Bradford’s queer history - 012
Tash got a tour of Bradford’s queer history with Alice Parsons, who runs the city’s Castles in the Sky project. We learnt all about the loca...
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The Log Books
**Best New Podcast (Gold) at the British Podcast Awards 2020**What if you could glimpse into LGBTQIA+ life from decades ago? Since 1974 volunteers at Switchboard, the LGBT+ helpline, have wr...
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20 of 70 episodes‘Sferics’: the spooky sound of connection - 011
Tash has tuned into the secret sounds of electricity pylons (no, really) and discovered something unique about human connection and queer ex...
Our exclusive tour of Queer Britain - 010
Tash went down to Kings Cross in London to visit the newly re-opened Queer Britain museum. From nightclubs like Club Kali to footballers lik...
Staying afloat - 009
It feels like life is pulling many of us down at the moment — so we asked each other: what do you do to stay afloat? We discuss swimming, so...
Hunky Jesus - 008
Every Easter in San Francisco, there’s a competition to find the best hunky Jesus. We didn’t go to it, BUT we spoke to Sister Roma, one of t...
Second adolescence - 007
Why have one adolescence when you can have two? That’s the reality for many LGBTQ+ people. So let’s talk about what happens when you come ou...
Ghosts of your former self - 006
We’ve got a star guest this week! Tino Orsini is a versatile character actor — you might have seen him playing the artist Banksy in Ted Lass...
Lab rats - 005
Tash has been reading some intriguing studies about the psychology of lab rats — and has discovered something about themself in the process....
Inherent Vice - 004
We make no secret that we’re obsessed with queer history and heritage. So in this episode Tash met Shoun Obana who’s created a zine called I...
An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail - 003
Sometimes you read a book and feel ‘this is a bit of me!’ That’s how we both felt reading An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail, so we wanted to tal...
Margate Queer Library and Archive - 002
Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside… Tash went for a swim (Adam went to the cafe), but we BOTH went to the Margate Queer Library and Arc...
The Stories of Our Lives - 001
We’re relaunching your favourite podcast! We’re Tash Walker and Adam Zmith, and EVERY WEEK we get together to talk about history, politics,...
Queer roots | Episode 15
Tash and Adam listen to Abi McIntosh, our youngest interviewee!, who first listed her sexuality on MySpace... Abi also reflects on her exper...
Being both | Episode 14
Adam and Tash hear from Faizan, who co-founded Imaan, a network for queer Muslims. Faizan recalls what it felt like to be growing up as a Br...
Girl power | Episode 13
Adam and Tash listen to Steph Fuller recall what it was like for trans women to go out on the town in the 90s. Steph reflects on growing up...
Active listening | Episode 12
Tash and Adam hear from Monty Moncrieff, who took calls for Switchboard for years and now runs London Friend . Monty remembers what it was l...
No going back | Episode 11
Adam and Tash hear from Clare Truscott, a riotous femme punk who tirelessly serves her community and always has an abundance of stories to t...
Never pretending | Episode 10
Tash and Adam listen to Catherine Lee, who qualified as a teacher in the late 80s at a time when it was impossible for lesbians like her to...
Leather and love | Episode 9
Tash and Adam hear from Richard Desmond, aka Switchboard’s once resident leather queen. Richard reflects on a life in the LGBTQ+ community,...
Dream homes | Episode 8
Tash and Adam listen to Graham McKerrow, who was editor of the newspaper Capital Gay in the 80s. Graham reflects on his gay adolescence in t...