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Prof. Richard Alston appears on new classical world podcast, Ithaca Bound

  • Date30 March 2021

Just before Easter, a new podcast series was launched, Ithaca Bound, featuring our very own Richard Alston.

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The podcast series has ambitions to cover aspects of Mediterranean history from the earliest times to the 1770s. It is run by a Canadian journalist and writer, Andrew Schiestel, and currently features podcasts on the Titans, Hittites, Hieroglyphs, Phoenicians, Mycenaeans, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Fall of the Roman Republic (Richard’s contribution), with plans for much, much more to come.

The podcasts are available through the major providers, such as Apple, Amazon, etc. and at https://ithacabound.com/blogs/podcast

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