92nd Y On-Demand; • Internationally bestselling author and renowned classicist Mary Beard joins us for a conversation with classicist James Romm about our fascination with the ancient world & her new book, Talking Classics. • From her hit BBC series to her canonical books about ancient Rome, Mary Beard has become one of the world’s most beloved historians.

Inspired by a formative childhood encounter with a 4,000-year-old piece of bread in a museum, Mary Beard’s Talking Classics takes us to the root of her love of history: a funny, brilliant meditation on the intimate, messy, and humdrum evidence of daily life in the remote past.