Greg Jenner is joined by comedian Rosie Jones and historian Dr Jane Draycott to discuss stories of disability from over a thousand years of history, including people with disabilities excelling on the battlefield and others with very well-dressed guide dogs. Research: Kierri Price Script: Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Project manager: Siefe Miyo Edit producer: Cornelius Mendez
My name's Joe Wilkinson and I've managed to force Patrick Bamford to come on a podcast with me and he's gonna slowly fall in love with me.
Do you go to the tip?
Believe it or not, yeah, I do.
Do you go to the supermarket?
No.
You know when all the shirts started getting tight on the players and they started selling them like that to the general public?
Yeah, yeah.
And everyone looked like sausages.
My mate's a footballer with me, Patrick Bamford and Joe Wilkinson.
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Hello and welcome to you're dead to me, a comedy podcast that takes history seriously.
My name is Greg Jenner.
I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster, and I'm the chief nerd on the funny kids tv show Horrible Histories.
And today we are adventuring back thousands of years, well, about 2000 years, give or take, to learn all about disability in.
In the ancient world.
And to help me do that, I am joined by two very special guests in history corner.
She's a lecturer in classics at the University of Glasgow and is an expert in disability in antiquity, as well as the history and archaeology of medicine, science and technology.
More importantly, she's writing a fascinating new book called Prosthetics and Assistive Technology in ancient Greece and Rome.
It's doctor Jane Draycott.
Hello, Jane.