I love her for who she is... a fantastic lady who exudes confidence, a classy sense humour, quick wit.... and above all superb intelligence! I think these attributes make her a beautiful person!
@fauxmanchu80944 жыл бұрын
I can listen to her forever. She is enchanting, charismatic and erudite. The rare scholar who is totally interesting.
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@kittynakamoto24494 жыл бұрын
Max Watkins irrelevant
@maxwatkins51664 жыл бұрын
@@kittynakamoto2449 entirely irrelevant, just restoring balance
@kittynakamoto24494 жыл бұрын
Max Watkins that’s not what balance means in this context
@maxwatkins51664 жыл бұрын
@@kittynakamoto2449 I hold my hands up, my first comment was ridiculously ignorant, unnecessary and irrelevant
@hand5874 жыл бұрын
She makes the most complex moments in history very relatable
@joanncaribbeanfan45054 жыл бұрын
@Kwiene Makeda To EVERYONE
@joanncaribbeanfan45054 жыл бұрын
Fair enough
@latinaalma19474 жыл бұрын
Could you PLEASE stop apologizing for the Empire? Once you started that you were on the road to perdition....enormous numbers of former colonials then had the right to emigrate to Britian, were there ANY constraints at all after the war? And I suppose the labor party dreamed it was a way to permanent power? THat is why the Dems in the USA keep on importing huge numbers of Third World people so they can get new voters. In neither case has it helped them much lately BUT that was the strategy was it not? SInce you constantly perform this mea culpa we Americans followed along with Obama's apology tour and that is turned then around on us all, fueling the attitude "right time to get rid of Brits, Americans, etc" Today with Nigel Farage's farewell speech to the EU in Strassbourg you should,just quit saying this nonsense!
@2Sugarbears4 жыл бұрын
The presenter of this program actually listens....I am in shock!
@nejuw4 жыл бұрын
It's a great show, found it by accident a year ago, and always look forward to his interviews. Love the way the other guests get involved in the conversation as well.
@merlinmediagroup4 жыл бұрын
He really does. He asks genuinely interesting questions and allows the interviewees to talk instead of allowing the show to be all about him.
@2Sugarbears4 жыл бұрын
@@merlinmediagroup And he doesn't TALK OVER THEM....what a treat!
@joaninha34844 жыл бұрын
It’s how chat shows should be !
@savos0204 жыл бұрын
if you are a woman yes he listens intently but if you watch the Jordan Peterson interview he has this smirk of complete disrespect almost like he couldnt believe what he/she was hearing nothing worse than a victim stancing male feminist
@michaell14524 жыл бұрын
She’s a remarkable woman. I love her voice and I could watch and listen to her for hours.
@dalehoward37043 жыл бұрын
I love her too-she handled the rude poster brilliantly 👌
@srevero13 жыл бұрын
I adore her....
@OceanSwimmer2 жыл бұрын
Isn't it interesting to see the jealousy written on the faces of the other guests! Mary has NO AGENDA when she describes historical facts. She removes the romantic notions many have about the Roman era. She's read the original texts & graffiti, held the artifacts in her hands, and questioned archeological specialists (as well as visited the sites) to uncover the truths about how people lived and died thousands of years ago. Thank you, Mary Beard, for sharing the unvarnished history of ourselves.
@elisebrodeur-jacobs5215 Жыл бұрын
She's truly incredible
@elisebrodeur-jacobs5215 Жыл бұрын
And she's sexy as hell
@thechumpsbeendumped.77974 жыл бұрын
I like Mary she’s not only extremely intelligent she’s got a good sense of humour.
@Kitiwake4 жыл бұрын
She loves talking about rape....a feminist wishful attempt at controlling the sex act through the use of consent. "I did consent this time but I didn't consent the last".
@elcruzer55144 жыл бұрын
I love Mary. She's a walking encyclopedia of Wester Civ. And makes it all so very interesting that I want to hear more.
@OceanSwimmer2 жыл бұрын
@@Kitiwake ---- Is your comment about this interview, or about another? I don't see how you connect her comment about rape as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Rome, and anything inferred about Western culture today. Do explain.
@torysetliff4 жыл бұрын
People who insult a woman's physical appearance are intimidated by some aspect of the said woman's power. Thus, people who are degrading toward this woman, must feel insufficient intellectually. I quite enjoyed this interview. Thanks from Texas.
4 жыл бұрын
Shes a bit of a whale tho..no?
@torysetliff4 жыл бұрын
Paul O'Rourke I repeat, “insufficient intellectually.” lol
@JC-nn4if4 жыл бұрын
@ why can t someone be a whale then? Is there a law or something?
@JC-nn4if4 жыл бұрын
@ some are whales, some others are not the full ticket...
4 жыл бұрын
@@JC-nn4if whale away to your hearts content.
@infin8ee4 жыл бұрын
Just love Mary Beard. So intelligent ,likeable and down to earth. Her joy in classical history is clearly evident as is her scholarship. I would love to spend time with her listening to her talk on whatever subject she likes ! A wonderful , charming woman -delightful 💕
@sonia3543 жыл бұрын
She’s an amazing woman, extremely clever, and very humble. She announced in May 2021 that she was giving £80,000 for two people from disadvantaged backgrounds to study classical studies at University, the reason she did it is because she said “it’s the right thing to do”.
@RaineeG624 жыл бұрын
I think Dame Mary is quite a lovely person. I love her documentaries. I could "sit at her feet" and learn from her for hours.
@adorable38174 жыл бұрын
First time I ever saw Dame Mary 💚 so glad to hear she has documentaries - will check them out right away
@RaineeG624 жыл бұрын
@Jeffery Widegirth it's a biblical reference.
@adorable38174 жыл бұрын
@Jeffery Widegirth 🤢
@andrewblake22544 жыл бұрын
When the Romans met the British,,,,, two million football hooligans covered in blue paint asking "Wot you looking at Julius!"
