UWRF19 Podcast | Lucy Inglis: Milk of Paradise

Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast

English - June 12, 2020 06:38 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MB
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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.