Stephen Greenblatt discusses “Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare” with host Richard Wolinsky, from 2005.
Guest: Emily Hauser is a senior lecturer in classics and ancient history at the University of Exeter, UK. She is the author of three novels reimagining the women of Greek myth: For the Most Beautiful, For the Winner, and For the Immortal. She is also the author of How Women Became Poets, and most recently, of Penelope’s Bones: A New History of … Continued
Guest: Robert Kanigel is Professor Emeritus of Science Writing at MIT and the author of several books for which he has received many awards, including a Guggenheim fellowship and an NEH “Public Scholar” grant. His book The Man Who Knew Infinity was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; … Continued
Guest: Paul Cartledge is A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Democracy: A Life.
Guest: Daisy Dunn is an award-winning classicist and the author of The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World. Her website is www.daisydunn.co.uk.
Guest: Sarah Teets holds a PhD in Classics from the University of Virginia and an MA in Classics from the University of Colorado, Boulder
Guest: Armand D’Angour is a British classical scholar and classical musician, Associate Professor of Classics at Oxford University, and is a Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Jesus College, Oxford. He authored several books, including The Greeks and the New: Novelty in Ancient Greek Imagination and Experience as well as his latest book Socrates in … Continued
Host Max Pringle speaks with historian and author James Oakes about his latest book: “Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Anti-Slavery Constitution.”
Guest: A. C. Grayling is Professor of Philosophy and Master of the New College of the Humanities, London, and author of the book Democracy and Its Crisis.
Guest: Reza Zarghamee is and environmental lawyer and history author. He is the author of acclaimed book Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World (Iran’s Age of Empire).