Regional Rides : the Podcast Series is a podcast series documenting a 2,500 mile motorcycle tour of the United Kingdom undertaken in the autumn of 2017.
Each of the twelve episodes treats the three days spent in one of its twelve regions (London is regarded as a region). An introduction to each episode describes the itinerary and provides some background information. The main body of the programme comprises a chronological sequence of voice memos and other sounds intercut with sections of long form interviews with experts, political actors, and laypersons. The episode is concluded with acknowledgements.
The project was conceived in the summer of 2017, with as much of the itinerary as possible planned in advance. Production took place on the road using a mobile phone, condenser microphone, Digital HandyRecorder, and Windows laptop. Except where arranged in advance, accommodation had to be booked on the road each day. Post-production was completed over a period of about nine months from the autumn of 2018.
The first episodes were released lin 2018, with the entire series being available on SoundCloud and Apple Podcasts by late 2019. Audience sizes have been modest to date.
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