Podcast Episodes
Back to Search133. Taste, meals, and food culture, with Adam Morin
A conversation with Adam Morin (University of Ioannina) about categories of taste, the meal structure, and the food and ingredients that east Romans ate. What foods were prized and what looked down u…
Published on 7 months ago
132. Who was Allah before Islam?, with Ahmad Al-Jallad
A conversation with Ahmad Al-Jallad (The Ohio State University) about the languages and inscriptions of pre-Islamic Arabia, our main contemporary source for life, death, and worship before the time o…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
131. To Miklagarðr and back again: Varangians return from Constantinople, with Sverrir Jakobsson
A conversation with Sverrir Jakobsson (University of Iceland) about the experiences of Northmen -- especially Varangians -- who traveled to Constantinople and the south and returned home with stories…
Published on 8 months ago
130. A conversation with Johanna Hanink on Greek literature, on publishing in a new field, and on podcasting
A conversation with Johanna Hanink (Brown University) on Greek literature (ancient, modern, and in-between), on publishing outside one's main area of academic expertise, and on podcasting. Johanna is…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
129: Labor organizations and collective action, with Sarah Bond
A conversation with Sarah Bond (University of Iowa) about organized labor groups in the Roman empire. Ancient occupational groups often formed associations (sometimes called collegia) which are often…
Published on 9 months ago
128. Constantinople as seen by its inhabitants, with Paul Magdalino
A conversation with Paul Magdalino (St. Andrews and Koç University) about the literary traditions and genres that Constantinopolitans developed to talk about the origins, history, cosmic importance, …
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
127. The genetic history of Rome, with Hannah Moots
A conversation with Hannah Moots (Center for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm) about paleogenetic research, its goals, methods, and conclusions. What does it mean to study ancient DNA, and what does it tell…
Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago
126. Can scholars and clerics be manly?, with Maroula Perisanidi
A conversation with Maroula Perisanidi (University of Leeds) about the distinctive kind of masculinity that was fashioned by scholars and priests in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the challenges…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
125. Souvenirs and city branding in the experience of the Roman world, with Maggie Popkin
A conversation with Maggie Popkin (Case Western Reserve University) about souvenirs in the Roman world, how they tie in with city identities and city branding, and the experience of travel. These por…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
124. Shadow empires, with Thomas Barfield
A conversation with Thomas Barfield (Boston University) about a distinctive category of empires that he has proposed in a new book, Shadow Empires: An Alternative Imperial History (Princeton Universi…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago