Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Misha Ewen and comedian Alex Edelman to take a trip back in time and across the Atlantic with the passengers of The Mayflower.
They ask all the most pertinent questions. What would you pack for a journey to a new world? What’s a great name for a baby born at sea? And just why is a journey that was objectively a gigantic failure held in such high regard in American culture?
A Muddy Knees Media production for BBC Radio 4
Genghis Khan (Radio Edit)
The Egyptian Pyramids (Radio Edit)
Joan of Arc (Radio Edit)
The Battle of Salamis (Radio Edit)
Lord Byron (Radio Edit)
Boudica (Radio Edit)
P.T. Barnum
Prohibition in the USA
Sacagawea
Becoming America
The Harlem Renaissance
Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Old Norse Literature
The Tang Dynasty
King James VI of Scotland
The Asante Empire
The Borgias
Ancient Greek & Roman Medicine
Grainne O’Malley
The Ancient Babylonians
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