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The Log Books

The Log Books

41 Episodes • By Tash Walker, Adam Zmith and Shivani Dave • www.thelogbooks.org
**Best New Podcast (Gold) at the British Podcast Awards 2020**What if you could glimpse into LGBTQIA+ life from decades ago? Since 1974 volunteers at Switchboard, the LGBT+ helpline, have written notes in the charity's log books. Hosts Tash Walker and Adam Zmith are re-opening these pages today, to ...more
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Introducing: Queer Roots and Routes
We'd love to introduce you to this new podcast we've... more
Apr 4 2023 48 sec
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INTRODUCING: New podcast Black and Gay, Back in the Day
We'd love to introduce you to this new podcast Black... more
Oct 2 2022 2m
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BONUS: Tash and Adam tour the Out And About LGBTQ+ exhibition at the Barbican
In this bonus episode made for Nothing Concrete, the... more
Feb 23 2022 36m
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“Thank you for being here” | Episode 10
This is it! After three seasons covering 1974 to 200... more
Jan 10 2022 56m
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“Not suitably dressed” | Episode 9
Rubber? Feet? Piss? Flogging? Role play? What’s your... more
Jan 3 2022 1h 2m
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“Interested and willing” | Episode 8
In the 90s more and more lesbians called Switchboard... more
Dec 27 2021 1h 6m
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“The inability of others to understand” | Episode 7
There is still so much work to be done in making sur... more
Dec 20 2021 50m
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“Needs support and reassurance” | Episode 6
Understanding and awareness of various gender identi... more
Dec 13 2021 54m
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“They do mean us harm” | Episode 5
On April 30th 1999, the Admiral Duncan gay pub in So... more
Dec 6 2021 52m
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“How refreshing” | Episode 4
Remember how you felt when you first saw the lesbian... more
Nov 29 2021 55m
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“Not an easy call at all” | Episode 3
Because Switchboard is set up to support people arou... more
Nov 22 2021 34m
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“The little darlings” | Episode 2
In the 90s, if two men had sex and one was under 21,... more
Nov 15 2021 52m
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“Multiple paradox net files” | Episode 1
The internet began to revolutionise LGBTQI+ life in ... more
Nov 8 2021 36m
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“The queer 90s” | Episode 0
Tash and Adam are back, with 11 all-new weekly episo... more
Nov 1 2021 8m
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Introducing: Making Gay History
Season three of The Log Books launches next week, No... more
Oct 25 2021 16m
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Introducing: Call Me Mother
News! We’re making season three of The Log Books bec... more
Apr 20 2021 27m
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“Would like to stay” | Episode 11
We have so many fascinating stories for our final ep... more
Jan 25 2021 41m
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“Crude form of censorship” | Episode 10
After a gay bookshop was raided by customs officers ... more
Jan 18 2021 50m
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“No reason whatsoever to doubt” | Episode 9
From 1983 to 1991, calls to Switchboard about rape a... more
Jan 11 2021 39m
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“Kiss my rump” | Episode 8
It wasn’t easy being young in the Eighties! Tash and... more
Jan 4 2021 37m
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“Fatally disruptive” | Episode 7
In 1988 the British government passed explicitly ant... more
Dec 28 2020 36m
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“Right on, sister!” | Episode 6
Lipstick on the windscreen to tackle homophobia — ju... more
Dec 21 2020 57m
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“Expect extra calls” | Episode 5
Every time anything to do with LGBTQ+ life was menti... more
Dec 14 2020 55m
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“A hedgehog in my kitchen” | Episode 4
Some light and laughter in our fourth episode of thi... more
Dec 7 2020 39m
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“Damage caused” | Episode 3
Bottling attacks and cruel newspaper editorials — th... more
Nov 30 2020 49m
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