The RHODcasts
The veteran BBC presenter and journalist RHOD SHARP was cut off from the work he loved by an accelerated retirement at the instant of the first Covid lockdowns. Could podcasts keep his listeners in the conversation?
- Update frequency
- every 84 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Tony's Taste of Comedy
In Tony’s Taste of Comedy, Tony Staveacre takes Rhod Sharp on a lightning tour of some of the best standup comedians of the twentieth century - from the forgotten to the unforgettable. Thus Sid Field…
Dream World - The Life and Death of Al Bowlly
In Dream World - The Life and Death of Al Bowlly, Rhod Sharp and Tony Staveacre explore the story of a 1930s British superstar who outsold Bing Crosby. With seven of his original hits, here is Al Bow…
Tim's Comedy Links
Rhod Sharp and Tony Staveacre take a fond look back at the 57 year career of the beloved British comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor. Tony caddies for Tim on the golf course where they grew up, stopping along…
The Band Played On
What was the prevailing sound on the Titanic? Light music, and lots of it. In The Band Played On, Tony Staveacre and Rhod Sharp recreate the musical voyage of SS Titanic, with a pickup band from the …
A Love Letter to America: Rhod Sharp talks to Jim Naughtie: Part 2
Starting at a party thrown by the Kennedy family at their compound on Martha’s Vineyard and ending with an autumn 2020 encounter in a Scranton, PA. coffee shop with two voters separated by generation…
Music Made Me: The Allan Schiller Story: Part 1
In the first part of this audiobook, internationally renowned pianist Allan Schiller looks back on 1961 when at the age of 18 he was selected for the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire.
A Love Letter to America: Rhod Sharp talks to Jim Naughtie: Part 1
Rhod talks to his old friend JAMES (Jim) NAUGHTIE about Jim’s introduction to the country 50 years ago this year and other memories collected in his book On The Road. (Recorded November 2020)
Music Made Me: The Allan Schiller Story: Part 2
In this concluding part of his audiobook, the renowned Mozartian Allan Schiller looks back on his student days at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire during the height of the Cold War. The members …
Astor Piazzolla - Tony Staveacre's interview
Rhod Sharp and Tony Staveacre present a never-heard interview with a giant of music, Astor Piazzolla.
Piazzolla inspired generations of musicians with his classically-trained approach to a form once …
David Greig - Adventures With the Painted People
This episode with David Greig, who is incidentally stepping down after eight highly successful years as Artistic Director of the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, showed an innovative approach to performi…
Summon The Heroes: Keith Lockhart of The Boston Pops
In 2020, a summer of no Olympics and precious little else because of lockdown, the conductor KEITH LOCKHART tells RHOD SHARP how 80 members of the Boston Pops came together from home in a YouTube per…