@kimberlynolin21004 жыл бұрын
Lol
@charlesbanks4574 жыл бұрын
You just won the internet
@mischarowe4 жыл бұрын
Lol brilliant.
@cbarclay994 жыл бұрын
"You want some?" and "You're going back to Rome in a fucking ambulance."
@rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna49134 жыл бұрын
What? Rome conquered England in no time compared to other territories like Iberia or even France!
@teresashortnacy94724 жыл бұрын
I like Mary just the way she is.
@lollll99324 жыл бұрын
She says "The Romans celebrated rape" Meanwhile, the Islamists still do.
@whatever-ou2he4 жыл бұрын
@@lollll9932 by 'Islamists' if you mean Muslims, well no they don't. Rape is forbidden. A man having any physical contact with a woman or vice versa is not allowed in Islam. There's more to say on this topic but I'm tired of people's insistence on believing nonsense no matter what they're told.
@noelgrassy42784 жыл бұрын
@Mathius S And trump.
@elcruzer55144 жыл бұрын
@@whatever-ou2he Women may be forbidden, but I guess little girls are OK??
@DAS19624 жыл бұрын
I have become addicted to Skavlan - always considered questions, and interesting mix of guests - thank goodness for the internet. From Australia
@BorderCollieMom4 жыл бұрын
David S Total agreement, from the other side of the planet...Cheers from Canada.
@sallyjenko23154 жыл бұрын
“In America, you WOULD say, ‘I worked really hard and I’m really smart,’ even though you were lucky.” Yup.
@KidCity19854 жыл бұрын
The harder you work the luckier you get.
@beverlybalius93034 жыл бұрын
In America you can go as highas you want to go.
@HulksterRunsWild4 жыл бұрын
@@beverlybalius9303 if they let you
@rhabdob38954 жыл бұрын
Julie Anderson you are just adorable.
@ridesharegold66594 жыл бұрын
Nah, the American expression is "work smarter, not harder."
@ladyTiger07144 жыл бұрын
She's unbelievably brilliant, and through my eyes, she is beautiful. She can come to my house any time for coffee and cake.
4 жыл бұрын
@jay Trying to be witty and funny? Ok, fair enough, that was a good one.
@liloleist51334 жыл бұрын
@@djanitatiana Since women bear children, yes.
@jacksprat4294 жыл бұрын
Lilo Leist Did you not mean bear children.
@liloleist51334 жыл бұрын
@@jacksprat429 Yes, of course, thanks 😉👍
@jacksprat4294 жыл бұрын
Lilo Leist 🤗😂
@wildplumbeauty4 жыл бұрын
One of my most favourite academics. She makes history come alive when she speaks.
@savos0204 жыл бұрын
that is because she is speaking in the toungue of a victim andyou obviously see yourself as one too
@wildplumbeauty4 жыл бұрын
@savos020 Did you even read my comment properly or watch the entire video? I am talking about her ACADEMIC work. She has authored a few books, is a professor at Cambridge University and has done a few BBC shows on Ancient Rome just to mention a few of the things she’s done.
@savos0204 жыл бұрын
@@wildplumbeauty Yes I did read your comment and it was vacuous and lacked any conclusion that i could respect, it bothered me as if someone had farted down a long canyon and I kept hearing this fecal tone of Victimhood. Because that and Toxic masculinity is what she peddles with her education and however many books she authored. For anyone to say such brain dead and pandering things about an "academic" who peddles hate of Men and Victim stance of women obvious didnt learn much with her education. Sorry if my facts hurt your feelings, your vacuous pandering to a hateful person simply had to be called out.
@zimzob4 жыл бұрын
savos020 you sound like a permanent victim, quite whiny.
@savos0204 жыл бұрын
@@zimzob That's a fine way to project your issues on someone, maybe you should hug your Mom or something it sounds like you need a hug cuz your fellow feminazis don't give men hugs too bad for you.
@davidwirth27164 жыл бұрын
I enjoy listening to her , the interviewer and guest did the right thing listen and don't interrupt. Smart lady , she always knows how to tell a story with such enthusiasm.
@bambit084 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mary Beard and Skavlan - so entertaining. So much more interesting, informative and original than other shows. 👏👏
@SkavlanTV4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! We appreciate it!
@NDiaz-et6hc4 жыл бұрын
Omg Skavlan I adored this!!! This lady is just fascinating! I had never heard of her but now I will Google her books!! The entire interview had me hanging on every word, Tak Skavlan and Cheers from Canada
@SkavlanTV4 жыл бұрын
We're thrilled to hear that we have viewers in Canada! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
@acchaladka3 жыл бұрын
@@SkavlanTV you definitely have viewers in Canada! Wish we'd do more to become a more Nordic country / adopt more of your practices.
@jodrew18454 жыл бұрын
That was fun, I'm in the USA but will be following her from now on. She fantastic.
@emeldamcdowald85214 жыл бұрын
Jo Drew ditto.
@pyrebird5554 жыл бұрын
it's killing me how the other 3 guests are staring at Ms. Beard like she's a foreign entity of some sort
@annh17344 жыл бұрын
I know! lol - especially that girl next to her...
@joeroganjosh93334 жыл бұрын
ann H Either she can’t speak English or she’s thinking about pickled herring and brannvin.
@PropunKla4 жыл бұрын
I would be in awe of her. I hope that is what it is.
@leavoda37914 жыл бұрын
It wouldn't surprise me if she actually was like a foreign entity to them, because they do not often meet or talk to an eloquent female expert
@AshMukherjeeOfficial4 жыл бұрын
Yep I felt that as well. Specially the gentlemen in the dark purple checked shirt.
@tosapai2974 жыл бұрын
"All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health ... what have the Romans ever done for us?"
@guinevereinthefield1764 жыл бұрын
Tosapai 🤣👍🏻
@gangapoornima4 жыл бұрын
yeah okay, but its inevitable right, i mean Egyptians and Persian also improved that , if time matters in our measurement today, they were even earlier on in progress with those issues, i like your comment.
