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Birth is often treated as timeless and unchanging but the way we give birth has always reflected power, politics, and gender.In this episode of Womenkind Collective: Spill The Tea, we're joined by cultural historian and novelist Lucy Inglis, author of Born: The Untold History of Childbirth, to explore how childbirth has been shaped and controlled across history.From Neolithic birthing practices to ancient contraceptives, from upright labour to the medicalisation of birth, Lucy charts the moments when women were pushed out of decision-making and examines how patriarchal systems and medicine became deeply intertwined.We discuss:• What inspired Lucy to write a full history of childbirth• The “obstetric dilemma” and why humans need help in labour• Medical misogyny from Hippocrates to the modern maternity ward• Pain relief in the 1840s and the story of Fanny Appleton Longfellow• The experiences of Anarcha, Betsey and Lucy — and why their stories are essential• Why women still struggle for autonomy over pregnancy and birth today• What must change to create safer, more humane birthing experiencesLucy Inglis is also the author of Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium, a blogger at GeorgianLondon.com, and a regular contributor to radio and television.We catch up on our weeks adventures and learn about a beautiful tradition from the women of Kongthong, a remote part of India and their tradition of Jingrwal iawbei when a baby is born. Stick around for something for our 'thought for the week'. Lucy Inglis :Books: • Born. The Untold History of Humanity. Lucy Inglis. 2025. Bloomsbury Continuum• Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium. Lucy Inglis. 2018. Picador• Georgian London: Into the Streets. Lucy Inglis. 2013. Penguin Socials:I: @lucyinglisX: @lucyinglisL: Lucy Inglis ☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women's health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.
We are all born. Birth is the story of all of us. So why aren't we more curious about its history? That's what historian Lucy Inglis wanted to know. She's spent 15 years researching birth – around the globe, and across the centuries. “When you go into labour, you are a ship on the sea," says Inglis, referring to an ancient Assyrian chant acknowledging the physical perils of giving birth. While medical advances and greater freedom of choice inform birth in countries like England and Canada today, her book Born: A History of Childbirth argues that birth has a deep global history that proves it has always been a highwire act, shaped by both nature and culture. IDEAS explores the visceral, intimate realities of childbirth that have always been in evidence.
Dr Lucy Inglis, Archivist at King's College School, Wimbledon, joined us to tell us about Des Plunkett, the school's former pupil. Plunkett was in charge of the map making team, which produced thousands of maps for the Great Escape, but he led an interesting and colourful life either side of the war as well.For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape. If you would like to follow us on Twitter we can be found @FYTWIO we can also be found on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FYTWIO/ or if you would prefer to send a more long form message we can also be reached via email at FYTWIOpodcast@gmail.comShow less Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
My review of Lucy Inglis' book, "Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium."Music © by Capazunda.
Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: poppy latex is a commodity without rival. Acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis took us on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Lucy Inglis: Milk of Paradise appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: poppy latex is a commodity without rival. Acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis took us on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and Afghanistan with tales of addiction, trade, crime, sex, war, literature, medicine and, above all, money, as she charted the evolution of the milk of paradise. Featuring Lucy Inglis and Kate Evans.
Historian Lucy Inglis on humankind's greatest painkiller and how its trade and cultivation are threaded through the story of civilisation, and the lives of every one of us
Historian Lucy Inglis on humankind's greatest painkiller and how its trade and cultivation are threaded through the story of civilisation, and the lives of every one of us
Historian Lucy Inglis on humankind's greatest painkiller and how its trade and cultivation are threaded through the story of civilisation, and the lives of every one of us
In the first full episode of the History of Drugs in Society, we explore opium as medicine. This will take us from its origins thousands of years ago until the early 1800s. One of the main points of this episode is to see when opioid usage started in the doctor's office. Intro clip takes audio from Dr. Lydia Kang's talk entitled Origin of Opium and Heroin Treatment from C-SPAN on 12/11/2017. Some main sources used include: Opium by John Halpern and David Blistein Milk of Paradise by Lucy Inglis Opium's Human History by Lucy Inglis, Natural History, Mar 2019 You can find a full list of sources here.
At the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali, historian Lucy Inglis talks about her book on all things opium - Milk of Paradise. Opium is commodity without rival. It's renewable, easy to extract and there's an insatiable global demand.
Opiates have gone by many names in their millennia-long entanglement with humans, in an ever-refined chain of pleasure: poppy tears, opium, heroin, morphine. With the advent of synthetic opiates like fentanyl, we’re seeing addiction and devastation on a scale unmatched in the 5,000-year history of the drug—but also a return to some of the same patterns and failed attempts at regulation that have haunted our efforts to control it. Cultural historian Lucy Inglis tells the painful, pain-fighting story of opium, and how its history is really our history—from trade and war to medicine and money.Go beyond the episode:Lucy Inglis’s Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium “Opioids and Paternalism” by David Brown, considers how doctors and patients need to find a new way to think about pain“The Family That Built an Empire of Pain” by Patrick Radden Keefe, profiles the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma—the makers of OxyContin“Dying To Be Free” by Jason Cherkis, which explores Suboxone treatment“What the media gets wrong about opioids,” reports Maia Szalavitz in the Columbia Journalism ReviewTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! Our theme music was composed by Nathan Prillaman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Opiates have gone by many names in their millennia-long entanglement with humans, in an ever-refined chain of pleasure: poppy tears, opium, heroin, morphine. With the advent of synthetic opiates like fentanyl, we’re seeing addiction and devastation on a scale unmatched in the 5,000-year history of the drug—but also a return to some of the same patterns and failed attempts at regulation that have haunted our efforts to control it. Cultural historian Lucy Inglis tells the painful, pain-fighting story of opium, and how its history is really our history—from trade and war to medicine and money.Go beyond the episode:Lucy Inglis’s Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium “Opioids and Paternalism” by David Brown, considers how doctors and patients need to find a new way to think about pain“The Family That Built an Empire of Pain” by Patrick Radden Keefe, profiles the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma—the makers of OxyContin“Dying To Be Free” by Jason Cherkis, which explores Suboxone treatment“What the media gets wrong about opioids,” reports Maia Szalavitz in the Columbia Journalism ReviewTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! Our theme music was composed by Nathan Prillaman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Lucy Inglis is a historian, novelist, and occasional television presenter. In 2009 she created the Georgian London blog, which became the largest free body of work on the eighteenth century city online, which became a book, Georgian London: Into the Streets. She’s currently working on a book about Opium. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Lucy Inglis looks at the making of the London identity, and how it was shaped through the last years of the 17th century, then consolidated throughout the 18th century as London moved towards Enlightenment.Lucy Inglis began the blog GeorgianLondon in 2009. In 2013, Penguin published her book, Georgian London: Into the streets.