Spirit, Soul and Rock 'n' Roll - with Mike Scott
The Waterboys' MIKE SCOTT grew up in the '60s in Edinburgh and said: “I accepted the incredible happenings of that decade — with all its rapid evolution, colour, revelations and magic — as the normal ...
7 Jan 20251h 2min
The Boy Who Became a Girl
She says: ‘I was reared Catholic but got over it, was born male but got over it, stopped sleeping with boys about the time I stopped being one and am much happier than I was when I was younger'. ROZ ...
24 Dec 202454min
The Man Who Burns Money
This morning I sat in my house, took a twenty pound note from my wallet, lit a match and set the note on fire. Why? How did I feel as I watched it burn? Was it a waste, an immoral or stupid thing to d...
8 Dec 202456min
The History of the Self - Made Record
We are joined by oral historian and broadcaster Alan Dein. We discuss the history, culture and technology of the coin-operated machines that allowed ordinary people to make a record of themselves in t...
1 Dec 202453min
The Return of the Mystic
What is a mystic, what is mysticism, what is the mystical? Many of us have sense that there is something mystical, or at least mysterious, underpinning things, some countercultural force that defies e...
27 Nov 202454min
The Cut Up Life of Genesis P-Orridge
Genesis P-Orridge was a performance artist, neo Pagan, Industrial music innovator, the co-founder of COUM, Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV and an arch provocateur. He was variously described as a wre...
12 Nov 20241h
Growing Up in the Fallout of the Utopian Dream
In the turbulent late 1970s, six-year-old Susanna Crossman moved with her mother and siblings from a suburban terrace to a crumbling mansion deep in the English countryside. They would share their ...
28 Okt 20241h 3min
The Man Who Wrote the Joy of Sex
The Joy of Sex was published in 1972 and for years, was rarely out of the bestseller lists, generating sequels, revised editions and a lot of imitators - so how could it be countercultural? For two...
15 Okt 20241h 7min
