11 episodes

Jasmine Elmer has a mission - to make everyone love the Classics as much as she does. Each week she'll tackle a different subject, with the aid of a special guest, to explain how the Greco-Roman era has influenced virtually all aspects of modern life. This is the classics podcast that talks as much about modern life as the ancient world. No prior revision required!
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Legit Classics Hat Trick Productions

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Jasmine Elmer has a mission - to make everyone love the Classics as much as she does. Each week she'll tackle a different subject, with the aid of a special guest, to explain how the Greco-Roman era has influenced virtually all aspects of modern life. This is the classics podcast that talks as much about modern life as the ancient world. No prior revision required!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Interior Design with EMMA JANE PALIN

    Interior Design with EMMA JANE PALIN

    Emma Jane Palin, interior blogger and stylist joins Jasmine today to chat about how much inspiration our current homes draw from classical interiors. Alongside the more expected chats about mosaics and marble there's also talk of what every Deco magazine celebrities want to be featured in and even how current music bands are referencing furniture items that have classical provenance!
    Legit Classics is hosted by Jasmine Elmer and is a Hat Trick Podcast

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    • 26 min
    Sex with CATE CAMPBELL

    Sex with CATE CAMPBELL

    Accredited sex therapist, author and co-host of The Real Sex Education Podcast, Jasmine's guest today is Cate Campbell, talking about attitudes towards sex in classical times. Were the Romans really more liberal than us and if so should we take a leaf out of their book when it comes to being less prudish when talking about sex?
    Follow Jasmine @legitclassicist on twitter and instagram

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    • 33 min
    Happiness with SIMON ALEXANDER ONG

    Happiness with SIMON ALEXANDER ONG

    Life Coach and Business Strategist Simon Alexander Ong joins Jasmine to discuss the pursuit of happiness this week. How did the ancients pursue happiness and are the methods to achieve this that we use today likely to have been the same back then?
    Follow Jasmine on Twitter and Instagram @legitclassicist

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    • 41 min
    Medicine with DR EMEKA

    Medicine with DR EMEKA

    The fabulous Dr Emeka Okorocha joins Jasmine today to discuss all things healthcare and medicine. Dr Emeka gamely answers Jasmine's pop quiz of Classical diagnoses to see if he can tell what the patient was suffering from, as well as managing to keep a straight face while she reveals some of the ancient cures. Hippocrates of course is discussed, whose oath Doctors even now have to commit to before they start to practise.
    Follow Jasmine @legitclassicist on twitter and instagram
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    • 35 min
    Thrillers with ANDREW HUNTER MURRAY

    Thrillers with ANDREW HUNTER MURRAY

    Kicking off a new batch of the series that seeks to find out how the classics compares to modern day, Jasmine is joined by the brilliant Andrew Hunter Murray, best selling author, journalist and one of the indomitable QI elves. Talk ranges from misunderstood monsters to modern horror and, just to warn you, there is some bad mouthing of Cicero...
    Find Jasmine @legitclassicist on social media.
    Andrew's latest book 'The Sanctuary' is published by Penguin and he can be found @andrewhunterm on twitter.
    Legit Classics is a Hat Trick Podcast

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    • 44 min
    Food with KATE YOUNG

    Food with KATE YOUNG

    Award winning writer of The Little Cookbook series, Kate Young brings her knowledge and love of food to the pod this week to chat to Jasmine about ancient thinking about food, dining and why Pythagoras really had a thing about beans...
    Follow Jasmine on @legitclassicist
    Follow Kate on twitter @bakingfiction
    Legit Classics is a Hat Trick Podcast
    Produced by Andy Goddard and Claire Broughton


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    • 43 min

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