Podcast Episodes

Ep. 4 Conrad, Lenin and revolutionary Geneva

Season 1 Episode 4

Best know for Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad set his spy thriller Under Western Eyes in Geneva, not only because it was a city in which he had lived, but because at that time, in the early 20th cen…

Published on 21 hours ago

Ep. 3 Voltaire's Candide: the best of all possible satires

Season 1 Episode 3

Voltaire is literally in the pantheon of France's greatest literary heroes. But in his lifetime, the unconventional writer-philosopher was shunned by his home country and lived much of his life in ex…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Ep. 2 The Birth of the Comic Book

Season 1 Episode 2

Comic books, or graphic novels, are often associated with the Belgium of Tintin, the America of the superheros, or the Japan of manga and animé.

But the art form was actually invented in Geneva, almos…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Trailer: The Birth of Comic Books

Season 1 Episode 2

Part history podcast, part travel guide, ‘A Book – A Place: Geneva’ brings you the surprising places and stories that changed Geneva and the world.

In this episode: the surprising history of comic boo…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ep. 1 Frankenstein: a monster rises on the shores of Lake Geneva

Season 1 Episode 1

Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, Season 1 of A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you on five literary adventures.

Episode 1: Frankenstein: a monster is born on the shore of Lake Gen…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trailer: Frankenstein trailer long

Season 1 Episode 1

Everyone knows something about Frankenstein, the archetype horror movie monster.

But what about the birth of the story, which is now seen as perhaps the first horror novel, the first work of what woul…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trailer: A Book - A Place: Geneva - Series trailer

Part history podcast, part travel guide, always a great story.

A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to unexpected places in an often overlooked city that has a unique place in history.

Frankenstein and c…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trailer: Frankenstein trailer short

Season 1 Episode 1

Part history podcast, part travel guide, ‘A Book – A Place: Geneva’ brings you the surprising places and stories that changed Geneva and the world.

In this episode: we all know something about Franken…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trailer: The Birth of the Comic Book trailer short

Part history podcast, part travel guide, ‘A Book – A Place: Geneva’ brings you the surprising places and stories that changed Geneva and the world.

In this episode: the surprising history of comic boo…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago