Classics Podcasting

Podcasts are a great way to do some ‘passive’ learning and to explore your own interests. Please do let me know if you find anything else which you've enjoyed. 

Contents

1. General

2. Greece

3. Rome

General 

• https://classicalstudies.org/blogs/podcasts  - A general guide to Classics podcasting

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01h9vvk ; https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01hb0h8 – links to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome topics on In Our Time, which is scholarly but again very understandable. All major authors feature, but keep an eye out too for conceptual episodes e.g. ‘The Epic’, ‘Heroism’.

• http://literatureandhistory.com/ - Detailed and lengthy episodes (up to 2 hours, but still accessible) on major works of Classical Literature (including, the Odyssey, Iliad, Aeneid and Greek tragedies). Also has quizzes on each episode to wile away the dying days of winter.
• https://ancientblogger.libsyn.com/ Ancient History Hound, light and easy podcast often on less well covered bits of ancient Greece and Rome (e.g. pets!) as well as e.g. episodes on the Fall of Troy

Greece 

• http://greecepodcast.com/ - Ancient Greece Declassified. Episodes on particular topics with scholars. Excellent episodes on Greek Tragedy and Greek comedy. 

Rome

• https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGF0cm9iZS5lZHUuYXUvbWFya2V0aW5nL2Fzc2V0cy9wb2RjYXN0cy9yc3NmZWVkcy9jYWVzYXIueG1s&ved=0CAAQ4aUDahcKEwjgr4ONle_nAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ&hl=en-GB  Emperors of Rome – but actually about all things Roman, includes episodes on Augustus and Vergil. The duo have another podcast called ‘When In Rome’ which focuses on buildings and monuments, a useful episode for A Level Class Civ is the one on the Ara Pacis. Both series are much ‘lighter’, very informative but presented in a relaxed/fun way.