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Comic Issues is a weekly podcast geared around many geek issues such as comic books, online gaming, video gaming, roleplaying, movies, and much more!
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The Post-Church Podcast is a show for those that find themselves questioning their faith. It is a place that people can share their faith journey and hopefully find answers and resources to help them take their next steps.
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Museums, galleries and historic houses are treasure troves of items from the past. But how easy is it at these sites to unknowingly just walk straight past an object with an incredible story to tell? In this podcast series host Ploy Radford talks to the experts at different museums, galleries and historic houses about the most underrated objects in their collection, and unveils some fantastic facts.
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The poems provided by our beloved poets. Hear it here and live with it.
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Ginny Priz, The Single Handed Serenity Coach, interviews women who have been through hell, leaned on God, and came out stronger for it! Learn practical tools and strategies to get you through any trial.
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The 'Queen of the Bluestockings' - Elizabeth Montagu
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In this episode, historian Dr Lizzie Rogers tells the story of Elizabeth Montagu, famed salon hostess and founder of the Blue Stockings Society, literary critic and successful businesswoman.
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Costanza Piccolomini - interview with author Rachel Blackmore
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In this first episode of season 4, host Ploy Radford-Taylorinterviews author Rachel Blackmore about her debut novel 'Costanza', which tells the story of Costanza Piccolomini, whose affair with celebrated superstar sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini takes a dark turn...
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Wallace Stevens “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”
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Elizabeth Bishop was an American poet and short-story writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the National Book Award winner in 1970, and the recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976.
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Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States.
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Emily Dickinson, “Because I could not stop for Death –”
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Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, into a prominent family with strong ties to its community. After studying at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst.
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The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot Part V What the Thunder Said
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Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to settle, work and marry there. He became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39, subse…
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For this second Easter 2023 special episode, host Ploy Radford interviews Dr Jane Draycott on the life and times of Cleopatra Selene, daughter of the famous Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman general Mark Antony. While Cleopatra Selene has slipped under the radar in history compared to her mother, she led an eventful life that saw her move from Egypt…
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Easter 2023 special - Equestrian artist Lucy Kemp-Welch
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For this Easter 2023 special episode of Past Matters, host Ploy Radford interviews Dr David Haycock, curator of a new exhibition about the equestrian artist Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869-1958) at the Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum. The episode explores Kemp-Welch's life, extraordinary art, and how she helped defy conventions at the time about female ar…
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The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot Part IV Death by Water
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Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to settle, work and marry there. He became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39, subse…
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The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot Part III The Fire Sermon
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Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to settle, work and marry there. He became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39, subse…
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New Year special - Sophia Dorothea, the British queen who never was
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In a new year special, historian and author Catherine Curzon tells podcast host Ploy Radford about the story of the British queen who never was - Sophia Dorothea, the much maligned wife of King George I.
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In this final episode of season 3, podcast host Ploy Radford and zooarchaeologists Dr Rob Symmons and Professor Naomi Sykes discuss the importance of animal bones to unveiling the past, and how the ones discovered at Fishbourne Roman Palace suggest there was once an exotic zoo there.
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Stonehenge is without doubt one of the most iconic historic monuments in Britain. It turns out though it wasn't just people in prehistoric Britain building stone circles of cultural significance though - it was also happening on the other side of the world in prehistoric Japan. To delve into this phenomenon more, English Heritage has put on an exhi…
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Find out more about the founder of the Arts and Crafts movement in England, William Morris, from the story of a sword and helmet he had made for one of his first artistic projects. On display at the William Morris Gallery, these items reveal lots about Morris' early life, his influences and are even linked to his love story with his wife.…
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This is an episode for arms and armour enthusiasts, Ricardians, and those interested in the magic of movie-making. Host Ploy Radford interviews Dr Toby Capwell from the Wallace Collection about their temporary exhibition linked to 'The Lost King' movie about Richard III. Learn about the art of creating armour for film, what would Richard III have a…
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'Without hands' - the Sarah Biffin exhibition at Philip Mould & Company
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This podcast is about celebrating the underrated, so in this episode, host Ploy Radford talks to art historian and miniatures expert Emma Rutherford about an utterly remarkable artist whose work is being exhibited for the first time in 100 years at the Philip Mould & Company Gallery in London. The artist in question is Sarah Biffin, who lived from …
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Past Matters podcast host Ploy Radford interviews Hannah Dennett, Curator of the 'Tiny Traces: African & Asian Children at London's Foundling Hospital', about the stories of these children, uncovered for the first time for this vital and interesting exhibition at the Foundling Museum. Listen to learn more about the lives of foundlings and the compl…
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In this episode I talk with my wife, Elizabeth about her experience in church and in ministry. If you or someone you know would like to share their experience of deconstruction. I would love to hear your story and maybe have you as a guest on the show! You can reach me here: postchurchpodcast@gmail.com If you would like to support the show financia…
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This episode is all about fear and why Link to Dan Kochs Podcast mentioned in the show: You Have Permission Podcast (dankochwords.com) If you or someone you know would like to share their experience of leaving the church send me an email! I would love to hear your story and maybe have you as a guest on the show! You can reach me here: postchurchpod…
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This episode is all about my experiences in church as a minister and the reasons why I "left". Link to Dan Kochs Podcast mentioned in the show: You Have Permission Podcast (dankochwords.com) If you or someone you know would like to share their experience of leaving the church send me an email! I would love to hear your story and maybe have you as a…
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Links mentioned in today's episode: You Have Permission Podcast by Dan Koch: You Have Permission Podcast (dankochwords.com) If you or someone you know has left the church and would like to talk about your experience shoot me an email. I would love to talk with you and have you on the show (if you want). postchurchpodcast@gmail.com…
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Christmas 2021 special episode - interview with Lucy Jago
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Lucy Jago, author of 'A Net for Small Fishes', explains how a painting of Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset, resonated particularly with her as she was writing her novel, which follows Frances' involvement in the Overbury murder scandal that rocked the Stuart court.
