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🗓️ 15 November 2023
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived – and ask whether they have the rep they deserve. Should Nina Simone’s role in the civil rights movement be more celebrated than it is? When you find out what Picasso got up to in his studio, can you still admire his art? Was Napoleon a hero or a tyrant - or both? (And, while we’re at it, was he even short?) Legacy is the show that looks at big lives from the perspective of now – and doesn’t always like what it sees.
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0:00.0 | Hi, it's me your dad. I'm kidding. It's me, Hannah. If you're enjoying Red-handed, I have a sneaking suspicion that you'll like a show that Wundry and Gullhanger Podcasts have just launched. It's called Legacy, and it explores the lives of some of the biggest characters in history and asks |
0:14.0 | whether they have the reputation they deserve. Should Nina Simone's role in the |
0:17.6 | civil rights movement be more celebrated than it is? Or when you find out what |
0:21.4 | Picasso got up to in his studio, can you still admire his art? |
0:25.0 | Legacy delves into these figures and stories to find out what their past tells us about our present. |
0:30.0 | I'm about to play you a clip from the first season exploring whether Napoleon was a hero or a tyrant and while we're at it was you even short |
0:37.2 | If you like what you hear search and follow legacy and listen to the full episode. Napoleon, |
0:44.0 | famous guy, |
0:50.0 | Napoleon, |
0:51.0 | famous guy, big name, huge in France, all over the world. |
0:55.0 | What do you think when you hear about the name Napoleon? |
0:57.5 | I used to be a lawyer and when I think of Napoleon, I think of Napoleonic code |
1:01.5 | when countries became independent from Europe, they often adopted the Napoleonic Code when countries became independent from Europe they |
1:03.2 | often adopted the Napoleonic codes. Right, I thought well you said you'd |
1:06.4 | be a lawyer you thought maybe you'd sue him but it's it's about the legacy of Napoleon as |
1:10.7 | a lawmaker and administrator. No bad law to loo? |
1:13.6 | Nope, for me he was this slightly vague figure with his arm tucked into his jacket |
1:19.0 | and weird jokes about his height and the size of various other body parts that I never really understood their origin. |
1:25.4 | Gosh in the English education system, well you have Battle of Hastings and then the Battle of Waterloo, you could have months. |
1:30.4 | Well he's clearly a character that is still very much in our popular culture and now |
1:34.1 | Peter we have a new Ridley Scott movie starring Joachim Phoenix and it said more books |
1:40.8 | written about him than anyone else. |
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