HistoryExtra podcast Transcripts
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The HistoryExtra podcast brings you gripping stories from the past and fascinating historical conversations with the world's leading historical experts. HistoryExtra is a free history podcast, with episodes released six times a week.
Spoken has transcripts of 2,055 HistoryExtra podcast episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 8, 2026.
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Latest HistoryExtra podcast transcripts
Being disabled in the medieval era
October 8, 2026
SPEAKER_1 (0:00)
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SPEAKER_2 (0:36)
Welcome back to the HistoryExtra podcast.
Prosthetic legs, wheelbarrow wheelchairs and guide children were just some of the assistive technologies and body augmentations available to our medieval and early modern ancestors. From bionic knights to perspektical monks, Rae Gillibrand, lecturer in inclusive learning at the University of Leeds, highlights how…
Emily Briffett (1:11)
I'm so excited to be talking to you today. First and foremost, I think there's a perception that disability technology is something that only really came about after the First World War. Now, I'm curious, what is your opinion on that perception?
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