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Jim Foster: Conversations On The CoastSacred Hearts by Sarah DunantSarah Dunant, author of "Sacred Hearts," reads an excerpt from her novel in which the young main character, Serafina, starts to find her voice within the confines of an Italian convent in the year 1570 and makes her plans to escape. The full interview from a 2009 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be heard now wherever you get your podcasts. Photo: sarahdunant.com 2025-04-1303 min

The Boundless PodcastSarah Dunant on furry friends through historyWhen Sarah Dunant was writing her most recent historical novel, she had a character who was tough to crack. Isabella D’Este, a 16th century Italian noblewoman, had no obvious softness or humanity, and then Sarah – a bestselling novelist and cultural commentator – discovered her fondness for little dogs.Erica talks to Sarah about the ways in which understanding relationships that people had with dogs historically gives an incredibly rich window into the past. From horse culture to pig rearing, the history of humankind is almost all there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...2025-03-1230 min

A Point of ViewDebating the American FutureAs America gears up for next week's debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Sarah Dunant looks at the seismic shift in sexual politics in the US since Trump debated with Hillary Clinton. 'Looming, threatening, even the word stalking was used' to describe that encounter, Sarah remembers. But when this presidential debate gets underway in the early hours of Wednesday morning UK time, Sarah thinks it will be a very different story. 'An encounter worth losing sleep for,' she reckons. Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman ...2024-09-0610 min

A Point of ViewNo Country for Old MenSarah Dunant argues that Joe Biden's refusal to understand his moment in history is forcing the nation to confront the fact that she is no longer young. 'In the relatively short history of America from new country to super power,' writes Sarah, 'she has always - even when she behaves badly - projected an aura of self confidence, a vitality, almost cocky certainty that we associate with youth. And for the longest time, it made for an optimism, a sense of can do, that sometimes felt like manifest destiny.' That, Sarah argues, is...2024-07-1210 min

SteilpassSteilpass auf Frauen- und Menschenrechte mit Khalida Popal (Afghanistan) und Mayi Cruz Blanco (FIFA)In dieser Spezialfolge treffen die afghanischen Fußballerin und Aktivistin Khalida Popal und Mayi Cruz Blanco von der FIFA zusammen. Sie sprechen über Fussball, Frauenrechte und Bildung.Khalida Popal hat das erste afghanische Frauen-Nationalteam gegründet und kürzlich das Buch "My Beautiful Sisters" veröffentlicht. Mayi Cruz Blanco, setzt sich für Gleichberechtigung im Sport ein.[00:10:42] Fussball als Bildungserlebnis[00:16:40] Fussball in Afghanistan[00:22:13] Fussball für Frauenrechte[00:29:13] Die Situation in Afghanistan.[00:39:47] Menschenrechtsbewegung im Sport[00:44:15] Männerfussball unterstützt Frauenfussball[00:53:47] Frauenfussball und Gleichberechtigung[01:04...2024-07-011h 07

Siege der Medizin | Der medizinhistorische Podcast"Tutti Fratelli" – Henry Dunant und die Geburtsstunde des Roten Kreuzes 1859 macht sich ein Schweizer Geschäftsmann auf den Weg zu Napoleon III., um geschäftliche Angelegenheiten zu besprechen. Stattdessen gründet er die größte und wichtigste medizinische und humanitäre Organisation der Welt. Er setzt sich ein für mehr Menschlichkeit im Krieg, zahlt selbst aber einen hohen Preis. Andrea Sawatzki erzählt in dieser Episode die Geschichte von Henry Dunant und der Gründung des Internationalen Komitees des Roten Kreuzes. Experte in dieser Folge: Rainer Schlösser. Mehr Infos: https://www.romanistik.uni-jena.de/institut/personal/professor-innen-im-ruhestand/schloesser-rainer-prof-dr Dieser Podcast dreht sich um die größte...2024-06-1947 min

Opening Lines& Other Stories: Daphne du Maurier - Episode 2John Yorke digs under the surface of two more of Daphne du Maurier’s short stories, both of which once again reveal how deftly she marries psychological understanding with compelling narratives. The Blue Lenses, published in 1959, and The Little Photographer (1952) are both preoccupied with ‘seeing’ and how a lens can reveal a truth that might have otherwise been hidden. Du Maurier’s characteristic themes of truth, deception, jealousy and obsession thread themselves through these stories and John teases out the experiences in du Maurier’s own life that underpinned her writing. John Yorke has worked in televis...2024-03-0314 min

