The Blue Plaque Pod.
Encounters with the people of the past in the places of the present.
The Blue Plaque Pod is hosted by bestselling author Kassia St. Clair. In each episode a cultural icon discusses the subject of an iconic blue plaque. A heartfelt history podcast about people and the places where they lived, loved, worked and died.
Each punchy and illuminating 35-minute episode will focus on a plaque selected by a special guest. From Ada Lovelace in St James, to Laurie Cunningham in Stroud Green, via suffragette Theresa Garnett in HMP Horfield, Bristol. Listeners will learn about who (or what) is commemorated and why they matter to the person who selected them.
Season 1
S1 Ep9 Ian Dunt on John Stuart Mill
S1 Ep8 Irenosen Okojie on Pablo Fanque
S1 Ep7 Andrew Cotter on Edward Whymper
S1 Ep6 Kit Kemp on Vanessa Bell + Duncan Grant
S1 Ep5 Albert Muzquiz on Beau Brummell
S1 Ep4 Val McDermid on Josephine Tey
S1 Ep3 Levison Wood on Ernest Shackleton
S1 Ep2 Celia Richardson on Octavia Hill
S1 Ep1 Matt Cain on Alan Turing
Introducing The Blue Plaque Pod