S3 EP10: Dame Mary Beard

What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty

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Comedy

4.8 • 990 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Joining us on this episode of '⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠What did you do yesterday?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠' is the renowned classicist, author and broadcaster - Dame Mary Beard. We asked Mary what she did yesterday? She told us. That's it... enjoy! Mary's brilliant new podcast 'Instant Classics' is available from the 28th August. Co-hosted with Guardian Chief Culture writer Charlotte Higgins, the series will connect ancient myths, figures, and politics to today’s headlines and cultural habits. It promises “ancient stories, modern twists” with no classics degree required, aiming to show how history continues to shape the present. Each episode mixes wit, insight, and debate, as the two friends unpack stories from Ancient Greece and Rome while linking them to modern life. Find it wherever you get your podcasts. Don't forget we're doing out first ever WDYDY live show (and the only one in 2025!) on September 10th at Hackney Empire. You can get tickets and info at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/what-did-you-do-yesterday⁠⁠⁠⁠ But hurry as tickets are going fast!!! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get in touch with the show: [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yesterdaypod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales and general enquiries: [email protected] Produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael Marden⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Podcasts, there are millions of them.
0:08.3	Some might say too many.
0:10.8	I have one already.
0:11.9	I don't have any, because there are enough.
0:14.2	Politics, business, sport, you name it.
0:16.0	There's a podcast about it.
0:17.2	And they all ask the big questions and cover the hot topics of the day.
0:20.3	But nobody is covering the most important topic of all.
0:24.1	Why is that? Are they scared?
0:26.1	Too afraid of being censored by the man?
0:29.9	Possibly, but not us.
0:32.1	We're here to ask the only question that matters.
0:35.2	We try and say it at the same time, Max.
0:36.9	What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? That's it. All we're interested in is what the guests got up to yesterday. Nothing more. Day before yesterday, Max? Nope. The greatest and most interesting day of your life? Unless it was yesterday, we don't want to know about it. I'm Max Rushton and I'm David O'Daheherty.
0:55.6	Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday?
1:01.3	Hello and welcome to today's episode of What Did You Do Yesterday and David, our first
1:06.1	night of the realm.
1:08.1	We are moving into new territory.
1:10.7	We are, yeah. We are moving into new territory here.
1:11.0	We are, yeah.
1:11.5	We are a prestige podcast that has been pretending to not be a prestige podcast with all the constant talk about bathrooms, et cetera.
1:22.9	And now, oh, this is big.
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