ANCIENT GREECE: WORLD HISTORY AUDIO LINKS


"On Olympia: James Romm and Thomas Jones," London Review Of Books Podcast, May 2022.  (33 mins)

"The Spartans," You're Dead To Me, BBC Radio 4, June 19, 2021.  (47 mins)

"The Battle Of Salamis," You're Dead To Me, BBC Radio 4, May 29, 2021.  (55 mins)

  "The Sunday Read: 'He Wants To Save Classics From Whiteness; Can The Field Survive?,'" Daily, New York Times, May 2, 2021.  (58 mins)

"Ancient Greek And Roman Medicine," You're Dead To Me, BBC Radio 4, February 5, 2021.  (57 mins)

  "Eleusinian Mysteries: Secret Ceremonies Promising Happiness," The Forum, BBC World Service, January 31, 2021.  (40 mins)

  "Pericles," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, September 17, 2020.  (49 mins)

"The Ancient Olympics," You're Dead To Me, BBC Radio 4, March 6, 2020.  (48 mins)

  "Could An Ancient Athenian Fix Britain," BBC Radio 4:

Episode 1: Know Thyself, December 30, 2019.  (14 mins)

Episode 2: Lots Of Potential, December 31, 2019.  (14 mins)

Episode 3: How Much Is Too Much?, January 1, 2020.  (14 mins)

Episode 4: Troubleshooting, January 2, 2020.  (14 mins)

Episode 5: Leading Questions, January 3, 2020.  (14 mins)

  "The Spartans: Ancient Greece's Fighting Machine," Forum, BBC World Service, July 28, 2019.  (44 mins)

  "The Mytilenaean Debate," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, June 20, 2019.  (54 mins)

  "Aristotle's Biology," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, February 7, 2019.  (50 mins)

  "The Acropolis: Cradle Of Democracy," Forum, BBC World Service, August 28, 2018.  (41 mins)

  "Justin Marozzi On Herodotus," Great Lives, BBC Radio 4, January 19, 2018.

  "Sappho," Great Lives, BBC Radio 4, January 12, 2018.

  "Thebes," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, November 23, 2017.

  "Plato's Republic," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, June 29, 2017.

  "The Battle Of Salamis," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, March 23, 2017.

  "Zeno's Paradoxes," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, September 22, 2016.

  "To Rebrand Itself, Greece Digs Deep Into Its Cultural DNA," All Things Considered, NPR, July 22, 2016.

"The Ark -- Delphic Oracle," Sunday Nights, ABC, July 17, 2016.

  "Euclid's Elements," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, April 28, 2016.

  "Alexander The Great," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, October 1, 2015.

  "Sappho," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, April 9, 2015.

  "Thucydides," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, January 29, 2015.

  "Aristotle And The Invention Of Science," On Point, WBUR, November 26, 2014.

  Adrienne Clarkson, "The Glory That Was Greece," Lecture 2, Belonging: The Paradox Of Citizenship, 2014 CBC Massey Lectures, November 11, 2014.

"Alexander The Great," Great Lives, BBC Radio 4, August 15, 2014.

  "Strabo's Geographica," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, April 10, 2014.

  "Plato's Symposium," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, January 2, 2014.

"The Games Of Olympia," Ideas, CBC, February 7, 2013.

  "Heraclitus," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, December 8, 2011.

  "Ptolemy And Ancient Astronomy," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, November 17, 2011.

  "The Hippocratic Oath," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, September 15, 2011.

  "The Minoan Civilisation," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, July 7, 2011.

  "Xenophon," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, May 26, 2011.

  "The 'Clash' At Marathon Shaped Greece, And The West," Talk Of The Nation, NPR, April 25, 2011.

  "The Delphic Oracle," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, September 30, 2010.

  "Victory At Marathon Saved A Lot More Than A Race," All Things Considered, NPR, September 4, 2010.

  "Was Ancient Historian One Of The First Spin Doctors?," All Things Considered, NPR, December 13, 2009.

  "Pythagoras," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, December 10, 2009.

  "Sparta," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, November 19, 2009.

  "The School Of Athens," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, March 26, 2009.

 "The Library Of Alexandria," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, March 12, 2009.

  "Aristotle's 'Politics,'" In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, November 6, 2008.

  "Socrates," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, September 27, 2007.

"The Ark: New Light On The Greek Dark Age," Sunday Nights, ABC Local, August 12, 2007.

"A Critical View Of Miller's Blockbuster '300,'" Talk Of The Nation, NPR, March 12, 2007.

  "Archimedes," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, January 25, 2007.

"A Greek View Of War's Tragedy: 'The Persians,'" Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, September 23, 2006.

  "Strauss Offers Fresh Look At 'Trojan War,'" Talk Of The Nation, NPR, September 21, 2006.

  "The Oath," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, January 5, 2006.

  "'A War Like No Other,'" Talk Of The Nation, November 14, 2005.

  "Cynicism," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, October 20, 2005.

  "Why The Greeks Matter," Talk Of The Nation, August 2, 2004.

"Unearthing The First Olympics," NPR Morning Edition, July 19, 2004.

  "A Look At The 'Naked Olympics,'" Talk Of The Nation, June 9, 2004.

"Ancient Sparta And The U.S. War Against Terrorism," Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, March 13, 2004.

  "The Battle Of Thermopylae," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, February 5, 2004.

"How The Ancients Voted," Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR, January 24, 2004.

  "The Peloponnesian War," Talk Of The Nation, May 14, 2003.

"Alexander The Great," What If, BBC Radio 4, April 10, 2003.

  "Olympics History," Talk Of The Nation, July 29, 1996.

  : "Ancient Olympics," BBC World Service.  A four-part series on the history of the Greek Games.


 

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