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This is History's Heroes.
People with purpose, brave ideas and the courage to stand alone,
including a pioneering surgeon who rebuilt the shattered faces of soldiers in the First World War.
You know, he would look at these men and he would say, don't worry,
Sonny, you'll have as good a face as any of us when I'm done with you.
Join me, Alex von Tunzelmann, for History's Heroes.
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Hello and welcome to You're Dead To Me,
the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history seriously.
My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian,
author and broadcaster and today we are packing our tins of preserved beef,
donning our thermal undies and sailing off in search of the Northwest Passage.
And joining me on the good ship You're Dead To Me are two very special shipmates.
In History Corner,
she's Associate Professor in the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Birmingham's Department of Applied Health Science.
What a title.
You may have read her long-running science column in the Guardian newspaper or her recent book,
Higher and Colder, on the history of extreme exploration.
And you will definitely remember her from our episode on Victorian bodybuilding.