In Conversation | Flying dreams and X-rated rhymes - with Glaire Anderson

This is History: A Dynasty to Die For

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Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Long before Leonardo Da Vinci was born, there was a genius poet and astronomer who dreamed of human flight. Dan is joined by the University of Edinburgh’s Glaire Anderson, historical advisor to the latest Assassin’s Creed game, to talk about the strange experiments and obscene poetry of Abbas Ibn Firnas. This episode contains sexual content and may not be suitable for children. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted by Dan Jones and Glaire Anderson Producer - Georgia Mills Assistant Producers - Suhaar Ali and Lucia Farina Executive Producer - Louisa Field Production Manager - Eric Ryan and Jen Mistri Marketing - Kieran Lancini Mixing - Gulliver Lawrence-Tickell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.2	Tees and Cs apply.
1:03.6	Just a warning, this episode contains some obscene poetry from the 9th century.
1:12.8	The wind roars, tearing through the olive trees that cling to the slopes of the mountain.
1:19.6	The old man's knees are not what they once were, and his back is already aching from the steep incline
1:26.6	to get to this point.
1:29.7	Vultures circle above him, closer to him than ever as they glide effortlessly on wings spread wide.
1:38.5	Below, far below, the great city of Cordoba sprawls in the sun,
1:43.6	its minarets and rooftops glinting like rays catching off the ocean.
1:49.0	It's market day. Usually the city would be alive with the hustle and bustle of haggling and laughing, but today it's quiet.
2:03.4	Every eye is fixed upwards, towards him, the old man on the mountain, Abbas Ibn Furnas.
2:13.8	His heart pounds, the rush of blood in his ears nearly drowning out the winds.
2:21.6	He takes a moment to feel the weight of his creation against his shoulders.
2:26.8	The wood creaks under the breeze and his fingers twitch nervously against the fabric.
2:33.3	It's not just the weight of the wings he's feeling,
2:36.0	it's the weight of decades of dreaming,
2:39.0	of men imagining what it would be like
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