Secret Devon Podcast
Explore fascinating stories from Devon.
Episodes to download
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7. Preserving the legacy—Red Earth
Wed 5 Jun 2024
The people and the places preserving the history of this story.
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6. Voices of the evacuation—Red Earth
Mon 3 Jun 2024
The voices of local people who experienced the evacuation.
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4. Sacrifice on the home front—Red Earth
Mon 3 Jun 2024
The home front story and the military machine.
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2. Inspiration for a play—Red Earth
Mon 3 Jun 2024
The inspiration for a play and the witness to the story.
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1. A lost play and a forgotten writer—Red Earth
Mon 3 Jun 2024
The discovery of a lost play and a forgotten writer
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Margaret Partridge - The powerhouse who built powerhouses—A Podded History Of Devon
Wed 6 Mar 2019
The story of a pioneering Devon electrical engineer.
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Devon's Fortune Fabric - Mrs Treadwin's Lace Manufactory—A Podded History Of Devon
Tue 15 Jan 2019
RAMM volunteers Liz Trebble and Carol McFadzean on lace livelihoods, royalty & smuggling,
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A Less Than Dickensian Devon Christmas—A Podded History Of Devon
Thu 20 Dec 2018
Dr Todd Gray on the demeaning practice of "gooding" in 1870s rural Devon.
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Fairies, Demons and Folk Medicine 鈥� Devon鈥檚 Male Witch—A Podded History Of Devon
Fri 7 Dec 2018
Professor Marion Gibson from the University of Exeter on John Walsh - a 1500s Witch
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Behind Enemy Lines - a WW2 story of love, espionage and tragedy—A Podded History Of Devon
Thu 22 Nov 2018
Devon author Chris Robillard with a tale of spies killed behind enemy lines.
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Wounded In Action - Devon's WW1 Hospitals—A Podded History Of Devon
Fri 2 Nov 2018
Turning 66 sites across Devon into functioning wartime hospitals with Dr Julia Neville.
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Joanna Southcott - The Exeter Prophetess—A Podded History Of Devon
Thu 11 Oct 2018
The Devon domestic servant who had a cult following of more than a hundred thousand.
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Over Here - The American GIs in WW2 Devon—A Podded History Of Devon
Wed 19 Sep 2018
Love, segregation and military manoeuvres in wartime Devon with Dr Harry Bennett