@BenKyjovka4 жыл бұрын
Peace?
@tomstephens30294 жыл бұрын
I get the reference but the reality is Celtic Britain was actually a sophisticated society that was fine until the Romans turned up and ruined it.
@jordymaas5653 жыл бұрын
&.... britcoin
@anwitasarin4 жыл бұрын
Interesting woman...looks at things from obscure angles , she makes you think whether or not you like what she is saying.
@hankrogers84314 жыл бұрын
YOU HATE THE TRUTH?
@sorellman4 жыл бұрын
Yup, looks at things from such obscure angles that she makes absolutely no sense. Presenting a baseless assumption as irrefutable fact is what everybody does these days. It's one sure way to make a good living.
@Kermit_T_Frog4 жыл бұрын
Half of it was BS. Romans didn't smile!? There is no place on earth where people don't smile. But I suppose that she believes that Inuits, or Tibetans, or lost tribes on the Amazon were taught to smile by Europeans.
@hankrogers84314 жыл бұрын
@@Kermit_T_Frog Do you even KNOW history or are you just running your trap?
@Kermit_T_Frog4 жыл бұрын
@@hankrogers8431 The Odyssey was Greek, not Roman. Greek culture had damn near nothing in common with Roman culture. And even among Greek cities the status of women differed greatly. In ancient Sparta, men were occupied training for war, leaving the business of running the country to the women. The dumbest thing she said was that Telemachus was an "adolescent." His age was not mentioned in the Odyssey, but his father, Odysseus, had been away for 20 years.
@deborahkelly10184 жыл бұрын
Those who claim there is no humility in America have never been to Minnesota.
@dorothysay83274 жыл бұрын
Deborah Kelly or anywhere else in the US, really. They’re just watching movies 🙄
@ellalal34054 жыл бұрын
I can t wait to go, I flew into the airport at St Paul Minneapolis. I was treated very fairly there. I hear it gets cold. And it the Autumn and Spring be lovely too
@yellowblanka60584 жыл бұрын
Or anywhere outside of major cities.
@markvoelker66204 жыл бұрын
And he uttered his remark in such a humble manner.
@noelpucarua28434 жыл бұрын
But you have to take into account that Minnesota is a suburb of Scandinavia.
@Rebecca-ii2nq4 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard, you enraptured the stage with your warmth and genuineness, it was beautiful to watch, I am delighted you are a dame ( a less than flattering title tho, unlike knight-white or in shining armour). I am taking this opportunity to thank you, I have been on many trips with your imagination inspiring narration, unique of your experience, education, creativity and humour, allowing me to see beyond my knowledge, I am very grateful.
@hollyhocks73604 жыл бұрын
Kwiene Makeda What?
@clairbearonabroom4 жыл бұрын
brilliantly put chill pill. i concur .
@wildplumbeauty4 жыл бұрын
@Chill Pill I so AGREE. I hang on every word she says in her bbc shows. I think she’s gorgeous by the way. Not in the traditional sense but more in a Cleopatra sort of way. Her mind makes her beautiful and enchanting.
@Rebecca-ii2nq4 жыл бұрын
@@wildplumbeauty Mary attributes it to privilege, I believe all women are beautiful and enchanting when we choose, men too.
@Rebecca-ii2nq4 жыл бұрын
@Kwiene Makeda thank you, your opinion is twice noted.
@fonkyhonky19794 жыл бұрын
I don’t think Professor Beard is ugly... A GIANT for anyone who cares about history, OR intellectual pursuit... To hear her relay the debauched comments she received is heartbreaking. I clicked on this link to hear her infectious enthusiasm for understanding history. I think if more people opened their ears & minds, and consequently closed their uninformed & unpleasant mouths, we’d all be a little better off. I’d go WAAAY outta my way just to hear her lecture & teach, let alone to see her lovely Beethoven piano smile... glad I got to be in the world when she was here too!
@stdio44.324 жыл бұрын
Romans also celebrated mass, public executions in the Colosseum, which is (incidentally) how they helped to start Christianity.
@lorettalynndavis96954 жыл бұрын
...And how they helped to destroy it under later Roman Rulers...
@ricardocima4 жыл бұрын
Public executions were celebrated long long after the romans. It was a common thing throughout Europe.
@denverbritto56064 жыл бұрын
@@ricardocima didnt turn it into a sport though
@ricardocima4 жыл бұрын
Such difference...
@pbj92704 жыл бұрын
And the proto beginnings of the NFL!
@davisholman65183 жыл бұрын
American from Scottsdale, Arizona. I adore Dame Mary Beard. What a treasure trove of knowledge! I could listen to her for days on end.💕
@joshua.910 Жыл бұрын
She's a national treasure 🫶
@zbigniewchodor22174 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard ....... please do some more shows about romans ........ please ..... please ....... please ....... I love your shows it is very nice to listen to the historical voice .......
@christrinder12554 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Always enjoy listening to Mary Beard, and watching her history documentaries 👏👍😊
@rolandhawken66284 жыл бұрын
chris trinder You need to broaden your reading a bit mate she is a lefty liar on many subjects . for instance what destroyed Rome ? she lies about it none stop
@risenshine27834 жыл бұрын
Roland Hawken not lies, it will be her interpretation, she isnt lying!
@godzilla2k264 жыл бұрын
@@risenshine2783 That would depend. Iceberg sunk the Titanic, there isn't very many ways to interpret that. Once you start saying it was aliens you probably are a little off.
@tonymcneil9784 жыл бұрын
Many people around the world work very hard, but it does not increase their luck. Many times it just increases their oppression.
@mattdonahue95164 жыл бұрын
are you saying they should take a mental health day?
@tonymcneil9784 жыл бұрын
@@mattdonahue9516 sure why not? Do what you need to do for you.
@gregoryallen00014 жыл бұрын
THANK you lol
@farceadentus4 жыл бұрын
Tony McNeil the secret to wealth is “leverage”. Working smart. Not working hard making someone else rich.
