Hi, everybody, Dan and Andy here, and we have an announcement of our exciting guest today,

and then we have an apology to make, and then we have another exciting announcement.

It's an excitement sandwich.

That's true.

So, joining us on the podcast today is one of our heroes, someone that we've been reading the books of for many years now,

and who excitingly has just entered the world of podcasting herself, and that is the historian, Mary Beard. Yes, Mary is one of Britain's

best-known classicists. She's brilliant. She knows everything there is to know about the

ancient world. And, excitingly, her new podcast, All About Classics, has just launched. It's

called Instant Classics. It's very funny and interesting. Episode one is which Roman emperor is Donald Trump. So if you like the sound of Barry's stuff and you'd like to learn a bit more about the ancient world, check out Instant Classics. That's right. She co-hosts it with a brilliant author called Charlotte Higgins. It's a very funny show. They're going to be doing a book club based on the Odyssey.

So do check it out. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Another thing that we need to say is

sorry. Andy? We've had some correspondence from Zach Rosalinski, who says, in the intro to your

most recent episode, you said astronauts on the ISS could not attend your forthcoming remote live show at the London podcast festival because they do not have Wi-Fi.

This is not true. He says, the ISS does have Wi-Fi, although it is more used for navigation and whatnot than downloading podcasts.

But astronauts do have an approved list of downloadable materials. So all we need to do is get on to the

International Space Station list of approved materials. And then they too will be able to attend

on the 5th and 6th of September. And for a week afterwards, guys, you can buy your tickets a bit late

and still stream the London Podcast Festival. No such thing as official live shows. They're going to be

great. That's right. We've got Jamie Morton of my dad wrote a porno joining us on the 5th of

September and then Richard Osmond joining us on the 6th. It's going to be awesome. But if you

can't make it to those live shows, guess what? We are announcing another live show. Our cup runneth

over. Your cup runneth over. The cups are all too full.

Come to Cheltenham on the 16th of October. We are playing the Cheltenham Literature Festival.

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