376. The Romans with Jessica Fostekew and Mary Beard

The Guilty Feminist

The Spontaneity Shop

Comedy, Feminism

4.8 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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The Guilty Feminist 376. The Romans

Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Jessica Fostekew with special guest Mary Beard.

Recorded 20 October 2023 via SquadCast. Released 30 October.

The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Picture Sarah Jeynes & BBC.

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https://twitter.com/thehooveringpod
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001s5cl

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0:00.0	This is an advertisement for Leeds Building Society, who are on a mission to get more people
0:04.3	on the housing ladder and up it, because they believe every generation deserves a place to call home.
0:10.4	Affording a home and saving for a deposit has never been easy, but it's also never been as hard
0:15.2	as it is right now. Leeds Building Society are launching a new campaign supporting home buyers
0:20.2	to get on and stay on the property ladder. They are committed to making housing more affordable,
0:24.7	accessible and available for everyone. Every 16 minutes, they help someone buy a home,
0:30.1	and one in two of their mortgages goes to a first-time buyer. I feel incredibly lucky to have
0:35.3	been able to buy my flat. It was very difficult for me to be able to afford it, but the stars aligned
0:40.1	and I was able to pull it off. I think a year later or a year earlier, I genuinely wouldn't have
0:44.9	managed it. I'm not just saying that, I honestly sometimes feel like Indiana Jones diving under the
0:49.1	door and pulling back to Grabby's hat when I think about buying my flat. Part of the problem
0:53.2	today is the lack of availability in the housing market and Leeds Building Society are actively
0:58.0	pushing the government to reinstate mandatory targets for building new homes. Because Leeds is
1:02.8	a mutual, in other words, its member-owned, their savings customers help their mortgage customers,
1:07.9	so savers plan active role in supporting the future generation onto the housing ladder.
1:12.9	This year, their savings members have helped over 9,000 first-time buyers onto the housing ladder,
1:18.3	so you know your savings are working harder. Find out more by visiting leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk.
1:26.0	Leeds Building Society is authorised by the prudential regulation authority and regulated
1:29.6	by the financial conduct authority and the prudential regulation authority. Your property may be
1:34.0	repossessed if you don't keep up repayments on your mortgage. I'm a feminist, but the first time
1:40.1	I ever got to meet today's guest, Mary Beard, I had to pretend to be way cooler than I was,
1:50.4	because inside I was doing a massive fangirl, and outside I was just being like, sure, chill,
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