Episodes by Circa

The story of Atiśa, the 11th-century Bengali scholar whose lifelong search for truth took him from India to Sumatra to Tibet.

Al-Biruni's journey from conqueror to student reveals how genuine curiosity across cultural divides can build bridges in a fractured world.

Lubna of Córdoba rose from enslavement to lead a world-class library, showing how education, dignity, and the stewardship of knowledge can change civilization.

An intimate journey into how Caliph al-Hakam II's devotion to preserving knowledge quietly shaped the modern world we live in today.

The untold story of how Islamic Spain preserved and transmitted the knowledge that made the European Renaissance possible---featuring libraries, translators, and surprisingly, sheep.

A gentle story of Hasdai ibn Shaprut and how quiet bridge-building across cultures helps civilization grow.

Harmonia tells the story of al-Hallaj, the Sufi mystic executed in 922 CE whose witness lit a fire that outlasted an empire.

An exploration of Kumudendu Muni and the quiet discipline of preserving meaning beyond words.

Harmonia visits ninth-century Baghdad and the physician who believed that knowledge was a form of care --- and that care was owed to everyone.

The story of how Islam, translation, and durable materials preserved ancient knowledge and carried it across centuries of collapse.

Harmonia guides you to medieval Fez, where Fatima al-Fihri-legendary founder of the Qarawiyyin Mosque and University-transformed her inheritance into a living gift for generations.

Through turmoil, exile, and the fierce storms of authority, Photios guarded the fragile flame of faith and learning.

Harmonia returns to 8th-century Japan to witness the arrival of the Lotus Sutra-not as a conquest, but as a quiet revolution.

Alcuin of York preserved Western learning during the Dark Ages and established education as essential civilizational infrastructure.

we journey to 8th-century Basra to meet Rbia al-Adawiyya, the mystic who carried a torch and a bucket through the night, vowing to set fire to heaven and extinguish hell.

The story of Ibrahim ibn Adham, the 8th-century king of Balkh who abandoned his throne to become a wandering Sufi mystic.

Adi Shankara taught that all spiritual traditions are facets of one diamond --- and the world is only now beginning to understand what he meant.

Wasil ibn Ata founded Islamic rational theology in 8th century Basra, insisting that reason is humanity's sacred gift and faith's finest instrument.

How one woman's faithful memory became a load-bearing wall in over a thousand years of Islamic law.

An exploration of Hasan al-Basri, a voice of conscience who challenged the misuse of religious language in the pursuit of power.

a Chinese Buddhist monk named Xuanzang risked everything to seek the origin of his faith.

A lighthearted exploration of Isidore of Seville, whose love of collecting knowledge made him an unlikely patron of computer programmers and a quiet hero of shared memory.

St Gall's hermitage became a 1,300-year library. What are we preserving that will last as long?

Æthelberht of Kent wrote mercy into English law in 600 AD --- and the threshold sanctuary created has never fully disappeared.

St. Catherine's - a quiet sanctuary where monks copied sacred texts through centuries of silence