Down with the Patribachy

debut podcasts

Ellie and Ben are a pair of black and white (respectively) besties who like talking about classical music. Sure, Bach’s great and all that, but what about the composers they don’t teach at school, the ones who don’t have pale skin, curly wigs or a Y chromosome, the composers you might not know so well? Each week, Ellie and Ben chat through an underrepresented composer they think you should know better, swiping left or right on the classical musicians neglected from history and choosing whether to add them to their brand-spanking-new, DEI-friendly canon.

  1. Episode 11: Season finale

    10/04/2025 · BONUS

    Episode 11: Season finale

    Surprise! We’re back one more time with a fizzy little bonus episode to wrap up season three of Down with the Patribachy — and what a season it’s been. We’re dishing on some of our favourite composers, reliving the fall-off-your-seat moments (yes, that includes Ben vamping through a storm), and reflecting on the chaos, the brilliance, and the musical mayhem we’ve conjured up along the way. Ellie makes a shocking announcement — apparently she has a literal brother?? The fizz is flowing, Ben introduces a new sponsor in our final episode of the series (couldn't have thought of this earlier huh??), and we swipe left or right on season three as a whole. It’s been wild, it’s been wonderful, and we’ve loved every second. We literally could not have done any of this without our (Executive) Producer James Edgeler — he has tirelessly sat and edited for hours to turn incoherent waffle into fully formed sentences, to literally compose and sound-design a whole flock of jingles, and to make Ellie and Ben sound their very best. He’s been our rock this season, our third host (with a better grasp of sound levels and story arcs) and we’re more thankful to him than we’ll ever be able to say (without him having to edit it to make it make sense) xxx And thank YOU for listening, laughing, and learning with us — and stay tuned for brand new and upcoming shows from Debut Podcasts. We’re just getting started. See you very soon 👋More music, more history, and more fun at www.debutpodcasts.co.uk

    59 min

Ratings & Reviews

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About

Ellie and Ben are a pair of black and white (respectively) besties who like talking about classical music. Sure, Bach’s great and all that, but what about the composers they don’t teach at school, the ones who don’t have pale skin, curly wigs or a Y chromosome, the composers you might not know so well? Each week, Ellie and Ben chat through an underrepresented composer they think you should know better, swiping left or right on the classical musicians neglected from history and choosing whether to add them to their brand-spanking-new, DEI-friendly canon.