CultureCast
CultureCast is a magazine podcast produced by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. Episodes contain features on exhibitions and interviews with artists. We'll also go behind the scenes to give you an inside view on life in our museums.
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CultureCast is an enhanced audio podcast (audio with images) and is in M4A format.
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Episode 9
We hear about a major new exhibition of 60's pop icons and ask who is shaping today's pop culture. The Great North Museum's Len Pole tells us about objects from their World Cultures Gallery, and ceramic artist Barnaby Barford tells us about his unique style of work and his take on contemporary society.
Episode 8
Jeff Sarmiento shows us some 'Collected Fragments', Gill Scott discovers the human stories behind a couple of objects at South Shields Museum and art Gallery, and we look into the 'Long Dark' at the Hatton gallery.
Episode 7
Dr. Robert Connolly provides an insight in to the mysteries of the enigmatic Lindow Man and radio presenters Stuart Maconie, Mark Radcliffe and poet Simon Armitage reflect on their walk along the length of Hadrian's Wall...after a couple of celebratory ales!
Episode 6
Paul Merton reflects on 70 years of British comedy, Slampt records co-founder Pete Dale talks DIY punk rock, and Steve Legget explains his freight train art installation. All in episode 6 of CultureCast.
Episode 5
Gay sailors, stuffed animals and the origins of the famous rivalry between Newcastle and Sunderland. All this in the latest episode of CultureCast.
Episode 4
In this episode, we'll be opening Christmas presents at the Shipley Art Gallery, discussing Tracey Emin, speaking to one of the USA's top landscape artists (and Sting), and finding out why the world's greatest ever triple jumper wants us to Be Part of It.
Episode 3
In this episode we'll be meeting the author of a book investigating the North East's involvement with the slave trade, finding out about the life of Sunderland's controversial railway king, and hearing about a unique exhibition exploring the history of mental health in the North East.
Episode 2
In this second episode, we mark the end of a world famous shipyard, find out why a wiki should be sending us wild, hear from 'the nation's favourite agony aunt' and ask...what are you doing on Friday night?
Episode 1
We discuss design with Wayne Hemingway, look for love at the Laing Art Gallery, get into the kitchen with a Peruvian Geordie and hear from British Museum curator Ralph Jackson about the Emperor Hadrian's return to the North East after a 2000 year absence.