An LGBTQ+ arts, culture, heritage and enterprise podcast for Scotland and beyond, produced and hosted by Jules Stapleton Barnes.
A podcast to shine a light on the beautiful breadth of queer life in Scotland today; more diverse and deeper than stereotypes could ever capture. To celebrate the power of human connection, finding your community and a safer space where the dark and lightness of conversation leaves you feeling seen, connected, supported and hopeful.
Get ready for the untold story of the remarkable life of Marie Maitland, Scotland's sixteenth century Sappho! With Scottish historian and translator, Ashley Douglas.
22 Dec 2025
17: Alan Cumming
Scottish superstar and queer icon, Alan Cumming gets personal and heartfelt in this special conversation with Jules, exploring the meaning of community in his life and his motivation to champion queer joy for everyone.
25 Jul 2025
16: Lucia August
A special conversation championing intergenerational connection and the value of centring queer, elder perspectives with dancer and choreographer, Lucia August.
1 Mar 2025
15: Mhairi Black
A warm, funny and revealing conversation with LGBTQ+ icon and once the UK's youngest politician since 1667, Mhairi Black.
22 Dec 2024
14: Kim Carnie
The warm, funny and hugely talented Scottish musician Kim Carnie settles down with Jules for a soothing chat about music, life and love.
1 Sept 2024
13: Porty Pride: Smalltown Joy
Jules sets off on an unplanned, day-long adventure to find out how this small regional event with LGBTQ+ organisers at its heart, is building a better community for everyone.
15 Jul 2024
12: Dean Atta
Jules meets Dean Atta as he introduces us to his new memoir, Person Unlimited: An Ode to My Black Queer Body.
20 Jun 2024
11: Jackie Kay
It's Jackie Kay! Poet, novelist, writer of short stories and a queer and national icon, she joins Jules and Somewhere for Us with her new poetry collection May Day, to reflect on loss, feelings about family and the notion of home.
24 May 2024
10: Horse McDonald
A candid and heart-warming chat with one of the UK's finest singers.
17 Dec 2023
9: John Bell
Actor John Bell, has a frank and funny natter with Jules about his life on Dr who, the Hobbit films and Outlander.
12 Nov 2023
8: Lorna Thomas
Jules chats to one of Scotland's most respected bass players.
6 Nov 2023
7: Rachel Dax and Greer Ralston
Jules delves into the colourful world of Fine Artist, Greer Ralston and Writer, Director, Producer, Novelist and Founder of LezDiff, Rachel Dax, as they prepare to release a Dax's forthcoming film documentary, Giving it All to Art.
6 Aug 2023
6: Pride with Rujazzle and Katucha Bento
Pride, allyship, art and language bring Rujazzle, Katucha Bento and Jules together for an intimate episode reflecting on and looking beyond Pride season in Scotland.
31 Mar 2023
5: Somewhere: for us in the Cairngorms
In this episode, Jules teams up with 15 year olds Alice and Eoin to explore growing up as two young LGBTQ+ people living rurally in the Cairngorms, and the flourishing queer community that lies within their reach.
4 Dec 2022
4: The Hebridean Baker
In this episode, Jules chats to Coinneach MacLeod, or as he's known to his rising fanbase both home and abroad, The Hebridean Baker.
With mountains between them, Jules and Coinneach have an intimate chat about the intersections of food, heritage and identity, mental health, his epic love story with his partner Peter and how's he's unexpectedly becoming the LGBTQ+ role model he dreamt of as a boy growing up on the Isle of Lewis.
26 Aug 2022
3: mandla rae
It's Scotland's Year of Stories (2022) and to mark the occasion, Jules is in conversation with queer Zimbabwean writer, performer and curator, mandla rae.
1 Jul 2022
2: Ellen Galford & Tim Puntis
Jules talks to lesbian Jewish author Ellen Galford and community activist Tim Puntis about Pride and Love in Scotland as older LGBTQ+ people.
20 Mar 2022
1: Ely Percy
It’s our launch episode and Scottish writer Ely Percy chats to Jules about their Saltire-winning Scottish Book of the Year, Duck Feet, the search for a chosen family and why it’s important to write about identity on your own terms. But it all begins with why Bad Girls was a TV treat best enjoyed alone…
16 Mar 2022
1: Somewhere: For Us Podcast coming soon!
Somewhere: For Us is a brand new LGBTQ+ arts, culture, heritage and enterprise podcast for Scotland and beyond, hosted by Jules Stapleton Barnes.
Our launch episode features Scottish writer Ely Percy! They chat to Jules about their Saltire-winning Scottish Book of the Year, Duck Feet, the search for a chosen family and why it’s important to write about identity on your own terms.
Listen to Episode 1 of Somewhere: For Us from March 20th, 2022.
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