BBC is doing a 100-part series, featuring items from the British Museum, looking at a history of the world through these man-made objects.
For those of you who are unfortunate enough to not get BBC or WNYC's Leonard Lopate's show, where the show will feature a week day short for each object, I will be listening, writing up and posting up each of the 100 objects featured in this series.
To listen to the intro to the series:
