The History of Fandom, 1700-1900 (Radio Edit)
You're Dead to Me

The History of Fandom, 1700-1900 (Radio Edit)

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 16, 202628 min
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Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Corin Throsby and Stuart Goldsmith to look at early cultural fandom in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although many consider Beatlemania to be the start of what is now considered fan culture, Greg and his guests consider some much earlier and often hilarious examples of the birth of fandom. This episode was recorded live at the 2022 Hay Festival. This is a radio edit of the original podcast episode. For the full-length version, please look further back in the feed. Research by Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow Written by Emma Nagouse and...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. We'll be able to play the music in the You're dead to me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history seriously. My name is Greg Jenner.

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I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster, and today we're coming to you live from the Hay Literary Festival in Wales, which means I get to say, hello audience! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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You're lost, aren't you? You're looking for the toilets. They're over there. Fine. Thank you so much for coming. We're hoping that by the end of this we all have acquired more fans, and that is very much what we're talking about today.

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