Mary Beard

58 Podcast Episodes

Welcome to Being Roman with Mary Beard

Welcome to Being Roman with Mary Beard

Beneath starched Shakespearean togas and the pungent fug of gladiator sweat there are real Romans waiting to be discover... Read more

1 Nov 2023

2mins

The Book Club: Mary Beard

The Book Club: Mary Beard

My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the writer, broadcaster and academic Mary Beard. In her new book, Emperor o... Read more

27 Sep 2023

47mins

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La Entrevista | Mary Beard: "La mayoría de nosotros habría agachado la cabeza durante la ocupación nazi, aunque creamos lo contrario"

La Entrevista | Mary Beard: "La mayoría de nosotros habría agachado la cabeza durante la ocupación nazi, aunque creamos lo contrario"

Mary Beard lleva toda la vida estudiando los aspectos más sorprendentes de la Antigüedad, pero también los más cotidiano... Read more

1 Apr 2023

31mins

Greece vs Rome, with Boris Johnson and Mary Beard

Greece vs Rome, with Boris Johnson and Mary Beard

In 2015, Intelligence Squared staged the ultimate clash of civilisations: Greece vs Rome. Boris Johnson, at that time Ma... Read more

19 Mar 2023

1hr 7mins

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Mary Beard on Women and Power in Western Culture

Mary Beard on Women and Power in Western Culture

This week we explore the ways Western culture has depicted powerful women down the ages. To what extent have they been p... Read more

7 Mar 2023

1hr 5mins

Mary Beard on Women and Power in Western Culture

Mary Beard on Women and Power in Western Culture

How has Western culture depicted powerful women down the ages? To what extent have they been packaged into a male templa... Read more

3 Mar 2023

1hr 4mins

AQ: Professor Mary Beard, Sir Rocco Forte, Robert Halfon MP, Steve Reed MP

AQ: Professor Mary Beard, Sir Rocco Forte, Robert Halfon MP, Steve Reed MP

Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Fowlmere Village Hall in Cambridgeshire

17 Feb 2023

46mins

Book Club - Mary Beard’s Women and Power

Book Club - Mary Beard’s Women and Power

Today I’d like to bring you something different from our usual fare of Australian novel’s. As I mentioned last week, the... Read more

8 Feb 2023

5mins

Prepare for Battle With Mary Beard

Prepare for Battle With Mary Beard

Think history only lives in books? Let Mary Beard change your mind on a magical history tour around Kent and East Sussex... Read more

13 Jan 2023

29mins

Mary Beard & Julia Gillard on the 10-year anniversary of the misogyny speech

Mary Beard & Julia Gillard on the 10-year anniversary of the misogyny speech

On 9 October 2012, Julia Gillard stood in Parliament House and delivered one of the most impassioned and iconic speeches... Read more

17 Nov 2022

45mins

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