Missing the Boulevard? Us too. In an attempt to help, we’ve put together this list of the wonderful podcasts who did live recordings in our building. Why not find some headphones, curl up in your favourite chair and close your eyes, it’ll feel like you’re right back in our auditorium! You could even take a full tour of our building (check that out here) and usher yourself to a seat… that’s one way to feel like you’re back, right?
Adulting
Oenone Forbat is the host of the incredibly popular conversational podcast, Adulting, which tries to figure out all the things we never got taught in school.
Exploring topics such as how socio-political and cultural factors might impact the way we fit into society and how we ‘grow up’, as well as recognising – and learning to check – our privileges. Covering topics ranging from female pleasure to white saviourism with guests such as Sofie Hagen, Charly Cox and Henry Fraser.
Check out episode 50 Part 1 and 2 for why we should all stop apologising for who we are and the bonus episode on the 12 January 2020 about sobriety for Boulevard live recorded goodness.
Check it out here
Fat Chat
Fat Chat is your weekly plus size helping of frank, honest and often hilarious body confident chat! Listen to plus size influencers Georgina Horne from Fuller Figure Fuller Bust, Hayley Stewart from Curves & Curls and Rivkie Baum from SLiNK Magazine discuss all the things you text your best friend about. In this live recording of their podcast the girls will give their audience a no BS and often hilarious look at diet culture, and discuss the importance of body confidence, media diversity and feminism in unlearning those toxic narratives and moving to a place of body acceptance and love.
Episode 15: Why Representation Matters is the one you need for the Boulevard to be in your headphones.
Check it out here
Showstoppers!
Showstopper! The Improvised Podcast comes from the team behind Olivier Award winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical and is hosted by two of its longest serving members, Pippa Evans and Andrew Pugsley.
Check out the episode on 19 December 2019 for the special live edition where Pippa and Andrew chatted with Sooz Kempner and Phil Nichol. They talk casting, favourite musicals, behind the scenes and create a brand new song, right there in front of the audience. Get ready to split your sides laughing.
Check them out here
Freelance Pod
Hosted by journalist Suchandrika Chakrabarti. Each episode, her guests tell her how the internet has changed, or invented, their work. In the live recording Suchandrika was joined by author Gemma Milne, whose book on hype in science & tech reporting, Smoke and Mirrors, has recently come out. They’ll be talking about how to get your nonfiction book published (Gemma’s doing that, and makes a YouTube series about it), self-branding online and how hyped-up journalism gets amplified on the internet, giving us scary headlines like “Robots are going to steal our jobs!” (they’re not).
You’re looking for episode 39 for the live recording.
Check it out here
Best Day Ever
Best Day Ever is a brand-new comedy parlour game for grim times with Uncle and Niece team, Glyn and Hannah Maxwell (perfect for these times you might say…). This live recording has a very special guest, Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, who must spend a surreal day in The Best Village Ever, choosing between the bizarre, sublime and ridiculous offers made by three mischievous Angel-Guides. Expect the nonsensical, the beautiful and… trampolining with Judi Dench.
This episode hasn’t quite been made live yet but that doesn’t mean you can’t have the best day ever with some of their other ones! Check them out.
The Unseen Hour
Underground cult horror comedy The Unseen Hour presents a brand new tale of the uncanny, the macabre and the absurd. Part of a new series of strange and appalling visions of destruction, Rufus Strideforth, a blundering coward, once again encounters perilous, apocalyptic circumstances that threaten the very fabric of reality. Three actors perform multiple roles and create live sound effects in an absurd and chaotic live radio drama.
The live recording also isn’t quite out yet but they have loads of other ones stored up to sink your teeth into!