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In Conversation | Flying dreams and X-rated rhymes - with Glaire Anderson

· 36 min · S5 E17 · Explicit

Episode In Conversation | Flying dreams and X-rated rhymes - with Glaire Anderson

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Long before Leonardo Da Vinci was born, there was a genius poet and astronomer who dreamed of human flight. Dan is joined by the University of Edinburgh’s Glaire Anderson, historical advisor to the latest Assassin’s Creed game, to talk about the strange experiments and obscene poetry of Abbas Ibn Firnas.

This episode contains sexual content and may not be suitable for children.

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Hosted by Dan Jones and Glaire Anderson

Producer - Georgia Mills

Assistant Producers - Suhaar Ali and Lucia Farina

Executive Producer - Louisa Field

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Mixing - Gulliver Lawrence-Tickell

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