Hello listeners!
Today is 5th November, which is quite a significant date in UK culture because it’s Guy Fawkes Night!
“What’s Guy Fawkes Night, Luke?” you might (not) be shouting into your screen at this moment.
“Pray tell us Luke, what is the significance of this date in the UK calendar? This sounds absolutely fascinating! Why not record a podcast episode all about it!?”
Lovely idea – but I’ve already done it! I recorded an episode all about Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night exactly 7 years ago today. So in this post I thought I’d share this old episode from the archives. Some of you might have heard it before but I expect there are plenty of you who haven’t. So, because I don’t have a new episode to upload at this moment (I’ve had my hands full recently with work, zombies, ghosts and stuff) I thought I’d suggest that you listen to this one.
So, check it out below! It *might* be interesting for you to hear what LEP was like in 2009 when I recorded this on a crappy old laptop while sitting on my sofa in my old flat in old London.
Experience the horror of the terrifyingly bad sound quality of LEP in 2009!
Behold the chilling sounds of my laptop humming and whirring in the background!
Run screaming from the slightly dull way I used to speak on the podcast 7 years ago! (Or maybe not – do I sound any different?)
Here’s a selection of what you can expect to hear in this episode:
- Stuff about the origins of Halloween – is it just a load of commercial crap, or is it a scary ancient celtic festival? Or both?
- Some history of Guy Fawkes Night in the UK
- Creepy stuff about spirits of the dead
- A terrorist plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament
- Regicide and mass homicide!
- Gunpowder, treason & plot!
- Guts, blood and gore!
& more
Listen to the episode below and follow the link for the original page for episode 54.
New episodes of LEP coming soon…
Take care,
Luke
From the Archives: Episode 52 (5 November 2009)
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