Hello Greg here, just popping in to say that this is a radio edit of the episode, which

means it's a bit shorter and some of the naughty stuff has been removed, so it's a bit more

appropriate for family listening. If you want to hear the full length versions scroll

down to the original episode, further back in our feed.

Thanks very much, enjoy the show!

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Hello and welcome to your identity, a history podcast for everyone. My name is Greg

Jenna, I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster, I'm the chief nerd on the BBC comedy

show Horrible Histories, and you might have heard my other podcast, Home School History,

but that one's for the kids. How does this one work? Well, every time I'm joined by a clever

clogs and a joke machine for a hilarious history lesson. And today we are setting the historical

record straight, and one of the most famous, feared and famously fearless conquerors in

world history, Genghis Khan. And to help me do that, I'm joined by two very special

guests. In History Corner, he's a globe-trotting rock star of history, he's professor of global

history at the University of Oxford, director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research,

and he's the author of the multiple million selling books, The Silk Roads and The New

Silk Roads. It is the wonderful Professor Peter Frankapan. Hi Peter, how are you?

Lovely to be joining you. And in Comedy Corner, he's an award-winning

comedian, a former president of the prestigious Cambridge Footlights. You'll have seen him

on live at the Apollo. Would I lie to you? Drunk History and the hilarious Taskmaster

series. It's the brilliant Phil Wang. Hi. Did you like History at school? Is it one of

those subjects you're like, ah, do I have to? My early school years are in Malaysia. And

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