Bureau of Lost Culture
Hosted by Stephen · Stephen Coates
4.9from 216 ratings
- 173
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 216
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Bureau of Lost Culture
*The Bureau of Lost Culture broadcast rare, countercultural stories, oral testimonies and tales from the underground. *Join host Stephen Coates and a wide range of guests, including musicians, artists, writers, activists and commentators in conversation. Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/cw/bureauoflostculture) *Listen via all major podcast providers. The Bureau is collected at The British Library Sound Archive
- Publisher
- Stephen Coates
- Category
- arts · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Sept 2020
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 173 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
On the Road + Off the Grid - In Alternative Britain
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Shaman to Showman - The Ghosts of the Medicine Show
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Psilocybe Pickers - A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons
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On the Road + Off the Grid - In Alternative Britain
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] By which I mean, do you need to actually have some source of income? Can you completely detach from the matrix, as it were, or is that part of it too? No, that income could be self-generated. You carry on working. You're still doing stuff. But is it possible to live without state support in some form or another? It's possible, but it's tricky. You're going to have to have some kind of income. whether that's selling veg, keeping livestock, making things, selling them at the local markets, et cetera. You're going to have to have some kind of income. I don't think I know anyone that is completely off grid in the sense that, you know, they don't even have to go to the shops. […]
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- Dicky Dread
- David Bramwell
- Robert Dickens
- Jonathan Black
- Nancy Kurshan
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 31 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 185 ratings
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 98
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