Podcast Episodes

Trapped History: The Hero's Journey

Season 3

The Hero's Journey is an ancient human phenomenon. We see it, hear it, read it in stories all the way from the Odyssey to Harry Potter. It is a gripping tale of triumph over adversity, of crisis and …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Hall of Fame: Daughters of Africa

Season 3

We ask all our guests to nominate someone for the Trapped History Hall of Fame. Someone we've not heard of but should have.

Most of our nominees are long gone – but Dee Jarrett-Macauley follows in the…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Una Marson: More Clever, More Wise, More Discreet, More Courageous | Episode 20

Season 3 Episode 5

Poet, playwright, publisher. Campaigner, broadcaster, journalist. Six people in one, but if we've heard of Una Marson, it's usually because of her brief shining moment during the Second World War whe…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Trapped History: Kinky Hair Blues

Season 3

Una Marson's politics and poetry come together so powerfully in her famed 'Kinky Hair Blues' from 1937. Life-affirming but ultimately heartbreaking, the poem sets out the internal battles a young Bla…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Trapped History: She Had Things To Say

Season 3

As we limber up for next week's new episode about the great Una Marson, join us for this exclusive bonus about her international work. We know Una now as the voice and face of the BBC's wartime 'Cari…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Hall of Fame: The Most Beautiful Music I've Ever Heard

Season 3

We ask all our guests to nominate someone for the Trapped History Hall of Fame. Someone we've not heard of but should have.

Most guests nominate someone who's, well, dead. But Pete Paphides joins Poll…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Blues Run The Game: The Lost World of Jackson C Frank | Episode 19

Season 3 Episode 4

See if you can join the dots – Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny, The Beatles. Well, there’s one man who sits at the centre of it all, and it’s more than likely t…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Trapped History: Jackson C Frank | The Album

Season 3

Here's another exclusive bonus as we wait to drop Jackson's episode later this week. Listen to Pete Paphides dissect three of Jackson's key tracks (you'll have to wait for the main episode for his th…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Trapped History: A Trick Of The Light

Season 3

We've got a taster for you today to whet your appetite for next week's episode on the lost and forgotten singer, Jackson C Frank.

The music journalist Pete Paphides joins us to join the dots between …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Hall of Fame: The German Amelia Earhart

Season 3

Every episode, we ask our guest to nominate someone for the Trapped History Hall of Fame: someone we haven't heard of but really should have.

Today, it's the turn of @that.spitfire.bird, instagram's v…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago