Greg Jenner is joined by historian Prof Tineke D’Haeseleer and comedian Evelyn Mok in medieval China to explore the Tang Dynasty. Known as the Golden Age of China, it was the time of China’s Emperor Wu, the only woman to hold power in her own right, and Emperor Xuanzong who became so bored with austerity he came up with a unique way to have fun. A Muddy Knees Media production 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 history podcast for everyone.
For people who don't like history, people who do like history, and 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 also heard my other podcast, homeschool history, although that one's mostly for the kids.
On this podcast, we take the yin of history and the yang of comedy, and we aim cosmic harmony, but will settle for chuckles.
Today we are sailing up the Yangtze river, or rather the Yangtze river, and along the Grand Canal, our ship laden with wares for the great markets of Tang dynasty China.
And to help me poke around the stalls, I'm joined by two very special guests in history corner.