@StreetfighterU4 жыл бұрын
@@farceadentus shhh don't make them think
@jenster294 жыл бұрын
She points out how out of touch Prince Andrew was in the interview, as compared to the rest of us. Did she not consider that the roman history she's read was by and about the same elite type of people and it in no way reflected the actual everyday person? The play about the rape, could very well have been written by a Prince Andrew type. And regular people would have been just as disgusted as us today.. Just a thought.
@MurdaIncorporated4 жыл бұрын
penelope pittstop very insightful
@lavinder114 жыл бұрын
There are historical accounts as well....
@kittynakamoto24494 жыл бұрын
Ioannis Polemarkhos why do you types obsess over other gender? Such an unoriginal complaint, you must not have a life
@jenster294 жыл бұрын
@@ioannispolemarkhos7364 what are you on about?
@carenann9184 жыл бұрын
Penolope Maybe you aren't familiar with Mary Beard's work? Just watch some of her shows that are posted here on youtube. She's fantastic. And yes, she has considered that.
@karensinclair41894 жыл бұрын
Your show is wonderful! Have seen nothing else like it.
@claucemicro10804 жыл бұрын
Karen Sinclair And the stage is like a ring of fire! 🔥
@savos0204 жыл бұрын
that is because you live in an echo chamber
@markewings75254 жыл бұрын
So impressive that this is broadcast in English in Scandinavia
@MasterBlaster2204 жыл бұрын
lel
@robertbarnier454 жыл бұрын
Mary is entertainment plus. Thanks for the joy 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚢. Aussie Bob x
@burtcocain19864 жыл бұрын
Classy woman. Like her a lot.
@staciesheppard20484 жыл бұрын
Thank you! What an interesting woman - just found another person I'd like to know more about
@2Sugarbears4 жыл бұрын
@incogneto The woman had nothing to say, don't know why, the men were afraid of what Mary was going to say...they gave all of the 'tells' just watch them.
@casrifay4 жыл бұрын
stacie sheppard got exactly the same feeling
@davebox5884 жыл бұрын
@incogneto an acknowledged authority on the subject describing in depth how a culture found rape amusing, was not interesting? Can I suggest you search KZbin for something sufficiently lowbrow that doesn't challenge you too much?
@Lurklen4 жыл бұрын
@incogneto If you watch the whole thing through she gets a few laughs, and the other guests engage with her on the later topics. Not really sure what you're talking about.
@jenniferbringman90544 жыл бұрын
Dave Box 😆
@cornishmaid50734 жыл бұрын
I don’t imagine the women and men who were raped celebrated anything.
@brucelomax33754 жыл бұрын
You're right.
@cici77393 жыл бұрын
I love how real she is about it. So many historians seem to romanticise ancient cultures
@RealinDealer4 жыл бұрын
Let's not make sweeping generalizations. Marcus Aurelius was Roman too.
@no79way4 жыл бұрын
Always extraordinary conversations on this show!!!!
@SkavlanTV4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback, Rajeh! We appreciate it.
@rickbecker32394 жыл бұрын
Mary and her documentaries about Rome added immeasurably to my visit to many historic sites in Italy. Thank you Mary!!
@joaninha34844 жыл бұрын
Great interview as always. Love Mary Beard.
@SkavlanTV4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, we're glad to hear you like it!
@Chickmamapalletfarm4 жыл бұрын
The fella who mention the way American would reply to “how did you get so successful?” He is so right... in the USA, we would totally say “I worked my ass off, stayed focused, and made it happen”.
@kathryngeeslin95094 жыл бұрын
Even if others did most of the work. It does sound better that way. And fits our sense of fairness.
@joshuawilliamson68394 жыл бұрын
@@kathryngeeslin9509 what others..no one clocks me in and out of work or pays my bills this is 2020 not 1700
@kathryngeeslin95094 жыл бұрын
@@joshuawilliamson6839 Congratulations. Self employed is best if you can manage it.
@generationofswine-ge5rw4 жыл бұрын
I climbed up the ladder built by the generations before me, then pulled it in so that the next generation can never be a successful self-made man like me.
@kathryngeeslin95094 жыл бұрын
@@generationofswine-ge5rw This has been true of most generations, especially since industrial revolution, but horrendously true of those who care enough to vote last 40 years. It would seem those ready to take credit for the ladders built by previous efforts are also more than willing to pull those ladders up or destroy them, then complain new workers are "lazy" because they don't climb as far and fast.
@jaythompson51024 жыл бұрын
One of the most brilliant historians alive IMO
@ricardocima4 жыл бұрын
She used to be a historian, now she's an activist just because some internet trolls said that she's ugly. Arnaldo Momigliano's parents were murdered in Auschwitz and he never said a word a about it, just kept being a historian.
@jaythompson51024 жыл бұрын
@Bilbo Baggins Oh well when you put it that way ...
@jaythompson51024 жыл бұрын
@Kwiene Makeda How is she a liar? Please keep this to history nobody cares about social media drama.
@jaythompson51024 жыл бұрын
@Kwiene Makeda How could you call a person uneducated without knowing the person? Can you give one example of cherry picked data? Just one please.
@godzilla2k264 жыл бұрын
@@jaythompson5102 She just said in this interview the Odyssey had little kids mouthing off, like it had relevance.
@hs51674 жыл бұрын
I love her shows. I wish every history teacher brought such interesting lessons to the classroom.
@americanwoman89674 жыл бұрын
"That's because they never met the Vikings" very funny Skavlan
@traceyarnaud84334 жыл бұрын
@norma armstrong Would you bring up her age if she were a man?
@timsmith22794 жыл бұрын
American woman, the vikings travelled from Sweden in their long boats thru Russia to as far as Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece, where they were employed as mercenaries, they were tall strong good with knives and swords, many stayed behind and settled.
@vencejo75724 жыл бұрын
Except he said "That's because they never met the "Wikings"!
