You're Dead to Me

Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr David Veevers and comedian Paul Sinha to take a light-hearted look at the history of the spice trade, from the empires of Alexander the Great and Rome to the colonial period, as the Dutch and British East India Companies vied to monopolise this lucrative trade. Among the stories uncovered are pharaohs being embalmed with cinnamon, medieval kings demanding rent in peppercorns, and nutmeg as a cure for plague.