Emperors & Scandals in Ancient Rome with Mary Beard
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
07/05/24
•47m
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What happens at a Roman emperor's dinner party? Why would you be lucky to get out alive? And how are emperors even chosen?
Joining Kate today is the one, the only Mary Beard, to take us back to Ancient Rome and help separate the facts from the myths.
Mary's latest book, Emperor of Rome, is out now in paperback.This episode was edited and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.
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In this episode, Kate's exploring the notorious Profumo affair of the early 1960s and the Thorpe Affair of the 1970s.
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Joining Kate today is Richard Davenport-Hines, author of An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo to find out more about them.
This episode was edited and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.
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•40m
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Joining Kate today to explore this time is Peter Parker, author of Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959.
This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.
Voting is open for the Listener's Choice Award at the British Podcast Awards, so if you enjoy what we're doing, we'd love it if you took a quick follow this link and click on Betwixt the Sheets: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting
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