ANCIENT GREECE: WORLD HISTORY AUDIO LINKS
"The
Spartans: Everything You Wanted To Know,"
History Extra, May 4, 2024. (49 mins)
"Episode
334 -- Athens And The Birth Of Democracy,"
The Rest Is History, May 2023. (53 mins)
"Lysistrata," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, April 1, 2024. (55 mins)
"Herodotus:
The Power And Peril Of Story,"
Ideas, CBC, March 1, 2024. (54 mins)
"Pythagoras,"
You're Dead To Me, BBC Radio 4, January 27, 2024. (58 mins)
"Sex
And Sparta,"
Episode 376, The Ancients, December 20, 2023.
"Sparta
Vs. Athens: The Greek World War,"
Episode 375, The Ancients, December 15, 2023.
"How
To Survive Sparta,"
Episode 374, The Ancients, December 14, 2023.
"The
Spartan Warrior,"
Episode 372, The Ancients, December 8, 2023.
"Origins
Of Sparta,"
Episode 370, The Ancients, December 1, 2023.
"Alexander
The Great's Biggest Battles,"
Episode 369, The Ancients, November 30, 2023.
"Episode
99 -- Marathon And The Rise Of Greece,"
Empire, November 2023. (42 mins)
"Episode
100 -- Thermopylae: Xerxes, Leonidas, And The 300,"
Empire, November 2023. (54 mins)
"Episode
101 -- Salamis: Athens' Revenge,"
Empire, November 2023. (46 mins)
"The
Murders Of Alexander The Great,"
Episode 357, The Ancients, October 21, 2023.
"Episode
330 -- Herodotus: The Birth Of History,"
The Rest Is History, May 2023. (51 mins)
"Athens:
Birthplace Of Democracy?,"
Episode 306, The Ancients, April 26, 2023.
"Knossos,"
Episode 305, The Ancients, April 22, 2023.
"Solon
The Lawgiver," In
Our Time, BBC Radio 4, March 23, 2023. (51 mins)
"The
Parthenon,"
Episode 278, The Ancients, January 18, 2023.
"The
Cynics: Counter-Culture From Ancient Greece,"
The Forum, BBC World Service, January 1, 2023. (40 mins)
"Demosthenes'
Philippics," In
Our Time, BBC Radio 4, November 17, 2022.
"March
Of The 10,000,"
Episode 250, The Ancients, October 5, 2022.
"The
Oracle Of Delphi,"
Episode 234, The Ancients, August 10, 2022.
"Sparta
And the Nazis,"
The Ancients, June 29, 2022.
"Homer,"
Episode 205, The Ancients, May 18, 2022.
"On
Olympia: James Romm and Thomas Jones,"
London Review Of Books Podcast, May 2022. (33 mins)
"Dogs
In Ancient Greek,"
Episode 190, The Ancients, March 30, 2022.
"Sappho:
the Poet From Lesbos,"
Episode 181, The Ancients, February 26, 2022.
"Homosexuality
And Ancient Greece,"
Episode 158, The Ancients, December 8, 2021.
"The
Legacy Of The Minoans,"
Episode 152, The Ancients, November 17, 2021.
"Episode
116 -- Alexander The Great, Part 1,"
The Rest Is History, November 2021. (55 mins)
"Episode
117 -- Alexander The Great, Part 2,"
The Rest Is History, November 2021. (56 mins)
"Alexander
The Great's Greatest Victory,"
Episode 141, The Ancients, October 9, 2021.
"Herodotus,"
In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, September 23, 2021. (52 mins)
"Episode
98 -- Thermopylae And Salamis, Episode 1,"
The Rest Is History, September 2021. (53 mins)
"Episode
99 -- Thermopylae And Salamis, Episode 2,"
The Rest Is History, September 2021. (56 mins)
"Episode
82 -- Sparta,"
The Rest Is History, August 2021. (62 mins)
"Life
In Sparta,"
Episode 112, The Ancients, July 21, 2021.
"The
Sacred Band Of Thebes,"
Episode 115, The Ancients, July 18, 2021.
"Carthage
Vs. Greeks?: The First Sicilian War,"
Episode 108, The Ancients, July 12, 2021.
"Episode
79 -- Ancient Olympics,"
The Rest Is History, July 2021. (54 mins)
"The
Truth About Spartan Society,"
Episode 102, The Ancients, June 28, 2021.
"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)
"Alexander
The Great's Persian Victory,"
Episode 91, The Ancients, May 26, 2021.
"Olympia:
The Golden Age,"
Episode 88, The Ancients, May 15, 2021.
"The
Rise Of Olympia,"
Episode 86, The Ancients, May 10, 2021.
"The
Sunday Read: 'He Wants To Save Classics From Whiteness; Can The Field
Survive?,'"
Daily, New York Times, May 2, 2021. (58 mins)
"The
Olympic Games,"
Episode 82, The Ancients, May 1, 2021.
"The
Legacy Of Thermopylae,"
Episode 78, The Ancients, April 17, 2021.
"Music
In Ancient Greece,"
Episode 72, The Ancients, March 27, 2021.
"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)
"Thucydides:
Thoughts On The Athenian Empire,"
Episode 42, The Ancients, December 16, 2020.
"Philip
And Alexander: Kings And Conquerors,"
Episode 22, The Ancients, November 5, 2020.
"Episode
6 -- Troy," The
Rest Is History, November 2020. (37 mins)
"Sophocles'
Lost Plays,"
Episode 17, The Ancients, October 17, 2020.
"Pericles,"
In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, September 17, 2020. (49 mins)
"The
Battle Of Salamis,"
Episode 21, The Ancients, September 14, 2020.
"Battle
Of Artemisium,"
Episode 13, The Ancients, August 22, 2020.
"Battle
Of Thermopylae,"
Episode 12, The Ancients, August 19, 2020.
"Plague
Of Athens,"
Episode 1, The Ancients, June 24, 2020.
"Thucydides, Part 2: Lessons From The Plague Of Athens," Ideas, CBC, June 23, 2020. (54 mins)
"Aesop
And The Fables,"
The Forum, BBC World Service, May 31, 2020. (44 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
Iliad," In Our
Time, BBC Radio 4, September 13, 2018. (48 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.
"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.
"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.
"Thucydides, Part 1: The First Journalist," Ideas, CBC, January 7, 2011. (54 mins)
"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.
"Greek Comedy," In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, July 13, 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.
:
"Ancient Olympics," BBC World Service. A
four-part series on the history of the Greek Games.