<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Alex Petkas on Podcast To Books</title><link>https://mcaneff.github.io/podcasts-to-books/guests/alex-petkas/</link><description>Recent content in Alex Petkas on Podcast To Books</description><generator>Hugo -- 0.145.0</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://mcaneff.github.io/podcasts-to-books/guests/alex-petkas/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The Rise of History’s Greatest Emperor: An Untold Story - Alex Petkas - #1085</title><link>https://mcaneff.github.io/podcasts-to-books/chris-williamson/the-rise-of-historys-greatest-emperor-an-untold-story-alex-petkas-1085/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://mcaneff.github.io/podcasts-to-books/chris-williamson/the-rise-of-historys-greatest-emperor-an-untold-story-alex-petkas-1085/</guid><description>&lt;p>Alex Petkas is a historian, writer, and podcaster.&lt;/p>
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&lt;h2 id="mentioned-books">Mentioned Books&lt;/h2>
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&lt;a class="episode-book-cover" href="https://mcaneff.github.io/podcasts-to-books/books/cyropaedia-xenophon/">&lt;img src="https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6062894-M.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" width="80" height="120">
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&lt;div class="episode-book-title">&lt;a href="https://mcaneff.github.io/podcasts-to-books/books/cyropaedia-xenophon/">Cyropaedia&lt;/a> &lt;span class="episode-book-author">by Xenophon&lt;/span>&lt;/div>
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&lt;a class="episode-book-cover" href="https://mcaneff.github.io/podcasts-to-books/books/on-the-advantage-and-disadvantage-of-history-for-life-nietzsche/">&lt;img src="https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/4788370-M.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" width="80" height="120">
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&lt;div class="episode-book-title">&lt;a href="https://mcaneff.github.io/podcasts-to-books/books/on-the-advantage-and-disadvantage-of-history-for-life-nietzsche/">On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life&lt;/a> &lt;span class="episode-book-author">by Nietzsche&lt;/span>&lt;/div>&lt;blockquote class="mention-quote">“by Nietzsche one of his early books that and I&amp;#39;d read some Nietzsche before It&amp;#39;s called on the advantage and disadvantage of history for life and Nietzsche talks in there about”&lt;/blockquote>
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