6 episodes
Abandoned Sector : a storytelling podcast, crafted by explorabilia explorabilia
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My name is Evan Panagopoulos. I am an urban storyteller, an avid fan of brutalist and mid-century architecture, and a knowledgeable WW2 and Victorian era enthusiast.
I enjoy engaging with abandoned spaces and obscure history. I create and deliver alternative travel experiences, where I present amazing forgotten stories through well crafted oral, written, and audiovisual narratives.
I have produced audio versions of popular posts from my blog, Abandoned Sector, which you can visit at www.explorabilia.co.uk
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The White Ship - H.P. Lovecraft
The White Ship is a short story published by H.P. Lovecraft in 1927. It is perhaps my favourite story among his substantial body of fantastical work : not directly associated with the Cthulu mythology, the White ship becomes a parallel lore of its own, unique and mystical. It is an allegory for humanity's unquenchable curiosity, unbridled pride, and chasing impossible dreams.
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It is a bit of a departure from creating podcasts out of my own content, but it's now been quite a while since I've recorded anything, and I've always wanted to narrate a gothic bedside story, so here it is ! I hope you will enjoy it, and that it will open up H.P. Lovecraft's imaginary worlds to you.
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Sound bites from Placidplace, Palle 1958, Artslop Flodur, 33nano, LesFM, Magnetic Trailer, Geoff Harvey and Litesaturation @ Pixabay Music -
Ghost Subway : a time capsule at Euston’s Lost Tunnels
What happens when I enter one of London's abandoned tube stations at night ? Join me inside Euston's Lost Tunnels, a subterranean network of disused tunnels frozen in year 1962.
Original article at www.explorabilia.co.uk
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Music and Sounds featured :
Ghost Highway by Mazzy Star
Telstar by The Tornados
Excerpt from the movie Spartacus
Excerpt from the movie Psycho
Excerpt from the movie West Side Story
Thoroughly Modern Millie by Julie Christie
Excerpt from the movie Terror of the Tongs
Moon River by Danny Williams
Main title from The Man with the Golden Arm by Jet Harris
Ya Ya Twist by Petula Clark
Paradise by Ann-Margret
Never On Sunday by Ann-Margret
various London Underground Sound effects -
Dark Modernism : the forgotten story of an abandoned Jewish boarding school
The premises of a ground-breaking Jewish boarding school in England played an active role in both WW1 and WW2, and hide some rarely seen Modernist architecture – but also dark stories of child abuse.
Original article at www.explorabilia.co.uk
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Music featured :
One Hour With Thee - Agatha Christie (performed by Yi-Chih Lu)
Lux Aeterna - Edward Elgar (performed by VOCES8)
M.George Whitehead his Almand - John Dowland (performed by Jordi Savall)
The Dambusters Theme - Eric Coates (performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra)
Hava Nagila - Rubi Shalom
20th Century Boy - T Rex
Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath
Match of the Day Theme - Barry Stoller
Spellbound - Siouxsie & the Banshees
Bridge over troubled water - Simon & Garfunkel
and a BBC soundbite from the finishing moments of the 2003 Oxford Cambridge Boat Race -
The Pantheon of Energy : mythology and symbolism in Chernobyl
Pripyat was a city steeped in symbolism and mythology long before it became widely known as a result of the 1986 Chernobyl accident. It is a place where socialism, youth, science, myth, and disaster weaved a tapestry of stories that have only become more powerful with time. Join me on this audio journey through the legends of the ghost city of Pripyat
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** Forum - Let's Call Each Other (1985)
** V. Osinsky Ensemble - Safari (1984)
** Rusya - Rusalonka (1989) **
Telex - Moscow Discow (1979)
** Uzbek Supernature - Soviet Discoteque (1981) **
Eduard Khil - I Am Very Glad, as I'm Finally Returning Back Home (1976)
as well as an audio recording of the Duga Radar invading the airwaves
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Lair of the Wolfpack : the submarine base at Lorient & the Battle of the Atlantic
In this episode, based on one of my more popular blog posts, I am revisiting the history of the Keroman U-boot base in Lorient, and the role it played in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War 2.
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The episode incorporates real sound clips from the WW2 : German U-Boot diesel engines and torpedoes firing, a Flakvierling 38 firing, and the roaring sounds of Allied bombers carpet bombing Monte Cassino. There's a 1941 rendition of Lili Marlene by Phyllis Heymans, a gramophone recording of Milord by Edith Piaf, and a version of the U boot Lied, all sourced from the Internet Archive (archive.org)
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it also includes audio clips from
The Descent by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent
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Cold War Confrontation : AEK Athens vs Slavia Praha, 1968
Listen to the audio version of a popular post from my blog, Abandoned Sector. This is the story of the 1968 basketball final between AEK Athens and Slavia Praha. What was the political significance of athletics during the Cold War confrontation between NATO and the Warsaw Pact ? And how did the Greek Junta capitalise on this unique sporting event.
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includes actual audio clips from the 1968 event, television broadcasts from USSR basketball games of the 70s and announcements by the Greek Junta in 1967, sound recordings of tanks firing into crowds of demonstrators in Athens in 1974, short clips of contemporary music from Yiorgos Zambetas, and the anthem of the USSR.