Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics podcast

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics

Natalie Haynes takes a fresh look at the ancient world, creating stand-up routines about figures from ancient Greece and Rome.

Natalie Haynes takes a fresh look at the ancient world, creating stand-up routines about figures from ancient Greece and Rome.

 

#46

The Aeneid

In a tour de force solo performance, Natalie takes on Virgil's great poem in 28 minutes.. ... more

02 Sep 2025

27 MINS

27:52

02 Sep 2025


#45

Hestia

The overlooked Olympian who was the resolutely unmarried goddess of the hearth and home. I... more

26 Aug 2025

27 MINS

27:42

26 Aug 2025


#44

Catullus

The brilliant Roman love poet is the poster boy for teen angst. He feels everything intens... more

19 Aug 2025

27 MINS

27:52

19 Aug 2025


#43

Hera

The Queen of the Olympian gods is swallowed whole by her father at birth and then marries ... more

12 Aug 2025

27 MINS

27:56

12 Aug 2025


#42

The Women Poets of Ancient Greece

Natalie is joined by Edith Hall and Nikita Gill to tell the stories of the Nine Earthly Mu... more

05 Aug 2025

28 MINS

28:00

05 Aug 2025


#41

Alexandria: The Library

Natalie is joined by Professors Islam Issa and Edith Hall to tell the story of the great l... more

29 Jul 2025

27 MINS

27:30

29 Jul 2025


#40

Alexandria: The City

Natalie is joined by Professors Islam Issa and Edith Hall to tell the story of the ancient... more

22 Jul 2025

27 MINS

27:29

22 Jul 2025


#39

Saturnalia

No togas today please. Natalie celebrates the mid-winter festival of Ancient Rome, Saturna... more

27 Dec 2024

27 MINS

27:30

27 Dec 2024


#38

Tacitus

Tacitus is the great historian of imperial Rome. His writing is beautiful, unsettling, ext... more

12 Aug 2024

27 MINS

27:31

12 Aug 2024


#37

Aesop

Aesop is probably the most famous author from antiquity, judging by the ongoing sales of h... more

05 Aug 2024

27 MINS

27:42

05 Aug 2024


#36

Artemis

Natalie stands up for the goddess Artemis. She's a predator, a hunter, an archer. Goddess ... more

29 Jul 2024

27 MINS

27:42

29 Jul 2024


#35

Aphrodite

The Greek goddess of love, sex, desire and beauty, Aphrodite is mostly depicted naked and/... more

22 Jul 2024

27 MINS

27:31

22 Jul 2024


#34

Hesiod

Natalie stands up for the prize-winning Greek poet, cataloguer of gods and author of a fla... more

15 Jul 2024

27 MINS

27:42

15 Jul 2024


#33

Cleopatra

Natalie Haynes returns with a new series of sparkling stories from the ancient world which... more

08 Jul 2024

27 MINS

27:52

08 Jul 2024


#32

Livia

Livia was the first Empress of Rome, a faithful wife, excellent friend and trusted advisor... more

20 Dec 2023

27 MINS

27:43

20 Dec 2023


#31

Athene

Athene is charismatic and bloodthirsty, goddess of wisdom, war and...handicrafts. Owl-eyed... more

12 Dec 2023

27 MINS

27:42

12 Dec 2023


#30

Demeter

Natalie tells the powerful and painful story of Demeter's fight to get justice for her dau... more

05 Dec 2023

27 MINS

27:34

05 Dec 2023


#29

Martial

Epigrams, jokes, highly-polished poems in praise of the Emperor. Oh, and absolute filth. T... more

28 Nov 2023

27 MINS

27:29

28 Nov 2023


#28

Homer: The Odyssey

Natalie retells Homer's epic story in an extraordinary tour-de-force performance recorded ... more

04 Sep 2022

34 MINS

34:57

04 Sep 2022


#27

Lucretius

The poet Lucretius's major work is a six-book poem on epicurean philosophy and physics. Do... more

28 Aug 2022

28 MINS

28:49

28 Aug 2022


#26

Spartan Women

Uniquely in the ancient world, women from Sparta had extraordinary rights and freedom. Rel... more

21 Aug 2022

28 MINS

28:57

21 Aug 2022


#25

Pompeii

It seems that classical scholars are wrong about the date of the volcanic eruption that de... more

14 Aug 2022

28 MINS

28:54

14 Aug 2022


#24

Cicero

Join Natalie Haynes and guests for half an hour of comedy and the Classics from the BBC Ra... more

27 Jun 2022

27 MINS

27:36

27 Jun 2022


#23

Clytemnestra

"Rock star classicist" and reformed stand-up Natalie Haynes is obsessed with the ancient w... more

09 Jun 2021

27 MINS

27:29

09 Jun 2021


#22

Jocasta

"Rock star classicist" and reformed stand-up Natalie Haynes is obsessed with the ancient w... more

18 May 2021

27 MINS

27:43

18 May 2021


#21

Pandora

"Rock star classicist" and reformed stand-up Natalie Haynes is obsessed with the ancient w... more

18 May 2021

27 MINS

27:51

18 May 2021