@dajogb33304 жыл бұрын
norma armstrong What an ignorant, abuse justifying moron you are. They all raped so that’s ok!?!?! To bring up a persons age just damns your puerile bullshit. Education and intelligence is obviously an anathema to a person of your ill education. Your sickening lack of anything approaching the IQ of a fully functioning human is an insult to whichever species you have any form of affinity with.
@godzilla2k264 жыл бұрын
@@dajogb3330 It's probably a jab at hiding behind her age as some do.
@williamlane98444 жыл бұрын
She is an english woman who knows the history of england, most english people don't know the barbaric, and bloody history, of there own country, period,
@risenshine27834 жыл бұрын
William Lane we are losing our identity in the name of political correctness
@thetruth156real34 жыл бұрын
Frances Jones The English working class, most of them on the bread line, have just voted a Tory Government in after ten years of Austerity, they don’t know the history of ten years never mind a thousand years. They have always been stupid and very heavily influenced by the Aristocracy.
@BertMelert4 жыл бұрын
liddy paul Is that not rather a sweeping statement to make?
@risenshine27834 жыл бұрын
liddy paul I disagree on many points
@seanpearce58094 жыл бұрын
*their*
@emmaphilo40494 жыл бұрын
It is not working hard but working smart. The working hard tale is to make us slaves.
@zztopz70904 жыл бұрын
Why not both? We can't all be academics. And you sstil have to work hard in any job.
@woodlefoof24 жыл бұрын
Quarkine I here is the thing You can’t control luck and it favors the bold, if you aren’t working hard and building up enough resources to use when you need to use them and when using them would be advantageous, and more importantly, if luck is the only thing that you can rely on you WILL fail. For example Columbus was lucky because he discovered the new world on a peaceful area, The Vikings landed in a more hostile area. Both had fairly limited manpower, and both were aggressive.but Columbus had more tech and could control the area better, and he even attacked on his terms. That’s why Leif Erickson didn’t matter but Columbus did. Columbus staked a claim and brought the Spanish over. However neither of them just lucked into the America’s, they had navigation skills.boats, a planned course, a desire to explore, a skilled crew that could steer away from danger, planned rations that could last the journey, etc etc. in the Vikings case they could possibly see the America’s from Greenland. And if the people on the ships were lazy they would have died, the crews did their jobs they didn’t hope that money and spices would rain down from the sky, they hoped money and spices could be gained from this new route to India. In other words. when that slut we call Lady Luck decides you look cute, if your dick isn’t hard right then and there you aren’t getting blown, and she might blue ball you because she got bored and you’ll just have to finish yourself off so you still need hands. Side note: I don’t think the Spanish cared about Columbus’s cruelty, towards the natives based on the conquistadors, I think that is character assassination to make him seem bad even by the days standards because we feel ashamed of our origins.
@paulashe74604 жыл бұрын
Get rid of your credit cards. End indentured slavery.
@emmaphilo40494 жыл бұрын
@@zztopz7090 yes both is good. But working smart is more important than just working hard
@brucetrappleton69844 жыл бұрын
My wild guess is that you are either very young and don't know about work, or you have a lot of money. Otherwise you should know that working smart and working hard are not opposites. Many times in order to make your "working smart" effective, you'll have to work hard. The only people in this world who can have the privilege of NOT working hard are the rich. That doesn't mean they work smart. It means they live from other people's work.
@paulinefriar69164 жыл бұрын
You can work hard and still get nowhere ask all those working 60 hr weeks on minimum salAry and still cannot afford to live alone. You need two salaries and even then it is a survivable salary and NOT a liveable salary
@farceadentus4 жыл бұрын
You need to learn to work smart. Working hard making someone else rich is not the way to riches.
@DG-gc8pv4 жыл бұрын
Svens smart is putting the worlds best midfielders in positions where they dont get any of the ball
@joeyfitz94 жыл бұрын
Oh mon dieu, Mary Beard AND Malcolm Gladwell on the same stage?! Heaven.
@terrybaker81563 жыл бұрын
Are they adversaries?
@laswan54 жыл бұрын
I would love to hang out with Mary. Maybe take a walk through Pompei or someplace. She's awesome.
@Kaddywompous4 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy to have stumbled upon this today!
@garydavenport54894 жыл бұрын
Long live Mary Beard. Queen of Historians. I’ve spent most of this weekend watching and listening to her and can’t get enough. What a Dame!
@MasterBlaster2204 жыл бұрын
She a decptive, lying piece of shit payed by rome and its hierachry. the real hsitory is pretty different, the romans in their later era were brutal savages who sacrificed peeople, fed them alive to lions, for example christians, the romans were scum. The Germanic tribes were not nearly as primitive as many think due to propaganda.
@ChannelHMC4 жыл бұрын
I could sit and listen to her speak all day. She is so intelligent and witty.
@maryamkim12814 жыл бұрын
@Irina Popa there why you're watching and stirred enough to comment.
@lisathuban89694 жыл бұрын
"There is no tradition of self-deprecation in America." Not true. Traditional Southern manners are full of that kind of behavior. Modesty is also a thing in the upper Midwest. Listen to any "Lake Wobegon" episode, and you will see what I mean.
@motorcop5054 жыл бұрын
Lisa Thuban He is a typical leftist who has no trouble with making mass generalizations about anyone who disagrees with them.
@lisathuban89694 жыл бұрын
@@motorcop505 Which is strange, because you just did exactly the same thing. And you let that irony slip right by. You just made a sweeping assumption about the Left, which I AM a part of. The "Left" lives here too. We pay taxes too,. Our kids grow up here too.. We love our country too. And you are obviously one of those who is poisoned by Rightist propaganda that believes for some bizarre reason, we're out to destroy the place we work and live . Not all of you are this blind, I don't want to make a sweeping generalization about the Right, lots of good people on both sides, but I hear this crap all the time. See that house next to you? That normal neighbor? He's probably on the Left. See the house on the other side of you? He's probably on the Right, and yet they show up at the neighborhood BBQ together, the kids go to school together, and somehow, it' all works out. Let's get back to realizing that, shall we?
