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Speaking to the Dead
By Doug Rooney and Will StaffordHistory
Speaking to the Dead episodes
- The Maori Magna Carta or The Treaty of Waitangi
Welcome to the fourth episode of Speaking to the Dead. Where Doug Rooney and Will Stafford read historic texts and put them in conversation with the modern-day. The only rule: the author must be dead!
In this episode, we are joined by the translator and writer of the Treaty of Waitangi. We consider the role of translators, British imperialism, and how our attitudes to treaties have changed.
45 min - The Maori Magna Carta or The Treaty of Waitangi
Welcome to the third episode of Speaking to the Dead. Where Doug Rooney and Will Stafford read historic texts and put them in conversation with the modern-day. The only rule: the author must be dead!
In this episode, we are joined by the translator and writer of the Treaty of Waitangi. We consider the role of translators, British imperialism, and how our attitudes to treaties have changed.
44 min - Witches, Fairies, Ghosts, and Mary (Halloween Special)
Join us for a bonus episode of speaking to the dead where Doug Rooney and Will Stafford trade stories of the supernatural and the impact of supernatural beliefs on our lives.
42 min - Theano and the Early Pythagoreans
Welcome to the third episode of Speaking to the Dead. Where Doug Rooney and Will Stafford read historic texts and put them in conversation with the modern-day. The only rule: the author must be dead!
In this episode, we are joined by Theano, an early disciple of Pythagoras, to hear what the Greeks have got wrong about her cult.
31 min - The Black Death
Welcome to the second episode of Speaking to the Dead. Where Doug Rooney and Will Stafford read historic texts and put them in conversation with the modern-day. The only rule: the author must be dead!
In this episode, we are joined by Gabriele de Mussis author of the Historia de Morbo, the tragic first European account of the black death.
41 min - The Sumerian Story of the First Text
Welcome to the first episode of Speaking to the Dead. Where Doug Rooney and Will Stafford read historic texts and put them in conversation with the modern-day. The only rule: the author must be dead!
In this episode, we start with the Sumerian story of the inversion of writing.
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Welcome to Speaking to the Dead. Where Doug Rooney and Will Stafford read historic texts and put them in conversation with the modern-day. The only rule: the author must be dead!