BGS Classics Podcast

About BGS Classics Podcast

A podcast designed to help you learn and revise for your Latin, Greek and Class Civ courses. So far, we have: 1. GCSE Class Civ: Myth and Religion 2. GCSE Class Civ: Homeric World 3. A level Class Civ: Love and Relationships 4. A level Class Civ: Invention of the Barbarian 5. "Jumping off points": special guests join us to talk about Classical Civilisation and the multiplicity of links to the rest of history, literature, religion, and society.

Publisher

Mr Keen and Mr Watkins

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Feb 2020

Latest episode

1 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Apr 2025

   Special Guest: Charlie Pearson on the Persian Wars, the Crusades, and the role of conflict in shaping cultural identity

   Historian Charlie Pearson joins hosts Andy Keen and Dan Watkins to analyze the Persian Wars and Crusades, revealing conflict's impact on cultural identity in this interview.

2. 

   25 Mar 2025

   Special Guest: Colin Wadey on the nature of religion in the ancient and modern world

   Colin Wadey, Philosophy and Ethics teacher, examines ancient Greek and Roman polytheism alongside modern monotheistic traditions in a discussion about the nature of religion with hosts Andy Keen and Dan Watkins in this interview.

3. 

   18 Mar 2025

   Special Guest: Eva Yemenakis on Sappho, Ovid, meaning and context in literature

   English teacher Eva Yemenakis joins Dan Watkins and Andy Keen to analyze Sappho and Ovid, discussing their influence, interpretation, and parallels with Emily Dickinson in this interview.

Who has been a guest on BGS Classics Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Charlie Pearson
• Colin Wadey
• Eva Yemenakis
• David Briggs

Podcast Authority Score: 16 / 100

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