@gustavmarie4 жыл бұрын
True, both country music and blues are full of self-depreciation and ironic humor.
@kareno78484 жыл бұрын
Shoes how much she knows!
@laurawilloughby40004 жыл бұрын
@@lisathuban8969 Thank you.
@lilchickennugget81554 жыл бұрын
She seems so pleasant..i would love to sit and talk with her.
@jefvarnadore22672 жыл бұрын
Mary exudes charisma.. I could listen to her all day.
@rivertam78274 жыл бұрын
The Celts were the bane of the Romans, the English were the colonisers, you can't just generically refer to "Britons" as if they're the same people and culture.
@akapbhan4 жыл бұрын
TBF Romans built sea walls and fortifications to stop the ancestors of English and Scandinavians from invading Britain
@mushypeasplease88724 жыл бұрын
The Britons didn't just disappear though. Or emigrate. The various incomers weren't genocidal.
@hymanocohann26984 жыл бұрын
Each generation of history consists of the new, stepping upon the shoulders of the old, while cutting their throats.
@lynneceegee87264 жыл бұрын
Stella Mortis depends what you mean by the English and which timescale you are referring to. The Scots are very highly represented in the numbers of colonisers. All over the world they were overseers and managers of plantations and mines etc. Quite possibly the Welsh too, but noticeably the Scots.
@gerardvila46854 жыл бұрын
First use of "Britons" was by the Romans, to mean the inhabitants of Britain. That's why there was a man called "Brittanicus" (meaning "he who defeated the Britons"). I think he was murdered by Nero... anyway he didn't make it to Emperor.
@MatiasGeraldoThe2nd3 жыл бұрын
She tweeted me yesterday. And I’ll cherish it forever.
@nejuw4 жыл бұрын
What a lady! Love Mary Beard
@caryulmer70634 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy this show. The guests are interesting & both the host & other guests listen intently to the speaker & have an Intellegent conversation together. Wish we had talk shows like this in our country instead of the gossipy, type we do have.
@pixiepostcard20904 жыл бұрын
I like it that Mary defends how she looks.. a normal human being!
@trollingisasport4 жыл бұрын
A real human bean
@pixiepostcard20904 жыл бұрын
@@trollingisasport lol 😉😊
@pixiepostcard20904 жыл бұрын
@jay… instead of doing something like... ?!
@elcruzer55144 жыл бұрын
@jay Like changing her sex? LOLLOL
@globalwarmingisreal23664 жыл бұрын
It was a pleasure to listen to this fascinating lady!
@globalwarmingisreal23664 жыл бұрын
A highly educated academic individual like this woman is denigrated about something as superficial and trivial as appearance, tells me all I need to know about the ignorant fools that exist in this world. I would suggest, they listen to her and learn something!
@gregoryallen00014 жыл бұрын
imho luck doesn't come from hard work: it comes from being out in the world and being open
@rb99984 жыл бұрын
Mary is always authentic. She’s passionate about her work, brilliant and very open. Really appreciate her.
@prairrie4 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved Mary's documentaries. Very under exposed talented historian .
@brandonaldaymachuse66692 жыл бұрын
The other guests are absolutely in awe of her. Her wisdom, humor and wealth of history is something else.
@EDDIELANE4 жыл бұрын
Love you Mary Beard!! You invoke your excitment in every subject!
@jonvelde57304 жыл бұрын
"Being utterly polite while secretly undermining"- Christ, welcome to Minnesota!
@zealandzen4 жыл бұрын
I would not assume that the ancient Egyptians or any other ancients treated captive women any better than the Romans did.
@ezekiel37914 жыл бұрын
How you don't understand? The point was Rome (the most juridical ancient state ever) been represented as a wild tyrannous patriarchal society. So, we should be ashamed of our genetic and spiritual ancestors.
@sayem70024 жыл бұрын
Early Muslim empires did
@Maza6754 жыл бұрын
@@sayem7002 that's not how the life of mohammad or history books read
@sayem70024 жыл бұрын
@@Maza675 I'm not sure about your source of history books. You might give an example which made you think that way and we can discuss to see if it's true what you're claiming or if it's just the twisted words of islamophobes repeated over and and over which you presumably took as historic recordings.
@Thebluebridgetroll4 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure how accurate this is. Ancient Egypt was WILDLY different in approach to women. It was much, MUCH more egalitarian. Now, I don't know if that's because it was an older continuous culture, or if it was because of the greater reliance on agriculture over pastoralism, or perhaps maybe because it was an incredibly centralized state where the land and everything and everyone in it belonged to the Pharaoh (and thus authority of men over women becomes moot, because EVERYONE is effectively the Pharaoh's property) but it seems as if the egalitarian nature of hunter gatherer cultures made the transition to settled agriculture much more readily in Ancient Egypt. I would be unsurprised if it had to do with pastoralism, though. You see this, for example, in the New World. All the cultures that became predominantly agricultural run on a spectrum from egalitarian with patriarchal leanings to outright matriarchy, effectively; but no matter where you were, if maize was involved, women were revered. Contrast this with the plains tribes who adopted equine pastoralism post contact: all semblance or pretense towards female equality or superiority goes out the window, and you're left with an incredibly patriarchal society where women are almost property. When you look at the ancient and classical world, the worst offenders in terms of the subjugation of women all have pastoral roots. The middle east, the arabian peninsula, Mesopotamia, the levant, all relied VERY heavily on herding. The greeks and the romans were both Indo European in origin, a nomadic pastoralist group. Something about having a heavy dependence on herding goats or sheep or cattle or horses makes societies more patriarchal. Ancient Egypt, meanwhile, not so much. That's not to say that there were NO domesticated animals in Egypt, there certainly were. But they played a much smaller role than did grain, because the Nile is a wheat producing powerhouse.