Opening Lines& Other Stories: Daphne du Maurier - Episode 1In 1971, Daphne du Maurier published Don’t Look Now and it was to become a landmark in the development of the psychological thriller. Du Maurier was an extraordinarily prolific writer producing a string of bestselling novels such as Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, but it’s in her short stories that we find her darkest and most disturbing work. In Don’t Look Now, a couple visit Venice trying to come to terms with the grief of losing their daughter. A blind psychic tells them she can see their daughter and she is trying to warn them of danger...2024-03-0314 min

A Point of ViewThe Death and Life of Modern MartyrsSarah Dunant reflects on martyrdom past and present. As Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is laid to rest, Sarah looks to history to ponder what his legacy might be. And she turns to the work of the 19th-century philosopher Soren Kierkegaard: 'The tyrant dies and his rule is over...the martyr dies and his rule begins'. 'History is a long game,' Sarah writes. 'And the shelf life of martyrs in particular is impressive.' Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production coordinator: Liam Morrey Editor: Penny Murphy 2024-03-0110 min

The Book Snug PodcastS2, Chapter 3: The Superlatives of 2023Send us a textIt's the end of 2023 which means it's time to talk about our bookish superlatives for the year. Get ready for a fun discussion and a long list of books to either avoid or add to your TBR. Julia’s Books:The Binding by Bridget CollinsVerity by Colleen HooverIn the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah DunantThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana OliverThe Secret History by Donna TarttHarry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone by J.K Rowling, narrated by Jim DaleThe Atlas Six by Oli...2023-12-271h 01

Intelligence SquaredThe Poetry Pharmacy Returns with William SieghartFor this episode, we’re revisiting one of our favourite events from the past few years, The Poetry Pharmacy Returns. Back in 2019, we gathered a stellar line-up to celebrate the power of poetry all thanks to the vision of publisher William Sieghart. Sieghart’s Poetry Pharmacy books look to use the written word as a healing antidote to many of life’s everyday challenges.Sieghart will be returning to the stage soon with Intelligence Squared alongside BBC broadcaster Sarah Montague and another array of superb actors to make the words of great poets come alive once more at The...2023-11-271h 22

A Point of ViewThe Strangeness of DreamsFrom clay tablets in Mesopotamia two and a half thousand years ago to the stuff of dreams today, Sarah Dunant examines the continuing mystery of the function and meaning of dreams. 'As science digs further into every nook and cranny of our brains,' writes Sarah, 'the elusive, individual nature of dreams is possibly the most magical element of human existence that remains.' Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith 2023-11-1710 min

A Point of ViewThe Piano: A Lifetime of Wrong NotesSarah Dunant argues that the patriarchy of the classical music business is finally starting to change. Reliving her early relationship with music - from excruciating piano lessons to rebellious dancing in the mosh pit - Sarah reflects on the remarkable changes in classical music. Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: China Collins 2023-10-0610 min

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A Point of ViewDonatello and a New RenaissanceSarah Dunant says the rediscovery of ideas from the past can help with 'the toxicity of the present'. Just as the Renaissance master Donatello drew from the classical world to create revolutionary art, so we can find a moment in history to inspire progress in our time. 'On the surface it seems like an impossible task' says Sarah, 'not least because like everything else in this angry, polarised moment, the past itself has been commandeered as a weapon...but the wonderful thing about ideas, is that while they can travel weightlessly through history, they still pack a...2023-02-1709 min

A Point of ViewBasic Instincts in the House of CommonsIn the aftermath of recent headlines coming out of the Commons, Sarah Dunant explores sexual equality through the ages. She looks in particular at the idea that 'women are temptresses who cannot - by definition of their sex - be trusted'. "So ingrained is this within Christian culture," Sarah writes, "that it defined attitudes towards women for millennia". Biblical accounts, renaissance sculpture, fairy tales and politics are all put under the spotlight. Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith 2022-05-0610 min

A Point of ViewEvery Picture Tells a Story"When war smashes its way into our living rooms as it did three weeks ago", writes Sarah Dunant, "it is pictures rather than words that hit hardest". Sarah discusses the impact of images from war through the centuries and the history they write. And she ponders which image from Putin's war will represent this moment in the future. Producer: Adele Armstrong Sound: Peter Bosher Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: Hugh Levinson 2022-03-1810 min

Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary Fiction[Russian] - В обществе куртизанки by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/828305to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - В обществе куртизанки Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Илья Сланевский Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 24, 2022 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Для Фьямметты день не был выдающимся: она выщипывала брови и кусала губы до алого цвета, готовясь. Но для Рима день стал роковым: в город ворвались голодные, сумасшедшие захватчики, не знавшие пощады. Теперь Фьямметта вынуждена спасаться. С драгоценностями в желудках куртизанка и ее слуга, карлик Бучино, бегут в Венецию - мерцающий город, рожденный из воды. Они идеальные партнеры: острый на язык Бучино и обольстительная Фьямметта, с рождения обученная очаровывать и развлекать мужчин при деньгах. И хотя растет состояние, множатся и проблемы: избыточное внимание любовников Фьямметты, тайны похищенных драгоценностей и слепая целительница, которая появляется в жизни беглецов с разрушительным посланием. «В обществе куртизанки» - это яркий портрет одного из величайших городов мира в самый важный период его существования и, одновременно с этим, история о желании и обмане, грехе и величии, верности и дружбе.2022-02-243h 45

Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary Fiction[Russian] - Святые сердца by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/827762to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Святые сердца Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Людмила Шаулина Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 30, 2022 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Монастырь Санта-Катерина - пристанище дворянок, живущих под защитой Бога. Многим из них не хватило денег на хорошее приданое и замужество, и они были вынуждены пойти в монашки. Шестнадцатилетняя Серафина, отлученная от семьи за порочную любовную связь, становится потрясением для всех обитателей Санта-Катерины. Своенравная, дерзкая и эмоциональная, она попадает в монастырь против своей воли, и это заставляет ее еще сильнее желать из него вырваться. На что она пойдет, чтобы больше никогда не склонять голову? «Святые сердца» - это историческое полотно Италии XVI века, с восхищением и мастерством созданное Сарой Дюнан. Ее итальянские романы потрясают живостью картины и позволяют прочувствовать пульс эпохи.2022-01-303h 34

Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary Fiction[Russian] - Рождение Венеры by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/828270to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Рождение Венеры Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Марина Бакина Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 28, 2022 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Флоренция на пороге Реформации. Медичи теряют силу и доверие флорентийцев. Монах Савонарола, одержимый собственным Божественным призванием, захватывает религиозный и политический контроль, бросая в адское пламя все, что не считает богоугодным. Как и ее родной город, Алессандра Чекки оказывается меж двух огней: несчастным браком, устроенным семьей, и влечением к молодому живописцу и его искусству - в нем единственном она может обрести свободу. «Рождение Венеры» - это первый исторический роман Сары Дюнан, известной британской писательницы. Она оживляет Флоренцию в ее самый драматический период, рассказывая захватывающую историю власти, любви, искусства и религии.2022-01-284h 48

A Point of ViewI Read the News Today, Oh BoyA junk shop, a wooden chest, and some old newspapers from 1941 get Sarah Dunant pondering how we can deal with a world turned upside down."The last time the world shook", Sarah writes, "there was an element of learned resilience". But today, she believes, most of us don't have the benefit of that.Producer: Adele Armstrong 2021-12-1009 min

Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical[German] - Der Palast der Borgia (Ungekürzt) by Sarah DunantPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574308to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Palast der Borgia (Ungekürzt) Author: Sarah Dunant Narrator: Anke Stoppa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 23 minutes Release date: December 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Rom, im August 1492. Schon am frühen Morgen ächzt die Stadt unter der Gluthitze des Sommers. Der Lärm in der engen Gasse lässt Lucrezia aus dem Schlaf fahren. Kann es wahr sein, was der Bote schreit? Ihr Vater, Rodrigo Borgia, der neue Papst? Die Nachricht stellt Lucrezias Leben und das ihrer drei Brüder auf de...2021-12-1010h 23

A Point of ViewThe Year of Speaking Dangerously'There is a theory,' writes Sarah Dunant, 'that we needed to pull back from too much face-to-face conversation...because we had all got so damn angry with each other.' The past year has certainly put a stop to much conversation, angry or otherwise. Sarah imagines how conversation will be - once we're finally able to talk to each other again, face to face. Producer: Adele Armstrong 2021-03-1209 min

A Point of ViewSacking the CapitolsSarah Dunant finds chilling parallels between recent events in Washington and the Sack of Rome in 1527. "Both seemed to feel," Sarah writes, "that whatever the threat, 'God's Holy City' or 'the seat of American democracy', were somehow, by their very nature, inviolate. I mean nobody would dare, would they?" Powerful first-hand accounts, the crowd fired up by wild stories and the use of new technology are all there. Producer: Adele Armstrong 2021-01-2909 min

