{"id":1312,"date":"2023-02-19T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatbritishpodcasts.com\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2023-02-25T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T16:14:09","slug":"british-podcast-awards-podcast-of-the-year-dear-daughter-returns-plus-lgbt-history-month-podcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatbritishpodcasts.com\/picks\/british-podcast-awards-podcast-of-the-year-dear-daughter-returns-plus-lgbt-history-month-podcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"British Podcast Awards\u2019 Podcast of the Year, \u201cDear Daughter\u201d Returns! Plus LGBT+ History Month Podcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As it is UK LGBTQ+ History Month, let\u2019s look at podcasts that look back at the history of this important community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Black and Gay, Back in the Day<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>looks at the experiences of Black LGBTQIA+ Britons between the 1970s and 2000s. The masterstroke of this important ten part series is that it tries to put conversations between different generations of the community front and centre, so you can see how the struggles and experiences have changed or remained the same. A recent bonus episode<\/a>, released at the end of last year, features many of the contributors reuniting to look back at the impact making the series had on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Homo Sapiens<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>has a two part special episode<\/strong><\/a> looking back at key moments of queer British history, featuring expert Eric Cervini. Memories from the Dancefloor<\/strong><\/a>, which explores the history of famous venues, has released new episodes on The Black Cap<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>pub and The Nightingale Club<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>in Birmingham. And in a meta twist, Queer Spaces: Behind the Scene<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>has an interview with the CEO of the first LGBTQ+ museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, the community has been devastated by the murder of the trans teenage girl Brianna Ghey this week. For those who were unable to make a vigil, the Field Recordings<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>podcast featured a recording of the one minute silence that took place outside the Department of Education this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile the British Podcast Awards\u2019 Podcast of the Year, Dear Daughter<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>is returning for a second season at the end of February, once again featuring personal and touching correspondence between mothers and daughters. The concept was an original idea by the podcast\u2019s host, Namulanta Kombo, based on letters to her own daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTABLE NAMES ON PODCASTS THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have listened to a great guest on a podcast, let us know by filling in <\/strong>this form<\/strong><\/a> and it might get featured in an upcoming newsletter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are our podcast picks for the week ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want your podcast featured, or you have a great recommendation, all you need to do is fill in this <\/strong>simple form<\/strong><\/a>. It might get featured in a future newsletter!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Statistically Speaking <\/strong><\/a>– <\/strong>For anyone who loves data, this relatively new monthly podcast by the Office for National Statistics crunches the numbers and provides a bit of insight into how they do what they do, as well as what their studies say about the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s episodes exploring the nation\u2019s health, crime, economy and labour, as well as an episode looking at the importance of the once a decade census. And as you would expect from the ONS, each episode is very much in-depth. You wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why Women Grow<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>A podcast that explores why women garden, hosted by Alice Vincent. Now don\u2019t get confused. This isn\u2019t a podcast about gardening per se. It\u2019s more about the people who garden; from designers to chefs, to novelists and environmentalists. This series interviews and amplifies them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen you go into somebody\u2019s garden you might get a sense of who they are or what their taste is, but when you talk to them about their garden you understand what role it plays in their life,\u201d says Vincent. \u201cAnd that will always surprise me, and that\u2019s why I am addicted to asking people why they garden and what they do in their garden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n