@A_Salted_Fishe4 жыл бұрын
Rare for a KZbin comment section to be this wholesome. Keep it up lads and lasses!
@ClareDarwish4 жыл бұрын
"he was on holiday, a bit drunk..... a bit disinhibited" how gracious. Going to follow her on Twitter now.
@Dr.Bitterbrains333 Жыл бұрын
Her knowledge of history is never ending a amazing person what a mind
@asielnorton3454 жыл бұрын
I watch all her videos on KZbin and enjoy them. But I don’t like judging cultures of the past by present moral standards. I think that’s a mistake academically. I also disagree that people across time and culture couldn’t find commonalities. As a person that’s traveled to very remote areas and interacted with cultures with perhaps just as great a difference to us as Romans and got along fine.
@JointFive4 жыл бұрын
I think it would be more culture shock than most could take. I do agree to not judge history through our own eyes, as we still treat other very badly ourselves
@jasonkeene89104 жыл бұрын
Analysis of history requires judgement. Analysis of the present requires judgement. Without judgement, its an academic nothing.
@asielnorton3454 жыл бұрын
bearraaaaTV I was unaware that a specific time and region namely Western Europe and North America today had figured everything out. So we recognize and act on universal moral principles today? And 1000 years from now we are confident the laws we live by today in our particular region will continue to be recognized? Cool.
@asielnorton3454 жыл бұрын
Jason Keene that makes absolutely no sense. But it sounds cool.
@angelicalicari83552 жыл бұрын
We aren't looking down on ancient Romans because "We think rape is bad!", we're looking down on them because they dehumanized their women far enough to accept forced sex as long as the perpetrator "owned" her in some way (BF, husband). Being able to enjoy yourself, despite that same act causing your beloved partner distress or pain, (sometimes BECAUSE you're causing your partner pain), should be seen as unhuman behavior
@draigan4 жыл бұрын
rofl i love what she saying about being incredibly polite but also putting someone down at the same time. Utterly brilliant! I am going to try this.
@weirdowilla10274 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the boy/girl ratio was different in early Roman times. Or is the prevailing theory that men (me) have just always been asholes?
@paulbart31564 жыл бұрын
My be just you
@weirdowilla10274 жыл бұрын
Paul Bart type much
@bealtainecottage4 жыл бұрын
I have the utmost respect for Mary Beard, her intellectual ability and strong, indomitable personality! Bloody marvellous woman!
@stevehall92564 жыл бұрын
I have lost count of the number of women asking me to hold them down during sex. It works both ways
@suzettebatista10164 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊 this show is so interesting and educational
@SkavlanTV4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Suzette!
@britbyname36204 жыл бұрын
Who is the Gonk that looks like a woman and asks the very “ intellectual “ question about how Romans greeted each other / kissing he’d read !!! Why is he there ????
@doomguy90494 жыл бұрын
She's a friendly gal and maybe a good sport as those things go but she's not someone you should look to want an accurate view of ancient history in my experience.
@doomguy90494 жыл бұрын
@@luanamoraes3578 yes
@aidenfrost70084 жыл бұрын
Luana Moraes appeal to authority fallacy.
@TheSaba21154 жыл бұрын
“There’s no tradition of self deprecation in America”. Well said!
@lavinder114 жыл бұрын
Untrue
@petergreen25524 жыл бұрын
So true. Look at Trump.
@slappy89414 жыл бұрын
So you've never been to America then, have you?
@slappy89414 жыл бұрын
@@petergreen2552 Trump is from New York, so...
@petergreen25524 жыл бұрын
@@slappy8941 So what? New York is one of THE places for comedy. Trump has NO sense of humour well aside from his love of fake tan and that thing he puts on his head
@pbohearn4 жыл бұрын
Her citation of the first piece of misogynistic literature in Western civilization with a straight line to Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew.”
@TheWchurchill4pm Жыл бұрын
Is it possible that Homer intended for his readers (I should say, listeners) to view Telemachus’ treatment of his mother as misogynistic? Or if we’re dispensing with anachronistic terms, did he intend for them to sympathize with Penelope in this scene?
@JAWilsonwhitetidelinedesigns4 жыл бұрын
A very interesting discussion. Dame Mary Beard continues to be a marvel and always such a pleasure to listen to her learned explanations about classic history, literature and human behavior. Thank you.
@yuurishibuya47974 жыл бұрын
This show puts together some amazing talks, such a civil host! Have you heard of anyone listening to the guest speakers these days?
@savos0204 жыл бұрын
unless you are on the side of masculine and that of self responsibilty then he is exposed as fake news
@godzilla2k264 жыл бұрын
Rubin Report?
@godzilla2k264 жыл бұрын
@@savos020 How so?
@checkyourhead94 жыл бұрын
I would love to get her and lucy worsely and rick steves together and talk to them
@claytonwalter87004 жыл бұрын
Rick Steves knows nothing. He has to research everything he does. The other two are PHDs. It's telling that you don't know any high level male academics. You must watch pbs.
@daffyrose4 жыл бұрын
Clayton Walter This is interesting. What’s wrong with doing research? What’s wrong with not knowing any high level male PhDs? You can still be interested? I was actually a bit disappointed in Professor Beard. But you know? It doesn’t matter? She’ll be fine! What’s wrong with watching PBS? I like PBS!
@miriamhavard76214 жыл бұрын
Not Rick Steves.........
@sa-iw4dr4 жыл бұрын
"I know his Mum; she'll make him take it down", that was awesome.
@noelpucarua28434 жыл бұрын
True, but it kind of destroys her argument about Homer.
@scouser2010ify4 жыл бұрын
I like skavlan and I like Matt beard her take on history is so unique and fresh she also just talks like a normal person unlike most historians
@williamchadwick79484 жыл бұрын
Most notorious Roman, Harvius Weinsteinius. As he was raping women, he would call out, "Are you not entertained?" He also had a unique way of fertilizing his olive trees.
