Posted: 09 March 2021
These are a few of our favourite… PODCASTS
We’ve had a debate in the virtual Tamasha office and put together a short list of just some of our favourite arts/theatre (ish) podcasts out there right now. Dig in.
The Truth
View this post on Instagram
These folk make movies for your ears: short audio dramas that are sometimes dark, sometimes funny, and always intriguing. Each story is different, and usually 10 to 20 minutes long, promising to take you to unexpected places using only sound.
Wind of Change
View this post on Instagram
‘A fascinating ride through the power of arts and culture to shape politics…’
It’s 1990. The Berlin Wall has just come down. The Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. A heavy metal band from West Germany, the Scorpions, releases a power ballad, “Wind of Change.” The song becomes the soundtrack to the peaceful revolution sweeping Europe — and one of the biggest rock singles ever. According to some fans, it’s the song that ended the Cold War.Decades later, New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe hears a rumor from a source: the Scorpions didn’t actually write “Wind of Change.” The CIA did. This is Patrick’s journey to find the truth. Among former operatives and leather-clad rockers, from Moscow to Kiev to a GI Joe convention in Ohio, it’s a story about spies doing the unthinkable, about propaganda hidden in pop music, and a maze of government secrets.
HERstory: Southeast Asia
View this post on Instagram
The history of Southeast Asia, told from her perspective. The podcast discovers historical figures, matriarchal societies, and contemporary female icons. Season 1 is all about the Southeast Asian age of commerce up to the colonial period.
Song Exploder
View this post on Instagram
One for all you music buffs out there. Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode is produced and edited by host and creator Hrishikesh Hirway in Los Angeles. Guests include Fleetwood Mac, Billie Eilish, U2, Metallica, Solange, Lorde, Yo-Yo Ma, The Roots, Bon Iver, and more.
Chanel Connects
CHANEL Connects brings together some of the most celebrated talent from film, art, architecture, dance, music, and fashion for intimate conversations on the future of culture. Listen to Pharrell Williams, Tilda Swinton, Keira Knightley and other gamechangers reflect on their creative lives and imagine new frontiers for the arts as galleries, museums and stages prepare to reopen to a radically transformed world.
This particular episode features music producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer Pharrell Williams with Es Devlin, the artist and stage designer best known for her work with Beyoncé, Kanye West and The Weeknd. The conversation was led by CHANEL’s Global Head of Arts and Culture, Yana Peel. They talk about how technology is changing us, the need to elevate Black entrepreneurs, how creative expression evolves across generations, and much more.
The Gurls Talk Podcast hosted by Adwoa Aboah
View this post on Instagram
Your regular source of fierce female chat. Hosted by Adwoa Aboah and featuring different guests, as they talk, share, listen and take control of their lives. “Definitely feels like a safe space for women where opinions are shared and heard without judgement.”
The HEAR ME NOW Podcast
View this post on Instagram
Oh, how did this one get in there? Now, it wouldn’t be a favourite podcast list if we didn’t include one of our own, right? Co-produced with the trailblazer that is Titilola Dawudu, the podcast features the likes of Winsome Pinnock, Shiv Jalota, Endy McKay, Heather Agyepong and Jumoké Fashola to name but a few. These folk are making theatre waves and we’re discussing all sorts with them: from Covid-19, race and mental health. We’re really proud of this one, so if you haven’t had a listen, go on, do it now.
Tell us what you’re listening to @tamashatheatre