The Log Books

Tash entertains Adam with ghost rivers - natural waterways that get diverted or covered by cities. It’s a subject that has fed into Tash’s recent poetry and other writing, linking the natural world with queer experience and city life.

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The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith
The assistant producer is Mia Campbell
Music from Soundstripe
Original artwork by Natalie Doto
Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast

For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave.
For interviews from the research for our book, published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4.
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Tash meets the artist Sean McKenzie as he prepares to open his new exhibition, The Night Shift, at the Pale Horse Gallery in London. Like us, Sean has used Switchboard’s log books for his research into making work about queer lives — producing exquisite set pieces and photographs.

Also Adam went off on one in favour of a minimum effective taxation standard aka a wealth tax.

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The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith
The assistant producer is Mia Campbell
Music from Soundstripe
Original artwork by Natalie Doto
Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast

For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave.
For interviews from the research for our book, published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4.
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Tash interviews Jenny Moore and Bianca Stephens from F*Choir, one of London’s longest running queer choirs, as the project prepares to wind down after a decade. It’s a bittersweet conversation about singing, memory and queer bodies.

Mentioned in this episode:
Sing it Pink podcast series about the Pink Singers

While I’m Here, Doc - podcast on trans healthcare with Dr Max Kelen (hosted by Dr Tom McWaters)

CONGREGATIONAL by Fatt Butcher: on tour this autumn/winter

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The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith
The assistant producer is Mia Campbell
Music from Soundstripe
Original artwork by Natalie Doto
Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast

For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave.
For interviews from the research for our book, published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4.
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Adam bares all! In this episode, Tash interviews Adam about how he uses porn. It opens up a rabbit hole, so to speak, about culture, politics, loneliness, queer identity — and the question: what kind of sex do YOU want to have?

Mentioned in this episode:
Porn: An Oral History by Polly Barton
Press Play, Turn On - podcast on Audible
Adam’s event with Pete Scalpello and Ryan Schulte on Sept 11th
Catherine Liu event on Sept 21st

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Aunt Nell: Newsletter | Instagram | YouTube | website

The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith
The assistant producer is Mia Campbell
Music from Soundstripe
Original artwork by Natalie Doto
Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast

For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave.
For interviews from the research for our book, published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4.
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Tash interviews Lynne Gerber who is the host and producer of the podcast series When We All Get to Heaven. We hear how Lynne found boxes of old cassettes from decades ago that reveal a forgotten queer history of the Metropolitan Community Church in San Francisco.

Books mentioned in this episode:
Animal Joy by Nuar Alsadir
Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation by Jim Downs

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Aunt Nell: Newsletter | Instagram | YouTube | website

The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith
The assistant producer is Mia Campbell
Music from Soundstripe
Original artwork by Natalie Doto
Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast

For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave.
For interviews from the research for our book, published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4.
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Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelogbooks.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.