‘Islands at War’, started by local tour guides Nick Le Huray and Keith Pengelley, was one of 10 podcasts to feature at the Podcast Live Festival.
In front of a live audience Mr Le Huray interviewed the Imperial War museum’s head of public history, James Bulgin. He said the event had been really well attended and very well received.
‘We discussed a variety of things, from how he ended up going from a career in musical theatre to becoming a qualified historian and working at the museum, and the challenges of capturing history before the last of the war generation are no longer with us.
‘We talked about the impact of the war on the Channel Islands, issues such as the people who ended up being deported or imprisoned.’
This was Mr Le Huray’s first experience of recording a podcast in front of a live audience. He said that he enjoyed it and would be keen to do it again.
‘I would love to be invited back,’ he said.
‘I do speak at events fairly often, so I’m used to speaking in front of an audience. I spoke at James Holland and Al Murray’s history festival in September, which is attended by about 3,500 people.’
Mr Le Huray and Mr Pengelley are both part-time tour guides and it was through their love of history that the podcast first began.
‘I’ve always been interested in the history of the occupation, and various historian friends of mine talked me into starting the podcast,’ he said.
‘I’ve collected a lot of information over the years and done a lot of research, and was persuaded that I really should share it.’
Listen to the podcast here.
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