Early Medieval Papacy

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner is joined by guests Prof Brett Whalen and comedian Alison Spittle in 9th-century Rome to explore the early medieval papacy. As the political heart of the papacy is plunged into chaos, we step into a world consumed by debauchery and a thirst for power and hear about perhaps the most unhinged courtroom trial of all time. Research by Jessica Honey Written by Emma Nagouse, Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow and Greg Jenner Produced by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Assistant Producer: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow Project Management: Isla Matthews Audio Producer: Steve Hankey You’re Dead To Me is a production by The Athletic for BBC Radio 4.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.4	Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history
0:10.6	seriously.
0:11.6	My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian author and broadcaster and today we are
0:15.8	donning our fanciest vestments and going on pilgrimage to 9th century Rome to learn
0:21.2	all about an early medieval papacy.
0:24.3	When the political heart of the Catholic Church was plunged into such chaos that historians
0:28.5	have called it the papal dark ages and that's not even the meanest thing they've said.
0:32.9	And to help me shed some light on this tantalisingly tumultuous time I am joined by two very special
0:37.5	guests.
0:38.5	In his piacona, he's professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where
0:42.6	he works on Christian intellectual and cultural history during the Middle Ages.
0:47.3	He is published on the Crusades, Pocalypticism and Pilgrimage and luckily for us he literally
0:52.3	wrote the book on the medieval papacy.
0:54.4	It's professor Brett Waelan, welcome Brett.
0:56.2	Thank you so much for having me.
0:58.1	Thank you for being in Comedy Corner.
0:59.1	She's a comedian, writer, radio producer and actress.
1:01.6	You might have seen her hilarious standup shows or seen her sitcom No We're Fast.
1:05.5	Maybe you've heard her on the Guilty Feminist podcast or her BBC show Wheel of Misfortune.
1:09.8	She's porting fabulous.
1:10.8	It's Alison Spital, welcome Alison.
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