In the first of five special episodes on US history, Greg Jenner is joined by Prof Emily Bernard and Roy Wood Jr in 1920s New York as they take a look at the movers and shakers of the Harlem Renaissance. Walk through one of Harlem's infamous rent parties and meet the greatest icons and minds from music, politics and the literary world during a cultural revolution. Produced by Cornelius Mendez Script by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse Research by Harry Prance, Jess White, Tim Galsworthy A production by The Athletic for BBC Radio 4.
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 BBC Radio four history podcast for everyone.
For people who don't like history, do like history, or people who forgot to learn any at school.
My name is Greg Jenner.
I am a public historian, author and broadcaster, and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories.
You may have heard my other podcast, homeschool history, but that one's mostly for the kids.
This podcast is a bit different.
It blends the swing time groove of historical facts with the improvised toot of the comedy horn.
And for the last five episodes of series three, were gonna do things a little differently.
I think you've all noticed there's been a bit of drama across the Atlantic Ocean these past few years.