Pompeii is known for its disastrous end with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, but for archeologists, what came before is just as interesting. Researchers are using artifacts left behind in the remarkably well-preserved Roman city to piece together what life was like for the thousands of people who lived there 2,000 years ago. 
A new book and television show <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/life-in-pompeii-before-eruption?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">analyze some of these clues</a> to tell the stories of the ordinary people who faced this extraordinary event. Flora speaks with archaeobotanist  Jess Venner, author of “The Lost Voices of Pompeii,” and actor Tom Hiddleston, host of National Geographic’s “Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston.”
<a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/life-in-pompeii-before-vesuvius-eruption/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read an excerpt</a> from “The Lost Voices of Pompeii: Life and Death on Pompeii’s Final Day”
Guests:
Dr. Jess Venner is an archaeobotanist at the University of Oxford and author of “The Lost Voices of Pompeii.”
Tom Hiddleston is an actor and producer, and host of National Geographic’s “Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston.”
Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/life-in-pompeii-before-eruption?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sciencefriday.com</a><a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/parenting-tips-from-the-animal-kingdom/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">.</a>
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