Harriet Tubman

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

We are heading down to the Underground Railroad to discover the incredible life of American hero and abolitionist Harriet Tubman. From a torturous childhood to surgery without anaesthetic, get ready to understand true bravery as we uncover the events which made Harriet Tubman a phenomenal force for change. Greg Jenner is joined by comedian, actor and writer Desiree Burch and historian Dr Michell Chresfield from the University of Birmingham. It’s history for people who don’t like history!

This episode was produced by Dan Morelle, scripted by Greg Jenner and researched by Emma Nagouse.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.4	Hello and welcome to Your Dead To Me, a history podcast for people who don't like
0:10.0	history or release people who forgot to learn any at school.
0:13.0	My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and the chief nerd on the BBC comedy
0:16.8	show Horrible Histories.
0:17.8	I love comedy almost as much as I have history.
0:20.2	And I bloody love history.
0:22.3	Every episode I'm joined by an expert historian who knows their stuff inside out and a top
0:26.5	notch comedian who knows funny inside out.
0:28.8	And hopefully the result is gorgeous audio alchemy or at least something to drown out
0:32.6	the existential despair of modern life.
0:34.9	Today we're off to America in search of one of the most extraordinary women of the
0:37.7	nineteenth century.
0:38.7	Harriet Tubman.
0:39.7	And to help me do that, I'm joined by two extraordinary American women from the 21st
0:43.2	century.
0:44.2	In history corner, she swapped New York and Alabama for Birmingham in the West Midlands,
0:47.9	where she teaches the intellectual and cultural history of racial formation is Dr. Michelle
0:51.8	Cressfield.
0:52.8	Hi Michelle, thanks for coming.
0:53.8	Thank you for having me.
0:54.9	Thank you for coming in.
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