Podcast From The Past

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In each episode of PODCAST FROM THE PAST, Tom Jackson - who curates the hugely popular twitter feed and book Postcard From The Past - welcomes to the studio two guests, each armed with ... more

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October 09, 2018 Series 1 - The Multiview
It's the end of Series 1, so we present a multiview, a series of views of the stories the guests have told, host Tom Jackson - all inspired by their postcards, in this first series of Podcast From The Past. We'll hear Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp, The Mash Report's Rachel Parris, comedian and novelist Mark Watson, journalist, playwright and novelist Bonnie Greer, and actors Mathew Horne and Ruth Bratt. Wish you were here?
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34min
September 29, 2018 Diane Atkinson & Clair Woodward - Is This Tiger An Existentialist?
Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are historian DIANE ATKINSON (Suffragettes in Pictures, Funny Girls, Love & Dirt, Elsie and Mairi Go to War, Rise Up, Women!) and arts & entertainment journalist CLAIR WOODWARD (The Guardian, Daily Express, TV Quick, TV Choice, Radio Times, The Scotsman, Sunday Express). In this episode we discover the darker side of picture postcards and how they were used as anti-suffragette propaganda, we re-live the 1980's student experience, and write a letter of complaint to The Smiths. There's no need to send any more cake. Wish you were here?
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35min
September 20, 2018 Petroc Trelawny & Richard King - The Through-Traffic Capital of East Anglia
Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are broadcaster PETROC TRELAWNY (BBC Radio 3 Breakfast, Leeds International Piano Competition Live) and music writer RICHARD KING (How Soon Is Now?, Original Rockers). In this musically-tinged episode we explore the demise of the non-conformist chapel in the Cornish landscape, pore over a personal postcard sent by John Peel, and hear about a strange family coincidence in a church in Alexandria. Don't drink the salt water. Wish you were here?
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42min
September 12, 2018 Andy Miller & Zoe Howe - A Haunted Postcard of Keith Moon
Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are writer and podcaster ANDY MILLER (Tilting At Windmills, The Year of Reading Dangerously) and music writer and drummer ZOE HOWE (Barbed Wire Kisses, Rock'n'Roll Gentleman, Shine On Marquee Moon). In this unusually discursive episode we explore the rise of the seaside mini golf course, discuss the postcard image as a replacement for a physical object, and Andy and Zoe discover a shared love of The Who. Wish you were here?
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44min
September 03, 2018 Ruth Bratt & Lev Parikian - Turning Myself Into A Beast Of A Man
Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are comic actress RUTH BRATT (Showstopper, People Just Do Nothing) and conductor and author LEV PARIKIAN (Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear?). In this extra-long episode we explore postcards as conduits of real, valuable emotional support, we learn about the perils of childhood self-delusion, and we meet teenage Americans turning into beasts. Lev and Ruth are open, honest and full of touching and funny postcard stories. Wish you were here?
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45min
August 27, 2018 Nick Heyward & Jenny Landreth - Surround Them With Drummers
Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are musician NICK HEYWARD (Haircut 100) and writer and cold-water swimming enthusiast JENNY LANDRETH (Swell). In this episode, the postcards take us to a Canadian mountain, an English seaside town left high and dry, and Selma, Alabama. Nick and Jenny reveal the personal stories behind postcards that they have kept hold of. Public erection is prohibited. Wish you were here?
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39min
August 17, 2018 Rachel Parris & Tiernan Douieb - Gillian Anderson Shaved My Back
Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are comedians RACHEL PARRIS (Mash Report) and TIERNAN DOUIEB (Partly Political Broadcast). In this all-comedian episode the postcards take us to Mouse Town, open up the world of paperclip engineering, and reveal a catalogue of indignities suffered by Tiernan in the name of charity. Plus donkeys. Wish you were here?
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32min
August 10, 2018 Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris - You Wouldn't Want To Sit On It By Accident
Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are comedy writers JASON HAZELEY and JOEL MORRIS (Screenwipe, Bollocks To Alton Towers, Cunk on Britain, Ångström and the adult Ladybird books). In this bonus, more-postcards, more-laughs, extra-long episode we explore postcard messages as Trip Advisor reviews of your own life, rediscover postcards sent by musicians to their fans and learn about the world's largest room. Plus a strange coincidence. Again. Wish you were here?
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44min
August 01, 2018 Mark Watson & Timandra Harkness - By Now Your Examination Will Be Behind You
Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are comedian and author MARK WATSON (The Knot, Hotel Alpha, The Place That Didn't Exist) and journalist and broadcaster TIMANDRA HARKNESS (Big Data). In this episode we ponder postcard messages as an unreliable dataset, miniature sea-battles, and the transience of all things except, apparently, little cardboard rectangles. And Timandra gets a chance to tick 'appearing on a postcard-related podcast’ off her new year list for 2018. Please charge your glasses and mobile phones. Wish you were here?
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36min
July 25, 2018 Viv Groskop & Eamonn Forde - I Don't Like Brighton
Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are comedian, writer and podcasting doyenne VIV GROSKOP (The Anna Karenina Fix) and music journalist and author of the forthcoming Selling The Pig: Terra Firma & The Final Years Of EMI, EAMONN FORDE (Guardian, Big Issue). The podcast takes a philosophical turn as we explore identity, friendship, marriage and the death of ambition while considering whether ghost trains can ever be gorgeous and whether an of us are indispensable. Please mind your step and watch out for the technicolor vomit. Wish you were here?
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33min

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FAQs about Podcast From The Past:

How many episodes does Podcast From The Past have?

More shows like Podcast From The Past

Squanderlust with Martha Lawton

Super Great Kids' Stories

The Rest Is Politics

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