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On the Nature of Things

On the Nature of Things

A history podcast about people and nature. We investigate how the people of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland understood and engaged with the natural world, from 700 to 1700.

On the Nature of Things Podcast Guide

Listen to On the Nature of Things, a Society & Culture podcast by On the Nature of Things. Stream 6 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episodes

6 episodes are available for this podcast.

Episodes

6 episodes

The Harvest

Chloe Fairbanks and Mary Hitchman are joined by Anjali Vyas-Brannick (University of York) and Professor Marjorie Rubright (University of Mas...

00:45:19Aug 9, 2021

Trees

Chloe Fairbanks and Mary Hitchman are joined by Professor Emily Steiner (University of Pennsylvania) to discuss the practical and allegorica...

00:41:51Aug 2, 2021

Water

Chloe Fairbanks and Mary Hitchman are joined by Aylin Malcolm (University of Pennsylvania) and Dr Hillary Eklund (Loyola University New Orle...

00:47:09Jul 26, 2021

Magic

Dr Tabitha Stanmore (University of Bristol) joins Chloe Fairbanks and Mary Hitchman to unpick assumptions about medieval and early modern ma...

00:46:13Jul 19, 2021

The Cosmos

How did people think about the cosmos before space travel? Chloe Fairbanks and Mary Hitchman are joined by Aylin Malcolm (University of Penn...

00:45:00Jul 12, 2021

The Apocalypse

Chloe Fairbanks and Mary Hitchman are joined by Abi Bleach (University of Manchester) to discuss apocalyptic literature, climate crisis, and...

00:39:00Jul 5, 2021