Disability in the Ancient World

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

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

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.7	Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, a comedy podcast that takes history, seriously.
0:10.3	My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster and I'm the Chief
0:14.6	Nerd on the Funny Kids TV show, Horrible Histories.
0:18.2	And today we are adventuring back thousands of years, well about 2,000 years give or take,
0:22.5	to learn all about disability in the ancient world.
0:25.9	And to help me do that, I am joined by two very special guests.
0:29.4	In History Corner, she's a lecturer in classics at the University of Glasgow and is an expert
0:34.2	in disability, in antiquity as well as the history and archaeology of medicine, science
0:38.2	and technology.
0:39.6	More importantly, she's writing a fascinating new book called, Prosthetics and Assistive
0:43.2	Technology in Ancient Greece and Rome.
0:45.1	It's Dr. Jane Draikot.
0:46.1	Hello, Jane, welcome to the show.
0:47.8	Hello everyone.
0:49.0	And in Comedy Corner, we are very excited.
0:50.6	She is a comedian, a writer, a TV presenter and actor.
0:53.8	You may have seen her hilarious stand-up shows or quarter on many, many panel shows.
0:58.0	She's read her children's book, the amazing ED-et card about a young girl with cerebral
1:01.7	palsy.
1:02.7	She co-hosts the podcast, Daddy Look at Me, and she presents the Channel 4 series Trip
1:07.2	Hazard.
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