Homeschool History Podcast Transcripts
BBC Radio 4 · 21 episodes with transcripts
Fun history lessons for all the family, presented by Horrible Histories' Greg Jenner. Full of facts and jokes, the series brings to life a broad range of historical topics, many linked to the school curriculum.
Spoken has transcripts of 21 Homeschool History episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from March 22, 2021.
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| while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
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Latest Homeschool History transcripts
Mary Seacole
March 22, 2021
SPEAKER_1 (0:01)
BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts Hello, and welcome to Homeschool Histories.
Greg Jenner (0:10)
I'm Greg Jenner, the historian behind TV's Horrible Histories, and the host of the BBC Radio 4 podcast, You're Dead To Me. I'm here to deliver a snappy history lesson to entertain and educate the whole family, who says that homeschooling can't be fun. And today, we are going back to the 19th century to meet an…
Mary's dad was a Scottish army officer called James Grant. Sadly, we don't know Mary's mum's name, but we know that she was a mixed-race Jamaican woman who owned a hotel in King's Town called Blundell Hall. Mary also had a sister, Louisa, and a half-brother, Edward. Blundell Hall was considered one of the best…
SPEAKER_3 (4:42)
Rude.
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