Ready for an adventure podcast fans? This week Lower Street’s podcast pros have been time-traveling. They’ve been soaking up the Stone Age views of Olduvai Gorge, and the palatial surroundings of a temple in 12th century Japan. Their guide? Two episodes of the iconic BBC podcast production A History of the World in 100 Objects.

The two(!) episodes in question are Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool and Japanese Bronze Mirror. We’re guided through the stories of these objects by Neil MacGregor, the former director of the British Museum, which co-produced the series with the BBC.

Podcast Book Club sat down to discuss the storytelling, location recordings, and podcast guests (David Attenborough anyone?) that all come together to make an erudite and comforting podcast for all listeners and history nerds.

Getting into the real podcast industry questions the team will chat: How can guest selection make or break an episode on your podcast? What’s the use in making shorter podcast episodes? And why is a man born in the 1990s still watching Yes Minister in 2023?

This Podcast Book Club episode is hosted by senior audio engineer Alex Bennett, who is joined by podcast producers Marion Gruner and Andrew Ganem, alongside podcast production manager Elizabeth Amos.

Check out the two episodes of History of the World in 100 Objects in the links below:

Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pwn7m

Japanese Bronze Mirror:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sqw6f

Resources mentioned in the episode:

History of the World in 100 Objects Wiki site:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/about/british-museum-objects/

100 Histories of 100 Worlds in One Object:

https://100histories100worlds.org/

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Podcast Book Club is a Lower Street Production. Lower Street provides next-level podcast production services for ambitious companies: everything from podcast strategy and creation to growth. We’ve worked with companies like BCG to develop multiple branded podcasts like Climate Vision 2050, BCG Compliance, BCG Fintech Files, and BCG In Her Element. We’ve also helped produce: Cadence Bank’s In Good Companies; HPE’s Technology Now, Zuhlke’s Data Today, Northern Trust’s The Road to Why, Zoobean’s The Reading Culture; ICR’s Welcome to the Arena and ZeroNorth’s  Navigating Zero. 

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