Behind The Spine

Behind The Spine is a podcast which deconstructs genre and narrative, and finds learning opportunities for writers in the most unlikely of places.

Behind The Spine is a society podcast hosted by inkjockey, with 168 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

inkjockey hosts Behind The Spine, a society show with 168 episodes published.

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  Episode #12

  S11E12 Who Wants to Live Forever: Hanna Thomas Uose on love and life without death

  Dec 16, 202533 minS11

  <p>“This drug feels incredibly likely. There are all sorts of mad men doing trials on themselves.  And they have not put any thought into the societal implications of it” ~Hanna Thomas Uose</p> <p>AI is enabling rapid advancements in technology and drug discovery - unlike anything we’ve seen before. And with humankind’s obsession with longevity only deepening, some believe it’s only a matter of time before we have access to “live forever” drugs. </p> <p>But would eternal human life really be a good thing? This is the central premise of Hanna Thomas Uose’s debut novel, Who Want...

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  Episode #11

  S11E11 Green Ink: Stephen May on the mysterious story of Victor Grayson

  Dec 9, 202533 minS11

  <p>“He went down for a drink, did not come back. Nobody was found, but no one even started looking for him” ~Stephen May</p> <p>The story of the UK Labour politician Victor Grayson is a mysterious and thrilling one. Full of holes and unknowns that have never been solved. He went missing in the 1920s following a major political scandal - so what happened?</p> <p>In ‘Green Ink’, the author Stephen May imagines what might have happened to Grayson, taking this gap in our historical knowledge, to craft a compelling story that skirts between historical fact and fiction...

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  Episode #10

  S11E10 Behind Women’s Football: Beatrice Rogers on sacrificing for the game

  Dec 2, 202531 minS11

  <p>“ I’ve received death threats from people just for posting about women’s football, which is wild” ~Beatrice Rogers</p> <p>Public support for women’s football has skyrocketed in recent years - and yet many of the female athletes still struggle to gain the recognition of their male counterparts. So just how much of the success of the pro game has trickled down to the lower tiers and grassroots leagues?</p> <p>Beatrice Rogers started playing football at the age of 6. She’s now a semi-pro footballer and Under Armour athlete, playing for AFC Sudbury. She’s also a content creato...

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  Episode #9

  S11E9 A Tale of Wartime Morality and Courage: Alice Austen’s 33 Place Brugmann

  Nov 25, 202540 minS11

  <p>“ Fiction writing is trying to unearth the mystery of who we are.  And it boils down to a question of who and what you care about most” ~Alice Austen</p> <p>An apartment block in Belgium, full of close neighbours, suddenly torn apart by the news of war. This is the story of 33 Place Brugmann - whose residents’ lives are upended by fear, uncertainty and occupation. Today we’re revisiting the Second World War once again, to share yet another untold tale of the past.</p> <p>33 Place Brugmann is the debut novel from the award-winning screenwriter, producer, and playwright...

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  Episode #8

  S11E8 The Guernsey Deportees: Ollie Guillou on a little-known story of wartime resilience

  Nov 18, 202540 minS11

  <p>“One day I heard the news that the head of the Deportees Association had died. I knew I needed to tell the story before the stories disappeared for good.” ~Ollie Guillou</p> <p>In 1942, on Hitler’s orders, more than a thousand islanders from Guernsey were deported to Germany, and sent to the internment camp known as Biberach. Theirs is a little-known story of fortitude and resilience - and the subject of a new award-winning podcast series.</p> <p>Ollie Guillou is the creator of The Guernsey Deportees podcast, a 6 part series sharing the story of his Grandma, Jill Chubb...

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