The Classics Podcast
1) Classics & Careers S3, E3: Scott Handcock (Director & Producer)
Scott Handcock is a TV and audio producer, writer, and director. Having recently worked as Assistant Producer on the BBC's 'The War Between the Land and the Sea', he has been Script Editor for Doctor ...Show More
2) Classics & Careers S3, E2: Kamila Shamsie (Author of Home Fire)
In this episode, Katrina is joined by Kamila Shamsie, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and award-winning novelist, including of Home Fire, for which she won the Women’s Prize for Fiction and ...Show More
3) Classics & Careers S3, E1: David Harry (Tour Guide and Magician)
Meet David Harry, aka 'The London Spy' and 'The Delusionist', a former Vice President of Deutsche Bank who went from photocopy-boy to member of the Magic Circle and social media star via ancient trade...Show More
4) TCP Talking Disability: Dyslexia and Classics
Joining Dr Chella Ward this week are Dr Marcus Bell and Ronnais Lloyd to explore how dyslexia and learning difference has influenced their studies of the ancient past. This UK Disability History Month...Show More
5) TCP Talking Disability: Neurodiversity and Classics
Joining Dr Chella Ward this week are Annis Wiltshire and Dr Ellie Mackin-Roberts for an episode of Talking Disability on autism and neurodivergence. They discuss ancient sensory experiences, retrospec...Show More
6) TCP Talking Disability: Cerebral Palsy and Classics
Join Dr Chella Ward and her two guests, Alexandra and Danny, in this first episode of our Talking Disability mini-series, launching this UK Disability History Month, exploring experiences of disabilit...Show More
7) Virgil's Aeneid: BONUS with Prof. Llewelyn Morgan
We lied - there's one final episode of the series and it's a special one with Oxford don and Virgil super expert, Prof. Morgan. Find out what he thinks about our traitor theories and Aeneas' character...Show More
8) Virgil's Aeneid: Ep. 12 fidus (Summary & Book 3)
Our final episode has a summary of the series to date and then jumps into Book 3 as Katrina explains why 'The Wanderings' is a bit of a misnomer, and Caroline takes us through the smellscape of Aeneas...Show More
9) Virgil's Aeneid: Ep. 11 - The Colour Purple
Virgil's Purple Prose? No, definitely not, but the Aeneid is replete with interesting uses of the word 'purpureus' and in this episode we look at purple as a colour of beauty, death, danger and erotic...Show More
10) Virgil's Aeneid: Ep. 10 Lacrimae (Book 12)
Is the Aeneid fundamentally a melancholy poem? We revisit the Optimists and Pessimists whilst looking at examples of 'tears' and weeping, learning about the scholar Adam Parry, exploring Virgil’s use ...Show More