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 Mary Beard: Pompeii [31:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

How easy is it to get an insight into the life of the ancient Romans from a visit to the remains of Pompeii today? How much of what we see is even Roman, and how much is recent reconstruction?
What did the Romans really think about sex? And what did they believe in a world on […]

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 Alice Albinia: Empires of the Indus: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Monday night Alice Albinia won the Dolman Travel Book Prize for her book, Empires of the Indus, in which she traces her remarkable journey from the river delta near Karachi to its source in Tibet.
Just after the winner was announced, I spoke to Alice about her book. Click above to find out why the […]

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Burma’s military regime, the State Peace and Development Council, has if anything become more repressive since the scenes of confrontation which the world witnessed on its television screens during the saffron revolution of 2007.
In this month’s podcast, George Miller talks to journalist Rajeshree Sisodia about her article on contemporary Burma in the July edition of […]

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 Donna Dickenson: Body Shopping: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“This is what I think is really surprising to most people: you don’t actually own your body, in the sense that tissue taken from it and used afterwards is yours to use as you see fit.
“The law traditionally took the view that tissue, once it had left the body, was what was called ‘no one’s […]

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