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Hello and welcome to Your Dead To Me, a radio for history podcast for everyone.

For people who don't like history, do like history or people who forgot to learn the

neat school.

My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster, and 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 mostly

for the kids.

On this podcast, we aim to amaze and astound you with a combination of comedy contortions

and historical hilarity.

And if you've listened to our previous episodes about the Harlem Renaissance, the US Revolution,

Sakajuia and Prohibition, you'll know that we are ending series three of Your Dead To

Me with five episodes dedicated to American history.

And today we are dawning our top hats and tails and running away to join the circus

to explore the life of the showmen and hoaxa, P.T. Barnum, and to help us uncover the truth

behind the humbugs we are joined by two very special guests.

In History Corner, he's the chair of the English department at Emory University, specializing

in 19th century American literature, disability studies, and health humanities, and he's the

author of the showmen and the slave, race, death, and memory in Barnum's America.

It's Professor Benjamin Reese.

Hi Ben, thanks for joining us.

Hi Greg, thanks for having me.

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