Fresh Air with Terry Gross, August 12, 2016: Interview with Mary Beard; Review of film Hell or High Water

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(1.) British classics historian MARY BEARD. She is a professor of classics at Cambridge University and has spent a career studying Rome and written a dozen books. She's also does TV and radio documentaries, writes a well-read blog, A Don's Life in the Times Literary Supplement. Her book S-P-Q-R: A History of Ancient Rome is out in paperback next month. (INTERVIEW WITH DAVE DAVIES) (REBROADCAST from 11.30.2015)(2.) Film critic DAVID EDELSTEIN reviews the new film Hell or High Water the new crime noir film starring Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges.