Random Archives Podcasts

1000 years of history, 1000 years of stories to uncover. The National Archives presents On the Record, a podcast that unearths the real life stories found in our vast collections. Join our experts and special guests as we dig deep into the people behind the paper and bring fascinating stories from more than 11 million records to life. Discover tales of forbidden love, spies, protest, and the everyday people of the past. Follow us on Twitter @UkNatArchives

Categories: History, TV & Film

Tags: archives, Culture, History, nationalarchives, Society, Stories

Preserve This Podcast is an Andrew W. Mellon grant-funded project hosted by the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) to help podcasters protect their work against the threats of digital decay.

Categories: Education, Society & Culture, Technology

Tags: archives, digital decay, Education, library, organization, Preservation, self help, Technology

Interviews with historians, scholars, authors and anyone with a story to tell and a passion for this unique region of New York.

Categories: Education, History

Tags: archives, History, longisland, museums, oralhistory

Your weekly deep-dive into the archives of Roddenberry Entertainment, from the personal files of Gene Roddenberry. Each week, “Dr. Trek” himself, Larry Nemecek, and his guest host will take a behind-the-scenes look at documents that haven’t been viewed in decades—many being revealed publicly for the very first time!

Categories: Arts, TV & Film

Tags: archives, History, larrynemecek, Podcast, roddenberry, startrek, thetrekfiles

History X amplifies true stories from history that have been repressed, suppressed, or simply forgotten. Host Russell Cobb discusses how our understanding of history is shifting in popular culture and what to make of the falling statues and renaming of places. History X explores the forgotten corners of dusty archives and talks to people with intimate knowledge of events outside the mainstream.

Categories: Education, History

Tags: archives, colonialism, Education, History, journalism, local, Place, race, reconciliation, storytelling, Truth

Stories of AV Archives shares the experiences, challenges and inspirations of the importance of our sound and moving image heritage, the work done to protect and give access to this culture, and how it impacts our everyday lives. The series is produced by the AV Think Tank, an international group of experts from the audiovisual and sound archiving and digital culture communities, initiated by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.

Categories: Society & Culture, TV & Film

Tags: archives, archiving, audiovisual, CulturalHeritage, movingimage, Preservation, sound, Stories

Shelf Life is a podcast from the Newberry Library about the humanities and the humans behind them. Each episode features a new conversation with librarians, curators, and researchers about anything from the history of the Chicago city grid to the secret lives of famous American authors.

Categories: Arts, History

Tags: archives, History, Humanities, Literature, Podcast, research

You Can’t Eat the Sunshine is the podcast of Esotouric, the offbeat Los Angeles company that turns the notion of guided bus tours on its ear. Each week, join Kim Cooper and Richard Schave on their Southern California adventures, as they visit with fascinating characters for wide-ranging interviews that reveal the myths, contradictions, inspirations and passions of the place. There’s never been a city quite like Los Angeles. Tune in if you’d like to find out why.

Categories: Arts, Society & Culture

Tags: Aimee Semple McPherson, alternative history, architecture, archives, Art Deco, Arts District, Beaux Arts, Boosterism, boyle heights, Brian Kaiser, Bunker Hill, Bus Tours, Charles Bukowski, Charles Fletcher Lummis, decorative arts, Downtown Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, Ernest Batchelder, Esotouric, Gale Banks, Googie, Historic Core, Historic Preservation, History, hollywood, hot rods, Huell Howser, James M. Cain, John Fante, John Parkinson, Kim Cooper, libraries, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Lyman Stewart, oral history, Public Policy, Raymond Chandler, research, Richard Schave, Route 66, San Gabriel Valley, Sister Aimee, Skid Row, southern california, Steve Jobs, The Garden of Allah, tile, tourism, Watts Towers, West Hollywood, Wyvernwood

Excerpts from interviews which discuss World War II and the U.S. Army’s Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, also known as the “Monuments Men.”See also: World War II “Monuments Men” Archival Collections at the Archives of American Art

Categories: Arts, History

Tags: archives, art history, George Stout, Monuments Men

The National Archives Podcast Series will remain live, but will not be updated with new content. For new podcasts from us head over to On the Record at The National Archives.

Categories: Arts, Education, Society & Culture

Tags: air force, archives, Army, domesday, Family history, genealogy, History, information, medals, medieval, Military, navy, records, teaching

Look History in the Eye is produced in Melbourne, Australia at the Victorian Archives Centre, where a hundred kilometres of historic records about Victoria’s past are carefully preserved in climate controlled vaults. We meet the people who dig into archival boxes, look history in the eye and then wonder why. You can download copies of original records featured in each episode by going to the Look History in the Eye page on the Public Record Office Victoria website here: https://prov.vic.gov.au/look-history-eye-podcast

Categories: Arts, History, Music

Tags: #melbourne, archives, australian history, Crime, design, History