Low Culture Podcast sampler: Children Of The Stones

As promised last month, here's a clip from the latest Low Culture Podcast, one of the many perks received by the subscribers who enable us to keep providing the antidote to the algorithm. This monthly show features tQ founders Luke Turner and John Doran discussing a cultural artefact that they love, from albums to films, TV shows, books... and even shoes. You can find the full archive here. The most recent podcast saw John and Luke discussing 1977 telly drama Children Of The Stones, a masterpiece of "cosmic horror" about a scientist and his who son arrive at a village in a henge that closely resembles Avebury, intending to investigate the science behind the presence of the standing stones in the landscape. Very quickly, they learn that in this unusual village, all is not as it seems. Tune in to this clip as your tQ editors discuss the dread term 'folk horror', the drama's relationship to other telly from the time, Julian Cope, and the spinning throne as signifier for evil. If you like what you hear, you can help support the work of The Quietus in providing the antidote to the algorithm by becoming a subscriber here. You can sign up with a month free to explore the huge archive of these podcasts, plus further essays, playlists and much more. Thanks to Alannah Chance for editing this trailer, and for producing The Low Culture Podcast

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Low Culture Podcast sampler: Children Of The Stones is an episode from The Quietus Radio by The Quietus Radio.

This episode is 8:47 long.

This episode was published on May 1, 2026.

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