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Ancient Greek & Roman Medicine

You're Dead to Me

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The Ancient Olympics

You're Dead to Me is Elbyn Bragg's weekly knowledge quiz. Each week, she asks three expert academic guests to break down and illuminate everything from quantum gravity to the nature of humanity. This week we have Professor Kristi Ups and Sire in History Corner as well as Scupendus Stu Goldsmith in Comedy Corner. Do you know that there'll be no more total solar eclipses because the moon is gradually moving away from the earth? Or that during China's cultural revolution, people were arrested for bourgeois habits, like keeping a pet or wearing tight trousers? Join me next time as we promenade through the past with a brand new double act.

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