Podcasts by Frank Turners Tales From No Mans Land
Telling the stories of rock & roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, dance hall singer Dora Hand, WW1 spy Mata Hari and more, singer-songwriter Frank Turner talks to historians, poets and fellow musicians about twelve historical women who have been largely forgotten but should be celebrated. And his mum. Every Wednesday, starting on July 3rd, Frank will release a new song and explore the story behind it in a new episode of the podcast. No Man’s Land the album is available for pre-order now. A Frank Turner, Xtra Mile Recordings and Somethin’ Else production.
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Introducing... Please Tell Me A Story from 2023-01-16T09:44:59
More stories from our team... Omid tells his story to Abi. Abi tells Omid’s story to Sean, then Sean to Kai, Kai to Sikisa and Sikisa to Helen… each time with hilarious misrememberings, improvis...
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Bonus Episode: Live at Latitude Festival from 2019-10-23T01:16:45
SURPRISE!! You thought it was all over...well, sadly it is but before we part ways we thought we'd give you one final bonus episode to wrap up the Tales From No Man's Land series. Cast your mind ba...
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Rosemary Jane from 2019-09-25T02:00
To round off the series Frank is joined by the remarkable woman who inspired the final song on his album No Man's Land, Rosemary Jane, aka his mum! She might not be a historical figure just yet, bu...
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A Perfect Wife - Nannie Doss from 2019-09-18T02:00
Frank is joined by writer and host of the Criminal Broads podcast Tori Telfer to discuss one of the more problematic characters of his album, Nannie Doss. Don't be fooled, she is not as innocent a...
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Rescue Annie from 2019-09-04T02:00
Frank tells the tale of a young woman who drowned in the river Seine in Paris in the 1800's. As was common in this period a cast of her face, known as a 'death mask', was displayed in the morgue fo...
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The Lioness - Huda Sha'arawi from 2019-08-28T02:00:44
Huda Sha’arawi was a pioneering Egyptian feminist leader and founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union. In 1923 she famously removed her full-face veil in front of a crowd at Cairo station, which sent...
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Silent Key - Christa McAuliffe from 2019-08-21T02:00
Frank meets with record producer Catherine J Marks at Assault and Battery studios in North-West London where he recorded his album No Man's Land. The pair breakdown the recording process behind ...
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I Believed You, William Blake from 2019-08-14T02:00
Frank is joined by poet, playwright and translator Sasha Dugdale to discuss the woman behind the song I Believed You, William Blake. Catherine Blake was the wife of the great visionary, painter ...
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The Hymn of Kassiani from 2019-08-07T02:00
Kassiani is one of only two women to have been written about from the Byzantine era, which is a somewhat forgotten about period in history. She is most famously known for quipping at the Emperor...
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The Graveyard of the Outcast Dead from 2019-07-17T02:00
Discover the story behind Frank Turner’s song The Graveyard of the Outcast Dead. The so-called "Winchester Geese" are a group of forgotten women who in medieval times worked in the brothels on t...
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The Graveyard of the Outcast Dead from 2019-07-17T02:00
Discover the story behind Frank Turner’s song The Graveyard of the Outcast Dead. The so-called "Winchester Geese" are a group of forgotten women who in medieval times worked in the brothels on t...
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The Death of Dora Hand from 2019-07-10T02:00
Frank Turner tells the true story of the woman behind his song The Death of Dora Hand. Dora was a vaudeville entertainer, a singing sensation in the bars of the wild west town Dodge City, who wa...
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Sister Rosetta from 2019-07-03T02:00
Frank Turner dives into the story behind his song Sister Rosetta. He talks to singer-songwriter Emily Barker and Nwaka Onwusa, curator at Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, about the life...
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Sister Rosetta from 2019-07-03T02:00
Frank Turner dives into the story behind his song Sister Rosetta. He talks to singer-songwriter Emily Barker and Nwaka Onwusa, curator at Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, about the life...
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Tales From No Man's Land from 2019-06-19T09:39:19
Find out why singer songwriter Frank Turner has made a new podcast and a new album about twelve extraordinary women from history. And his mum.
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