Curious City
Welcome to Curious City, the podcast from Glasgow Life Museums. In each episode, we travel across Glasgow discovering locations around the city and objects from our collections that link in surprising ways - uncovering the stories that surround us.
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Episodes
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Host Alan Braidwood and our guest, spoken word artist Oliver Robertson, explore the history of Glasgow Green.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
In this episode of Curious City we're joined by writer and cycling enthusiast, Chris Dolan, to discuss Billy Connolly's Banana Boots, Glasgow's theatre scene and Scottish comedy.
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
In this episode of Curious City, as part of the Discovering Degas exhibition at the Burrell Collection we take a look at what Degas' subjects mean in a 21st Century context.
Host David Scott is joined by guest, exhibition curator Laura Bauld.
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Welcome to Curious City. Host David Scott is joined by our guest the chef, TV presenter and writer, Julie Lin, who shares her stories and passion for food, Glasgow and discovers how food is represented in the Burrell.
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Welcome to Curious City.
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.
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Welcome to Curious City.
We're joined by fashion historian, writer and curator Mairi MacKenzie to discover a dress worn by Audrey Hepburn and a Jasper Conran designed tutu, visit the Glasgow Boxing Academy and find out and how armour works to fit the body.
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Welcome to Curious City.
In this episode, we head into Glasgow's Pollok Park with Rona Dougall.
Along the way we meet runners from Parkrun, hear about the range of animals in the park, hunt boar with curator Ralph Moffat and talk hedgehogs with pupils from St Conval's Primary School.
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Welcome to Curious City. Our guest in this episode is Norry Wilson - journalist and man behind 'Lost Glasgow'.
Join us as we uncover some of Glasgow's worst disasters - a Clyde-built ship that capsized on launch day, the city's great fires, an early aviation crash, and a railway disaster at St Enoch station.
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Welcome to Curious City. In this episode, 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, boots once owned by Elton John - and finds out why the Duke of Wellington always wear a traffic cone.
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Welcome to Curious City. Join actor, comedian and writer Sanjeev Kohli as he shares his favourite things about Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
In this episode we discuss Salvador Dali, our 120-year-old Art Competition and our iconic "Floating Heads" installation as Sanjeev reveals what Glasgow and Kelvingrove really mean to him.