The British Museum Membercast

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Comedian, podcaster and super-fan Iszi Lawrence (The Z List Dead List) presents snippets from the exclusive programme of Members’ lectures at the British Museum, artfully woven together with interviews and musings. The Membercast is a monthly podcast made available to ‘all studious and curious persons’, but we will definitely encourage you to become a Member if you aren’t already! Interested in becoming a Member? You can find out more at britishmuseum.org/membership. Direct your questions about Membership to friends@britishmuseum.org Talk to us about the podcast on Twitter @britishmuseum using the hashtag #membercast or use the email address above. Find out more about Iszi Lawrence and The Z List Dead List at iszi.com or follow her on Twitter @iszi_lawrence

Episode Date
0106 Phone calls from the past
May 17, 2023
0105 The Benioff Oceania Programme
May 17, 2023
0104 The International Training Programme
May 17, 2023
0103 Lending a helping hand: The world of object loans
May 17, 2023
0102 Inside the Iraq scheme and Girsu project
May 17, 2023
0101 Handle with care: conserving Beirut's shattered glass
Sep 26, 2022
056 Ancestors with Professor Alice Roberts
Sep 27, 2021
055 A history of emotion
Sep 06, 2021
054 History mysteries with Caroline Lawrence
Jul 29, 2021
053 Who was Nero?
Jun 28, 2021
052 Contemporary art of the Middle East
Apr 26, 2021
051 1666: Plague, war and hellfire
Mar 23, 2021
050 The story of Sutton Hoo
Feb 22, 2021
049 Egyptologists' notebooks
Jan 27, 2021
048 Exploring the Arctic
Dec 23, 2020
047 A History of Magic with Chris Gosden
Nov 30, 2020
046 What is Tantra?
Nov 10, 2020
045 Welcome back: Iszi explores the collection
Sep 21, 2020
044 Writing history with Natalie Haynes
Aug 17, 2020
043 Boudicca with Stephen P. Kershaw
Jul 22, 2020
042 Meeting the moth man
Jun 17, 2020
041 The Battle of Thermopylae with David Stuttard
May 27, 2020
040 Talking religion with Tom Holland
Apr 29, 2020
039 100 years of conservation
Mar 23, 2020
038 What did the Romans ever do for us?
Feb 24, 2020
037 Looking for Troy
Jan 06, 2020
036 A Tudor Christmas
Dec 17, 2019
035 The story of Troy
Nov 04, 2019
034 Inspired by the east
Oct 22, 2019
033 Rethinking Rembrandt
Sep 10, 2019
32. The power of manga
Aug 27, 2019
031 - Rebuilding the past
Jun 25, 2019
030 - Exploring Munch
May 31, 2019
029 - Bioarchaeology at the British Museum
May 03, 2019
028 - How do you know that it is old
Mar 26, 2019
027 - The origins of writing
Feb 25, 2019
026 Ashurbanipal
Jan 29, 2019
025 - Halloween
Nov 26, 2018
024 - Stonehenge
Oct 26, 2018
023 I object
Sep 24, 2018
022 The seaside (Part 2)
Aug 28, 2018
021 The seaside (Part 1)
Jul 24, 2018
020 - Nefertiti's face
Jun 26, 2018
019 - Making a living in Iron Age Britain
May 29, 2018
018 - A year in the life of scientific research at the Museum
Apr 24, 2018
017 - Cracking the Egyptian Code
Mar 27, 2018
016 Transforming a Gallery
Feb 28, 2018
015 Living with gods
Jan 31, 2018
014 Egyptian Art
Dec 22, 2017
013 Currency, communism & credit
Nov 29, 2017
012 - The BP exhibition Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia
Oct 24, 2017
011 - Behind the scenes
Sep 27, 2017
010 - The man who collected the world
Aug 29, 2017
009 -  Friends, Romans, countrymen? - Part 2
Jul 25, 2017
008 Membercast special: a night at the Museum
Jul 06, 2017
007 - The Holy Roman Empire
Jun 27, 2017
006 - Friends, Romans, countrymen?
May 30, 2017
005 - Capability Brown
Apr 25, 2017
004 - Footprints in time
Mar 28, 2017
003 - Joan of Arc
Feb 21, 2017
002 - Brains, objects and deep history
Jan 24, 2017
001 - South African art
Dec 06, 2016