About this podcast
Promenade is a collection of stories from around the world dealing with memory and the stories they trigger from the sound of the sea reminding you of an old romance, the smell of a perfume in Paris making you yearn for home or a bar of soap reminding you of a loved one - memories can be triggered by the oddest of things
Episodes
The newest 20 of 46 episodes
- S3 Ep16: Kerry · 12 min · Season 3 Episode 16One winter’s night, Kerry receives news about an old friend. Now, every Christmas Kerry reflects on this friendship and what could have been. Written and performed by Kerry…
- S3 Ep15: Jennie · 13 min · Season 3 Episode 15During a trip to Paris, Jennie is transfixed by dancers she’s watched on the Scene. Their movements and how they welcome each other in without any pause causes Jennie to reflect…
- S3 Ep14: Alan · 11 min · Season 3 Episode 14Alan is a musician and a neuroscientist. In this story Alan takes us on a journey of what music does to our brains and memories and just how important it is when it comes to…
- S3 Ep13: Melaine · 10 min · Season 3 Episode 13Documenting a camping trip in Uluru in Alice Springs to see one of her favourite bands, Melanie deals with broken-down cars, aging rockers, the magic of the mountain and memories…
- S3 Ep12: Will · 12 min · Season 3 Episode 12Whenever Will now hears a gaggle of crows he thinks back to a time of looking over fields in Cork and just wishing that Han Solo would swoop down in the Falcon to take him on a…
- S3 Ep11: Lucy · 14 min · Season 3 Episode 11It’s Christmas and Santa has brought a new Pokemon game. Lucy should be running down the stairs on this rainy Christmas morning. But for some reason she’s feeling incredibly…
- S3 Ep10: David · 6 min · Season 3 Episode 10David Daballen is Director of Field Operations for Save The Elephants. Here he shares one of his favourite stories about when his job got more than a little scary as he was…
- S3 Ep9: Kirsten · 13 min · Season 3 Episode 9Kirsten never really thought about cancer when, in her childhood, being subjected to the ubiquitous ads on Australian TV grimly detailing the country’s cancer mortality…
- S3 Ep8: Ola · 7 min · Season 3 Episode 8Ola swears that she can smell chickenpox. Not only that, she insists that it happens to smell just like prawn cocktail crisps. However this superpower could well be a curse as it…
- S3 Ep7: Dave · 9 min · Season 3 Episode 7One Christmas, Dave was given a gift of a walkman which, you would think for someone who grew up to be a music journalist, sounds like the kind of origin story seen in cinema…
- S3 Ep6: Mary · 11 min · Season 3 Episode 6In 1951, a twelve year-old Mary McCoy heard a test broadcast for a local radio station. This would be the beginning of a life-long love affair with radio and music that would…
- S3 Ep5: Louise · 15 min · Season 3 Episode 5Growing up, Louise felt she had two childhoods: one full of the usual Nineties staples of homework and Home & Away at 6.30, but also one spent “over home” with her grandparents…
- S3 Ep4: Richy · 6 min · Season 3 Episode 4One Christmas while working at Marks and Spencer, Richy heard a rumour of the ultimate staff discount leading him to gamble his family’s entire Christmas dinner on it being true…
- S3 Ep3: Leslie · 10 min · Season 3 Episode 3In late 1966, a young Leslie worked with the iconic Vidal Sassoon as a barber and stylist. However, one client that year would put Leslie on a life-changing path towards cutting…
- S3 Ep2: Michael · 7 min · Season 3 Episode 22 - Michael For some, oysters are a decadent delicacy rolled out for special occasions. As for Michael, well, they’re that too. But also they are his own personal Time Machine…
- S3 Ep1: Johanna · 17 min · Season 3 Episode 1A summer spent in Sri Lanka in the Eighties turns into a life changing-adventure for an eleven year-old Johanna - and one where she might just need a hero. Written and performed…
- S2 Ep14: Kevin · 16 min · Season 2 Episode 14When Kevin thinks of his youth he thinks back to this Grandmother’s house and more specifically the step on the stairs he would sit. Written and Performed by Kevin Lehane…
- S2 Ep13: Denise · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 13On a beach in Spain Denise thinks back to her father, the waves on the beach and Pepe’s lighthouse. Written and Performed by Denise Moreno Promenade is Produced and curated by…
- S2 Ep12: Philip · 9 min · Season 2 Episode 12From Belfast to Japan and back again, Philip can trace a thread throughout his life following one piece of music. Written and Performed by Philip Arneill Promenade is Produced…
- S2 Ep11: Jennifer · 13 min · Season 2 Episode 11Jennifer was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at a young age which meant painful operations leaving her spending entire summers recovering on the sofa which meant passing the time…
