Jul 29

A Fond and Fashionable Farewell to Dressed

After 8 wonderful years and 580 episodes, Cassidy and April say goodbye to Dressed: The History of Fashion and our beloved listeners with our heartfelt final episode. Where to find your favorite fashion historians moving forward: You can find Cassidy at The Art of Dress on Instag ... Show More

25m 42s

Jul 27

Finding Beauty, an Interview with Photographer Tony Vaccaro (Dressed Classic)

In this very special 2019 episode, we talked to the photographer Tony Vaccaro about his prolific seventy-plus year career photographing fashion, celebrity and World War. His subjects include Dovima, Verushka, Hubert de Givenchy, Pablo Picasso and Georgia O'Keefe. Learn more about ... Show More

40m 39s

Jul 24

The Swimsuit, a Revealing History, Part II (Dressed Classic)

From the bikini to the thong, this week we explore the continued evolution of the swimsuit in part two of our Season One series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

43m 1s

Sep 2025

Ancient Historical Fiction with Dr. Colleen Darnell

My guest today is Dr. Colleen Darnell, who will speak to us about New Kingdom literature (featuring rulers like Ramesses, Thutmose III, Seqenenra, and more). It’s a fun discussion, ranging from the calamitous death of Seqenenra Tao, to the triumphs of Thutmose III and Ramesses II ... Show More

1h 1m

Sep 2024

Ancient Egypt | 3. culture

What would an average ancient Egyptian citizen's relationship have been with the pyramids? Why did they wear gooey wax cones on their heads? And what was it like to attend an Egyptian religious ritual? In this third episode of our series Ancient Egypt: the big questions, Emily Br ... Show More

48m 48s

Feb 2021

Daily life in ancient Egypt: everything you wanted to know

In the latest in our series tackling the big questions on major historical topics, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley responds to listener questions about daily life in ancient Egypt, from governance, pharaohs and the Egyptian mindset, to makeup, dental care and the popularity of cat m ... Show More

1h 3m

Jan 2021

Who Gave Ancient Egyptians Permission To Be So Advanced? with Dr. Kathryn Howley

New year, old curiosity: this week on Getting Curious, we’re traveling back in time to ancient Egypt with Dr. Kathryn Howley. She and Jonathan discuss what life might have looked like for ancient Egyptian hairstylists, royalty, and scribes; how ancient Egyptians interacted with n ... Show More

54m 7s

Feb 2021

Ancient Egyptian Mummies with Prof. Ann Rosalie David

What does a mummy smell like? Prof. Ann Rosalie David is a pioneering researcher in mummies and ancient pathology. Having led many studies on Egyptian bodies, Prof. David helps reconstruct the lifestyles of the past. In this interview, she helpfully answers questions about ancien ... Show More

47m 5s

Sep 2018

Egyptology (ANCIENT EGYPT) with Kara Cooney

<p>After a decade of fandom, Alie finally meets famed Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney -- and forgets her equipment. They meet again for a spirited history lesson on ancient Egypt: the pyramids, the monarchs, the dynasties, the cats, the corpses, the curses. Kara also lays out the hi ... Show More

1h 21m

Apr 2023

Mysteries of Ancient Egypt with Dr. Kara Cooney

🌅🇪🇬🌅 Stephen Asma and Paul Giamatti get to the bottom of all your burning questions on Ancient Egypt with UCLA Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney. They go deep into mysteries surrounding pyramids, death cults, aliens, mummies and cats from that time period, as well as unexpected to ... Show More

1h 2m

Nov 2020

Ancient Egypt Today with Heba abd el Gawad

Heba Abd el Gawad is an exhibition curator, public outreach specialist and researcher in Egyptian heritage within museum contexts. She is the postdoctoral researcher for the project ‘Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage: Views from Egypt’ at the Institute of Archaeology, University College ... Show More

51m 20s

Dress Like an Egyptian, an interview wit...