A Point of ViewConspiracy Theories and a Good Hair CutFacts have lost their meaning," writes Sarah Dunant. "In their place, belief has taken over." Sarah discusses QAnon, widening social divisions, and her conversations with her hairdresser. Producer: Adele Armstrong 2020-09-1810 min

Jim Foster: Conversations On The CoastDunant: Sacred HeartsIn "Sacred Hearts," Author Sarah Dunant writes a novel set in the year 1570 during the Renaissance in which a sixteen-year-old Serafina is forced into the Italian convent of Santa Caterina. This discussion with the author took place on a 2009 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California.2020-07-1218 min

A Point of ViewFighting infection with imagination"As our physical reality is reduced down to a few rooms or a view from a window," writes Sarah Dunant, "our ability to conjure up things we're not able to experience is going to be vital to feed our imaginations." Sarah argues that - given social distancing - imagination is going to be an exceedingly powerful inner muscle when it comes to our mental survival. She offers us a few of her stand out images to get us started.Producer: Adele Armstrong 2020-03-2709 min

A Point of ViewInhaling History"I am holding history in my hands," writes Sarah Dunant. "The date on the letter is February 1490...the place, the city of Mantua in Italy". As she delves through the Mantuan State Archive, Sarah reflects on the task of understanding and writing history.Producer: Adele Armstrong 2020-02-2109 min

A Point of ViewA Woman at the Last Supper"Finding, promoting and revaluing women artists through the ages", writes Sarah Dunant, "has been one of the great – albeit still ongoing – cultural success stories of our time". Sarah discusses the undervalued women of art who are being rediscovered in large numbers - and the very modern stories they tell. Producer: Adele Armstrong 2019-11-0810 min

Intelligence SquaredThe Poetry Pharmacy Returns with William Sieghart and Sarah DunantWilliam Sieghart’s The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul was one of the publishing sensations of the past few years. Anyone who came to the event Intelligence Squared built around it – when Jeanette Winterson, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Sue Perkins and Tom Burke joined Sieghart in celebrating the power of poetry – will remember what a magical evening it was.Now, after huge demand, Sieghart is back with a second volume – The Poetry Pharmacy Returns – and once again Intelligence Squared brought it to all to life on...2019-11-0800 min

A Point of ViewAn evening at the Death Cafe"It is the most extraordinary thing about humans", writes Sarah Dunant, "that along with our - albeit limited - ability to prepare for an unknown future, we find it very hard to accept the unassailable fact of our own end". Sarah describes her experience talking with a group of strangers one evening at a Death Cafe.Producer: Adele Armstrong 2019-10-2510 min

A Point of ViewSeptember AnxietyFor the September blues, writes Sarah Dunant, "usually time is the healer...you buckle down and get on with it...and by the end of October, things are on track for winter". But not, she thinks, this year. Sarah describes why she feels this year's September malaise has a different quality to it. Producer: Adele Armstrong.2019-09-0609 min

A Point of ViewLeaving Florence"It's well within living memory," writes Sarah Dunant, "that tourism and travel was a wondrous thing."But times have changed: "It feels as if every unnecessary journey we make now has the dull drumbeat of global fragility and climate change in the background."Sarah ponders where foreign travel goes from here. Producer: Adele Armstrong 2019-07-2609 min

When Greeks Flew KitesBeyond ReasonThis month, Sarah Dunant looks at what history can tell us about irrationality. Conspiracy theories, anti-vaccination movements and climate change denial are modern examples of ideas that stubbornly cling on in the face of facts.Drawing on a range of historical moments, Sarah scrutinises the idea of the rational and irrational, showing that the boundary between the two is complicated.Ohio University’s Myrna Perez Sheldon describes a 1981 court case in Alabama which saw the muscle-flexing of a newly powerful Creationist movement, and one which blindsided liberal scientific consensus.Political theorist Hugo Drochon de...2019-07-0227 min

When Greeks Flew KitesConsider the Walrus: what can history tell us about the climate crisis?This month, Sarah Dunant looks to the past to help us think about the most pressing issue facing the world today - climate change. Although the problem is a relatively modern one, humans have been grappling with the damage that they inflict on the environment throughout history. Scientists and campaigners are calling for urgent measures to halt the climate and ecological crises. While history might not be able to solve those problems directly it can tell us something about why governments and leaders do take action. Alice Bell was a historian of science and now works for the climate...2019-06-0427 min

