The world of sports has long been a contested playing field for social change. On today’s episode, we discuss the lives, careers, and lasting legacies on and off the tennis courts of two great women athletes—Althea Gibson and Billie Jean King. 

First, we welcomed Ashley Brown, the author of Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson, to speak about the barrier breaking tennis player and golfer. We then interviewed Susan Ware, the author of "American Women: A Concise History," "American Women’s History: A Very Short Introduction," and "Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women’s Sports" (published by UNC Press), who shared with us how King leveraged her career as a form of activism for gender equality, and discussed how sports have changed for women athletes in the years since.

For more information on:
“Serving Herself”: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/women-in-the-workforce-9780190093389
“American Women: A Concise History”: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/american-women-9780197522349
“American Women’s History: A Very Short Introduction”: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/american-womens-history-a-very-short-introduction-9780199328338
“Game, Set, Match”: https://academic.oup.com/north-carolina-scholarship-online/book/20655

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Women in Sports: Althea Gibson, Billie Jean King, & Their Legacies - Episode 80 - The Oxford Comment

In this episode Sofia takes us on a journey through the world of Seneca's tragedies. 

Transcription link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/episode_2_ucl_podcast.docx

Date of episode recording: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:23:42
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Mateen Arghandehpour
Guests: Sofia Bongiovanni
Producer: Sofia Bongiovanni

Season 1: Violence in Seneca the Younger

In this episode, Melissa explores the reception of Homer and Virgil, and the concept of 'family' in their epics, in 20th-century Germany and France.

Transcription link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/family_in_broch_and_giraudouxs_receptions_of_the_homeric_and_virgilian_epics_transcript.docx

Date of episode recording: 2021-06-28T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:20:43
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Sofia Bongiovanni
Guests: Melissa Pires da Silva
Producer: Sofia Bongiovanni

Season 1: 'Family' in Broch and Giraudoux's receptions of the Homeric and Virgilian epics

In this episode, Marta speaks about the political dimensions and implications, past and present, of Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things.

Transcription link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/marta_podcast_transcription_revised.docx

Date of episode recording: 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:20:06
Language of episode: 00:20:06
Presenter:Giovanna Di Martino
Guests: Marta Martín Díaz
Producer: Sofia Bongiovanni

Season 1: Lucretius' De Rerum Natura

(Mis)understanding heroes: from Achilles to Superman In this episode, we embark on an exciting journey as Antony bills Achilles alongside Superman.

Transcript link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/makrinospodcasttranscript.docx

Date of episode recording: 2021-11-25T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:30:11
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Mateen Arghandehpour
Guests: Dr. Antony Makrinos
Producer: Sofia Bongiovanni

Season 1: (Mis)understanding heroes: from Achilles to Superman

Season Two begins with a discussion with Prof. Phiroze Vasunia who talks about his new inter-institution research project ‘Comparative Classics, Greece, Rome, and India’. You can see more about Prof. Vasunia at the Departmental People page and more on the project is situated on the Departmental Research pages. 

Transcript link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/phiroze_podcast_transcript.docx

Date of episode recording: 2022-01-13T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:30:14
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Mélissa Pires Da Silva
Guests: Prof. Phiroze Vasunia
Producer: Giovanna Di Martino

Season 2: Comparative Classics: Greece, Rome, and India

In the Second Episode of Season Two Professor Mark Weeden talks about his current research across the Cuneiform World from hieroglyphic inscriptions discovered in Turkey to cuneiform tablets found in Iraq. You can see more about Prof. Weeden at the Departmental People page.

Transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/markweedentranscript.docx

Date of episode recording: 2022-03-13T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:27:20
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Sofia Bongiovanni
Guests: Dr. Mark Weeden
Producer: Mélissa Pires Da Silva

Season 2: The History and Literature of the Cuneiform World

Maddalena Italia & Mélissa Pires Da Silva: On Sanskrit Erotic Poetry 

Date of episode recording: 2023-11-23T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:29:32
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Melissa Pires Da Silva
Guests: Maddalena Italia
Producer: Melissa Pires Da Silv

Season 2: Maddalena Italia & Mélissa Pires Da Silva: On Sanskrit Erotic Poetry

Maddalena Italia & Mélissa Pires Da Silva: On Sanskrit Erotic Poetry 

Date of episode recording: 2023-11-23T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:29:32
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Melissa Pires Da Silva
Guests: Maddalena Italia
Producer: Melissa Pires Da Silva

In this episode, Dr. David Bishop, a Specialist Anesthesiologist and Head of the Clinical Unit of Anaesthesia at Edendale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg talks about a vital topic and his recent publication, Tranexamic acid at cesarean delivery: drug-error deaths.



Tranexamic acid at cesarean delivery: drug-error deaths

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36300729/

Spinal tranexamic acid - a new killer in town

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30985919/

 

YouTube publication (Tranexamic acid during CS: Drug error warning (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeFtFWeMwkw&t=184s)



Effect of early tranexamic acid administration on mortality, hysterectomy, and other morbidities in women with post-partum haemorrhage (WOMAN): an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28456509/

Tranexamic Acid: Drug error deaths

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