Watching Brief

Watching Brief (WB) is the regular podcast of Archaeology Soup, co-hosted by Marc and Andy Brockman.

Watching Brief focuses on news from the world of archaeology, whether about new archaeological finds, various antiquarian news, or news concerning current political and cultural topics related to archaeological and historical research and the perception of this research by the public. To cut a long story short, the podcast focuses on a variety of news and current events in archaeology, historical research and historical research and historical conservation.

The podcast also includes regular subsections:
 * "Media Picks", focused on older or newer popular culture and media properties that have something to do with history, archaeology or sociology, etc.
 * "Muppet of the Month", focused on people doing or saying something foolhardy, that either threatens archaeological research, historical monuments preservation or spreads misconceptions and falsehoods about archaeology and historical research.

There are new episodes of Watching Brief every month of the year, so you can be sure you'll get a regular dose of archaeological news and insights from around the world (and also more specifically for the UK).

Overview of the series
The full chronological playlist for this series can be found here. Pleasant viewing !

Watching Brief episodes by year
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022