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Christmas 2021 special episode - interview with Annie Garthwaite
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In one of three Christmas 2021 special episodes, host Ploy Radford talks to author Annie Garthwaite, about an illustration in the Neville Book of Hours that helped her capture the personality of Cecily of York, the titular character in her debut novel 'Cecily', and an influential figure in the Wars of the Roses. You can see an image of the illustra…
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Christmas 2021 special episode - interview with Jennifer Saint
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In one of three Christmas 2021 special episodes, Past Matters host Ploy Radford talks to author Jennifer Saint about an ancient Minoan object that helped inspire her debut novel Ariadne, which retells the famous Ancient Greek myths of Theseus and the Minotaur and Phaedra and Hippolytus from female perspectives. You can see an image of the object on…
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The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot Part II A Game of Chess
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Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to settle, work and marry there. He became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39, subse…
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2021 special - interview with Dr Valerie Schutte
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In this bonus special episode, host Ploy Radford talks to Tudor queenship expert Dr Valerie Schutte about that most underrated of Henry VIII's wives - Anne of Cleves and a book of hours she gifted Henry VIII in 1533 (now in the Folger Shakespeare Library). Listen in to hear more about how Anne actually had a quite powerful status in England post di…
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2021 special - interview with Dr Ian Mortimer
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In one of three special episodes, host Ploy Radford talks to Dr Ian Mortimer, historian and author of the hugely popular 'Time Traveller's Guide...' series about the rediscovery of the mirror in medieval Europe. This most basic of objects led to a revolution in the sense of self and can even be linked to a decrease in crime for a period...…
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2021 special - interview with Dr Ellie Woodacre
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In one of three special episodes, host Ploy Radford talks to royal studies specialist Dr Ellie Woodacre about a collection of books that belonged to Joan of Navarre, wife of Henry IV and stepmother to Henry V, of Battle of Agincourt fame. The books provide a fantastic starting part for a wider discussion about this little known English queen who le…
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2021 special - interview with Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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In one of three special episodes, host Ploy Radford talks to Kelcey Wilson-Lee, historian and author of 'Daughters of Chivalry', a biography of the five daughters of Edward I (aka the king in 'Braveheart'). Kelcey picks the Alphonso Psalter as her underrated historic object and reveals what it tells us about life and death in medieval England as we…
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T. S. Eliot "The Waste Land" Part 1 The Burial of the Dead
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Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to settle, work and marry there. He became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39, subse…
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William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. In addition to his writing, Williams had a long career as a physician practicing both pediatrics and general medicine. He was affiliated with Passaic General Hospital, where he served as the hospital's chief…
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Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
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Robert Frost is considered the bard of New England. Casual readers sometimes overlook the depth of his poetry and its technical accomplishment. His apparently simple poems — collected in volumes from A Boy’s Will to In the Clearing — reveal a darker heart upon close reading, and his easy conversational style is propelled by an unfaltering meter and…
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Season 2 of Past Matters ends on a gruesome note with Ben Paites, Collections and Learning Curator at Colchester & Ipswich Museums, discussing the history of the prisons at Colchester Castle. Not for the squeamish this episode covers prison conditions, witch burnings and the over zealous pursuit of justice. As ever you can see a picture of the obje…
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A pair of huia birds - The Horniman Museum & Gardens
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In this episode, host Ploy Radford talks to Jo Hatton, Keeper of the Natural History Collection at the Horniman Museum & Gardens in South London. She picked a pair of taxidermied huia birds from the collection as her underrated objects. What makes these sadly now extinct birds particularly remarkable is that they represent the most pronounced examp…
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For this episode, host Ploy Radford revisits a museum featured in season 1 – Ipswich Museum. This time, Tim Rousham from the visitor services team at the museum discusses two pattern-welded swords from the 9th century AD. Tune in to this episode to learn more about designing beautiful and effective swords and how their shape changed over time and w…