@elcruzer55144 жыл бұрын
LOL Good one!!
@lisaellis25934 жыл бұрын
HA!HA!HA!HA!
@dizzydaydream96474 жыл бұрын
Mrs Cormack....I have watched so many lectures, debates and documentaries involving, and presented by you. Roman history has always fascinated me. You are utterly fantastic. I’m always mesmerised by your knowledge and passion. I do maintain that you would be one of the people I would invite around my dinner table, along with Brian Cox, Henry VIII, Louis XVI, and Mr Caesar himself! I think discussion would carry on well into the night 😆 Keep doing what you do best and bring the Romans to life....you do it so so well. Thank you.
@carolyncolinhogarth87324 жыл бұрын
I agree with Dame Mary beard for here comments about how to get along with rude humans...Yes that is true....Often they can become your very best friends....If you ask questions to find out how someone thinks, if is often not only a shared conversation but one of enlightenment on many parts...I agree and enjoyed the conversation and the historical aspect of the Romans...I agree with her about her take on history also...It is one session after another of change...Please convey the gratitude for enlightenment...CDHx1
@acreymundo4 жыл бұрын
What a brilliant panel. Love Dame Beard
@dave94014 жыл бұрын
Wow! She is simply wonderful, in the truest sense of the word. 😍
@thatchannel1954 жыл бұрын
Hi
@jeanquirit20094 жыл бұрын
Not all men are Prince Andrew, thank you very much
@blotski Жыл бұрын
I'm terribly sorry. I think you must have misunderstood what she said.
@jeanquirit2009 Жыл бұрын
@@blotski I'm terribly sorry. I think you must have misunderstood what i meant.
@morganolfursson25604 жыл бұрын
As a kid I always wished i could go back in time to a period and a place when and where animals were not killed and were not eaten or hurt. So, as the son of a historian, theologian and archaeologist father and an anthropo-ethnologist mother i asked them to tell me all they knew about the way animals had been treated throughout history . My mother and father became quite interested in the topic and started asking their friends about it, from zoologists to archaeologists specialized in digging up animals . All they could come up with is that to find a place when animals weren't treated badly by human being, even the proto human beings, i would have to go back to before the apparition of humanoids. Because although some cultures have celebrated some animals, or held them as sacred, not a single one has actually forbade to hurt, kill, eat animals for any reason. Even in Buddhism and Hinduism which always appear so kind and respectful religions or philosophies, animals are sacrificed or killed and eaten. Maybe in an even more hypocritical way than other religions (especially the monotheist 3 major ones which all state that animals are here for us and that we can use them as we please). But the scariest part is that even in places without religion or among people without particular religious beliefs, animals cruelty is everywhere , even more so. So in other words, the way women have been treated in history is simply a mirror of the way human beings treat other living things, human animal or non human animal or else. This is truly in our nature to hurt, damage, kill, destroy, far more than it is to care. We are instinctively destructive. Just look at kids playing and you will see how they enjoy breaking, throwing, fighting, and when you give them something weaker than them, they turn into monsters. It is truly terrifying to know that behind this veil of so called civilization lies our true nature , which is neither benevolent nor pacifist. The youtube comments sections , and social media culture, are often a good example of how people are far more eager to hate than love. It is really depressing to think that no matter how far back i go in human history i will always find cruelty toward animals , and it doesn't make it easy to believe that the future might be somehow better . We are a violent species, the most violent of all, on this planet we believe to be ours. I am absolutely not surprised that women have been treated badly throughout history, just like women have also treated badly creatures that were or are weaker than them. This is just the way we function, us human beings. Although maybe women, due to their nurturing nature are maybe a little (and i mean just a little) less eager to kill or hurt, especially the young and weak creatures, but this is just a theory, because i have witnessed horrendous cruelty done by women to animals, especially when i lived in Asia. Today i am a vet and ethologist and in the two decades of my career , i am yet to have come across any culture which shows complete respect toward animals and nature, all i have seen is destruction and an increasing level of stupidity , especially in so called civilized nations such as Australia which to me today is the epitome of stupidity and cruelty toward animals as a modern nation. We only have to see what they are doing now to cats and camels and other species that THEY brought into the island to get a clear idea of how messed up these people are. And this is why also it is absolutely not surprising to me that Aboriginals where considered as part of the Fauna in australia until 1967 .
@cherylwilliams6674 жыл бұрын
Morgan Olfursson I enjoyed reading your post. I agree with you. There is no place on this earth that is safe for animals of any kind. I wish there were. There are some sanctuaries were animals are cared for and not put to sleep but those places are very few. I guess all we can do is take wonderful care of the animals that live under our roof and give them a good life. I know this isn't popular to say but I sometimes feel more devastated when an animal is hurt or killed versus a human.
@morganolfursson25604 жыл бұрын
@@cherylwilliams667 I completely agree with you Cheryl and feel exactly the same. I may feel bad when human kids get hurt, but when adults are, i now feel nothing much compared to how i feel and react when animals around me are mistreated.
@heather2284 жыл бұрын
Mary Beard is amazing
@KT_5714 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love and respect Mary! What a phenomenal lady!
@legalvampire81364 жыл бұрын
I wish she gave more evidence for what she says about the Romans e.g. not smiling. As far as I know they had no word in Latin for 'smiling' but that does not prove they did not do it. They may just have said 'Gaius looked happy' when we would say 'Gaius was smiling'. Likewise they had no words in Latin for nephews and nieces, but that does not mean they did not have them. They simply referred to them as 'my sister's son' , 'my brother's daughter' etc.
@meorrrrw40203 жыл бұрын
She is less of a historian and more of a storyteller in my eyes... I think she likes to twist history to suit her narrative.
@rachaeltl4 жыл бұрын
Yes, thank you indeed. What an interesting woman..!!
@nigewood49454 жыл бұрын
This lady is definitely what one might call 'good copy'. What a fascinating woman.