The Localist in England Podcast
The stories, places and people putting the country on the map.
Episodes to download
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S3E4: The Landlady of Scarborough—Scarborough
Tue 29 Mar 2022
Bek Homer investigates landlady life with Scarborough local Bonnie Purchon.
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S3E3: Synths in the surgery—Scarborough
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Bek Homer meets with Dr Asif who uses synthesisers to simulate sounds of the body.
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S3E2: Memories, posted—Scarborough
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Bek Homer takes a trip down memory lane and rediscovers her childhood in Scarborough.
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S3E1: The legend of Hairy Bob—Scarborough
Wed 9 Mar 2022
Will Bek Homer discover the truth of a Scarborough myth?
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S2E4: The Norf Suff divide—Suffolk
Thu 17 Feb 2022
Matt Marvel finds out whether the rivalry between Norfolk and Suffolk still an issue.
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S2E2: The detectorists—Suffolk
Wed 2 Feb 2022
Meet people who search for treasure with a metal detector, looking for the next big find.
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S2E1: The children left behind—Suffolk
Wed 26 Jan 2022
Explore the stories of mixed American/British heritage children dubbed 鈥楤rown Babies鈥�.
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S2: Welcome to The Localist - Suffolk—Suffolk
Tue 25 Jan 2022
Matt Marvel explores the stories, places and people putting Suffolk on the map.
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S1E5: The sound of Dorset—Dorset
Tue 20 Jul 2021
For the film 鈥淎mmonite鈥� actor Kate Winslet listened to recordings by a Lyme Regis local.
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S1E4: Pioneer of vaccination—Dorset
Tue 13 Jul 2021
More than 250 years before Coronavirus, a local hero tackles a different, deadly virus.
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S1E3: A green and not so pleasant land—Dorset
Tue 6 Jul 2021
The countryside has a lack of ethnic diversity, compared to urban areas. Why is that?
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S1E2: Rude Britannia - you live where?—Dorset
Tue 29 Jun 2021
Carved into stone; how Shitterton's residents stopped their village sign being pinched.
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S1E1: The island that built the World—Dorset
Tue 22 Jun 2021
Find out what St Paul's Cathedral and The Cenotaph have in common with Dorset.
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S1: Welcome to The Localist - Dorset—Dorset
Mon 21 Jun 2021
Ollie Peart explores the stories, places and people putting Dorset on the map.
