Living With The Gods Podcast
1) The Search for a State
Neil MacGregor continues his series on shared beliefs with a look at the attempts of some faiths to establish a state of their own. An over-printed coin from 2nd century Jerusalem tells of the failed...Show More
2) Introducing You're Dead To Me – Series 2
Greg Jenner introduces the new series of his BBC history podcast, You're Dead To Me.
3) Thank you
Neil MacGregor reflects on his 30-part series, Living With The Gods.
4) Living with Each Other
Neil MacGregor concludes his series on how shared beliefs have shaped societies. He began with the Lion Man, an object created 40 000 years ago, and now reflects on the present, on the future and on...Show More
5) Turning the Screw
Neil MacGregor continues his series on shared beliefs with a focus on those faiths seen as a threat to the state. A plain board, to be found on a 17th-century Japanese roadside, offers generous rewar...Show More
6) Living with No Gods
Neil MacGregor focuses on societies which aimed to live without religious beliefs. Neil examines a revolutionary clock, from around 1795, created in the wake of the French Revolution, and designed t...Show More
7) Ruling with the Gods
Neil MacGregor continues his series on shared beliefs with a focus on earthly rulers and the gods. Queens and kings may be priests of the gods, or their representatives. They may be incarnations - o...Show More
8) Gods Living Together
Neil MacGregor continues his series about the expression of shared beliefs with a focus on how faiths co-exist in India. Producer Paul Kobrak Produced in partnership with the British Museum Photogr...Show More
9) Global Gods, Local Needs
Neil MacGregor continues his series about the expression of shared beliefs with a focus on gods can reach new communities, and how those communities can then adapt and change the faiths. Producer Pa...Show More
10) The Other Side of the Leaf
Neil MacGregor continues his series about the expression of shared beliefs with a focus on societies who believe that they share the landscape with co-inhabitants who are not visible but are present. ...Show More