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The Civilisations Podcast

The podcast companion to the series exploring thousands of years of visual culture.

Radio,11 episodes

Episodes

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Welcome to The Civilisations Podcast
Welcome to this new 91�ȱ� podcast.
1 min01 Mar 2018
Episode 1: Saving Mummies Under Sniper Fire and Ice Age Art
Viv Jones presents stories inspired by the first episode of the Civilisations series.
28 mins01 Mar 2018
Episode 2: Mary Beard, David Attenborough and Janina Ramirez
Mary Beard talks to Viv Jones about the making of Civilisations.
32 mins08 Mar 2018
Episode 3: Ansel Adams and Escapist Prison Landscapes
Viv Jones talks to artist Alyse Emdur and environmental writer Kenneth Brower
24 mins15 Mar 2018
Episode 4: Mary Beard, and Brian Dillon on Ruin Lust
Mary Beard on religion and art, and Brian Dillon on the attraction of ruined places
24 mins22 Mar 2018
Episode 5: Caravaggio
The tempestuous life and provocative paintings of Caravaggio
20 mins29 Mar 2018
Episode 6: How Civilisations Collapse and Understanding the Aztecs
Why do civilisations collapse? Plus the real history of the misunderstood Aztecs.
32 mins05 Apr 2018
Episode 7: Colourful Stories
Divine, bizarre and gruesome pigments, and the colourful life of a Paris paint dealer
23 mins12 Apr 2018
Episode 8: Matika Wilbur, Chip Colwell and Ernest House Jr.
Stories about people who are changing the way the world sees Native Americans
33 mins19 Apr 2018
Episode 9: Simon Schama
Simon Schama talks to Viv Jones about the making of Civilisations
27 mins26 Apr 2018
Episode 10: David Olusoga
David Olusoga talks to Viv Jones about the making of Civilisations
30 mins03 May 2018