting demand and restric...
18. The Architecture of Trust: Part 1
This episode explores trust through the lens of two Substack articles: one critiquing African funeral traditions for keeping people poor, and another on how to become ...
17. Colton Murray Talks Great Houses
This episode features a conversation with Colton Murray, a second-generation entrepreneur whose father built and sold major candy brands including Dynamic Confections ...
16. Rebuilding a Great House: The Fabian Gens Part 2
In this episode, Gregory Treat concludes the series on the Fabian gens — one of Rome's six Gentes Maiores — by tracing how the trauma of near-total family annihilation...
15. Rebuilding a Great House: The Fabian Gens Part 1
In this episode, host Gregory Treat continues the Ancient City series with a deep dive into the Fabian gens — one of Rome's six great aristocratic houses. The episode ...
14. The Ancient City Part 2
In this episode of the Great Houses Forum, Gregory Treat continues the Ancient City Series with a deep dive into the six gentes maiores — the great patrician houses of...
13. The Ancient City Part 1
Host Gregory Treat launches a new series examining why Rome's greatest families produced so many exceptional men. Drawing on a childhood spent in his great-grandmother...
12. Churchill Aristocracy
Host Gregory Treat examines how John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, built one of Britain's most enduring aristocratic dynasties — not merely through battlef...