Subterraneans Podcast

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A podcast about the underground history of London. Hidden places and forgotten stories beneath the City.

James Thompson


    • Jan 27, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 45 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Subterraneans Podcast

    S08E05: Stepping Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 23:45


    The season finale of Subterraneans Season 8. Stepping out into nothingness. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S08E04: Moving In

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 24:11


    The Bull & Mouth; strange omens in the gaping maw of history. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S08E03: Seven Sisters

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 26:51


    A new job. This episode contains extreme frequencies and some upsetting violence. Please listen with care. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S08E02: Broadwater Prison System

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 29:14


    Life above the clouds in the path of the Moselle. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S08E01: I Love My Neighbourhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 23:09


    A body in the park outside my flat, and rituals down by the Thames. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S08E00: Announcement

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 3:15


    Season 8 begins shortly. Get early access at patreon.com/subterpod

    S07E05: Q-Whitehall

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 30:02


    Exploring Q-Whitehall, the network of tunnels beneath the heart of the government, and the strange installations in the bloodstream of the city. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S07E04: Citronella

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2023 31:34


    In the depths of the internet lies an exact copy of you. Waiting. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S07E03: Brand New Swampland

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 27:19


    The mischievous spirits of the Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve and planning for the swamp. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S07E02: Holy Antennae

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 23:53


    Pirate radio and divine broadcasts. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S07E01: Seven Dials

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 22:52


    We don't dance around the dials any more. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    SEASON 7 BEGINS 14.11.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2023 4:43


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    S06E05: Politeness

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 19:11


    The season finale of Subterraneans Season 6. Learning to get rude, and a strange new job. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S06E04: The Phantom Platforms

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 28:57


    A music box at St Pauls tube station and a song that lasts forever: exploring the Phantom Platforms that exist in the gap between waveforms.

    S06E03: The Skeleton Army

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 24:29


    Queer misery and the search for the magic words. www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S06E02: The Thirteenth Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 33:11


    Pick-up artists and mycelium beneath a row of terraces in Feltham. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S06E01: The Aberfeldy Ghost

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 30:23


    Echoes and whispers in a Poplar housing estate. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S05E05: The Carrot

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 18:22


    In the season finale of Subterraneans, I listen to the tapes that Flick sent me. We listen to the tapes that Flick sent me. You listen to the tapes that Flick sent me. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S05E04: Doves Type

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 24:43


    The Doves Press and its unique typeface printed what have been described by design historians as “some of the finest books ever produced in England”. Why, then, did it end up spending a hundred years at the bottom of the river? www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S05E03: Not Deer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2022 19:09


    Why have mysterious creatures from Appalachian folklore begun appearing in the roads near Richmond Park? www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S05E02: Mole Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 23:34


    The Mole Man of Hackney, and a discovery beneath Finsbury Park. www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S05E01: The Stick

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2022 22:43


    Hypnosis, murder, and the music industry. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S4E5: Ephemera

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 20:00


    Ephemera: Four stories from the edge. Rat boat, walking into traffic, creatures of the tube, and a painting from another dimension. The finale of Subterraneans Season 4. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S4E4: Cutting the Line, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 21:37


    Mansel Wheeler strikes back against the Returners. Part two of the Mass Rock Heist. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S4E3: Cutting the Line, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 23:35


    Part one of a two-part series on Mansel Wheeler, the Returners, and a heist which split the city in two. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S4E2: Luddites and the River Lea

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 35:09


    Fortunes in flux along the East End's industrial riverfront. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

    S4E1: Classified Material

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 36:05


    This is a love story. http://patreon.com/subterpod

    Season 4: Episode 0

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 0:43


    Subterraneans Season 4 will begin on Friday 18 June 2021. http://patreon.com/subterpod

    S3E5: The Estuary

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 27:56


    Searching for Parthenope in the cold mud of the estuary. Sewers, sirens, wading birds, and bovril boats, in the season finale of Subterraneans. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: www.twitter.com/Subterpod

    S3E4: Panic Rooms & Priest Holes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 28:08


    Wren's churches, Chaucer's clergy, and the sanctuary within the sanctuary; I take a look at the secret codes in the City's churchyards. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: www.twitter.com/Subterpod

    S3E3: Underground Shopping

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 30:44


    Raves at the end of history in the failed shopping malls of late capitalism. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: www.twitter.com/Subterpod

    S3E2: Little Compton Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 18:57


    A mysterious grate in the centre of Charing Cross Road, and the troubled organics of a restless city. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: twitter.com/Subterpod

    S3E1: Gasometers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 26:44


    Subterraneans Season 3 kicks off with a tribute to the suburbs, and the Victorian gasometers, of the ex-industrial estuary. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: twitter.com/Subterpod

    S2E5: Reinterment in Clerkenwell and Camden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 23:02


    Clerkenwell Prison, the Camden Catacombs, and the drowned. The season finale of Subterraneans Season 2. The show will now be on hiatus as I regroup and prepare for the next step. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: twitter.com/Subterpod

    S2E4: Nuclear Apocalypse

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 23:14


    Nuclear war, plague, and learning to fly at the end of the world. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: twitter.com/Subterpod

    S2E3: The New Cross Tube Experiment

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 27:28


    The natural world, tube lines, and giant sloths. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: twitter.com/Subterpod

    S2E2: Blackfriars

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 22:04


    I visit Blackfriars Bridge, conspiracy theories, numbers stations, and the search for truth. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: twitter.com/Subterpod

    S2E1: Burial

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 20:49


    Season two of Subterraneans picks up where we left off, exploring the hidden city and its secret hinterlands beneath the earth. Stories of burial, exhumation, reburial, drowning, and surviving beneath the cold earth. Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: https://twitter.com/Subterpod

    Broadcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 2:04


    Episode 5: Return to Aldgate

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 27:38


    In the season finale of Subterraneans, I return to the Aldgate Cavern to try to connect it to the rest of the City. Subterraneans will now be on hiatus until season 2 is ready. Follow on Twitter or subscribe on iTunes for more information as it's ready. https://twitter.com/subterpod https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/subterraneans-podcast/id1475124265

    Episode 4: Billionaires' Row

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 29:48


    In the wealthy suburbs of Kensington and Hampstead, billionaires are building super-basements to artificially extend their properties an extra five of six storeys below the ground... but that's not all they're doing. In this episode, I explore money and power beneath London's quiet residential streets. Subscribe on iTunes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/subterraneans-podcast/id1475124265 Or follow the show on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/Subterpod

    Episode 3: Going to Aldwych

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2019 21:53


    In episode 3 of Subterraneans, I discuss the building of the tube, the kind spirits who walk with us through the darkness, and the ghost stations and hidden vaults which lie beneath London. Subterraneans is written and produced by James Thompson. All my feeds can be found at https://twitter.com/Subterpod

    Episode 2: The Amphitheatre

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 22:45


    In Episode 2, we explore the Amphitheatre which lies beneath Guildhall Yard, and the founding of the Roman city. All music and words by James Thompson. Subscribe on iTunes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/subterraneans-podcast/id1475124265 Follow the podcast on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/subterpod

    Subterraneans Episode 1: The Aldgate Tunnel

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2019 20:48


    Episode 1 of a new podcast about the hidden underground stories which lie beneath London. I tell the story of the Aldgate Tunnel, the men who built it, and what they found beneath the City. All music and words by James Thompson. Subscribe on iTunes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/subterraneans-podcast/id1475124265 Follow the podcast on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/subterpod

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