# Great Balls of Fire Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tls-podcast-319094/great-balls-of-fire Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tls-podcast-319094/great-balls-of-fire.md Podcast: [The TLS Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tls-podcast-319094) Published: 2026-02-12T11:56:41+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/tlsvoices/episodes/great-balls-of-fire Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/tlsvoices/e/698dbffad36bede6702202a7/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tls-podcast-319094/episodes/great-balls-of-fire Duration seconds: 3064 ## Resource This week, Mary Beard dons her VR set to experience a Roman cataclysm; and Mary Hitchman on the history of humanity's fascination with the moon. 'The Last Days of Pompeii: The immersive exhibition', Immerse LDN, Excel, London, until March 15 'The Medieval Moon', by Ayoush Lazikani Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tls-podcast-319094/episodes/great-balls-of-fire/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tls-podcast-319094/great-balls-of-fire.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.