STORIES FROM GLASGOW PODCAST

Join Dr Cia Jackson and explore the impact of art, literature, culture, and history from world leading researchers in the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts & Humanities.

Reimagine myth, explore new takes on your favourite literature, revisit ancient times and be inspired with Stories from Glasgow – a series bringing you stories from the arts and humanities wherever you listen to podcasts.

Season 5

Reading Between the Lines
Reading Between the Lines

Stories from Glasgow: Season 5, Episode One – Reading Between the Lines

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:05:00 GMT

Discover how marks, notes, and mementos in books tell stories across generations - Dr Shanti Graheli reveals why reader traces can make books even more precious.

Stories from Glasgow: Season 5, Episode Two – Glasgow Pandemic 1832
Stories from Glasgow: Season 5, Episode Two – Glasgow Pandemic 1832

Stories from Glasgow: Season 5, Episode Two – Glasgow Pandemic 1832

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:05:00 GMT

Uncover how Glasgow’s 1832 cholera outbreak shaped the city’s past - and why two researchers turned this moment in history into their own twist on the board game Pandemic.

Uncovering Kelvin Wheelies Series 5 episode 3
Uncovering Kelvin Wheelies Series 5 episode 3

Stories from Glasgow: Season 5, Episode Three – Uncovering Kelvin Wheelies

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:05:00 GMT

In the early 1980s Kelvingrove Park, was home to Kelvin Wheelies, a skatepark once popular with local teenagers and pro skateboarders. Dr Kenny Brophy discusses the use of contemporary archaeology to explore this recent but now hidden history.

Series 5 Episode Four Atomic Legacies & Gamifying World Crises
Series 5 Episode Four Atomic Legacies & Gamifying World Crises

Stories from Glasgow: Season 5, Episode Four – Atomic Legacies & Gamifying World Crises

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:05:00 GMT

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Dr Tim Peacock reflects on their continuing legacy. He also discusses two Games & Gaming Lab titles and their use in exploring global nuclear and humanitarian crises.

Stories from Glasgow: Season 5, Episode Five – The Literature of the Impossible

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:05:00 GMT

There's no better place to study and research Fantasy than Glasgow. As the 10th cohort of Fantasy MLitt students graduate and the Centre of Fantasy & the Fantastic celebrates its 5th anniversary, we’re celebrating the literature of the impossible in the podcast’s season finale.

season 4

Stories from Glasgow: Episode One – Overtourism

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 00:05:00 BST

Make sure your seat belt is fastened and your chair is in the upright position for take-off; we’re heading to Mallorca with Dr Guillem Colom-Montero.

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Two – Ocean Modern

Mon, 13 May 2024 00:05:00 BST

Join us as we set sail on a voyage that spans the literary and historical; exploring the fascinating, glamorous – and sometimes dark – world of the ocean liner in Professor Faye Hammill’s Ocean Modern research project.

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Three - Influencing Gaelic Publishing

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:05:00 BST

Join us as we go on a deep dive into Gaelic periodicals, publishing, and language with Dr Petra Johana Poncarová.

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Four – Celebrating Robert Fergusson

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:05:00 BST

Discover the Edinburgh poet who inspired Robert Burns, and whose impact extends well beyond the pages of his works to the city’s landscape, and even the treatment of brain injuries.

season 3

Stories from Glasgow: Episode One – Tracing Glasgow's Imperial Past

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:05:00 BST

How can walking help us to understand Glasgow’s hidden histories of empire? Dr Rosie Spooner has been leading walking tours in Kelvingrove since 2017.

a set of dice
a set of dice

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Two – Roll for Storytelling

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:10:00 BST

Roll a perception check – you may have found the latest episode of Stories From Glasgow...

Stories from Glasgow Podcast episode 3 - cover for Curious Travellers
Stories from Glasgow Podcast episode 3 - cover for Curious Travellers

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Three – Curious Travellers

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:10:00 GMT

Professor Nigel Leask and Professor Mary-Ann Constantine tell the story of naturalist and antiquarian Thomas Pennant.

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Four – Autonomy and End of Life Care

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:10:00 GMT

What does it mean to live autonomously? And how can that autonomous life be supported when we reach the end of life?

Podcast S3E5 cover
Podcast S3E5 cover

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Five – From History PhD to Entrepreneur

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:05:00 GMT

Where can a PhD in History take you? Dr Matthew Leeper talks to Cia about his journey from student to entrepreneur.

season 2

Podcast S2 E1
Podcast S2 E1

Stories from Glasgow: Episode One - Zarzuela and Early Phonograph Recordings

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:32:00 BST

Stories From Glasgow podcast is back with a musical start for its second season. Cia is joined by Dr Eva Moreda Rodriguez, who introduces us to the zarzuela.

Season Two Episode Two podcast image
Season Two Episode Two podcast image

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Two - For the Love of Outlander

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:32:00 BST

Professor Willy Maley is arguably the University of Glasgow’s biggest Outlander fan. He joins Cia, ahead of the University’s upcoming Outlander academic conference, to share his love for Diana Gabaldon's fictional world.

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Three - Prosthetics & Assistive Technology in Antiquity

Fri, 19 May 2023 01:00:00 BST

We’re travelling back in time to the ancient world with Dr Jane Draycott, as we discuss the use of prosthetics and assistive technology in classical antiquity.

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Four - Enter the UofG Games & Gaming Lab

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:05:00 BST

The College of Arts & Humanities is home to the UofG Games & Gaming Lab. Dr Tim Peacock, one of the lab’s co-directors, joins Cia to chat all things gaming.

season 1

knitting wool
knitting wool

Stories from Glasgow: Episode One - Unravelling Scotland’s Knit History

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 12:32:00 BST

Our first episode takes us on a deep dive into the Scottish knitting industry with the University of Glasgow’s Fleece to Fashion project team. Which iconic knitted garment found fame in Hollywood? Where in Scotland can you spin alpaca yarn? Who was really behind the knitting patterns of Bernat Klein?

Stories from Glasgow Podcast episode 2 - cover for The World's First Comic
Stories from Glasgow Podcast episode 2 - cover for The World's First Comic

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Two - The World’s First Comic

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:32:00 BST

Move over Gotham, there’s a more important city in comic book history. Glasgow is home to the world’s first comic, The Glasgow Looking Glass, and in this episode, we’re uncovering its fascinating story.

Stories From Glasgow: Episode 3 - The Legacy of Scotland’s Gaelic Literature
Stories From Glasgow: Episode 3 - The Legacy of Scotland’s Gaelic Literature

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Three - The Legacy of Scotland’s Gaelic Literature

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:32:00 GMT

Did you know that you could be encountering the influences of Scotland’s Gaelic literature and not even realise it?

Image for Writing Space podcast
Image for Writing Space podcast

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Four - Writing Space

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:32:00 GMT

If you could travel to space, would you? Get ready for an episode in zero gravity as we’re joined by Scottish author and poet, Oliver K. Langmead.

Splash of Gareth Beale work
Splash of Gareth Beale work

Stories from Glasgow: Episode Five - Archaeology and the Digital Keys to Unlocking the Past

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:32:00 GMT

Does digital technology hold the key to helping us to connect with the past?