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Curious City
A podcast with brilliant guests, surprising objects and quirky connections
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In each episode we travel across the city, discovering objects from our museums that link in surprising ways, meeting people and sharing stories as we go.
Curious City is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible and on YouTube
Episode 20 - Museum Tours
Available now
What secrets are revealed on a museum tour, how do you join one and why do people give their free time to be a guide? We head over to the Burrell Collection to find out.
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Episode 19 - A Day at Kelvin Hall
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In this episode Jade Graham, programme manager at Kelvin Hall takes us on a personal tour and we meet tour guides, curators and geologists along the way.
Episode 18 - Ghosts of Glasgow
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In this episode journalist and Curious City regular Norry Wilson, joins curator Laura Bauld as they dodge ghosts, banshees and share ghostly tales from Kelvingrove!
Episode 17 - Dark
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In this episode, fashion historian Mairi MacKenzie joins David Scott to discover how the dark, and darkness, has influenced the development of the city.
Episode 16 - Light
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In this episode, history enthusiast AprilMaybeJune joins David Scott for a fascinating look into the impact light has on life and the city, throughout time and on our museum objects.
Episode 15 - Discovering Degas (part two)
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As The Burrell Collection prepares to say farewell to its Discovering Degas exhibition, in this episode we look at roles featured in his work and speak to modern day equivalents including ballet dancers, life drawing models and visitors to the exhibition itself.
Episode 14 - Television
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In this episode journalist and broadcaster Rona Dougall invites us into her STV studio and talks us through life on the set. Plus, we visit Kelvin Hall to discover an enormous new tv studio and head over to Nitshill to see an early TV set.
Episode 13 - Film City
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In this episode film critic Alistair Harkness is our guide to Glasgow on film and we meet artist Thomas McGoran who takes us back to cinema's golden era.
Episode 12 - Music City
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Curious City regular Norry Wilson is back to take us on a musical tour round Glasgow stopping at some of our best-loved record shops, community choirs, concert halls and revives the ghost of some legendary lost venues.
Episode 11 - Games
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Comedian, writer and broadcaster Susan Morrison enjoys a closer look at games through the ages by the way of Star Wars, the ZX Spectrum home computer and traditional children's games.
Episode 10 - Glasgow Green
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In this episode our guest the Spoken Word artist Oliver Robertson shares his stories of life growing up close to Glasgow Green and discusses his own work.
Episode 9 - Performance
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In this episode our guest the writer and cycling enthusiast, Chris Dolan offers us unique insights into his own writing process and Billy Connolly's influence on the city, as well as Rab C Nesbitt and the Theatre Royal.
Episode 8 - Discovering Degas (part one)
Available now
As The Burrell Collection welcomes its Discovering Degas exhibition, in this episode we look at roles featured in his work and speak to modern day equivalents including auctioneers and horse racing trainers.
Episode 7 - Julie Lin at the Burrell
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Chef, TV presenter and writer Julie Lin visits The Burrell Collection and shares her stories and passion for food, Glasgow and discovers how food is represented in the Burrell.
Episode 6 - Paul Buchanan's Glasgow
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Paul Buchanan gives an exclusive insight into his work and career as a solo artist as well as being part of The Blue Nile. In this episode Paul chooses his favourite objects and reveals the places in Glasgow which inspire him.
Episode 5 - Costume
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How does costume influence a performance? In this episode the fashion historian, writer and curator Mairi MacKenzie, reveals her unique insights on a dress worn by Audrey Hepburn, a tutu designed for Swan Lake, horsehair boxing gloves and how armour works to fit the body.
Episode 4 - Pollok Country Park
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This we time get outside and head into Pollok Park with Rona Dougall. Along the way we meet runners from Parkrun, hear about the range of animals in the park and catch up with curator Ralph Moffat who gives us an insight into the Boar Hunt tapestry.
Episode 3 - Disasters
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A Clyde-built ship capsizes on the day of launch, the Great Fires of London and Glasgow, an early aviation crash and a railway disaster at St Enoch station. We meet Norry Wilson and discover stories from some of Glasgow's worst disasters.
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Episode 2 - On The Move
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Comedian, writer and broadcaster Susan Morrison joins us to discover the history of Glasgow's underground, the story of a home-made record-breaking bike, a magnificent pair of boots once owned by Elton John and asks the question - why does the Duke of Wellington always wear a traffic cone?
Episode 1 - Sanjeev Kohli's Kelvingrove
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As a lifelong visitor to the museum our guest the actor, comedian and writer Sanjeev Kohli, shares his favourite things about Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. From Floating Heads, a 120 year old Art Competition to Salvador Dali, Sanjeev reveals what it really means to him.
*Coming Soon*
Episode 21 - The Ones That Got Away
Available 4 December
In this unique episode we look at some of the best stories you've never heard!
Also featured in the series
Parkrun
Nature Trails
Boxing
Games
Salvador Dali
Art Competition
Music Venues
Film Memorabilia
Coneheid
Star Wars
Curious City team
This photograph shows some of the people who make the Curious City podcast. The team are David Scott, Michael MacKinnon, Laura Walker, Bryony Bates, Tracey MacDonald, James Gibson, Anthony Johnston, Caroline Currie, Debora Neto and Alan Braidwood.