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Vanessa Meade, Curator of Exhibitions and Interpretations at the Museum of the Home, talks to Ploy Radford about a humble yet special 1960s clock for this episode of Past Matters. You can view a picture of the clock on www.ployradford.com or by following Past Matters on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.…
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'Schooner approaching the harbour' - Compton Verney
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Compton Verney in Warwickshire has one of the finest collections of folk art in the UK. In this episode Director Julie Finch tells Ploy Radford why 'Schooner approaching the harbour' by Alfred Wallis, which is painted on a tea tray, is a piece of folk art that particularly resonates with her during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic lockdown. You can vi…
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When you're asked to imagine an iconic item of clothing the humble smock probably doesn't come to mind. However, in this episode, Dr Ollie Douglas, Curator at The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL), convinces podcast host Ploy Radford as to the importance of the smock to English identity. Design, how we align stories with historical objects and fe…
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In this episode, Zofia Matyjaszkiewicz, who is the Collections Assistant at the Roman Baths in Bath, tells Ploy Radford why a patera - a shallow libation bowl - is her underrated object at this world-famous site. This one object sets off a whole discussion about Roman lives and passions, how design can let us date an object, and the concept of pilg…
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While the previous episode reminded listeners to look down when visiting historic houses, in a pleasing symmetry, this episode reminds them to look up. Podcast host Ploy Radford talks to Clare Gough, Director at Pitzhanger Museum & Gallery, about three beautiful ceilings in the building, touching on subjects of family fallouts, the use of light in …
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This episode of Past Matters should encourage visitors to England's finest stately homes to look down as well as up for future visits, as Assistant Curator and Archivist at Harewood House, Beckie Burton, describes the significance of a grand Axminster carpet for social standing. You can find a picture of the carpet on Ployradford.com.…
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'Colt hunting in the New Forest' - Palace House
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To kick off season 2 of Past Matters, podcast host Ploy Radford talks to Dr Steven Parissien, CEO of Palace House, Newmarket, about a painting by Lucy Kemp-Welch - 'Colt hunting in the New Forest'. Kemp-Welch was a highly successful artist and illustrator - which was rare achievement for women in the late Victorian/Edwardian era - download this epi…
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Beauty from the Ashes Interview - Christy Vince (Anxiety)
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Christy Vince experienced debilitating anxiety that affect her personal and professional life. Learn how she leaned on God and gained freedom through faith and practical tools. She is now a Licensed Professional Counselor helping others to recover and heal from anxiety.Bloom In The Dark, Inc. による
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Beauty from the Ashes - Paula Mosher Wallace (Miscarriage)
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Paula Mosher Wallace lost a treasured member of her family before they were born. The fact that there was no funeral, obituary or flowers, did not lessen the value of that life. Today, Paula celebrates her baby's life up in heaven. Hear Paula's journey through miscarriage and how she founding hope and healing afterward.…
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Beauty from the Ashes - Stephanie Greer (Infertility)
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Stephanie Greer, The Southern Lady Mama knows the struggle of infertility. She has been both successful and later unsuccessful in her journey. But she knows how to keep a full heart even when the womb is empty. Find out how this author and mother continues to lean on the Lord to find hope and healing.…
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Beauty from the Ashes - Elizabeth Hagen (Thoughts of Worthlessness)
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Have you ever felt too small to deserve the best things in life? Too broken to have joy? Too horrible to be forgiven? Elizabeth Hagen battled and overcame thoughts of worthlessness after years of physical abuse. Learn how she silenced the "but not me" voice that kept her from receiving joy and going after the best in life (for years!).…
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Beauty from the Ashes - Laurie Delk (Loss of Husband)
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When Laurie Lantrip Delk lost her husband suddenly, she knew life would never be the same. Discover how four words and the concept of gratitude continue to heal her heartache and propel her to give hope to others in big ways!Bloom In The Dark, Inc. による
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Beauty from the Ashes - Deb Solberg (Food Addiction)
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Debra Kroll Solberg has found peace and balance after years of struggling with emotional eating and sugar addiction. Learn how leaning on God helped her heal AND what she says is the biggest relief to her every day.Bloom In The Dark, Inc. による
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Beauty from the Ashes - Cortney Edmondson (Family Secrets)
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Cortney Edmondson hid the secrets of abuse and abandonment in her family for over 25 years. When she finally decided to own them, God called her to share her incredible story of forgiveness and overcoming shame to bring hope and healing to others.Bloom In The Dark, Inc. による
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