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Delve into immersive tales of history, nature and adventure with the award-winning National Trust Podcast. From wild landscapes to heritage sites and historical legends, unearth fascinating stories about people and places in the UK. This series, travel to the 1930s to unmask the eccentric Ferguson’s Gang, find out how the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree impacted the community, and discover what life was like for the people who toiled deep in a Roman gold mine. To learn more about podcasts from the National Trust go to http://nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts This podcast is made by the National...

Love Scotland is a podcast series from the National Trust for Scotland. Hosted by TV star, expert broadcaster and National Trust for Scotland president Jackie Bird, Love Scotland features big names, experts and enthusiasts from all walks of life. Each episode delves deep into the detail of Scotland’s history, its wildlife and its landscapes.

A selection of powerful stories from our audiobook "Love  Loss & Life", representative  of the collection of 22 essays, reflections, and testimonies of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Introduced by the iconic actress Anita Dobson, these are the real stories of individuals who lived and breathed the HIV/AIDS story and who are prepared to discuss ideas and explore the social history of their lives. Each individual story sheds light on the silence and secrets of the past 40 years whilst introducing listeners to the positives that came out of the pandemic, describing how a community stood together and ...

Follow the adventures of Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers, a crew of colourful creatures who use their special skills to help where there's trouble in nature. Beaver’s a super engineer. Sleepy Bat’s skill is sonar. Wildcat’s a proud predator. Deer’s strong and speedy. Fox has a nose for trouble. Shy Mole’s an expert digger, and Dragonfly’s always buzzing. Ranger Rae’s the leader and can understand animals. And 12-year-old Apprentice Roxy dreams of becoming a real Ranger and being able to talk to wildlife too. In each story, the Wildlifers go on a curious case. They travel to ...

Historian Bettany Hughes goes beyond the delights of teas and topiary to explore ten inspiring National Trust sites. Join Bettany as she travels around some of the most splendid sites in England, guided by our experts, to investigate their deep-rooted connections to Europe and the wider world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Throughout the 2020s, climate change will be a huge topic of conversation, and part of that conversation will be about energy. Renewables are seen as the future, but just how futuristic are they? At the National Trust, some of the properties we care for have been lit, heated and powered by renewables for over 100 years. As we move towards our goal of sourcing 50% of our energy needs from renewable sources, in this five-part podcast series, we join professor Lucy Green as she embarks up on a 750-mile journey across our properties to investigate if lessons from our past may help us achieve our ...

Produced by the National Trust for Scotland and written by volunteers at the Culloden Visitor Centre

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The National Trust Magazine is our ‘thank you’ to our members for helping us to look after special places. We’ve created this audio version so our blind and partially sighted members, or those who prefer to listen rather than read, can enjoy the magazine too. Look out for new episodes of this podcast in January, May and September.

In this four part documentary series we explore how geology and landscapes have influenced the communities and cultures of the British isles. We’ll discover what connects ice-age floods, and the dialects we speak, and how pre-historic geological events, can form the bedrock of community, or become the driving force behind neighbourhood feuds. People’s Landscapes is hosted and presented by radio journalist, broadcaster and strictly contestant, John Sergeant, Horrible Histories writer Terry Deary, historian and broadcaster Eleanor Barraclough and Welsh broadcaster and actress Caryl Parry ...

Your financial life can be complicated. But it doesn’t have to be. Tune in each month to hear from Canandaigua National Bank & Trust’s financial professionals as they discuss strategies for improving your financial wellness. No matter what stage of life you are in, this podcast provides you with the knowledge you need to take the stress out of finances so you can focus on reaching your financial goals.

Broadcast-journalist Kirsty Wark and the National Trust mark 100 years of female suffrage in the UK, with a unique new podcast series. In this five part series we lift the lid on our archives and uncover the seldom-told stories of maids, mill-workers, politicians and even royalty, who fought and campaigned to help shape the world we live in today.

Listen to a new six-part podcast series, presented by broadcaster and author Clare Balding, which explores the lost and hidden LGBTQ stories from our places as we mark the 50th anniversary of the partial de-criminalisation of homosexuality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.