Radical History: Greek Gods, Roman Emperors and Religion (with Tom Holland from The Rest Is History)

Historian and co-host of The Rest Is History podcast Tom Holland
joins Amol to explore the history of radical ideas and what it
means to be radical today.


Tom explains why Christianity represented such a radical break
from what came before, how it shaped secular thought in the West
and how that compares to other religions. He also talks about his
interest in Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.


And Tom discusses the phenomenal success of The Rest Is History,
which he presents with fellow historian Dominic Sandbrook.


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Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.
He is also the host of University Challenge on BBC One. Before
that, Amol was media editor at the BBC and editor at The
Independent.


Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Lewis
Vickers with Anna Budd. Digital production was by Gabriel
Purcell-Davis, Sophie Millward and Joe Wilkinson. Technical
production was by Mike Regaard. The editor is Sam Bonham. The
executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.