When Greeks Flew KitesFake HistoryThis month, Sarah Dunant explores the history of fake history.In March this year, the Christchurch attacker invoked a twisted interpretation of medieval history and the crusades to justify his terrorist attack on a mosque. In this programme, Dr Levi Roach contextualises the Battle of Tours, the historical event invoked by the Christchurch attacker, and explains how groups on the extremes, especially in the digital realm, are able to misuse and misrepresent history for their ideological ends. Fake history and contested narratives are nothing new. Since history has been recorded, the past has been massaged...2019-05-0727 min

A Point of ViewGet Mad, Then Get Over It!"While I would love to find a poetic way into this", writes Sarah Dunant, "I think it best just to spit it out. I'm angry. And I have been angry for quite a while now". Sarah says she doesn't see herself as an angry person - but wonders why aggression and outrage seem to have become so much part of our emotional diet. She proposes some solutions - including an National Anger Day - a great moment of catharsis to help us all be a little less....angry! Producer: Adele Armstrong 2019-04-2609 min

When Greeks Flew KitesInto the WorldAt a moment when Brexit and our carbon footprints are prompting us to reassess what it means to move around the world, Sarah Dunant looks at the long history of travel and the ways it has enchanted and alarmed us across the centuries.The anxieties over young Tudor travellers returning radicalised from Catholic Europe was a phenomenon that gripped England after the break with Rome. Nandini Das argues that fears over travel helped to define a nation. Professor Eric Zuelow shows how the Nazi regime turned travel into a highly sophisticated propaganda tool, organising tours a...2019-04-0227 min

A Point of ViewWhere there's muck there's artSarah Dunant looks at the queasy relationship between art, finance and corruption. Recent protests by the photographer Nan Goldin and others over "dirty money" have hit the headlines. But Sarah argues that without some of this rather dubious funding, the art world would look very different. "What do you want", she asks. "A clean church and white walls? Because there's no doubt that without all of this lamentable corruption we would not have many of the greatest works of art the world has ever seen."Producer: Adele Armstrong 2019-03-2209 min

When Greeks Flew KitesThe Shame GameShame is back. This month, Sarah Dunant delves into the long and deep history of shame, exploring how it has shaped our lives and behaviour at every point in history. Whether it’s thieves on display in the medieval stocks or the forcible head-shaving of French women suspected of fraternising with the Nazis, shame has always been at the centre of society’s attempts to regulate itself.But the potency of this most raw of emotions can sometimes prove a double-edged sword.Oxford Brookes' Professor David Nash explains how shaming rituals and "rough musi...2019-03-0527 min

When Greeks Flew KitesDeadlockSarah Dunant presents a monthly dive into stories from the past that might help us make sense of today. This month, as the gears of government grind to a standstill on both sides of the Atlantic, Sarah looks to historical deadlocks and the sometimes radical ways they were resolved. From the elder statesman called from his plough to become Rome’s first benign dictator, through the random selection of citizens resolving bitter conflicts in Imperial China, Medieval Florence and beyond, to the figure of St Hild the Anglo-Saxon woman whose grace in defeat sealed the fu...2019-02-0527 min

When Greeks Flew KitesSleep: A Third of Human HistorySarah Dunant presents a monthly dive into stories from the past that might help us make sense of today. This month, she examines sleep as a source of preoccupation and worry throughout history.Are you feeling tired? How many hours did you get last night? Feeling foggy with exhaustion? What about the leaders whose punishing schedules have them running up sleep debts of mammoth proportions? William Gladstone's detailed diaries recording his insomnia and its effects, are now historical artefacts. How might historians, fifty years from now, make use of Theresa May's crammed itinerary?These questions...2019-01-0827 min

When Greeks Flew KitesPoison: The Invisible AssassinSarah Dunant presents a monthly dive into stories from the past that might help us make sense of today. In this month's episode, Sarah looks at the use of poison in history.After a year that saw the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Salisbury, When Greeks Flew Kites focuses on how this deadly weapon leaves a trail of confusion, fear and doubt through the centuries. From the courts of Renaissance Europe, where rumours of poison spread like wildfire, to the new science but thorny old problem of proof in 19th and 20th century murder trials...2018-12-0427 min