The Back Half

#22: Beast, Soul Music and Gladiator

Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman discuss the new film Beast, the BBC Radio 4 programme Soul Music  and celebrate the noniversary of Gladiator.﻿Get in touch with questions or noniversary suggestions on Twitter via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tom_gatti" target="_blank">@tom_gatti</a> or <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ns_podcasts" target="_blank">@ns_podcasts</a>.Further reading:<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2018/04/seaside-horror-jersey-michael-pearce-s-beast-lacks-much-needed-wildness" target="_blank">Ryan Gilbey's review of Beast.</a><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2018/05/pleasure-bbc-radio-4-s-soul-music-anticipating-next-speaker" target="_blank">Antonia Quirke's piece about Soul Music.</a>Our theme music is "God Speed" by Pistol Jazz, licensed under Creative Commons. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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