Episodes

  • Britain's Greatest Inventor: Clive Sinclair and the C5 (Part 4)

    Britain's Greatest Inventor: Clive Sinclair and the C5 (Part 4)
    Mar 21 2026
    ⁠⁠Episode 4: ⁠⁠⁠ In the final episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Tom Craine discuss the unbelievable story of Britain's greatest inventor - Sir Clive Sinclair and his success (and failures) in shaping the landscape of technology and computers. Museum of Pop Culture is a Keep It Light Media Production Hosted by Josh Widdicombe Research by Emily Pickthall. Additional editing by Will Fitzpatrick Design by John Gregory Music by Pickle & Button All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • Britain's Greatest Inventor: Clive Sinclair and the C5 (Part 3)

    Britain's Greatest Inventor: Clive Sinclair and the C5 (Part 3)
    Mar 18 2026
    ⁠Episode 3: ⁠⁠ In the third episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Tom Craine discuss the unbelievable story of Britain's greatest inventor - Sir Clive Sinclair and his success (and failures) in shaping the landscape of technology and computers. Coming up in this episode - the disastrous launch of the C5 and collapse of the computer industry leave Sinclair in a precarious position… And rival Alan Sugar smells blood in the water and swoops in to exploit the opportunity… All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • Britain's Greatest Inventor: Clive Sinclair and the C5 (Part 2)

    Britain's Greatest Inventor: Clive Sinclair and the C5 (Part 2)
    Mar 14 2026
    Episode 2: ⁠ In the second episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian Tom Craine discuss the unbelievable story of Britain's greatest inventor - Sir Clive Sinclair and his success (and failures) in shaping the landscape of technology and computers. Coming up in this episode - the launch of the revolutionary Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer takes the world by storm… and the infamous C5 gets off to a bumpy start... All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 mins
  • Britain's Greatest Inventor: Clive Sinclair and the C5 (Part 1)

    Britain's Greatest Inventor: Clive Sinclair and the C5 (Part 1)
    Mar 12 2026
    Episode 1: Mensa, Eccentric Genius, and the invention of the pocket calculator⁠ In the first episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Tom Craine discuss the unbelievable story of Britain's greatest inventor - Sir Clive Sinclair and his success (and failures) in shaping the landscape of technology and computers. We discuss the formation of MENSA, the early Sinclair success of his electronic pocket calculator, and the fierce rivalry that grew amongst the computer community in the 70's and 80's as they battled for technological advances and market dominance. All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 mins
  • Chatting Star Wars with Liza Minelli, insured celebrity body parts, and meeting Pete Waterman...

    Chatting Star Wars with Liza Minelli, insured celebrity body parts, and meeting Pete Waterman...
    Mar 7 2026
    In this episode of Museum of Pop Culture we discuss and respond to all the brilliant emails, messages, corrections and suggestions that you, the wonderful MOPC community, have sent us. Including... - Appearing as a guest or contestant on classic old TV shows... - Did a listeners dad who chat Star Wars with Liza Minelli in Studio 54? - And can we build an entire human from insured body parts? Thanks to everyone for joining the MOPC fan club community and getting in touch with the show... If you want to become a part of the Museum of Pop Culture Community you can join the fan club and support the show at; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • Studio 54: The World's Most Infamous Nightclub (Part 4)

    Studio 54: The World's Most Infamous Nightclub (Part 4)
    Mar 4 2026
    ⁠⁠Episode 4:⁠⁠⁠ In the final episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and Tom Craine discuss the amazing story of the world's most infamous nightclub - Studio 54 in New York. Museum of Pop Culture is a 'Keep It Light Media' Production Hosted by Josh Widdicombe Research by - Shaianne Barnes and Emily Pickthall. Additional editing by Will Fitzpatrick Design by John Gregory Music by Pickle & Button All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Studio 54: The World's Most Infamous Nightclub (Part 3)

    Studio 54: The World's Most Infamous Nightclub (Part 3)
    Feb 28 2026
    ⁠Episode 3:⁠⁠ In the third episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and Tom Craine discuss the amazing story of the world's most infamous nightclub - Studio 54 in New York. We discuss the birth and rise of disco, and the nightclub runs into the first of many legal issues as rumours of tax evasion and money laundering threaten to de-rail the dream… All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • Studio 54: The World's Most Infamous Nightclub (Part 2)

    Studio 54: The World's Most Infamous Nightclub (Part 2)
    Feb 25 2026
    Episode 2:⁠ In the second episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Tom Craine discuss the amazing story of the world's most infamous nightclub - Studio 54 in New York. Coming up in this episode - against a backdrop of a city in turmoil, the club's infamous opening night and legendary celeb filled, drug fuelled parties dominate the New York night as Andy Warhol, Grace Jones, Diana Ross and anyone whose anyone battle to access the sacred cathedral of decadence and disco... All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 mins