Here you’ll find full transcripts of all the episodes. They’re designed to help listeners. If you want to find people or places mentioned by our guests, you can find them here. You can then find out more about them in the Basics section of this website. I’ll add links to the relevant key terms. If you have a hearing impairment, these should give you access to everything that’s said. Or if you don’t have English as a first language, you may sometimes find these useful to help you better understand what we’re saying.
- Introduction: Hello! And welcome to Thin End of the Wedge
- Episode 1. Laith Hussein. Tell Harmal, heart of Eshnunna
- Episode 2. Jana Matuszak. Misogyny and the ideal Sumerian woman
- Episode 3. Richard Dumbrill. Music in Mesopotamia
- Episode 4. Gina Konstantopoulos. A demon haunted world
- Episode 5. Jacob Jawdat and Rients de Boer. Gardening on the frontline
- Episode 6. Paul Collins. Displaying the ancient Middle East in the 21st century
- Episode 7. Dahlia Shehata. Anzu: the many faces of a monster
- Episode 8. Saber Amiri Parian. Re-reading the Elamite version of Behistun
- Episode 9. Elisa Roẞberger. Reflections in clay: the tactile art of terracottas
- Episode 10. Licia Romano. Death and burial in Sumer
- Episode 11. Carlos Gonçalves: The Human Face Of Mesopotamian Maths
- Episode 12. Gojko Barjamovic: International Trade
- Episode 13. Nicolò Marchetti: Nineveh 2020. How and why archaeology?
- Episode 14. Aaron Tugendhaft: Images, Idols And Iconoclasm
- Episode 15. Daniel Nicky: Teaching Mesopotamia through music
- Episode 16. Ilgi Gerçek and Selim Adalı: The Istanbul Sippar Project
- Episode 17. Strahil Panayotov: Assyrian eye medicine
- Episode 18. Carmen Gütschow: Archaeological conservation
- Episode 19. Shiyanthi Thavapalan: Colour in Mesopotamia
- Episode 20. Xiaoli Ouyang: Silver In Sumer: Money In Mesopotamia?
- Episode 21. Fabienne Huber Vuillet: Meanings From The Mundane